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  1. Random error on Doing Science With Virtual Biologists · · Score: 1

    The problem with research is that there is no such thing a pure random error. Time and time again, we develop methods that work awesome with random error. In reality, the error in the data is not purely random, but a combination of systematic and random error (that is not Gaussian), so it takes a trained eye to work through this. I would much preferred that they used real data rather than only fabricated data, then you can say that you have something.

  2. Entropy on We Finally Know Why Oil and Water Don't Mix · · Score: 5, Informative

    As I teach in my biochemistry class it is entropic cost of not separating them that causes their separation, but I have yet to really wrap my head around this study. Nonetheless, here are some links to the original research:

    * Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21896718
    * PNAS (paywalled): http://www.pnas.org/content/108/38/15699

  3. Deconvolution on Adobe Demos Photo Unblurring At MAX 2011 · · Score: 2

    We've known about deconvolution forever, the trick figuring out the path of the camera to generate the kernel for the deconvolution. In the TFV, he says we use the custom parameter file (that they probably spent months tweaking for each image), lots of computing power and TADA! unblurred image.

    Microsoft had something similar a few year ago, where you have a blurred image and a second underexposed image to do the same thing. see paper here and examples here

  4. Great improvements this year on Looking Back On a Year of LibreOffice · · Score: 2

    I switched immediately after the fork and have been really happy. I had to use NeoOffice before because OpenOffice is completely unusable on MacOSX.

  5. Crtl-Tab switching also sucks on Linus Torvalds Ditches GNOME 3 For Xfce · · Score: 1

    Linus complains about trying to open a second terminal in GNOME3, but the killer that caused me to switch to Xfce was Crtl-Tab switching windows. It groups my dozen terminals into one item and then I have to use the damn arrow keys to get to the terminal I wanted.

  6. CY-TAG at Iowa State on Fond Memories of Nerd Camp · · Score: 1

    I went to CY-TAG at Iowa State (a spin off of CTY). Greatest experience of my life, I don't know if I would have made through junior high / high school without the friends I met there. It motivated me to become more intelligent that I was not getting from similar peers at home. I highly recommend sending you kids to nerd camp.

  7. Re:Wow Support a Distro that may be dead on Microsoft To Support CentOS Linux In Hyper-V · · Score: 1

    User are leaving Centos left and right, security patches are months behind schedule, Centos 6 is over 6 months behind RH enterprise 6, the devs are a closed group and will not accept help, and do there best to allienate the user base

    While I agree with you, they are working on the openness. The now have a QA dashboard website that lets you follow the progress of CentOS 6:

    http://qaweb.dev.centos.org/qa/dashboard

  8. Re:This sounds familiar... on Google Crowd-Sources Maps · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sounds like Google is starting to fear the progress made my open street maps... http://www.openstreetmap.org/

  9. Re:bored legislators on Timezone Maintainer Retiring · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Governments of the world have too much time on their hands if they average fiddling with local time zones 20 times per year.

    You are certainly right about the most recent update, "Mercer County, North Dakota, changed from the mountain time zone to the central time zone." But the changes are not always recent changes. Recent ChangeLog from Fedora 14 Updates:

    * Wed Feb 9 2011 Petr Machata - 2011b-1
    - Upstream 2011b:
        - America/North_Dakota/Beulah: Mercer County, North Dakota, changed
            from the mountain time zone to the central time zone
    * Mon Jan 24 2011 Petr Machata - 2011a-1
    - Upstream 2011a:
        - Updates of historical stamps for Hawaii
    * Tue Nov 9 2010 Petr Machata - 2010o-1
    - Upstream 2010o:
        - Fiji will end DST on March 6, 2011, not March 27, 2011
    * Wed Oct 27 2010 Petr Machata - 2010n-1
    - Upstream 2010m:
        - Hong Kong didn't observe DST in 1977
        - In zone.tab, remove obsolete association of Vostok Station with
            South Magnetic Pole; add association with Lake Vostok
    - Upstream 2010n:
        - Change end of DST in Samoa in 2011 from 2011-04-03 0:00 to
            2011-04-03 1:00
    * Mon Aug 16 2010 Petr Machata - 2010l-2
    - Upstream 2010l:
        - Change Cairo's 2010 reversion to DST from the midnight between
            September 8 and 9 to the midnight between September 9 and 10.
        - Change Gaza's 2010 return to standard time to the midnight between
            August 10 and 11.
        - Bahia de Banderas (Mexican state of Nayarit) changed time zone
            UTC-7 to new time zone UTC-6 on April 4, 2010

  10. Re:What idealistic state? on LibreOffice 3.3 Released Today · · Score: 4, Informative

    I think this was already done.

  11. Getting better on OS X on LibreOffice 3.3 Released Today · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I find LibreOffice much more usable than OpenOffice.org on the Mac, but it still not to the point of reliable. Especially when it comes to mouse clicks.

