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Glory in the science while you download the data from github. Links A Complete Catalog Of Every Time Someone Cursed Or Bled Out In A Quentin Tarantino Movie Shared with: Public

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A great year for open hardware. Links Open hardware in 2014 on Opensource.com | Opensource.com Shared with: Public +1’d by: Patrick Buckley, Drew Fustini (pdp7), Caskey Dickson, Wing Wong

Sexy laptop with no proprietary drivers or software, if it gets funded… Links Chris Hoffman Shared with: Public, Linux Mint +1’d by: Wing Wong Comments Wing Wong - 2014-11-20T04:17:26Z It… it looks like a macbook air with the trackpad off to the side a bit. And a full qwerty keyboard squished in place. What’s the pricepoint? Christopher Hicks - 2014-11-20T04:42:29Z $2000 +- $200 is their MSRP and if you get in on the campaign you can have it for $1550 +- $150. It definitely looks like a MacBook but without proprietary bits inside. :-) And it might even be cheaper than a MacBook Pro. ...

We have another chance to validate the GPL in court. While the author reiterates and dismisses the analogy of the GPL to a virus, I want to build on it. Imagine for a minute that the current case succeeds in confirming the gist of the GPL in that you must release your code if you build on top of GPL technologies. That’s a step up from the settlement in FSF vs. Cisco. This solid legal ground inspires an intrepid geek in the Dakotas to reverse engineer Microsoft C++ libraries to discover serious GPL violations. This leads to every major software vendor being sued and forced to release their source code under the GPL. ...

I understand that hardware and software are different, but I think the making the analogy of open hardware to Linux is fair. This author can’t get past that. He comes up with lots of “buts” and his many buts have inspired some “buts” in response. BUT: the expense of change is highly variable depending on where you are in the release cycle. If you want to change software just before a release it is much more expensive and traumatic than making a change during the development part of the cycle. This is also true in hardware development. Changing a connector during the design would be just as cheap and painless as in the software world. Changing it close to release or while the part is ramping up production would and should be expensive, just like with code. Code will require retesting and repackaging which could push the release date and future development cycles back. Nothing is free, the analogy is working. ...

Thank goodness we have the open source community to keep Apple and Microsoft on their toes. Imagine how slack it would be otherwise. Links Linux: The clear choice for security Shared with: Public +1’d by: Paul Fernandez, K. Travis Walsh

A balanced view of free software and open source helps effectively separate the hype from the facts. It is a long video, but anyone interested in software development methodologies will benefit from thinking about the ideas presented. Links When Free Software isn’t (Practically) Better - Benjamin Mako Hill — GNU MediaGoblin Shared with: Public Comments Christopher Hicks - 2013-08-10T21:26:50Z Can anyone find the slides for this talk? Christopher Hicks - 2013-08-11T15:32:57Z ...

Let’s build a supercomputer! Links Creating a $99 parallel computing machine is just as hard as it sounds Shared with: Public +1’d by: Paul Fernandez

Yay Links Verizon Galaxy S4 has Been Rooted Again Running Build VRUAME7 – Droid Life Shared with: Public +1’d by: Brandy Butler, Paul Fernandez Comments Christopher Hicks - 2013-07-30T00:59:46Z I have rooted my first phone! I was ready to take it back to Verizon and get one that I could root. Happy, happy. Nexus experience is next. Brandy Butler - 2013-07-31T03:18:16Z Nexus FTW