The average programmer can't code more than 100 lines of code without using google. Imagine how hard it would be to recreate the google without google.

I tried with ImageMagick convert and it is not as bad as the firefox resize or the eye of gnome and gimp. One can still see the Dalai Lama after "convert -resize 50%" .

Although most of the Brazilians would agree with the action, the decision here in Brazil for the payback was made by politicians. And It is no more a decision up to the politicians. There is a law in our constitution that establishes the rule of reciprocity. At least we are also reciprocal to other countries that make severe requirements like Spain.

Actually, I am a tall, latin, handsome, hairy, geek and i am confused. Are or are not women more attracted to me? From my experience there is no such thing as "X attracts women more than Y".

I really don't think that IT workers are not satisfied because they are underrated. I think IT employees that got enginerering/CS degrees were expecting more exciting and innovative research and development kind of jobs and not to do some scripting using excel or some plain web data-base oriented systems. They are not underrated, they are overeducated.

I agree. Why do not stop with the nuclear weapons that opposed to the LHC are meant to explode and can really destroy the earth?

Errr...therefore it is still useless.

I guess if one proves that the program is formally proof correct there is no need to verify the numbers.

This could be used to predict which projects are essential to open source and free software.

That is some topic about women and relationship that some slashdoters can talk with experience.

If you think the NASA toys would last long imagine how long a Mir toy would last.

Just use image analysis to find if there is any solutions. Something very simple like Gonzalez et al.

Last 500 years the human being tastes has played such strong role that if people liked this tree it's an positive random adaptation to its environment.