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    Comment #5622442

    What he seems to want is the magnet URI scheme...

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    Comment #5518969

    The same question was asked for my grad. qualifying exam: "how many dentists are there in Ann Arbor?"

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    Comment #5092378

    Maybe they can get a hacker to fix that... somehow. I got the same thing when trying to sign in via github.

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    Comment #4940595

    http://www.mailvelope.com/ addresses some of these questions, minus private key storage, encryption of messages being composed. Still, it's a start.

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    Comment #4883114

    I came to similar conclusions, and instead bought one of these devices: the Fizz Giz. http://www.fizzgiz.com/ http://www.amazon.com/Fizz-Giz-Soda-Maker-Carbonation/dp/B00... Works …

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    Comment #3842264

    Maar ik kan niet lezen Nederlands.

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    Comment #3712197

    I understand that you read about a "a neutrino network that would transmit directly through the Earth, for true point-to-point communication," but you obviously didn't read the pap…

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    Comment #3687375

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubberhose_(file_system)

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    Do we need yet another custom C++ interpreter?

    Discussion of ROOT's C++ interpreters

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    Comment #3608449

    http://root.cern.ch/drupal/content/do-we-need-yet-another-cu...

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    Comment #3608443

    It may not be awesome. But it works.

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    Comment #3608433

    To be clear: the python interface does use CINT underneath; it's just that the user is less exposed to the subtle "features" that give CINT it's unique character.

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    Comment #3608422

    Nobody, and I mean nobody, likes CINT.

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    Comment #3423210

    > it would be easier for Elsevier to shut down arxiv.org. It is disheartening to think that such a thing is even remotely possible.

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    Comment #2099053

    I think this could fit: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/DeCSS/Gallery/hannum-efdtt-source...

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    Comment #1990417

    Did you read the article? So many fundamental equations become more elegant when pi is redefined in this way. Isn't pi/2 = half, pi=whole more direct?