Monthly Archives: August 2010

EtherPad: live collaborative text editing

Posted on August 21, 2010 by joern

Ever thought that it would be cool to just collaborate with others while writing a document? Well ok, there are wikis but I mean real-time. Not that it’s new or anything (google docs, wave), but EtherPad recently became one of … Continue reading →

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Bash prompt indicating return value

Posted on August 20, 2010 by joern

Lately I’ve fiddled a lot with installing virtuoso on some virtual machines and found myself repeatedly asking bash for the return value of the last command echo $?. I remembered this blog post by Gecko quite a while ago and … Continue reading →

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P != NP solved?

Posted on August 9, 2010 by joern

Well, it happens every now and then, that someone finds a proof for a long standing theoretical problem. This time it’s the famous P = NP or P != NP problem of computer science that Gecko pointed me to: P … Continue reading →

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WTFPL

Posted on August 5, 2010 by joern

Thanks to Ralf I came across this really nice license today. If you’ve ever been lost in the licensing jungle of any software, you’ll understand: The WTFPL (Homepage includes a nice FAQ section as well ):        … Continue reading →

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