Monthly Archives: May 2006

Free-software licenses

Everyone should go read Brooks Moses on Free-software licenses: requirements vs. requests. His post has made me re-think the license we use for our group simulation code. I’ve never like GPL because it essentially guarantees that friends in the corporate … Continue reading

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Justify your funds

Over at Seed Magazine, the corporate overlords of ScienceBlogs, the cool kids on the block have been asked this provocative question: Since they’re funded by taxpayer dollars (through the NIH, NSF, and so on), should scientists have to justify their … Continue reading

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Where’s the Fun in Home Experiments?

Wired magazine has an article called “Don’t Try This at Home” which starts by describing a recent CPSC raid on the house of the family that runs United Nuclear. We’ve mentioned UnitedNuclear before. They’re one of the few companies still … Continue reading

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The CCP1GUI

The CCP1GUI project aims to develop a free, extensible Graphical User Interface to various computational chemistry codes developed by the worldwide academic community, with an emphasis on ab initio Quantum Chemistry codes. Find The CCP1GUI at: http://www.cse.scitech.ac.uk/ccg/software/ccp1gui/

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Words of Wisdom from a Senior Colleague

I’m done with my general chemistry course for the semester. It has been both a frustrating and rewarding semester. A student’s success in freshman chemistry has more to do with what attitude they bring to the table than it has … Continue reading

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