... heh heh That was a fascinating period in my life. I designed the algorithm right down to the sorting routine and made it out of pure spaghetti code. But it...
sastry
sastry@...
Jun 1, 2005 8:48 am
13117
BBC's (bbcworld.com) Hard Talk (Stephen Sackur) is currently serving Thomas L. Friedman chopped, minced and grilled. I'm enjoying watching the burned red...
... More importantly, torrents? Thaths -- "Good things don't end in -eum; they end in -mania or -teria" -- Homer J. Simpson...
Thaths
thaths@...
Jun 3, 2005 4:06 am
13120
Technical Communication Quarterly has published a new interview with Edward Tufte: http://www.leaonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1207/s15427625tcq1304_5 Tufte: I do...
Sujai
sujai@...
Jun 3, 2005 6:25 am
13121
... Funny, we were discussing something similar a few days ago. It died down quickly, though. Venkat...
Venkat Mangudi
venki@...
Jun 3, 2005 11:21 am
13122
Does applications like this have the potential to replace the expensive GPS systems? http://www.gmaptrack.com This gives you the power to use all of Google's...
Venkat Mangudi
venki@...
Jun 3, 2005 11:21 am
13123
Nice essay. I love his phrase "administrative debris" to describe some application screens....
Sean Doyle
sdoyle@...
Jun 3, 2005 3:23 pm
13124
Dear All: Please see the latest demo of the Mumbai Free Map on http://freemap.crit.org.in This now contains detailed vector layers for roads, railways,...
Shekhar Krishnan
shekhar@...
Jun 4, 2005 12:58 am
13125
... The Mumbai Free Map project that Shekhar just posted about is hoping to be first to get a usable map of Bombay online. The big problem isn't the UI -- it's...
Kiran Jonnalagadda
jace@...
Jun 4, 2005 4:45 am
13126
Hello, I read about the Bombay maps project with interest. Tell me, don't maps of scale less that 1:1M require clearance from the MoD, GOI? Also, aren't...
Chetan Nagendra
chetan@...
Jun 4, 2005 6:58 am
13127
OK, I'll ask ... why are you hand-drawing maps instead of capturing actual data by walking/driving around with a GPS and a computer, and then using existing...
Chris Kantarjiev
cak@...
Jun 4, 2005 6:58 am
13128
Hello, I read about the Bombay maps project with interest. Tell me, don't maps of scale less that 1:1M require clearance from the MoD, GOI? Also, aren't...
Chetan Nagendra
chetan@...
Jun 4, 2005 6:59 am
13129
Is there a comparable project in Hyderabad? At the moment, there is nothing that is even remotely useful. -Frank ... ...
Frank Pohlmann
polar_beauty@...
Jun 4, 2005 7:50 am
13130
Silkians: ... Because GPS devices only give you an accuracy of between 10 to 15 metres and that is not very good when you are mapping streets, buildings, or...
Shekhar Krishnan
shekhar@...
Jun 4, 2005 11:50 am
13131
Whee! The matter compilers are (almost) here... http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/06/02/tech.reprap/index.html...
Ferric
ferric@...
Jun 4, 2005 10:26 pm
13132
Err, not really. if you look at the website www.reprap.org you will realize that there are quite a few parts that this machine wont be able to reproduce, e.g....
Frank Pohlmann
polar_beauty@...
Jun 4, 2005 10:32 pm
13133
http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/ This kind of demands a counter-documentary of the South Asian BBS scene, and I think this list is the place to start :) I...
Christopher M. Kelty
ckelty@...
Jun 4, 2005 10:35 pm
13134
grin. hence the (almost)... Hopefully someone will figure out how to extend this to be able to start from sand, and create everything else :-) (or stem cells...
Ferric
ferric@...
Jun 4, 2005 10:40 pm
13135
... On a related note, does anybody know of the current state of "over unity" power research? Eugen? google seems to throw up 100s of links of dubious-looking...
Udhay Shankar N
udhay@...
Jun 5, 2005 3:21 am
13136
... COuld you put up that footage for download someplace? Or ship me a CD or something? Those were fun discussions. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @...
Udhay Shankar N
udhay@...
Jun 5, 2005 3:22 am
13137
... I'm showing an 8-1 line for 2025. I'm taking "for." Anybody care to bet? jb...
Jeff Bone
jbone@...
Jun 5, 2005 4:50 am
13138
On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 11:32:03PM +0100, Frank Pohlmann wrote: Slashdot is doing dupes again... ... It is also a far cry from building matter up by single...
Eugen Leitl
eugen@...
Jun 5, 2005 6:45 am
13139
... There's absolutely no progress in over unity devices (though the cold fusion kooks continue making noises, while producing no evidence). Of course no...
Eugen Leitl
eugen@...
Jun 5, 2005 7:12 am
13140
Silkians: I have put together some links which may be of interest on the subject of mapping in India. See the official press note on the new map policy ...
Shekhar Krishnan
shekhar@...
Jun 6, 2005 1:33 am
13141
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.06/start.html?pg=3 For nearly four years - steadily, seriously, and with the unsentimental rigor for which we love them -...
Udhay Shankar N
udhay@...
Jun 6, 2005 5:00 am
13142
... Jason Scott did get in touch with Atul about CiX. Atul in turn pointed him to me for the BBS Archives I maintain (http:// bbs.seacrow.com/). Since Scott...
Kiran Jonnalagadda
jace@...
Jun 6, 2005 9:33 am
13143
Oh, THAT would be useful, very, and at least half of it would be neutral and balanced. Kiran Jonnalagadda <jace@...> wrote: ... Jason Scott did get in...
Indrajit Gupta
bonobashi@...
Jun 6, 2005 4:31 pm
13144
I'll look and see what I have heare (in Boston)... the rest is in Houston, so it will have to wait until August. I also have a fascinating interview with Gopi...
Christopher M. Kelty
ckelty@...
Jun 6, 2005 4:53 pm
13145
You also have footage of my dog and my farm in case that helps. bharath ... From: Christopher M. Kelty <ckelty@...> Sent: 6.6.'05, 11:53...
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