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by naner 15y ago
Urban Terror is not open source.
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by naner 15y ago
These aren't all remakes/clones. For example: ioquake3 started from the GPL release of the Quake 3 engine from iD software. It is not a clone or remake it is just a continuation. And it doesn't replace Quake 3, it is just the game engine.
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by naner 15y ago
We're much more concerned about the very real problem that people (e.g. competitors) will use our research and work. How is that plausible? Aren't these trade secrets? Is your research/work publicly visible?
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by naner 15y ago
The kernel is pretty closely coupled to the GNU userland. stali [1] is trying to accomplish the same thing. I think they are using utilities/ibraries from OpenBSD. Not sure if they have a working system, though. 1: http://sta.li
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by naner 15y ago
Harvard has a merit-based remote Master's program for Software Engineering[1] if you're interested in continuing education. A strong professional network will help overcome most deficiencies. Companies are concerned with reputability and a
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by naner 15y ago
Web development minutiae.
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by naner 15y ago
As far as I can tell, Microsoft claims they have patents that cover technologies/algorithms in the Linux kernel. I've never heard them get more specific than that. They approach companies and request them to pay a licensing agreement (or co
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by naner 15y ago
Has anyone here used GNUstep? How complete is it?
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by naner 15y ago
Open source OCR programs have not yet reached the level of what is commercially available and none of this stuff is packaged together in an easy to use manner for OCRing scanned documents.
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by naner 15y ago
Microsoft collects patent rent from other companies (such as Amazon) solely because they run Linux. This is another major defect with our patent system. It is cheaper to pay licensing fees than to challenge bogus patent threats.
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by naner 15y ago
Plenty of scanners work fine with SANE but you're not going to get OCR.
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by naner 15y ago
did they do that thing yet where they were going to synthesize his voice from past reviews? Sure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR9OS74Sa8s They had it working last year IIRC.
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by naner 15y ago
This article claims that self-control is related to glucose levels: http://www.miller-mccune.com/health/dogs-offer-clues-to-self...
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by naner 15y ago
Sort of related: Here[1] is an account of a psychologist who got held up at gunpoint for almost 20 minutes discovering how he misremembered many of the details he swore he knew. 1: http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2011/04/observations_afterw
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by naner 15y ago
I wasn't talking about Chrome switching. MuPDF is an open source option for open source projects.
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by naner 15y ago
$2,000 is not a "large medical bill" in the US. An unexpected medical problem will likely cost a lot more.
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by naner 15y ago
I understand the confusion (here in the South Eastern US they use 'coke' instead of 'soda' as the generic term) but are there other ways for businesses to react? It seems kind of silly to fight against a brand name being subsumed into collo
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by naner 15y ago
Right. Chrome uses a binary PDF reader plugin, there are no sources available. Open source projects like Chromium and Firefox require an open source reader. I think MuPDF would be a good choice.
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by naner 15y ago
To make things worse, they have to protect their trademark aggressively, else they do become generic So what is the downside in this scenario? How is Bayer hurt by not owning an Aspirin trademark any longer?
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by naner 15y ago
FF or Chromium (or both) should embed MuPDF[1]. It is extremely fast, reasonably small, and renders very well. 1: http://mupdf.com/
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Ask John Pettitt anything over at Reddit(reddit.com)
3 points by naner 15y ago|0 comments
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by naner 15y ago
I found one on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-T221-WQUXGA-Display-not-NEC-PA241W-A... Currently $1,700 to buy it now. 203 dpi. You need Windows 7, Linux, or OSX. I don't believe Windows XP and earlier are capable of scaling properly.
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by naner 15y ago
I wasn't even aware hardware acceleration in Chrome worked on Linux.
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by naner 15y ago
Has anyone actually been successful following a similar path? Has the author actually read all these books? This is just a list of books on programming languages and tools. Why am I learning Ruby and Python? Why am I avoiding relational dat
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by naner 15y ago
http://www.ryanholiday.net/this-is-what-real-analysis-looks-... This echoes your (and Lukas's) sentiments.
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by naner 15y ago
Similar to this: http://slides.html5rocks.com/
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by naner 15y ago
Legal - yes, but for a lot of us not really justifiable. I'd rather flip burgers.
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by naner 15y ago
Bullshit conspiracy theories. Hyperbole would be a more apt description. How can something that is opt-in be an erosion of privacy? Quite easily. You can choose to use a service without fully understanding the privacy implications. I do
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by naner 15y ago
If it is web only wouldn't it be better suited to an iPad form-factor? I would get one if it was around $30/mo and you can trade it in for a newer model every year or two. Better yet if they could figure out how to get unlimited 3G in ther
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by naner 15y ago
Is the PSN network breach really about savvy criminals or more about corner-cutting businesses?

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