I'm forwarding this to you all in case any of you are interested in
attending this open source conference in Halifax, in mid-May...
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Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)cs.umanitoba.ca>
Dept. of Computer Science Web: http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~gedetil/
University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161
Winnipeg, MB, CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609
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Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:58:47 -0300
From: Conference …
[View More]on Engaging Open Source <ceos(a)cs.dal.ca>
Subject: Conference on Engaging in Open Source
Is open source software an impressive promise or a practical advantage? Is
it a platform that will be forever relegated to nerd space or does it have a
real commercial role to play? And how do you get in on the act?
Find out "what's up" with open source right now at the only forum of its
kind in Atlantic Canada.
CEOS
The Conference on Engaging in Open Source
May 12 & 13, 2005
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
This special two-day event promises to become an annual gathering of
evangelists, recent converts and the open-minded to explore the challenges
and the future of the Open Source movement.
CEOS is organized by the Dalhousie Student Chapter of the Association for
Computing Machinery (Dal-ACM) and aims at:
* Showcasing the open-source projects undertaken by universities, government,
industry, and the community
* Enhancing the knowledge and exposure of open-source software
* Promoting stronger relationships between academia, government, and industry
in the form of open dialogues and open-source initiatives
This year's highlights include:
"Exploring this business of Open Source" is the subject of a presentation by
Dr. Brian Barry, who is currently CEO of Bedarra Research Labs. Dr. Barry
has over 20 years of experience in the design and implementation of
component-based and object-oriented systems and led the development of the
Eclipse Platform and IBM VisualAge at Object Technology International.
Billy Biggs, a Master in Computer Science from Dalhousie and an active
developer of the open source Eclipse Project at IBM Canada will address the
philosophy and politics behind the open source movement and explore the
real, seemingly altruistic motives of developers.
The Vice President of Sun Microsystems operating platforms group, Tom Goguen
will give a provocative presentation entitled "Open Source, Open Standards".
An analysis of the benefits as well as the pitfalls of developing products
that incorporate open source software will be explored in depth in a
presentation by Dr. Lawrence Rogers who is currently the Chief Technology
Officer of Bandalong Incorporated. Dr. Rogers has over 30 years of
experience in the software industry from the heavy-hitters to a recent
string of successful start-ups.
Richard Charpentier, a specialist in infrared imagery and space-based
surveillance at Defense R&D Canada - Valcartier and an advocate of open
source software within the Department of National Defense will address the
reliability and security considerations as well as the strategic value of
adopting open source.
The event will wrap-up on the second day with an open forum with the
Atlantic open source community, highlighting Atlantic Canadian open source
projects and developments. An informal discussion and networking will
continue throughout the evening during the GeekBeer social at the Faculty of
Computer Science.
A complete conference schedule and registration details are online at:
http://ceos.dal-acm.ca/
THERE IS A DISCOUNT FOR BOOKING EARLY!
-- CEOS Organizers
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Gilbert's very interesting talk last night reminded me of a book I read a few
years ago on the rules that our brain uses to create what we see. It was a
fascinating read.
http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/%7Eddhoff/vi.html
He has created a number of Java applets to demonstrate how we create the motions
that we see.
http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/%7Eddhoff/vi6.html
-- Bill
Further to last night's discussion of intellectual property and, more
specifically, patent abuse, I found the following web page interesting...
http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/Patents/patents.html
The information is a few years old, but still relevant. One link I
particularly enjoyed reading was this one...
http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/Links/prep.ai.mit.edu/supreme-court.patents
... which talks about a 1950 US Supreme Court opinion that was rather
critical of the claimant's patent application and …
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claim. The judge's comments cite an earlier opinion, from 1882.
There was something comforting about seeing that abuse of the patent system
is not a recent thing, and that when these frivolous cases are brought to
the attention of judges who understand the constitution and its implications,
sanity usually does prevail.
And in other news, I found this article from The Economist, on the economics
of sharing, to be interesting too...
http://www.economist.com/finance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3623762
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Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)cs.umanitoba.ca>
Dept. of Computer Science Web: http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~gedetil/
University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161
Winnipeg, MB, CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609
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------ Forwarded Article <d2uf9n$1d0$1(a)canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>
------ From gedetil(a)cs.umanitoba.ca (Gilbert E. Detillieux)
The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly
meeting on Tuesday, April 12. The meeting topic for this month is
as follows:
Digital Stereo Photography and Phantograms
Stereoscopic (3D) photography is almost as old as photography itself.
