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zeugma··on GnuBio launches as open-source genome sequencing startup
From the article: "The company [...] has licensed a suite of intellectual property from Harvard that, together with other intellectual property[..] enables the company's business model." "Company's name[...]was chosen [...]because it is a term that is asociated with shareware in Linux."

Sic, I think there is a confusion here.

zeugma··on Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
I didn't know about this one. Thanks, I will check next time I want to make a submission.
zeugma··on Nokia Introduces Bicycle Charger Kit
An usb connector would be also nice.
zeugma··on Lessons learned from 13 failed software products
Can't you print from your editor ? (Emacs can) Then you get your highlight setup. For more fine-grain control on the output, there is some LaTeX package that can highlight code.
zeugma··on VLC 1.1.0 1st release candidate, with VP8 and GPU decoding...
Too bad, my old 12" ppc powerbook is still OK for my usage except for some video (actually I have to use an old realease of mplayer).
zeugma··on Lessons learned from 13 failed software products
This talk is about commercial failure, not technical failure. Some products seems a bit too simple and/or reinventing a-square-wheel to me (a syntax highlighter ?!)
zeugma··on Transmit 4 is Released
I have always wondered whats the overhead of scp over ftp ? Especially when copying file locally, it's most of the time easier than ftp (activated by default on most OS).
zeugma··on Microsoft launches "Fix It"
executing binary from a non-secured page seems like a no brainer.
zeugma··on Ask HN: Anyone willing to build a "ls" with Subversion integration?
svn status does not provide you enough information ?
zeugma··on Use html5 video tags in html with flash fallback for old browsers
Works with HTML5 video on Firefox 3.6 but Fail with IE7 (the flash load but the video can't be played).
zeugma··on Ask HN: What's your problem?
I should move to a country where English is spoken by most people. I was in the same situation one year ago before moving to Netherlands. You will never completely loose your french accent (hey they said it's sexy :) ), but you will improve a lot your vocabulary and your confidence in talking (especially after work and a few beers :)).
zeugma··on HN Meet-up Netherlands update
Oh sorry, then it should be OK :)
zeugma··on Intel's "cripple AMD" function
I disagree. ICC is often use to optimize heavy computation code. As it have a reputation of producing faster code.
zeugma··on HN Meet-up Netherlands update
I would have liked to attend but I will not be in the country in that period (25-31 dec)
zeugma··on How to Read Other People's Code -- And Why
Indeed, but you should understand it before even trying to rewrite it, then folding can help a lot on poorly divided code. `
zeugma··on GDB 7.0 released
GDB integrate very well with recent Emacs.(tooltip, visual breakpoint, stactrace etc)
zeugma··on So...what the hell's wrong with you, Shooter?
Yeah MRI machine are definitively cavemen technology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging#Phys...) you should help
zeugma··on Use of LSD-25 for Computer Programming
He did reach the Ballmer Peak : http://xkcd.com/323/ Just s/alcohol/LSD/g (may be the peak is higher, then)
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