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Rants about autoconf are always entertaining.

Rants about autoconf are always entertaining.

A Generation Lost in the Bazaar - ACM Queue
A Generation Lost in the Bazaar. Quality happens only when someone is responsible for it. Poul-Henning Kamp. Thirteen years ago, Eric Raymond's book The Cathedral and the Bazaar (O'Reilly Media, 2001)...

Syndicated 2012-08-20 14:35:41 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

Problem with numpy on FreeBSD with gcc-4.4 and gcc-4.6 installed. Python 2.7.3 (default, Aug 17 2...

Problem with numpy on FreeBSD with gcc-4.4 and gcc-4.6 installed.

Python 2.7.3 (default, Aug 17 2012, 09:37:35) 
[GCC 4.2.2 20070831 prerelease [FreeBSD]] on freebsd8
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import numpy
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/_init_.py", line 137, in <module>
    import add_newdocs
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/add_newdocs.py", line 9, in <module>
    from numpy.lib import add_newdoc
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/lib/_init_.py", line 13, in <module>
    from polynomial import *
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/lib/polynomial.py", line 17, in <module>
    from numpy.linalg import eigvals, lstsq
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/linalg/_init_.py", line 48, in <module>
    from linalg import *
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/linalg/linalg.py", line 23, in <module>
    from numpy.linalg import lapack_lite
ImportError: /usr/local/lib/gcc44/libgfortran.so.3: version GFORTRAN_1.4 required by /usr/local/lib/liblapack.so.4 not found
>>>
# ldconfig -r | grep lgfortran
        946:-lgfortran.3 => /usr/local/lib/gcc44/libgfortran.so.3
        956:-lgfortran.3 => /usr/local/lib/gcc46/libgfortran.so.3
# pkg_info -W /usr/local/lib/gcc44/libgfortran.so.3
/usr/local/lib/gcc44/libgfortran.so.3 was installed by package gcc-4.4.7,1
# pkg_info -W /usr/local/lib/gcc46/libgfortran.so.3
/usr/local/lib/gcc46/libgfortran.so.3 was installed by package gcc-4.6.4.20120608
# pkg_delete -f gcc-4.4.7,1
pkg_delete: package 'gcc-4.4.7,1' is required by these other packages
and may not be deinstalled (but I'll delete it anyway):
audacity-2.0.0_2
ffmpeg-0.7.12_2,1
kdelibs-4.8.4
okular-4.8.4
picard-1.0
strigi-0.7.7_3
x264-0.123.2189_2
# python
Python 2.7.3 (default, Aug 17 2012, 09:37:35) 
[GCC 4.2.2 20070831 prerelease [FreeBSD]] on freebsd8
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import numpy
>>> 

Syndicated 2012-08-17 14:53:27 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

Hours of fun.

Hours of fun.

Staggering Beauty
A website to remember.

Syndicated 2012-08-15 21:49:16 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

Nice work h1kari.

Nice work h1kari.

Divide and Conquer: Cracking MS-CHAPv2 with a 100% success rate
Divide and Conquer: Cracking MS-CHAPv2 with a 100% success rate Jul 29, 2012. At Defcon 20 last weekend, David Hulton and I gave a presentation on cracking MS-CHAPv2. This blog post is meant to be a r...

Syndicated 2012-08-07 15:53:27 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

This is a good introduction to QM. I think I might understand Bra-ket notation now.

This is a good introduction to QM. I think I might understand Bra-ket notation now.

PHYS771 Lecture 9: Quantum
PHYS771 Lecture 9: Quantum. Scott Aaronson. There are two ways to teach quantum mechanics. The first way -- which for most physicists today is still the only way -- follows the historical order in whi...

Syndicated 2012-08-01 18:46:34 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

The dating game... gamified.

The dating game... gamified.

Imagining a future dictated by Google GlassImagining a future dictated by Google Glass
We came across an eerily fascinating and scary video, which we invite you to watch before reading on. Done by students of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, the video showcases their...

Syndicated 2012-07-30 14:03:31 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

I finally got Jelly Bean! I'm very disappointed that it still can't understand "navigate to home."

I finally got Jelly Bean! I'm very disappointed that it still can't understand "navigate to <contact name> home."

Syndicated 2012-07-18 04:59:49 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

A few of these would make a good quarter shrinker. A few more and you could experiment with dense...

A few of these would make a good quarter shrinker. A few more and you could experiment with dense plasma focus fusion. DO WANT!
Details from link since it will eventually go dead:
We have for sale in this auction an AeroStor 22,000VDC Energy Discharge Capacitor type PM223YW099D01 by AEROVOX.
This is a real nice used capacitor with spex of: Capacitance 101.03uF with 22,000 rated volts VDC and dimensions of (12 x 16 x 16 inches tall) .
The shipping will be calculated according to items final destination by freight with wt. of 182 lbs.
Buy it now: $425.00

Electronics, Cars, Fashion, Collectibles, Coupons and Mo
Buy and sell electronics, cars, fashion apparel, collectibles, sporting goods, digital cameras, baby items, coupons, and everything else on eBay, the world's online marketplace

Syndicated 2012-07-15 17:16:33 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

15 kV transformer hooked up to the 1 kVA CVT to protect my house wiring from the current it tries...

15 kV transformer hooked up to the 1 kVA CVT to protect my house wiring from the current it tries to draw. Discharge electrodes are two copper-tungsten EDM electrodes.

Syndicated 2012-07-14 19:57:48 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

1 KVA CVT wired and ready for action!

1 KVA CVT wired and ready for action!

Syndicated 2012-07-13 05:49:29 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale