Point in Polygon Strategies: Determining if a point lies within, or outside a polygon
Topic: Technology
9:58 pm EDT, Jul 30, 2006
Inside vs. Outside One definition of whether a point is inside a region is the Jordan Curve Theorem. Essentially, it says that a point is inside a polygon if, for any ray from this point, there is an odd number of crossings of the ray with the polygon's edges (Figure 1). This definition means that some areas which are enclosed by a polygon are not considered inside. The center pentagonal area inside a star is classified as outside because any ray from this area will always intersect an even number of edges.
The last group from the beach is unloaded from the landing craft into the belly of the Nashville, and we're off to Cyprus. Two battleships -- including the USS Cole escorting us. A Lebanon I never got to know, a Beirut I didn't get to show the world disappears slowly over the horizon -- a beautiful dream turned nightmare. It's not what I saw happen in Beirut that I feel like talking about, though that's what I'm doing, isn't it? It's not about what happened to me that remains an unfinished show, a not fully fleshed out story, or even a particularly interesting one. It feels shameful even writing this. It's the story I didn't get to tell. The Beirut I saw for two short days. The possibilities. The hope. Now only a dream.
Israeli pilot flies an F15 on one wing and a full tail section after a midair collision. He throttles up with after burners and lands at twice the normal speed, so the F-15 behaves more as a rocket than a plane and he is able to control it. Guy had no idea he was missing a wing the whole time.
distcc is a program to distribute builds of C, C , Objective C or Objective C code across several machines on a network. distcc should always generate the same results as a local build, is simple to install and use, and is usually much faster than a local compile.
distcc does not require all machines to share a filesystem, have synchronized clocks, or to have the same libraries or header files installed. They can even have different processors or operating systems, if cross-compilers are installed.
Savannah College of Art and Design : Atlanta : Community Education
Topic: Arts
7:29 am EDT, Jul 26, 2006
The ACA Community Education Program at SCAD-Atlanta embarks on a new era of arts education for artists, art lovers and patrons of the arts throughout the Atlanta community. Combining the enduring tradition of a century-old institution — the Atlanta College of Art — with the rich resources of the nation’s leading college of art and design — the Savannah College of Art and Design, the ACA Community Education Program now offers a program of study and personal enrichment with an even broader spectrum of courses, workshops, lectures and tours.
The ACA Community Education Program is a quarterly program of open enrollment, non-credit, fine art and design courses for teens and adults that operates throughout the calendar year. Classes are offered in a variety of artistic disciplines and at all skill levels. Generally, classes meet once a week for three hours for a 10-week academic quarter. Most classes, tours and one- and two-day workshops are conducted on weekday evenings or on Saturday mornings or afternoons. There are no eligibility requirements to enroll in the ACA Community Education Program. However, there may be some instances in which a student is required to take a prerequisite course.
Registration for ACA Community Education classes begins four weeks prior to the first week of regularly scheduled classes each quarter. Registration fees vary based on the nature of the class and must be paid in full prior to official enrollment in the ACA Community Education Program. Fall quarter registration begins on Monday, Aug. 14. Fall quarter classes begin the week of Sept. 18. For more information or to obtain a quarterly ACA Community Education course catalog, call 404.253.6814.
Military analysts question Israeli bombing - Yahoo! News
Topic: Current Events
5:50 am EDT, Jul 26, 2006
James Dobbins, a former Bush administration envoy to Afghanistan who now heads military analysis for the Rand Corp., said choice of targets by Israel was the key and may be misdirected.
"The military rationale seems rather thin, since many of the targets have no conceivable relationship to Hezbollah," he said.
I wish I could find the actual source for this quotation. Its possible that the sentence that followed this in the original source material started with the word "However." Fortunately I have reporters to do the thinking for me.
Having said that, this story finds numerous commentators who seem to be saying that Israel is intentionally punishing the civilian population of Lebanon in order to influence them politically.
