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Stories · 4
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Calendar: Code, Free Speech, Or Mathematics?
jdavidb writes: "Dr. John Conway (author of the famous "Game of Life") has a wonderful algorithm for finding the day of the week for any year in history that you can do in your head. It's so easy and elegant, in fact, that someone has decided to write a poem about it. Shades of DeCSS haikus! What a marvelous example of how mathematics is a form of (free and protected) speech. As if to further illustrate that computer code is just another form of speech, there is an implementation of this algorithm (in Perl of course)!" -
The Problem With Bounty Software
Anonymous Piglet writes "Graydon Hoare has written a well thought-out essay on the problems with the bounty software model being promoted by organizations such as the Free Software Bazaar, sourceXchange, and CoSource. " Update: 06/11 12:23 by H : Norm J sent this tidbit our way: Cosource.com founders Bernie Thompson and Norm Jacobowitz have posted their responses to Graydon Hoare's Essay on the Problem with Bounty Software . It is available at the Cosource.com site. -
The Problem With Bounty Software
Anonymous Piglet writes "Graydon Hoare has written a well thought-out essay on the problems with the bounty software model being promoted by organizations such as the Free Software Bazaar, sourceXchange, and CoSource. " Update: 06/11 12:23 by H : Norm J sent this tidbit our way: Cosource.com founders Bernie Thompson and Norm Jacobowitz have posted their responses to Graydon Hoare's Essay on the Problem with Bounty Software . It is available at the Cosource.com site. -
Water on The Moon
Simon Carr writes "We've known about potential ice on the moon for a while now but it's looking like there's a lot more than expected. Cool. How long do you think it'll be before the first Starbucks opens up in the sea of tranquility? "