Links van 9 november 2013 tot 11 november 2013

Our research – Microsoft Research
Publications. Yum.

Full Screen Takedown Notice
BOO! HISS! "FullScreenMario.com has been found in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and on Friday, November 1st was taken down by an official DMCA complaint from Nintendo. The website allowed players to play an open source HTML5 remake of Nintendo’s 1985 Super Mario Bros, containing the original 32 levels, a random map generator, and level editor. This was in violation of Nintendo’s copyrights and trademarks."

Time Series Analysis and Its Applications: With R Examples – Third Edition
Tee hee: "If you're at a University that subscribes to the Springer library, follow the link to the right. If you want to steal the text, it's pretty easy to find an illegal copy, but you can get a nice illegal copy from LibGen. There's little risk in stealing stuff off the internet, so if you really want to be a gangsta, go into your campus bookstore and steal a hardcopy. Then, sell it back to them."

Setting up the Terminal for Development in OS X – Dev Snaps
Chances are, if you are developer, you have used the terminal before. If not, you should. From version control tools like git to ssh, there are numerous reasons to use the terminal to make your life easier. Also becoming familiar with the command line will only help you later on when you graduate to managing your own Linux server.

Homeless Veteran Timelapse Transformation – YouTube
Not a dry seat in the house!