Archive for September, 2008
It is with great reluctance that I have just sent two DMCA notices to parties that are distributing software I’ve written in violation of the licenses. I sent informal notices to the parties a month ago, and received no replies. Two of the parties are using aliases, and I do not have postal addresses or [...]
Minimum grade IS grade Inflation, district’s claims notwithstanding
1 Comment Published by Eric September 24th, 2008 in Blog/website/news comments, School & EducationThe Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that in the Pittsburgh Public Schools, students now get a minimum grade of 50% for assignments and tests, even if their actual percentage score is lower. District spokeswoman Ebony Pugh said
If a student gets a 20 percent in a class for the first marking period, he or she would need a [...]
Suboptimal fonts after Fedora 9 upgrade
1 Comment Published by Eric September 14th, 2008 in Fedora, The Suboptimal Way, X11Update: I upgraded one of my machines from Fedora 7 to Fedora 9, and it started using tiny fonts. Tom Horsley on the Fedora list explained that now the X server is actually using the display resolution (dots per inch) from the monitor’s EDID data to choose default font sizes. On NX sessions I was [...]
