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  1. The Mathematics of Futurama

    News · Education · · posted by michael · from the numerology dept. · 481 comments
    mclearn writes "Did you know that the writers of Futurama have a collective set of degrees that would rival most think tanks? Here is a hilarious site on the mathematics of Futurama -- specifically this article (pdf). The same authors have also researched the mathematics of the Simpsons, mentioned on Slashdot long ago."

  2. Online Meeting System for Societies and Committees?

    Ask · Software · · posted by Cliff · from the robert's-online-rules-of-order dept. · 11 comments
    T-Ranger asks: "This past weekend a board that I'm on, which usually handles all its formal motions during face to face meetings, had a formal motion go over the mailing list. Unfortunately, Majordomo was broken for 24 hours, so I think that the vote should be invalid. At the same time I have been pushing for more and more of the board's discussion to happen online, and in principal support online voting in this limited setting. So, I'm looking for some web based software that can handle it. Ideally it would record when each voter acknowledges each step of the process: the call for a motion; the motion; seconding of the motion; the formal call for discussion; the formal call for the vote; and then handle the vote itself. Knowing when each member acknowledges each step, IMHO, is a requirement for quorum; and I believe that there should be a consistency of the members who make quorum over the length of the formal process. Does anyone have pointers to such a system?"

  3. Is Tetris "copyrighted"?

    Games · Games · · posted by CmdrTaco · from the legal-is-as-legal-does dept. · 0 comments
    Odds writes "I wrote a shareware Tetris game five years ago. I got an e-mail today from another Tetris author, who received a menacing e-mail from some company called Blue Planet Software. These guys have some deal with Alexey Pajitnov, and claim to have a "copyright" on the Tetris concept. There's a lot of FUD on their web site, talking about "cutthroat pirates" making knockoff games. Now, I'm no legal expert, but last I checked copyright didn't protect ideas. Is this another case of clobbering the little programmers? "