# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (March 22, 2011)

* A brief discussion about version control systems mentioned that switching between gitweb and cgit would be a simple task, taking approximately ten minutes, with the possibility of supporting both simultaneously.

* There was a philosophical exchange about agency/rationality tradeoffs in collaboration, suggesting that some people collaborate with those having different rationality approaches as a psychological hedge against inaction.

* A developer shared frustration about implementing international phone number verification, with a subsequent link to a complex regular expression for RFC822 email validation (http://code.iamcal.com/php/rfc822/full_regexp.txt).

* A project called "GenoTHREAT" from Virginia Tech (http://dev.vbi.vt.edu/projects/genothreat/) was mentioned with apparent skepticism, with one participant noting the irony of Virginia Tech creating a project with "threat" in its name.

* BRL-CAD (a solid modeling system) was noted as participating in Google Summer of Code, potentially offering opportunities for open-source contributors.

* The conversation included critique of data visualization art by Laurie Frick, with participants questioning the distinction between data visualization as art versus functional graphics, noting that her wooden block visualizations of life rhythms were featured in New Scientist.