This is exactly what happened in Gaza the past few weeks, to weed out Hamas.

Where are the mod points when I need them. Sad day when nobody even at /. knows who Robert Zimmermann is.

I've often heard of Perl being referred to as a write-only language.

That list comprehension is actually very much the reason why Python is terrific. C# programmers will be familiar with the idea from Linq.

for: This is a for loop
a,b,c,d: Each value of the iterator is itself composed of 4 values. In Python this is called a tuple, but you can think of it as an array if it helps. The first value is bound to a, the second to b, etc. Thus, the variables a,b,c, and d are defined in the loop body.
in: The next thing mentioned is the iterator
[x.q for x in y if x.z]+[x.r for x in y if x.z]: This iterator is a mess, let's look at it's parts, which are:
[x.q for x in y if x.z]
+
[x.r for x in y if x.z]:

[x.q for x in y if x.z]: y is an iterator. Return only the q property of each item in y, only if the z property is defined. This results in a list (another Python datatype which you can think of as an array) being return, of q properties.

[x.r for x in y if x.z]: y is an iterator. Return only the r property of each item in y, only if the z property is defined. This results in a list being return, of r properties.

+: Combine the list of q properties with the list of r properties.

Like learning another (human) language, it it incomprehensible at first. However, I'm no Pythonista and even for me it was very simple to figure out what this does.

The situation is really not that simple, even if you consider non-cyborg humans. See this Stack Exchange thread on the topic:
http://philosophy.stackexchang...

Thanks, now we know what was swimming around in the Death Star's garbage disposal. They've just unearthed a Dianoga!

I bought the B&N Nook for $99 and rooted it. Works great, I use it to study with Ankidroid.

Actually, in my country (Israel) this _is_ law. All car dealerships have associated garages that must supply seven years worth expected spare parts for all new vehicles, including non-wear parts such as body parts, and to maintain that stock. I'm not sure about how the details pan out for older vehicles, but it ensures that the company cannot just up and leave us without any parts.

Asked here about a year an a half ago:
Ask Slashdot: Linux-Friendly Motherboard Manufacturers?

That was not fair! I should have been done with my five-minute /. break an hour ago!

In other words, thank you for the Mechanical Watch link. That professor is amazing.

Opportunity. Curiosity is on the other side of Mars, nuturing holes in its wheels and looking for cats to kill.

You completely proved Cardoor's point.

OK, I'll bite. :)

Standardizing on tabs helps mitigate this, as everyone sees what they like to see (I se tabstop=4 in vim on my vertical monitor, my emac-using coworker likes tabs to look like 8 spaces on his widescreen monitor), yet indentation level 3 is represented by 3 of something, not 12 (as I would have it) or 24 (as Stas would have it) of something.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

Then why isn't there "major problems" with CentOS / RHEL which are on the majority of computers connected to the internet? Because they are running an Apache webserver instead of a Gnome desktop?

The truth is, Linux computers are heavily represented on the internet yet we still don't see anything significant in the way of Linux malware.