    I have also found that when I file a bug report on OpenOffice.org I get a response to clarify the bug or reject my bug, but with LibreOffice, I feel like my bug just sits there unread.

    Oh, well perhaps they will get better in the future. At the LibreOffice community is will to make patches that improve the package, OO.org seems to reject any Mac based usability improvement patches, so NeoOffice was formed (but has been stuck at version 3.1 forever)

  12. ignore on Sarah Palin 'Target WikiLeaks Like Taliban' · · Score: 1

    Why do we give this person a platform to speak? We should just all ignore her and move on.

  13. Re:And... on Crack the Code In US Cyber Command's Logo · · Score: 1

    echo -n "USCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to: direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and; prepare to, and when directed, conduct full spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains, ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries." | md5sum

    Gives:

    9ec4c12949a4f31474f299058ce2b22a -

  14. HFS+ unjournaled is best; MacFUSE also works on Best Format For OS X and Linux HDD? · · Score: 1

    I have a similar scenario and I think HFS+ unjournaled is best for your scenario. FAT32 is even worse. You are fortunate not to have to support windows. Ideally I would use NFS and file sharing instead of external disks. But shipping a disk is always better than transferring large amounts of data over the net.

    Another option is to install MacFUSE and then mount other file systems. This is what I do when NTFS is required. For my Linux system I love ext4, if you need an older file system use XFS, ext3 is stable but really slow for large data files.

  15. academic skepticism on Best Way To Publish an "Indie" Research Paper? · · Score: 5, Informative

    I would say your best bet would be to contact your favorite comp. sci. college professor and ask him to sponsor your paper, before submission. First, it is good to publish with other people and second it more likely to be reviewed and get published. I am a biologist, but my understanding is that computer science publications are mainly submissions to large conferences. So, you may want to submit your paper to a conference.

    No offense, but your paper won't get into science unless to at least 10-fold improvement or something really earth shattering. My guess is that most algorithms would go to a specific journal like the Journal of GPS Algorithms.

  16. Re:Remind me why we need (or even want) this? on Nvidia Announces 3D Blu-ray Format For 2010 · · Score: 2, Informative

    > What are some good movies that are in 3d? I haven't seen any.

    Pixar's Up was awesome, other than that nothing.

  17. First step towards X-ray microscopy on First X-Ray Diffraction Image of a Single Virus · · Score: 1, Informative

    This is very exciting, I remember during my Biophysics training that "blah, blah, blah you cannot focus X-rays like you can visible light with lenses, so we'll never have an X-ray microscope." Well, this looks promi

  18. Re:Qt... on A Bare-Bones Linux+Mono+GUI Distro? · · Score: 1

    That is the greatest quote I've heard in a while. I'm putting it up in the cubicle.

  19. guid disk activation on Running Mac OS X On Standard PCs · · Score: 1

    man, I tried this on like 3 different machines with both the Kalyway and iatkos. After much hassle, it would even start to boot. I am glad for this write up because now I think it was the disk activation thing. Ugh. Now got to try it all over again.

  20. Lastest Ubuntu, Older other distros on Linux Desktop Distro Shootout · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Fedora 9 comes out in two weeks, but we are comparing the nw born Ubuntu to 6 month old distros. Ugh. Let's compare apples to apples people!

  21. Re:Really, $2000? on Hobbyist Renewable Energy? · · Score: 1

    I agree with everything you say, but I live in an apartment and I cannot afford a house. I was hoping for something more portable.

  22. Next generation RIAA/MPAA on The Video Game Industry Goes Political · · Score: 0

    How many years until they start to suing kids and grandmothers?

  23. Organization Standard on What 2008 May Hold In Store for FOSS · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see some organization standards. Like for my Mp3's things should go seamlessly between amarok, rythembox, etc and photos, and movies. I think FOSS is really behind Apple in this area.

  24. Maxtor OneTouch III Turbo RAID on Best Home Network NAS · · Score: 1

    It is not really a NAS, but I use the Maxtor OneTouch III Turbo RAID and set the RAID to mirroring that way I have a fail point and I can get the data via USB or Firewire for all my Mac and Linux systems.

  25. Craziness in my Apt. Complex on FCC To End Exclusive Cable For Apartments · · Score: 1

    Here in San Diego we have 2 major cable providers: Cox and Time Warner (better than only Comcast in CT). And the competition helps lower the costs. My friends with houses get cheap cable.

    In my building we have to $52/month to get basic cable from some generic provider "University Cable", (my apartment is not associated with any university mind you). After paying the basic we are allowed to pay Time Warner for digital cable, but you also have to get basic cable from Time Warner. So, to get the cheapest package from Time Warner, I am paying $70/month and if you want cable internet that'll cost ya more. Ugh.