Monthly Archive for June, 2009

Fuzzy search algorithm

source code

Bua ha ha

Augmented Pool

Bash tip: how to count lines in a project

find . -name "*.as" -print0 | xargs -0 wc -l

result:

             ...
    110 ./ailove/skins/TabSkin.as
      68 ./ailove/skins/TimelineSliderThumbSkin.as
      56 ./ailove/skins/ToggleLinkButtonSkin.as
     355 ./ailove/Swfmill-back.as
     388 ./ailove/Swfmill.as
      63 ./ailove/Utils.as
      12 ./ailove/video/Keyframe.as
     286 ./ailove/video/Movie.as
     151 ./ailove/video/Scene.as
     800 ./ailove/video/Sequence.as
   35324 total

Evolution IS a Blind Watchmaker

take a watch
smash it with hammer
put the pices in a box
shake it
open it
and see what you get

English version:

Russian version:

Wack an Augmented Mole

Example of usage SiON library

The “SiON” is a sound library featuring …

  • PSG, FM, WaveTable? and PCM sound module emulations
  • MML (Music Macro Language) compiler and sequencer
  • Sound effectors

Source code of this example here

YAHOO

              ∧∧
             ( ゚∀゚) ~ YAHOO
            ⊂  つ
             (つ ノ
              (ノ
     \      ☆
             |     ☆
          (⌒ ⌒ヽ   /
    \  (`⌒  ⌒  ⌒ヾ   /
      ('⌒ ; ⌒   ::⌒  )
     (`     )     ::: ) /
  ☆─ (`⌒;:    ::⌒`) :;  )
     (⌒::   ::     ::⌒ )
    / (    ゝ  ヾ 丶  ソ ─

3DMagix: re-branding and selling the free software Blender

READ THIS LINK

We had numerous reports of a product called ’3DMagix’ which is just a rebranded version of Blender that sells for $47.

For all the Googlers who are looking for 3DMagix: Blender is free, open source software. So save your money, and download Blender for free – it’s completely legal!

Can you legally resell Blender this way?

Well, yes and no. It is legal to rebrand GNU GPL software, but you cannot rebrand artwork, credit claims or copyrighted material. For an in-depth analysis of similar businesses, read ‘Luxuriousity, scam or open source leech?’ by the Blender Foundation.

How can you help to stop this?

Send them a friendly email (or admin@3dmagix.com) pointing out the legal issues of their business.

Help us become stay become the #1 Google search result when you search for ’3DMagix’. The title ’3DMagix, Rebranding and selling the free software Blender’ of this post was chosen for that very reason – people who are searching for more information on 3DMagix will see they can also get it for free. If you’re a blogger, link to this article and be sure to include the word ’3DMagix’ en ‘Blender’ in the link title.

Thanks :)

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