Tag: python
Open Source Sets Microsoft’s Kinect Free
This first article in this series gives a brief overview of the Kinect sensor, the different terms used like natural user interface and machine...
Hackers and the Open Source Revolution
This piece corrects the confusion created by mainstream media between "hacker" and "cracker". It also considers the history, nature, attributes, ethics and attire of...
Building Image Processing Embedded Systems using Python, Part 1
The first part of this three-part series gives a brief overview of the embedded vision and the various components required to make it work....
Fedora Scientific: Open Source Scientific Computing
Fedora Scientific Spin is a Fedora Linux spin that aims to showcase the open source tools for scientific and numerical computing. It was first...
Exploring Software: Plone with Schemas
Using Dexterity to extend and customise Plone.
Last month, you tried Plone 4 and could create a schema interactively. However, at present, it does not...
Spicing up the Console for Fun and Profit, Part 2
In the previous part of this article, we manipulated various aspects of the shell and terminals, like prompts, colours, cursor movements, etc, using escape...
Joy of Programming: The Legacy of C
Dennis Ritchie died on the 8th of October 2011, at the age of 70. His lasting contributions to computing include creating the C language,...
Exploring Software: The New-Look Plone 4
If this is the first time you are hearing of Plone, should you use it? If so, how would you start and get a...
A Letter to Foxy Developers
A look at what makes Mozilla Firefox the most developer friendly browser around, and how you can get the most out of the community-developed...
SYN Flooding using SCAPY and Prevention using iptables
DoS (Denial of Service) attacks against Web services make them unavailable for legitimate users, affecting the website owner's potential business. These involve intentional consumption...
