Comment Re:Or... (Score 1) 178
Or you could just stick this Babel fish in your ear.
> REMOVE GOWN.
> PUT GOWN ON HOOK
> GET TOWEL
> PUT TOWEL ON DRAIN
> GET SATCHEL
> PUT SATCHEL IN FRONT OF PANEL
> PUT MAIL ON SATCHEL
> PRESS DISPENSER BUTTON
Comment Re:Mirror (Score 5, Informative) 266
Comment Re:WTF (Score 1) 836
Simple enough. Just go home after submitting your app and change all your passwords.
You have been truthful on the app and now they need to hire you to help them figure out why they can't access your web sites!
Comment Re:Shoot them (Score 1) 368
What about the aircraft mounted pain guns? http://it.slashdot.org/it/07/09/19/202227.shtml
Comment Some simple explanations on complex topics (Score 1) 517
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Understanding the FFT, Second Edition
http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Second-Revised-Anders-Zonst/dp/0964568152/
Examples are in BASIC (with line numbers even), but very simple explaination of the fast Fourier transform.
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Adventures in Group Theory: Rubik's Cube, Merlin's Machine, and Other Mathematical Toys (2nd edition)
http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Group-Theory-Merlins-Mathematical/dp/0801890136/
Introduction to group theory using Rubik's cubes. Lots of typos, but they won't slow you down much.
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Cryptography Decrypted
http://www.amazon.com/Cryptography-Decrypted-H-X-Mel/dp/0201616475/
Cryptography explained in pictures.
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Comment Re:without any humans ever having been involved (Score 1) 898
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_light_camera
You're welcome.
There is a proper way to do an unnecessary Google on someone else's behalf: http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=Red+light+camera
Comment Re:Declare him a terrorist (Score 1) 1082
The most effective form of cryptanalysis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis
Comment Start with the Government offices... (Score 1) 287
Cut the government off first and see how they like it. Then tell them they have to prove they are not doing illegal downloads before they can be reinstated. If 3 times the subscriber base is downloading illegally, this must include the government machines as well.
Submission + - Canada may tax legal music downloads 3
FuriousBalancing writes: MacNN reports:
Canadians may soon pay a small tax on every legal music store download, says a new measure (PDF) sanctioned by the Copyright Board of Canada. Requested by the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), the tax would apply at least 2.1 cents to every individual song download and 1.5 cents per track for complete albums. Subscription download and streaming services would themselves be charged between 5.7 and 6.8 percent of a user's monthly fees. Minimum fees would also apply for every larger download or subscription. The new tax would be retroactive to January 1st, 1996.
Canadians may soon pay a small tax on every legal music store download, says a new measure (PDF) sanctioned by the Copyright Board of Canada. Requested by the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), the tax would apply at least 2.1 cents to every individual song download and 1.5 cents per track for complete albums. Subscription download and streaming services would themselves be charged between 5.7 and 6.8 percent of a user's monthly fees. Minimum fees would also apply for every larger download or subscription. The new tax would be retroactive to January 1st, 1996.
Feed Science Daily: Does This Child Have Appendicitis? Watch Out For Key Signs (sciencedaily.com)
A 5-year-old with abdominal pain, nausea and fever may have appendicitis or any of a number of other problems. But how does the child's doctor decide whether to schedule an emergency appendectomy to surgically remove a presumably inflamed appendix -- a procedure that carries its own risks like any surgery -- or wait and observe what could be a ticking time bomb that could rupture and kill the patient in a matter of hours?
Submission + - The Pirate Bay About To Relaunch Suprnova.org 3
kungfujesus writes: The Pirate Bay crew has been working on this secret project for quite some time now. Back in April they wrote a cryptic post on their blog announcing that something was coming. In a response to this announcement TPB admin Brokep told TorrentFreak: "The past, the present and the future. It's all the same, but one thing's for sure, we will radiate for weeks", today it became clear that he was referring to the resurrection of Suprnova.
Article Here
Exposing Children to Technology? 466
LabelThis asks: "While I'm not a huge fan of immersing children in technology, there is a certain point at which you must expose them to the tools that will help them be successful in the world. Looking back, I distinctly remember my parents making every effort to provide a computer for me and my sibling, early on (they bought an Atari 400 for us when I was 5). Either by accident or on purpose, that single decision (and the continued follow up of purchasing newer computers as needed) shaped my future and the future of my siblings. I now have a daughter, and my wife and I have a number of years to before we worry about equipping her with technology (right now spending time with her and helping her be a happy well adjusted toddler are our primary concerns). In the spirit of my parents choice, what type of tools should parents be equipping their children with, today?"
Why Do Google Hit Numbers Vary? 378
Supa-Fly writes "I have a question about some conflicting results with the search engine google. I did a search for "pictures of mountains" and got exactly 1 million results. My friend did the same search (from the same office)and got 1,010,000 results. A second friend did the same search as the last 2 and got 1,020,000. These have not changed and every person gets the same results each time. My question is what is up with the discrepancies on google's search
results?" Since this question is hard to answer from the outside, Craig Silverstein of Google kindly supplies his best answer to this question, below.
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