Surely Photoshop is the wrong analogy
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Photoshop for DNA
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Other than being a computer application in which you can "do things" the choice of Photoshop as the analogous software tool seems to be picked entirely at random, and a lazy choice.
A more appropriate pick would probably been from under the CAD umbrella, or string manipulation tools like lex.
The article definitely oversimplifies the point. Of course there are instances of the commercial players abusing the open source community, but likewise there are also plenty of examples of where the relationship really works to the benefit of the community.
Surely each open-source commercial tie-up needs to be evaluated on its individual merits.
We were doing an exhibition recently (ATEI in London) for our retro-gaming table http://www.digitaltables.co.uk/ when in the middle of the show Nolan Bushnell made a point of visiting us on our stand.
He spent 10 minutes chatting to us about Pong, the first arcade games and the early days of Atari. He was a thoroughly nice guy and we felt honoured that he'd stopped by.
That explains why there was less spam in my inbox today.
The True Ubergeek keyboard
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Blank Keyboard
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If you're a true Ubergeek most of the letters on your keyboard should have worn off long ago.
My keyboard is currently suffering from:
No WAS or D from too much first person shooter action
Left CTRL long gone from keyboard shortcut uberdom
No ; from too much C and PHP coding
No LS CD / or SU - or TAB due to constant command line tinkering on my Linux box
$ & and / barely visible
Oh yes - I've got two shiny grooves on my space bar where my thumbs have been slowly eroding the plastic.
If anyone wants to purchase my keyboard to confirm their status as an Ubergeek then the bidding starts at £50. I'll even throw in some genuine geek hair, skin flakes and some unidentifiable gunk lodged beside my Num Lock key. It will look fantastic in your trophy case.
If the Anonymous Coward had taken the trouble to actually read the website they would have discovered that the owners of the bunker were also some of the leads in developing Apache-SSL. If that doesn't count as giving something back to the community I don't know what does.
I understand why people would want a retro-arcade machine. However technology has moved on since the original tables. Why would you buy a machine capable of only playing a small number of games when you can buy a modern MAME cabinet like this one and get something that can play almost every arcade game that ever existed (as well as working as a computer/jukebox etc.. etc..)??
If it was about authenticity and having the "real deal" then surely people will buy the originals from eBay rather than the re-released version.
I wonder how many slashdot phonecalls it would take to start worrying the Pheonix executives and make them aware of the underlying groundswell of opinion in the tech community against incorporating these features in the BIOS.
I note that on their website they list the contacts of tech-sector analysts who write reports on the company.
ynlo gcramblins eht tirsf dna tasl setterl
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Can You Raed Tihs?
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Eht sbviouo txperimene ot monfirc eht yheort si ot ees thaw sappenh nhew uoy ecrambls ynlo eht tirsf dna tasl setterl dna eeavl eht eiddlm setterl eht eams. Eompletc Kobbledegoog.
Hmm.. should be interesting to see how this debate pans out given the parallels with MP3s.
At least the Anime/Manga producers haven't got teams of goons issuing subpoenas to come round and inspect our bookshelves.
"Excuse me sir, we have reason to believe you may be in possession of some unlicensed tentacle porn - would you mind accompanying us to the station"
The countermeasure is surely too straightforward - send a bunch of kids out to collect them.
Unless they are fitted with antipersonnel devices (looking unlikely given the current trend towards banning cluster munitions) they will make nice souvenirs of the conflict.
2 days after they are released in the wild we'll be bidding for them on eBay.
"In Discrepancy Detection, the machine uses an operator's cognitive model to monitor its own state and when there is evidence of a discrepancy between the actual state of the machine and the operator's perceptions or behavior, a discrepancy may be signaled."
Is it just me or does this describe a mind reading machine?
When the "discrepancy" alarm goes off do they send round the thought police??
Much as I admire 40Gb in a 2.5" package I'm going to stick with my 100kb 8" floppies.
I find the quiet modern drives don't have the same sound quality as the original 8" floppies. It's the whirring sound and the "kerchink" as I swap floppies 3 times per mp3 that adds depth to the listening experience.
Nope.. these new fangled drives have no place in the system of a true connoisseur.
(PS If any of your readers have replacement valves for a Collossus Mk 1 I would like to hear from you).
Scientists have announced within days of the discovery of element 110, the new element 111 provisionally named "SLASHDOTIUM".
The discovery opens the door to a new group of elements that should fall in quick succession. The team are working hard on geekium, freakium and phrackium.
However elements past his group look more difficult to identify. "We had high hopes we could pin down muckrosoftium as element 115 - but the damn thing just wasn't stable".
