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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. MY HAND SMELLS LIKE SEMEN IS ON TEH SPOKE!!11 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I LOVE WANKING!

  2. screenshot? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yes I need screenshots, pretty pictures...

    OTOH the site loads quickly, but I still am pretty clueless about the project since I only went there to look at the pictures.

  3. Hexadecimal? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It'd be nice of it used hexadecimal.

  4. Re:I'm sure many will ask this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    KDE wants everyone to know that the K stands for Krap. It just makes it easy for anyone to realize that derivative products have the same operability.

  5. Its a pity I don't have mod points by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Or I'd mod you down -1 FUCKING RETARDED.

  6. Translation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    The Free Software community is constantly inundated with interesting new projects

    Sure, if "interesting" means "pointless" and "new" means "re-hashed". Then yes, this is an accurate statement!

  7. Funding by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm glad that Kst has funding from the United States government. I am however, concerned that Kst is using the GPL which restricts my ability to alter the code and make money from it.

    I've already paid my taxes that funded this project. Should it not be a BSD licensed project where I can use the code however I want? Why does a tax-funded project have the ability to inflict its restrictions on me?

  8. Re:I'm sure many will ask this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    and clearly you are a homo.

  9. Re:NO! It can't be! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Use the FUCK YOU TREKKIE!!!

  10. Re:Another one? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're right! I just asked the gay guy next door, and he said he bent you over yesterday. Amazing!

  11. There can be only one.... by RayBender · · Score: 0, Troll
    GNUPLOT. All others suck. I especially love the functional fitter.

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