Re: [9fans] Independent study topic

[Patrick Kelly <kameo76890@gmail.com>]

On Jan 19, 2010, at 11:44 PM, Justin Jackson <jjackson385@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I've been lurking for the past few months and I've really enjoyed
> reading the messages from this list. I'm looking for some ideas or
> advice---here's the story: I'm pursuing a Master's degree in computer
> science at a small school with limited options for classes. I'm
> enrolled in a graduate-level course in distributed systems, but the
> material isn't on my level. The professor understands my predicament
> and might allow me to do an independent study on the subject, but I
> would need something specific to work on. I would love to do something
> with Plan 9...I'm just not sure what. Compare and contrast it with
> other systems? Find a novel use for 9P?
>
> I'm not very good at coming up with creative topics, so any thoughts
> or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I tend to think quite a bit less on the computational and server side
of things than everyone else, but might I suggest dabbling in Audio IO?

>
> -Justin
>
> P.S. In what seems to be a grave injustice, the textbook only mentions
> Plan 9 on one page, and only points out the per-process namespaces and
> the ability to merge directories with bind. Absolutely nothing on 9P.
> Argh!
Blasphemy!.. Well, at least you had material that mentioned anything
other than Microsoft and Apple... Not even IBM, wtf is up with that?
>