Hi GD. I'd imagine the acronym in this case is very well known to most people here, since it's the location of the tor irc channels. It's also plenty unique and search able - if it was an alternative definition of, say, 'SOAP', then I'd fully agree with you. -Damian
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 8:49 PM, downie - <downgeo...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 17:12:45 -0400 > Subject: GSoC Introduction - Extending Tor Network Metrics > From: xckj...@gmail.com > To: or-talk@freehaven.net > > > Hey everyone, > > I'm Kevin Berry, one of the GSoC students working for Tor this summer. > Originally from New Jersey, I'm currently a junior at Villanova University > in Philadelphia. I will be guided by Karsten on "Extending Tor Network > Metrics." My plans revolve around porting Ernie (the metrics portal > software) to a dynamic web application. I will add a search feature to the > *large* amount of relay descriptor data (for specific items like server > names, characteristics), and automate the collection and publishing of a > few high-level network statistics. If you haven't yet read my initial > proposal, I'm including it here: > http://kjb.homeunix.com/files/gsoc2010_tor_application.html . The timeline > was made a bit more specific since I submitted it. Lots to do! > > I plan on hosting my GSoC blog and project at http://kjb.homeunix.com . > Since a bit of my project involves web development, I plan to have snapshots > of my project hosted there. It's a dynamic dns domain pointing to a box at > home, so I apologize if it is slow/unreliable at times. > > I'm usually idling in oftc and freenode as kjbbb. I've already met a few of > you, but definitely feel free to drop me a line. I will be around a lot more > often after finals end next week, so I will have time to set up, ask > questions, and get ready to begin working this summer. I'm excited to be > able to dedicate my full time to open source and Tor, so thank you Google > and everyone else involved for giving me this great opportunity! > > Kevin > > It's good to read that people are working to improve Tor. Welcome. > However, that's the second unexplained reference to OFTC - do you mean > http://www.oftc.net/oftc/ ? > It's best not to assume that acronyms are understood by everyone...we don't > all move in the same circles. > GD > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your > inbox. See > how.<http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2> >
