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Replied To a Post in There is an elephant on the loo!
There are about 100,000 miles of blood vessels in an adult human body. -
Replied To a Post in Memorable Quotations
"Have you noticed that all the people in favour of birth control are already born?" -- Benny Hill -
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Messages on Benny Hill's Brick wall: Q: HOW DO YOU TELL AN IRISHMAN ON A COMPUTER DATE? A: HE'S LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO PLUG IT IN Q: WHAT'S BLACK & … -
Replied To a Post in Off in the orbit!
Maybe you should start with one of those remote controlled quatro-copter/camera combinations that are the rage right now. At least the first 10 km of space are yours to explore. … -
Replied To a Post in So much info.. what is right?what is wrong?
I feel like the US news media more and more marches to the same drummer. I still trust the BBC, not sure if our friends from England feel the same … -
Replied To a Post in So much info.. what is right?what is wrong?
You may take a look at **Quora**, a search engine that is dedicated to the truth. It is based on a system of real name users voting up content. Quora … -
Replied To a Post in So much info.. what is right?what is wrong?
I like Wikipedia's approach to weed out the not-so-true stuff. -
Replied To a Post in Factorial, Power
Another way to look at this ... ''' mpm_stuff.py comparing Python module mpmath result to C 64bit double results ''' from mpmath import * # convert to mpmath float x … -
Replied To a Post in Projects for the Beginner
Use Python to show that factorial(0.5) = sqrt(pi)/2 -
Replied To a Post in Adding a timer to my program
At your level it would be easier to time the seconds it takes to answer all the questions ... import random from datetime import datetime as dt correct = 0 … -
Replied To a Post in Access the clipboard via Tkinter
Can somebody test this on Linux or OSX ... ''' text_to_clipboard101.py test it by using paste in your editor or other program tested with Python34 and Python27 OS = Windows … -
Replied To a Post in Access the clipboard via Tkinter
On Windows 8.1 it pastes into Google Chrome alright. -
Replied To a Post in Random Facts
California's Central Valley accounts for more than 80% of the global supply of almonds. However, California's worst drought in more than a century is causing huge problems for farmers, who … -
Replied To a Post in The Internet of Things
Near Field Communication (NFC) payment systems allows people to pay for goods and services by touching their mobile phone to a special payment terminal. The inclusion of this technology and … -
Replied To a Post in The Internet of Things
Standard & Poor's has given the debt of social media giant Twitter the rating "junk". http://www.bbc.com/news/business-30048344 -
Replied To a Post in There is an elephant on the loo!
Apple, with a $668 billion market cap, is three times bigger than the dollar value of illegal drug sales in the U.S. each year. -
Replied To a Post in Python GUI Programming
Sometimes you want to know the version of the Tkinter GUI toolkit in your Python installation ... ''' tk_version.py get the version number of Tkinter and its underlying TCL ''' … -
Replied To a Post in c programming variable name rules
You can follow this guide ... http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/cppguide.html#Variable_Names To me the underline connector is most readable. -
Replied To a Post in Code Snippet Ideas
Explore an equation solver. -
Replied To a Post in Bad Grammar
English as a spoken language has the quality of music, for some odd reason I seem to know when a bad note has been struck. -
Marked Solved Status for Anyone try a portable laser keyboard ?
Hi, I was thinking of trying this technology: http://www.celluon.com/products.php The good news is that I still type with 2 - 4 fingers...But, after all these years I am very fast … -
Replied To a Post in Things I hate about TV shows
Watching "Bones" too much and ending up with a medical degree. -
Replied To a Post in What movie have you seen lately?
When it comes to car chase scenes, I still haul out the "The Blues Brothers" DVD every now and then. -
Replied To a Post in Nature's Temper
Three feet of snow in parts of Upper Michigan is pretty hefty. You have to be pretty good with the snow shovel! I remember going there on vacation, glad that … -
Replied To a Post in What are you eating/drinking right now?
Ribs, potato salad and brown ale. -
Replied To a Post in The Internet of Things
Connecting too any things to the internet will eventually slow it down to the point were it will not be very useful. The big debate about "Net Neutrality" goes on … -
Replied To a Post in There is an elephant on the loo!
Albert Einstein was not a poor student as some reports state. He was conversant in college physics before he was 11 years old, was a ''brilliant'' violin player, and received … -
Replied To a Post in Memorable Quotations
"If we knew what it was what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, wouldn't it?" ... Albert Einstein (3/14/1879 - 4/18/1955) -
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If you are too open minded, your brain will fall out. -
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The EU has just removed the position of Chief Scientific Adviser. The advice was based on science and not politics. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30037531 -
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"Why is it that nobody understands me and everybody likes me?" ... Albert Einstein -
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Hearing problems: Three seniors are out for a stroll. One of them remarks, “It’s windy.” Another replies, “No way. It’s Thursday.” The last one says, “Me too. Let’s have a … -
Replied To a Post in looking for a laptop. Any suggestions on a good one? one
I am partial to Dell, usually get them at Best Buy. The only problem is that most notebooks/laptops come with Wndows 8.1 that can be frustrating to the user. -
Replied To a Post in There is an elephant on the loo!
Ayan Qureshi is now a Microsoft Certified Professional after passing the tech giant's exam. The surprising thing is that Ayan is only five years old. Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30054140 -
Replied To a Post in The Internet of Things
Oh yes, it is necessary for the NSA to know how much fibre you are getting in your diet. With the cost of the affordable care act going up, the … -
Replied To a Post in Things I hate about TV shows
Lately I have been falling asleep in front of the Tele. Is it the boring programs or some subliminal message? -
Replied To a Post in What are you eating/drinking right now?
A Boston Cream Pie and a big mug of Baileys coffee. -
Replied To a Post in Memorable Quotations
"If we don't act now to safeguard our privacy, we could all become victims of identity theft." ... Bill Nelson -
Replied To a Post in Memorable Quotations
"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded." ... Fyodor Dostoevsky -
Replied To a Post in Random Facts
According to a Pew Research survey 91% of Americans believe that consumers have lost control over how personal information is collected and used by companies. A further 80% also felt … -
Replied To a Post in There is an elephant on the loo!
A bug in the Windows operating system that can be used by an attacker for "drive-by attacks" to run code remotely and take over the user's machine has been discovered … -
Replied To a Post in Reasons You Get Down-Voted
Polite comes from Latin politus ('polished'), so a polite is a polished person. A polite is also a person that has never ever downvoted almostbob. -
Replied To a Post in Random Facts
I guess in New York you have to have a total wealth of $30 million to be considered rich. I always thought that once you can't remember how many houses … -
Replied To a Post in Random Facts
Enrico Fermi was the main theoretical physicist behind the Manhattan project. Albert Einstein did help by using his name to convince Roosevelt to start the project. Calling poor Albert the … -
Replied To a Post in Reasons You Get Down-Voted
There are times when I try to be polite. -
Replied To a Post in Projects for the Beginner
Write a password manager. You get in it with one password and enter account name, user name and password for that account. The data is safely encrypted and stored in … -
Replied To a Post in Bucket Sort with timing
Not sure what you want. -
Replied To a Post in Create a password you can remember
I think I will write a password manager in Python, seems like a good idea. Copy and paste avoids the keyboard use that can be malware monitored. There is also … -
Replied To a Post in Create a password you can remember
@rubberman you are right, in reality I would use my best childhood friend's name and birth year. The point is that it needs to be something you can remember. -
Replied To a Post in Starting Python
A chemical string ... # string fun str1 = 'helicopter' char_list = list(str1) k = 0 for char in char_list[::2]: char_list[k] = char.upper() k = k + 2 str2 = …
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