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Other than being a computer application in which you can "do things" the choice of Photoshop as the analogous software tool seems to be picked entirely at random, and a lazy choice.
A more appropriate pick would probably been from under the CAD umbrella, or string manipulation tools like lex.
Hell, maybe even:
vi dna.txt
The article definitely oversimplifies the point. Of course there are instances of the commercial players abusing the open source community, but likewise there are also plenty of examples of where the relationship really works to the benefit of the community.
Surely each open-source commercial tie-up needs to be evaluated on its individual merits.
He spent 10 minutes chatting to us about Pong, the first arcade games and the early days of Atari. He was a thoroughly nice guy and we felt honoured that he'd stopped by.
Good luck to him.
That explains why there was less spam in my inbox today.
If you're a true Ubergeek most of the letters on your keyboard should have worn off long ago.
My keyboard is currently suffering from:
No WAS or D from too much first person shooter action
Left CTRL long gone from keyboard shortcut uberdom
No ; from too much C and PHP coding
No LS CD / or SU - or TAB due to constant command line tinkering on my Linux box
$ & and / barely visible
Oh yes - I've got two shiny grooves on my space bar where my thumbs have been slowly eroding the plastic.
If anyone wants to purchase my keyboard to confirm their status as an Ubergeek then the bidding starts at £50. I'll even throw in some genuine geek hair, skin flakes and some unidentifiable gunk lodged beside my Num Lock key. It will look fantastic in your trophy case.
If the Anonymous Coward had taken the trouble to actually read the website they would have discovered that the owners of the bunker were also some of the leads in developing Apache-SSL. If that doesn't count as giving something back to the community I don't know what does.
If it was about authenticity and having the "real deal" then surely people will buy the originals from eBay rather than the re-released version.
I note that on their website they list the contacts of tech-sector analysts who write reports on the company.
Why not give them a call. I did.
My personal favourite is this one
Eht sbviouo txperimene ot monfirc eht yheort si ot ees thaw sappenh nhew uoy ecrambls ynlo eht tirsf dna tasl setterl dna eeavl eht eiddlm setterl eht eams. Eompletc Kobbledegoog.
Agrlhit cleevr clogs - see if you can sbarclme eggs
My personal favourite is www.digitaltables.co.uk - a PC hidden away in a very cool retro gaming cabinet.
Take cover people - penguins at 12 o'clock.
Now if only we could mod lead stories as flamebait.
Definite grounds for a brewhaha
People have been worried about an unleashed nanobot replicating copies of itself and turning the world into a grey goo.
Grey goo I can live with - an earth sized Xs and Os planet I cannot.
I for one am getting the first ticket out of here.
Hmm.. should be interesting to see how this debate pans out given the parallels with MP3s. At least the Anime/Manga producers haven't got teams of goons issuing subpoenas to come round and inspect our bookshelves. "Excuse me sir, we have reason to believe you may be in possession of some unlicensed tentacle porn - would you mind accompanying us to the station"
Bluetooth has discovered a new device "Human Heart" - Autoconfigure (Yes/No)?
Now all we need is a PDA battery pack with enough juice to get the old ticker started again.
The countermeasure is surely too straightforward - send a bunch of kids out to collect them.
Unless they are fitted with antipersonnel devices (looking unlikely given the current trend towards banning cluster munitions) they will make nice souvenirs of the conflict.
2 days after they are released in the wild we'll be bidding for them on eBay.
"In Discrepancy Detection, the machine uses an operator's cognitive model to monitor its own state and when there is evidence of a discrepancy between the actual state of the machine and the operator's perceptions or behavior, a discrepancy may be signaled."
Is it just me or does this describe a mind reading machine?
When the "discrepancy" alarm goes off do they send round the thought police??
Colonies doubling in size at 121C.
Now that's what I call hot sex.
Bow too my elemental power.. mmahh mahh ha
Much as I admire 40Gb in a 2.5" package I'm going to stick with my 100kb 8" floppies. I find the quiet modern drives don't have the same sound quality as the original 8" floppies. It's the whirring sound and the "kerchink" as I swap floppies 3 times per mp3 that adds depth to the listening experience. Nope.. these new fangled drives have no place in the system of a true connoisseur. (PS If any of your readers have replacement valves for a Collossus Mk 1 I would like to hear from you).
It's your worst nightmare citizen. nineteeneightyfourium
Scientists have announced within days of the discovery of element 110, the new element 111 provisionally named "SLASHDOTIUM". The discovery opens the door to a new group of elements that should fall in quick succession. The team are working hard on geekium, freakium and phrackium. However elements past his group look more difficult to identify. "We had high hopes we could pin down muckrosoftium as element 115 - but the damn thing just wasn't stable".