However, when working with film and photo-…
[View More]chemical processing, getting good
results was tricky and time-consuming. Digital cameras and computer-based
processing have made the task much easier, and have also opened up the field
to interesting new possibilities. The phantogram (technically a stereoscopic
anamorphosis) is a relatively new form of stereo photograph, which makes use
of the latest image manipulation tools, but is based on techniques and
principles that have been around for centuries. The results can be quite
impressive, and lifelike.
In this presentation, Gilbert Detillieux will describe some of the
principles of stereo photography and phantogram production, as well as
demonstrating this using open-source tools such as The GIMP, and freeware
such as AnaBuilder (which is Java-based, and platform independent). The
presentation will also discuss some of the legal issues facing those working
in this medium, due to two US patents that have been granted recently, which
cover some of the fundamental processes involved.
The group holds its general meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of
every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and
August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a
MUUG member to attend.
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Please note our meeting location: The IBM offices, at 400 Ellice Ave.
(between Edmonton and Kennedy). When you arrive, you will have to
sign in at the reception desk, and then wait for someone to take you
(in groups) to the meeting room. Please try to arrive by about 7:15pm,
so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30pm. Don't be late, or you may
not get in. (But don't come too early either, since security may not
be there to let you in before 7:15 or so.)
Limited parking is available for free on the street, or in a lot
across Ellice from IBM, for $1.00 for the evening. Indoor parking is
also available nearby, at Portage Place, for $2.00 for the evening.
**********************************************************************
For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their
Web server:
http://www.muug.mb.ca/
Also note that MUUG maintains two mailing lists, called "muug-announce"
and "roundtable". If you're not already on these lists, we encourage you
to subscribe now:
http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/
The "muug-announce" list is used for monthly meeting announcements (such
as this one) as well as other important announcements of interest to MUUG
members.
The "rountable" list is meant to be a forum for follow-ups to topics
discussed at the meetings, or for round-table-style discussion on other
topics that come up between meetings. Of course, for this to be effective,
we need to reach a certain critical mass. So, please subscribe, and stay
involved!
--
Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca>
Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/
P.O. Box 130, St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161
Winnipeg, MB, CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609
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I'm playing around with a little program called Zenity. It is a simple way to
call up dialog boxes from a shell script. I've been able to produce a couple
of simple examples with just an OK box. There are more complicated examples
I'd like to try (this is going into some articles in Call-A.P.P.L.E.). The
thing is Zenity can return values to the calling script. I'd like to know how
to read these values...
I have done a bit of research. The UNIX textbook I was using at university
was …
[View More]written around the csh and didn't really have the information I wanted in
a location I could find easily (although I could swear it was there when I
took the course a little over 10 years ago). I looked at the man pages for
Zenity and BASH. I also looked at several examples in the /etc directory
(obviously unsuccessfully). I'll admit to being an airhead occasionally, but
this is a really simple problem. Simple problems are the worst ones to
solve. :-(
Later
Mike
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I upgraded my machine from FC1 to FC3 a while back. My sound card
(ens1371) then started playing a lot of static whenever I used it. You
could make out whatever you were trying to play, but it was very choppy
and hard to understand.
I played around with some BIOS settings, and found that turning off a
lot of the PCI bells and whistles made it semi-usable, there is still
static but at least it's playing at what seems like full speed.
This weekend I swapped motherboards with another one of …
[View More]my computers and
nothing at all worked. I couldn't get my machine to boot, and when I
finally did, I was getting kernel panics during the boot sequence. I
installed RH9, and it worked perfectly. Swapped everything back to
where it was before, and things are back to normal (except the sound
still sucks).
I Googled around and can't find anything similar. I even filed a
Bugzilla report on the sound problem a few months ago but I haven't
heard anything on it. I can't believe I'm the only person having
problems with FC3!
Just curious if anyone else has run into similar problems before I re-
install with FC2.
Thanks,
Sean
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Sean A. Walberg <sean(a)ertw.com> http://www.ertw.com
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