Over the next 15 years, India is expected to add another 300 million people to its current population of one billion. That's the equivalent of adding the entire current population of the United States!
Also take a look at the post from vegaseat on pygame just above that one.
Note: The missing function set_speed() sounds like something that would use pygame's clock() function. I heard the newer vesion 0.2.0 of gasp has incorporated clock().
To find all functions/methods in a module like gasp use:
import gasp
print "List the functions within module gasp:"
for f in dir(gasp):
print f
Look at the output, maybe it's just a minor spelling difference.
Info: GASP (Graphics API for Students of Python) is a library built on pygame that enables absolute beginners to write 1980's style arcade games as an introduction to python
Some of the more irresponsible politicians here want to remove the federal tax on gasoline and diesel. This tax is solely used to maintain roads and bridges.
The money needed to maintain roads and bridges will be put on the government's credit card, for children and grandchildren to pay. All this to get votes from the many ignorant voters. Would you do that to your own offspring?
CSV files are generated by spread sheet programs. Rows make a line in the file and the data columns are separated by commas. Python has a module called csv that makes processing this type of file much easier. Check the Python manual.
Parents should be given only a modest and sensible allowance. And they should be encouraged to save up for things. This builds character. It also helps pay for the funeral. -- P. J. O'Rourke
In other words, the present CPI would simply assume that if the price of milk goes up like it has recently, the consumer would then drink water instead. Why even bother with a Consumer Price Index?
I think the CPI numbers are used to adjust workers annual wage increases.
Smart move on Microsoft's part. Look how the price of Yahhoo tumbled, and the speculators that thought this was a done deal lost big. MS can repeat that a few times and bring Yahoo stock down to the $5 range. Now they have a more realistic price!
Yes it does. Back up your data to CD/DVD just in case. While there would be definite damage, most critical services have a contingency plan and/or computers that are shielded. Multi-national companies have backup data all over the planet. I think some of this comes from the James Bond film where the villan cracked the Bank of England's computer and was going to electronically transfer the assets and then use an EMP bomb to wipe out the bank's records. Well what happens if he succeeds? Does he drive up to the bank with 100 trucks (excuse me lorries) and say "This computer says I own all of your assets so start loading". The bankers would quietly call the nice men in the white coats. There would be damage, but probably not catastrophic chaos IMHO.
Maybe paper and pencil for recording data is not that old fashioned.
I don't believe in EMPs. It's just another scare story. Why would the US and Russia have over 10,000 nuclear warheads if just a few would do?
Back to the thread's title. Whomever we elect will have the power to use most of these babies at the press of a button. Maybe it would be wise not to elect some senile old geezer or a selfdelutional ex first lady.
I have an aunt that religiously watches the many church channels on American TV. She donates half her meager pension to these TVangelists. She believes that she will get a spot in Heaven that way. It's her belief, and I am not going to argue with her.
Man: "God, why did you make woman so beautiful?" God: "So you would love her." Man: "But God, why did you make her so dumb?" God: "So she would love you."
import random
def dela(x):
sum=0
mylist = []
while sum < x:
b = random.randrange (1, x - sum + 1)
mylist.append(b)
sum = sum + b
#print b,
return sum, mylist
# test it ...
sum, mylist = dela(5)
print mylist # eg. [2, 1, 1, 1]
In Dick Chainy's America we would only have two TV channels. Channel One would be Fox News, and on Channel Two he would personally appear and tell you to quickly return the Channel One!
A young woman visits her parents and brings her new fiance to meet them. After an elaborate dinner, the mother tells her husband to find out about the young man.
The father invites the young man to his library for a drink. "So what are your plans?" The father asks the young man.
"I am a Torah scholar." He says.
"A Torah scholar, hmmm," the father says. "Admirable, but what will you do to provide a nice house for my daughter to live in, as she is accustomed to?"
"I will study," the young man said, "and God will provide for us."
"And children?" asks the father. "How will you support children?"
"Don't worry, sir, God will provide," replies the fiance.
The conversation continues like this, and each time the father questions, the young idealist insist that God will provide.
Later, the mother asks her husband, "How did it go, Honey?"
The father answers, "He has no job and no plans, but the good news is that he thinks I'm God."
