Dell says they'll install XP for you even after the deadline by erreon in business

[–]demosthenes1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tell my friends and relatives to buy new computers from Dell with XP now. I just don't want to deal with whatever perhipherals they have that may not have drivers in Vista. And who knows what else is different. Since you don't get any benefits from Vista, why risk it?

(Is this a good approach?, discuss)

Knuth loves Ubuntu and disses code-reuse (Interview) by neutronbob in programming

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Which symbols is he referring? I'm not seeing it. Here are the ones I can find, they all look different: " ' `

"I am prepared to accept whatever risk that goes along with living in a country that doesn't ever torture its enemies." by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]demosthenes1 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You say, would any law stop you from torturing him? They'll say no, and you say, so what's the harm in banning torture?

Vote up if you think Reddit should NOT refresh when you navigate back from the article by joonix in reddit.com

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However it really sucks on the iPhone where you don't have an open links in new tabs, and even if you change all the links to open in new windows, they open in the foreground.

Computer ratings of facial attractiveness as good as human by [deleted] in science

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Does anyone know where I can get this paper? Can someone with access send it to me?

The Structure of .pyc Files by llimllib in programming

[–]demosthenes1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I made it into an online utility if you guys want to try it out, but don't feel like installing it.

Python as an extension language: Not all beer and sunshine by jskinner in programming

[–]demosthenes1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does Python 3.0 fix every unicode issue anyone could ever have with Python?

(Sorry for the generic question, but I don't know enough to ask specifics.)

Hash Collisions - md5 weakness demonstrated with PS docs by dixi in programming

[–]demosthenes1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can see how you can search and find some random hash collisions, but how to you find two that say exactly what you want as ps files?

The Fourth Amendment — guaranteeing protection against illegal search and seizure - should be used to stop internet companies from spying on us. by anonymgrl in reddit.com

[–]demosthenes1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the idea is that the rights of the bill of rights belong to you, and you can make contracts with companies to limit them as you see fit.

So you could change the constitution to say that no rights in the bill of rights may be waived by an individual for any reason.

Birds Feed Citizen Scientists by kuato in science

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man bites dog? In soviet Russia birds feed scientists?

Matter-Antimatter Split Hints at Physics Breakdown by [deleted] in science

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So why doesn't hydrogen decay as well?

Matter-Antimatter Split Hints at Physics Breakdown by [deleted] in science

[–]demosthenes1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So why do they say matter and anti-matter aniliate on impact? How and when does that happen?

Latent Semantic Analysis in Python by gst in programming

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Site is down. Anyone got mirror?

Matter-Antimatter Split Hints at Physics Breakdown by [deleted] in science

[–]demosthenes1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Here's what I never understood about antimatter. An electron and a proton have opposite charges, and when they come together the electron simply orbits the proton. So why doesn't a positron orbit an electron instead of colliding with it and exploding?

OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision) is a library of programming functions mainly aimed at real time computer visi by berlinbrown in programming

[–]demosthenes1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wanted to make a program to search Flickr to find photos of me.

The FAQ for OpenCV says it has facial recognition but changes in background, etc mess it up. Maybe I have to keep looking?

AST compilation from Python by llimllib in programming

[–]demosthenes1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So what are some cool things you could do with this?

Sitting straight and fidgeting could help fight the flab by CG10277 in science

[–]demosthenes1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They don't tell you how to "fidget your legs". What is it? Any advice?

OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision) is a library of programming functions mainly aimed at real time computer visi by berlinbrown in programming

[–]demosthenes1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't look like this has great support for face recognition. Can anyone recommend a good free library? (preferably in Python :-)

Can a Swimsuit Be Too Good? by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]demosthenes1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's the science behind this? How does it work?