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Anathem - A Brilliant Thought Experiment

Mon, 03/09/2009 - 12:51pm — puregin

I finished Neal Stephenson's Anathem over the weekend - all 900+ pages including appendices.

Wow... I was enthralled.

Flickr

Mon, 02/07/2005 - 12:20pm — puregin

Vancouver based Ludicorp's web photo-sharing site Flickr has been getting all kinds of (well-deserved, IMHO) attention and accolades in the popular media lately (The Manchester Guardian, Wired).

Building PHYLIP-3.57c with EMBOSS-2.9.0

Thu, 11/04/2004 - 11:49pm — puregin

I'm posting this here in the hope that it may save a bit of time and frustration for someone. This updated README (which actually contains the Installation instructions) for PHYLIP-3.573c clarifies a number of issues which are easy to miss if the instructions in the original README are followed.

Symptoms of these problems include the following error messages, obtained when one attempts to run the tools from the PHYLIP suite:

Spaceship One - What door has just opened?

Mon, 10/04/2004 - 3:29pm — puregin

Spaceship One returned today from a historic trip - the second trip to 100km plus altitude within a week, satisfying the conditions to claim the X prize. In winning the X prize for its developers and backers, it has demonstrated the feasibility of 'Space Tourism'. I love it, but I hate it.

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