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Submission + - Need a better font for coding i? Thanks Adobe (boingboing.net)

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tqft

on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @12:10AM

tqft writes: "From the sourceforge page
"Source Sans is a set of monospaced OpenType fonts that have been designed to work well coding environments. This family of fonts is a complementary design to the Source Sans family."
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sourcecodepro.adobe/

License
Open Font License 1.1 (OFL 1.1)

Hope to see it Debian (& other) repository's soon."

Submission + - User Journal Quantum Random Numbers (anu.edu.au)

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tqft

on Friday April 13, 2012 @09:07AM

tqft writes: "What the world needs is more truly random sources of numbers. Here are some more:

" We do this by splitting a beam of light into two beams and then measuring the power in each beam. Because light is quantised, the light intensity in each beam fluctuates about the mean. Those fluctuations, due ultimately to the quantum vacuum, can be converted into a source of random numbers. Every number is randomly generated in real time and cannot be predicted beforehand. So if you need some really random numbers, use the link below!"

http://photonics.anu.edu.au/qoptics/Research/qrng.php

http://150.203.48.55/Matrix.php"

Submission + - Why the xxx domain is a bad idea and won't die

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tqft

on Friday January 26, 2007 @08:15PM

tqft writes: "Why the xxx domain is a bad idea and won't die

Article in The Guardian decribes some of the back drop to the undead xxx domain that just will not die.
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1 997492,00.html

"Surely, if everyone from civil libertarians and censors to adult industry webmasters says .xxx is a bad idea then maybe we can all agree it's a bad idea, and finally put a stake through its heart.""

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