Neil Hopcroft

“Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Adobe’s ‘FAQ’ Regarding Their Acquisition of Macromedia”

Autoconf licence question…I’ve been poking around with autoconf, since it seems fairly popular amongst software distribution. Amongst GPLd software at least. And it looks like it does what I want. However, I’m a little confused about the implications of using autoconf for a non-GPL project. I’m intending to start a project soon for which the […]

“Two traveling penguins…went through regular airport screening at Denver International Airport recently. Here, Pat and Penny are removed from their carry-on case so they can walk through the metal detector.”

Spooky kids

I’m getting some .pov files from nanohive, which I can render with POVray into .bmp files. Anyone got any tips for something that’ll convert a series of .bmps into an .mpg (or some other video format)?

“I want to tell you how much Japanese business man is tired“

“The group discovered that trains consume 60% more energy per person transported than cars, and take up 200% more public space per person transported.” This is the kind of information I’ve been looking for for a while – sure, this is in a Car-biased editorial, but it is still real information[0]. The other factor they […]

“state liquor control agents gave a college student the driver’s license and Social Security number of another woman so she could pose as a stripper for a sting….Troy police paid Michelle Szuhay $100 per night over three months to strip at the club in Troy, a city of about 22,000 north of Dayton….Each night Szuhay […]

As you know I’m spending a bit of time investigating nanotechnology, I’m intending to post some of my findings over the next few weeks, assuming I find anything I consider useful or interesting, of course. To kick off with I made a UML picture (large .jpg file) of static relationships in NanoML. This picture will, […]