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511.
by elai 17y ago
And aren't not limited by "must work in realtime" and can use all the computationally expensive visual effects?
512.
by elai 17y ago
Almost all cellphone cameras are basically pinhole ones. There is only one set focal length.
513.
by elai 17y ago
Large format camera scanning backs have been around for quite a while, which is what this is. Big difference is that there is far less noise in the commercial versions.
514.
by elai 17y ago
Looking at the picture, it looks like pretty blase men's clothing.
515.
by elai 17y ago
Couldn't legislation state that all gold and silver coins are not legal tender anymore but just hunks of metal. For anyone who wishes to "get a refund" they can trade their gold and silver coins for paper bills by mailing them at a US trea
516.
by elai 17y ago
At first I thought it was american billionaires not wanting more billionaires to share the status with.
517.
by elai 17y ago
10k daily active users sounds more like it.
518.
by elai 17y ago
This vs. an airport express?
519.
by elai 17y ago
The game that can be (and is) played by a script.
520.
by elai 17y ago
Many languages have this kind of community IMO. After a certain size, it doesn't matter really how big the community is because there is enough to sustain help. After a certain point, it only helps in finding specialized sub-communities w
521.
by elai 17y ago
Cornerstone is a good alternative SVN client. Cyberduck is a pretty good general purpose SFTP/FTP/S3/etc client. I like billings better than on the job personally.
522.
by elai 17y ago
Or ExpanDrive. It's alot cleaner than MacFuse + sshfs.
523.
by elai 17y ago
I would use uTorrent for a bitorrent client now. I find it's just more effective as a BT client. NetNewsWire is a good RSS client. And I would use VMWare Fusion as a virutalization software vs. Parallels.
524.
by elai 17y ago
The $34'130 seems to based on the GDP per capita of canada or the USA. So 10'000 at the bell curve mid point of wages would cost 9.2 billion. Recruits in the military do get similar wages even though they work in pretty horrible condition
525.
by elai 17y ago
Phft. Other ebook experiences show that publishers will just insist that ebook prices would be around (or probably more) than the same price as the paper textbooks. Publishers know they have a captured market, so to avoid cannibalization
526.
by elai 18y ago
But why do java applications tend to be these huge, clunky, slow and memory hungry applications over and over and over again? Eclipse, any J2ME application/server and so on. Working on java applications has always been pain.
527.
by elai 18y ago
Some things take a long time to "rot", like dried rice and beans.
528.
by elai 18y ago
The big draw of netbooks is cheapness, and apple likes avoiding cheapness.
529.
by elai 18y ago
And the smaller keyboard sizes are actually a big plus for the peitie women of the world (which is a large amount of them in asia). And the vaio P series shows you can make a fullsized keyboard netbook.
530.
by elai 18y ago
To be honest with you, the only difference w/ SE and CS at my school is that you take a few more science courses, maybe an extra math course, a DSP course and thats about it. And it's a significant amount more of stress. And I think you h
531.
by elai 18y ago
How will you prevent API key spoofing? Capture that XML-RPC request, and voila, security breached until customer complaint.
532.
by elai 18y ago
And you can legally be there, unlike the beach!
533.
by elai 18y ago
Apple has made it signficantly easy for a programmer to throw together something nice w/ the default GUI widget set. It might limit him from the game segment, but there is still lots to do.
534.
by elai 18y ago
I bought ones to try out. I used it for 5 days straight walking around extensively in banff, and let me tell you my feet were in AGNOY! I did a lot of pavement walking although with it, to see if they would work as a shoe replacement. Th
535.
by elai 18y ago
1. Business school people are more entrepeureally minded and tend to have more of a personality (no duh...) 2. You can take school courses that would help you later in your career, like several business courses. I would take the more conc
536.
by elai 18y ago
If the shit hits the fan, would this contract even work properly? Contracts are only good when the shit hits the fan. They're insurance policies. (And might induce people to do thing b/c of fear)
537.
by elai 18y ago
Facebook apps and ads appeal to a market very far away from us tech guys so it can be hard to think of how it works. Think of things as random as bored at home fat housewives and Swedish people as your money makers. Also facebook ads can
538.
by elai 18y ago
Why oh why can't banks just make an api version of their banking websites? SSL, login, password, server, voila!
539.
by elai 18y ago
Without sleep, we would require one extra meal a day. A 133% eating rate is a significant increase in food required. You'll notice it when you stay up all night and it isn't adrenaline induced.
540.
by elai 18y ago
Immigration & Customs in almost all countries tend to be despicable in general. It's harder to get accountability from them, since the people they lord over tend to have no voting powers.

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