My band made the Asheville, NC news...kinda...

[Will B]

One of my friends who came to the party last weekend writes a column for a publication in Asheville, NC called Mountain Xpress. For those of you familiar with it, think of Creative Loafing.

She definitely captured the evening. My favorite part has to be this passage... "The band made fun of their creeping decrepitude by introducing themselves and listing their various ailments: ?Hi, I?m John, and I?ve got high cholesterol and I?m recovering from knee and shoulder surgery. And I?m going to slash the heck out of this guitar for two hours.? Yeah, baby. The band also changed their name from their hip ?80s moniker, Semaphore, to the more appropriate Semaphor(ty) Something."

Here's a link to the whole thing...Fatter but Wiser

Hopefully, we can pull off a Sowal gig sometime in the future! Any takers?

 

[Beach Runner]

One of my friends who came to the party last weekend writes a column for a publication in Asheville, NC called Mountain Xpress. For those of you familiar with it, think of Creative Loafing.

She definitely captured the evening. My favorite part has to be this passage... "The band made fun of their creeping decrepitude by introducing themselves and listing their various ailments: ?Hi, I?m John, and I?ve got high cholesterol and I?m recovering from knee and shoulder surgery. And I?m going to slash the heck out of this guitar for two hours.? Yeah, baby. The band also changed their name from their hip ?80s moniker, Semaphore, to the more appropriate Semaphor(ty) Something."

Here's a link to the whole thing...Fatter but Wiser

Hopefully, we can pull off a Sowal gig sometime in the future! Any takers?

Congrats on the positive critique!

Speaking of semaphores, I always ask this test question when I teach operating systems.

Describe the Dining Philosophers Problem.
Answer:
Five philosophers share a circular table with five single chopsticks, one between each philosopher. A philosopher can only pick up one chopstick at a time, but releases both at the same time. Each chopstick can be represented by a semaphore. A philosopher tries to grab a chopstick by executing a wait on that chopstick's semaphore; the chopsticks are released via a signal on the appropriate pair of semaphores. Each chopstick is initially 1 (1 means that the ith chopstick is not in use -- when chopstick is 0, that means it is in use). The code is
do {
wait(chopstick); //tries to get the chopstick on the left
wait(chopstick[(i+1) mod 5]); //tries to get the chopstick on the right
//eat
signal(chopstick); //releases the chopstick on the left
signal(chopstick[(i+1) mod 5]); //releases the chopstick on the right
//think
} while (true);
This guarantees that no two neighbors are eating simultaneously, but there is a possibility of a deadlock, which must be resolved (such as only allowing a philosopher to pick up a chopstick if the other one is available).

 

[sunspotbaby]

Loved the article SC.

 

[Lynnie]

Digg it, SC!

 

[Rudyjohn]

Great article. I can so relate to most of it!

 

[Sheila]

Shoot! Visiting the in-laws this coming weekend. Wish you had been playing then. Always looking for a little out and about time! Great article! ;-)

 

[hnooe]

Asheville N.C. is the" new" creative underground of the U.S. (...and luckily, I will be there for 2 weeks in September)--hey! I'd consider it an incredible compliment! In would like to see you do a venue here in Sowal.

 

[Beach Runner]

Heck, Asheville/Flat Rock is where the old-money Charlestonians have always spent their summers. My BFF's family has a great estate there for partaying -- five houses on their compound. Many funn times there.

 

[ameliaj]

Love Flat Rock. My daughter goes to Camp Greystone and I always enjoy my drop-off/pickup weekends there. It's beautiful. We've tried lots of places to stay, does anyone have any recommendations? We'll be heading up in 2 weeks. I'd love to try somewhere new.

 

[DuneLaker]

Asheville, Rocks!! I've climbed mountains there to collect quartz samples, the beginnings of our white sand. SoWal is connected in another wonderful way to this other unique area with your singing. We're proud of you, SC.