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  1. It's an analogy not a model on Experiments Reveal That Deformed Rubber Sheet Is Not Like Spacetime · · Score: 1

    Let's hope the researchers now understand the difference between an analogy and a model...

  2. Re:What does IT run on .. on Administration Admits Obamacare Website Stinks · · Score: 1

    Apparently it's built using Ruby. You can find some of the source code on github here: https://github.com/CMSgov/healthcare.gov This repository doesn't include the fun parts that make up the market place code itself but does include other parts of the website. The license file says the code has been released to the public domain.

  3. It's the same as the older SDK agreements on The Android SDK Is No Longer Free Software · · Score: 5, Informative

    I just checked the wayback machine and the SDK terms haven't changed much in years. Here's a link to the 2010 terms for the SDK:

    http://web.archive.org/web/20100724144708/http://developer.android.com/sdk/terms.html

    Pretty much the same as the current SDK agreement. The parts under proprietary license you can't mess with, the parts under open source licenses you can do what you want with. I can't see that anything has changed with the latest version of the agreement.

  4. Doesn't GNOME already support SVG? on Ask Slashdot: Good Linux Desktop Environment For Hi-Def/Retina Displays? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Didn't the GNOME desktop switch to scalable SVG rendering way back in 2004 or so (starting from Raph Levien's work on Gill back in 1999)? There were all kinds of articles back then about how awesome SVG was and how all GNU/Linux desktops would be using it soon. I thought Nautilus was designed with SVG support in mind? What happened to all that work and when did GNOME switch back to pre-historic bitmapped stuff? That's kind of sad.

  5. Info on the other robots in the competition on Virginia Tech's RoMeLa Answers DARPA Robotics Challenge With THOR · · Score: 1

    This article has photos and some video of other robots being built by teams that have already announced participation in the competition: http://robots.net/article/3453.html

  6. Re:Farmer on Ask Slashdot: Good, Forgotten Fantasy & Science Fiction Novels? · · Score: 1

    Night of LIght is the third story of a series. It's good but I'd suggest starting with the first Father Carmody story and reading them in order.

  7. Who can vote and when the vote taking place? on GNOME Developer Suggests Split From GNU Project · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know:

    1. When the vote will take place?

    2. Who can vote?

    Seems like the easiest way to stop this is for open source and free software supporters to vote, assuming that's possible. I went to the gnome.org website to find out how I could become a voting member but the site is "down for maintenance" - hmmm...

  8. Comeback? Ugly? on Old-School Keyboard Makes Comeback of Sorts · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What comeback? I never stopped using buckling spring keyboards. The defective non-tactile feedback keyboards that come with most computers go straight into the recycle bin in my office.

    And ugly? I think whoever wrote that left a "to me" off the end of the sentence. They do not seem ugly to me. To me they look pretty much like any other keyboard, a flat thing with lots of little rectangular keys.

  9. I recommend SwishMail on Email-only Providers? · · Score: 1

    I know several people using SwishMail. They're a commercial provider but relatively inexpensive. They offer POP3 and webmail (not sure about IMAP though) and they have a pretty good admin interface. And, if it matters to you, their systems are built on Free Software - FreeBSD, Apache, and PHP.

  10. Isn't normal to link to your source? on Are We Searching Google, Or Is Google Searching Us? · · Score: 1

    I notice this is a verbatim copy of our story at robots.net. Isn't it normal to at least include a "via" link or something when copying someone else's stories? This isn't the first time this has happened...