01:32 -!- Prax01D(n=Prax01D@tor58-10-92-19.dynamic.rogerstelecom.net) has joined #maxima 03:14 -!- trebor_home(n=trebor@L05dc.l.pppool.de) has left #maxima 07:19 -!- rtoym_(n=chatzill@user-0c8hpll.cable.mindspring.com) has joined #maxima 07:33 -!- Prax01D(n=Prax01D@149.99.86.128) has joined #maxima 08:45 -!- trebor_home(n=trebor@L019d.l.pppool.de) has joined #maxima 09:58 -!- paoleela|w(i=g7y3diib@gateway/web/cgi-irc/irc.net/x-30b4046ae3c38e6c) has joined #maxima 13:40 -!- Prax01D(n=Prax01D@tor58-4-74-34.dynamic.rogerstelecom.net) has joined #maxima 14:01 -!- Prax01D(n=Prax01D@tor58-4-74-34.dynamic.rogerstelecom.net) has joined #maxima 14:01 -!- CHodapp(n=angel@cpe-75-179-155-26.woh.res.rr.com) has joined #maxima 14:13 -!- scorpiAway(n=scorpi@164.15.10.67) has joined #maxima 14:13 -!- shavengerAway(n=sha@swarm.ulb.ac.be) has joined #maxima 14:48 -!- lisppaste4(n=lisppast@common-lisp.net) has joined #maxima 18:01 -!- rtoy_(n=chatzill@user-0c8hpll.cable.mindspring.com) has joined #maxima 18:09 -!- trebor_home(n=trebor@L019d.l.pppool.de) has joined #maxima 18:28 -!- trebor_home(n=trebor@L019d.l.pppool.de) has joined #maxima 19:44 -!- Prax01D(n=Prax01D@tor58-4-75-152.dynamic.rogerstelecom.net) has joined #maxima 19:56 -!- trebor_home(n=trebor@L019d.l.pppool.de) has joined #maxima 21:05 how did maxima fail to be accepted at summer of code 2007? 21:47 -!- HaraldG(n=rldprog@chello080108070152.13.11.univie.teleweb.at) has joined #maxima 21:51 trebor_home: I browsed the list of accepted projects last year and this year (maxima got rejected both times). It seems most accepted projects are much more well known. 21:52 Perhaps the maxima folks concentrate more on publicity ... 21:58 Like I said: Maxima for Dummies. 22:01 Hm, are you volunteering? 22:02 How could I? 22:02 And why is that always the pat reply? 22:03 I only qualify as a dummy. 22:05 Perhaps the advanced dummy is qualified to explain things to the non advance dummy... 22:06 Why this is the usual reply? Because free software lives from its developers and not from its users. 22:07 There are 2 students here which would be very interested in doing some work on maxima... 22:08 Do they need funding? 22:08 Yes. 22:09 As far as i understood, SOC is about 2-3 months of full working, isn't it? 22:09 Perhaps there are better sources than google. I do think that google is helpful, but it's also and mostly show. I'm not sure if I'd like to work under the rules set by google. 22:09 Yes, it is supposed to be. 22:10 Do you know of other possibilities like SoC? 22:11 The fulltime thing is one of the problems: I think free software usually needs steady care. But this you can't show as easyly. 22:13 I thought in terms of finishing parts (improving, new functionality ...). 22:16 Regarding other possibilities: I'm not that familiar with regarding to math, but there must be lots of fellowships (there sure are for physics). Usually it must be part of the diploma thesis though ... 22:17 BTW do you know of any european university with a focus on symbolic math? 22:37 not me. but there was a talk on comp.lang.lisp about symbolic computing .. 22:42 I'll have a look. Thanks.