09.18.07

Sun Galaxy SP notes.

Posted in Technology at 3:22 am by iosakwe

Sun Galaxy introduces a new range of x64 hardware platforms. Its very different from the old Sparc architecture. This post serves as a reminder for me on how-to gather information from the Service Processor. (”->”: denotes SP prompt)

To view Serial Number, Ethernet Mac address: ” -> show /SYS/MB/ || -> show /SYS/MB/NET0″

To reboot either console or system: ” -> reset /SP || -> reset /SYS ”

To get in and out of the console: ” -> start /SP/console || -> ESC ( ”

To log into SP os: ” ssh sunservice@${SP_IPADDRESS} ”

To set IP_ADDRESS:

[->” cd /SP/network && set $value_pending=”$value” { gateway, ipdiscovery,ipnetmask, ipaddress } && “set commitpending=true”]

09.07.07

Japanese writing system.

Posted in NihonGo at 3:43 am by iosakwe

Japanese writing system contains of 3 types of characters: Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji.

Hiragana (ひらがな）- the most basic type, consisting of 47 characters, and is mainly used for function words, (at, in, on.. ) , original Japanese words and inflection enders (negatives, tense)

Katana (カタカナ） - Is used mainly for foreign imported words. That’s English, Portugese, French and so on. There also 47 of them. I call it the Japanese way of Japane-fying their word.. Once imported, though the meanings are retained, the pronunciation takes on a new life.

Kanji （かんじ） - These are imported words from China thousands of years ago. It’s like vocabulary, it never stops growing. Usually Japanese names are written in this form. You also find it mixed in with Hiragana. It is said that in order to read the newspaper, you need to master about 2500 Kanji.. ouch.. right now I am at like 30. Hopefully, this time next year, I know about 100 more. がんばります

Back to School

Posted in Random at 2:27 am by iosakwe

Oh well, the summer is over and now its back to school. This summer was fulfilling, I took Finance 3000 and learned about common stock, preferred stock, bond valuations and many other introductory concepts to finance. Upon completion, I traveled to Japan. It was a lovely trip, the food was absolutely delicious, ふとつていました, (I got fat?). The country side was stunning, lush green lakes, evergreen bamboo trees, sort of reminded me of the good old samurai scenes. Most of all, I got to meet my extend family - like I said, it was definitely fulfilling. OK, I strayed off track from the title, “Back to School” - As I have changed my major from CIS to QMM and now Mathematical Finance, I am in a fix? This semester I am taking:

Intermediate Japanese 3001, Math 3020 (Calculus 3) and Corporate Finance.

Of the 3 courses noted above, I am a bit worried about Calculus 3, as I took Cal 2 about 3 years ago. I am kind of rusty on integration, derivatives, trig functions.. so I really need to work extra hard to get up to speed. To aid my catch up process, I have removed all elements of distraction. My Mac Book Pro is sitting in my closet, battery out - I am not bringing it out until I feel much more comfy with Cal. 3. I also decided to limit weekend entertainments and hired a part time tutor. I am on a strict schedule to ‘catch-up’ and get rolling or else, its going to be a long semester. がんばります