Kludge - Slashdot User

Comment: Another great Open Street Map feature: (Score 2) 345

by Kludge on Tuesday May 29, @08:58AM (#40141223) Attached to: TomTom Flames OpenStreetMap

Another tremendous Open Street Map feature is that we get the data. When I need a map specific to my needs (treasure hunt for the kids, map for a flyer, etc.), I go to open street map, download the map as an SVG, open it in Inkscape, add/remove features, crop, edit to taste, save as PDF, mail and/or print.

Thank you, Open Street Map!

Comment: Both! (Score 3, Insightful) 61

by Kludge on Wednesday May 23, @07:32PM (#40094987) Attached to: Comparing R, Octave, and Python for Data Analysis

The best option is to use python and R, through rpy for example.
R rocks for statistical libraries and good documentation.
Python rocks for everything else.

Comment: my N900 runs R, numpy, matplotlib (Score 3, Interesting) 84

by Kludge on Wednesday May 16, @06:18AM (#40014483) Attached to: Octave and Gnuplot Coming To Android

Now, we just have to worry about people working on simulating solar irradiation while driving.

Been there. I have an N900 that runs R, numpy, matplotlib. Handy for computing when I can't sit on the bus or subway.

Comment: Moderate parent up. (Score 1) 403

by Kludge on Tuesday May 15, @10:01AM (#40004819) Attached to: Mozilla Leaves Out Linux For Initial Web App Support

Subject says it all

Comment: Internal surges (Score 1) 341

by Kludge on Wednesday May 09, @03:05PM (#39945361) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Option For Heavy-Duty, Full-Home Surge Protection?

Another thing to consider: will your "whole house" surge protector protect you from internal surges?
The only surge that I have ever had blow out electronic equipment in my home was caused internally by an electrician who was supposedly fixing my wiring, not by an external lightning strike.

Comment: Re:WiTopia, (Score 1) 193

by Kludge on Tuesday April 10, @12:08PM (#39632243) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Finding a Trustworthy VPN Service?

Witopia good.
Many servers around world.
Cheap.
Openvpn.
Witopia good.

Comment: At least that would follow standards. (Score 4, Insightful) 328

by Kludge on Saturday March 24, @06:52AM (#39459729) Attached to: Congress Wants Your TSA Stories

Telnet (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc854.txt) and RPC (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1831.txt) are standard protocols that anyone can implement. "Facebook" is not. "Facebook" is a closed propriety system completely controlled by a single individual who can for any reason eliminate anyone's account or use their data for any purpose that suits him.

Comment: Almost interesting (Score 1) 69

by Kludge on Wednesday March 07, @06:32AM (#39272985) Attached to: NASA Rocket Barrage Will Light Up Mid-Atlantic Coast

None of the article say when it's going to happen. They only say, "could occur between March 14 and April 4". Eh.... Not quite specific enough to be useful.

Comment: 10 ms (Score 1) 396

by Kludge on Tuesday March 06, @02:05PM (#39263797) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Is an Acceptable Broadband Latency?

I have a 1.5 Mbs DSL line to Cavalier telephone. Pretty slow throughput-wise, but my pings to 8.8.8.8 are 10ms.
It's pretty good for gaming.

Comment: There is an alternative (Score 0) 376

by Kludge on Monday February 06, @03:19PM (#38945009) Attached to: Moglen: Facebook Is a Man-In-The-Middle Attack

All the data that is placed on facebook could be placed on servers in peoples own homes. You could regulate who could view your web pages using OpenID or equivalent. People could have web apps that would go out to their friends servers, and get their latest posts and info and put them together into a single page.
Facebook does not do anything that people could not do on their own, if they were smart enough.