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KDE Conquers Astrophysics With Kst

Posted by simoniker on from the winner-is-you dept.

Telex4 writes "The Free Software community is constantly inundated with interesting new projects, but occasionally something crops up which is really special. Kst is just such a project. Started by Barth Netterfield, an astrophysicist, as a personal project to plot data from his experiments, it has now taken on a life of its own, being used in numerous academic projects, and finding funding from several government agencies. Intrigued by this project's success, and with a little prod from co-developer George Staikos, I interviewed Barth and George about kst, Free Software and physics."

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  1. This story was ruined by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    by Subscriber Ruiner 1.0!

  2. In soviet.. by Fullmetal+Edward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia projects fund the government agencies.... or maybe thats tax.... either way we're getting screwed by top secret agents dressed as penguins riding pink elephants.

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  3. Lesson Learned by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That idiot MIT interviewer should take a page out of this. this is how you ask a guy questions.

  4. Is it Free ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As in beer? (* whatever that means)

  5. SAD NEWS... mercatur.net, dead at 5 (?) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - mercatur.net was found without DNS records this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss it. Even if you didn't enjoy Alice's work, there's no denying her contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.

  6. Re:Another one? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I've been fucked a couple of times; check my history.