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homer-simpson

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Lives and works in Springfield.
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homer-simpson··on Do Small-RAM Devices Have a Future? (2011)
Which "new NXP dual-core $2 chip" are you referring to? I skimmed through the NXP micro-controller website but could not find anything close to this.
homer-simpson··on Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 Draft
SVG is Scalable Vector Graphics.

And http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Multipage

homer-simpson··on Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 Draft
Look for example here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119490#c113

Some guy offered that his company could implemented it. No one said yes.

homer-simpson··on Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 Draft
It's not "image format file" - it is Scalable Vector Graphics format, there was pageSet in SVG Print draft already. It would be useful because a graphics (text layout) may span several pages, like in PDF.
homer-simpson··on Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 Draft
Still no support for multiple pages? Is it possible to vote for such feature?

I'm really glad to see progress on SVG and hope this will finally make Mozilla to support SVG Tiny Fonts. This bug on their Bugzilla is 11 (!) years open:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119490

homer-simpson··on Firefox introduces PDF viewer
What I don't understand is why Google doesn't have an open source PDF viewer? I mean, Chromium renders OpenGL, decodes movies, contains fastest JavaScript VM and it cannot view PDFs? Given what they did to JavaScript speed, can you imagine what viewer they would be capable of producing of? At least they should join Mozilla on improving pdf.js, IMO...
homer-simpson··on JetBrains Doomsday Sale - 75% off for 24 hours only
Can someone explain to me what does it mean to "renew" the license? If I pay for the license now, assuming the world does not end tomorrow, will I have to pay for it again next year? How much?
homer-simpson··on A 12pt Font Should Be The Same Size Everywhere
For your reading pleasure, here is (imho totally flawed) argument by one Mozilla guy who thinks otherwise:

http://robert.ocallahan.org/2010/01/css-absolute-length-unit...