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Thank you for linking this. Watching Soviet scientists scramble over a jumble of fuel rods, concrete and graphite blocks in their desperate attempt to figure out where all the fuel had disappeared to is both fascinating and deeply scary. As one person in the video says, it's a job they had to do, no matter the cost.

Why would I want to use this instead of tileboard? Tileboard is less than $1 a square foot at Lowes. It provides a very smooth surface even on a textured wall, and is easy to install (no painting, just cut, hang, done).

> This is very much needed.

Why? (just curious) SciPy is mature, popular, and has already been heavily peer-reviewed. Then there are R an Matlab and ...

What does SciRuby bring to the table that makes it stand out from the rest?

There are some incredible Google Maps mashups, but I wonder how many make enough money to pay Google. I sure hope this isn't too tall a hurdle for PadMapper.