Comments for Bryce Boe

Comment on Everything but Research by Bryce Boe

Bryce Boe — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:39:00 +0000

Absolutely. I need to start writing again, but I’ve just been far too busy.

Comment on Everything but Research by Willo

Willo — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:09:09 +0000

The wait was worth it. I would like to add you to my consequential list, if I may.

Comment on Line Segment Intersection Algorithm by Bryce Boe

Bryce Boe — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:37:21 +0000

Good call Haibao, you are correct. This algorithm assumes the endpoints are not closed thus a test for collinearity is required to be complete.

Comment on Line Segment Intersection Algorithm by Haibao Tang

Haibao Tang — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:35:04 +0000

This method does not handle the case where an end-point of one segment is inside another segment, in which case the ‘counter-clock-wiseness’ is undefined … for example, add this line in your script “print intersect(a,d,c,d)” will return False, which obviously is incorrect.

Comment on Line Segment Intersection Algorithm by Bryce Boe

Bryce Boe — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:09:39 +0000

Hammoudeh,
Thanks for the comment. The email on the python list is a ridiculous amount of code to solve the problem. I’m glad you were able to find a more elegant solution.

Comment on Line Segment Intersection Algorithm by Hammoudeh

Hammoudeh — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:38:22 +0000

cool. I was using the code provided from: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2000-November/059143.html
but your solution is much shorter and easier to understand.
Good job

Comment on Everything but Research by Last Place Finisher

Last Place Finisher — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:09:18 +0000

Hey Bryce,

Was nice to see your blog! Cheri told me and I just got around to visiting.

PhD????? Weren’t you just in high school (yeah, I know, just the thing you wanted to see on a public blog….).

All the best,

Kirk

Comment on Everything but Research by Bryce Boe

Bryce Boe — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:34:29 +0000

Well all Linux based distributions are like the Wikipedia of operating systems. There are some key corporate players who fund a great deal of the software, but inevitably they’re just volunteering more time.

Comment on Everything but Research by Cheri @ Blog This Mom!

Cheri @ Blog This Mom! — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:19:23 +0000

So? It’s the Wikipedia of operating systems?

Comment on Everything but Research by Bryce Boe

Bryce Boe — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:46:09 +0000

Cheri, that’s a great question. Ubuntu as many other linux distributions keep the operating system free through a strong community of volunteers and through donations. Mark Shuttleworth is a key investor in the Ubuntu operating system and probably the primary reason Ubuntu gained so much traction over other established Linux distributions.

Also given that all the source code to create Ubuntu and other Linux distributions is open source, it would be silly to try to charge money for it. The only thing some people pay for with respect to Ubuntu is support plans. These few people inevitably help make the operating system better for everyone.