Viewing profile — rg123

Duke, UNC, and NC State are all good, with othe smaller colleges in the area as well - and the NC School of Science and Math (high school for gifted/talented math/science) is worth…

Showers (and lockers if other lockable storage is not available) at work places would be needed, too, for bike commuting to be viable for a lot of people.

In addition to the ideas for what do to while driving, consider avoiding driving during rush hour to cut down on the time it takes. Even if your work schedule isn't flexible, this …

I agree with you there, too.

I think posts to pay-per-view stuff ought to reflect that in the title. Knowing this is out there for purchase has value, just like knowing a new book on whatever topic was availab…

The way he demonstrated what he was talking about with the way he talked about it reminded me a bit of the dialogues in Godel, Escher, Bach. Cleverly done.

I 2nd this completely re: Twisted documentation. When Twisted's communication via their documentation has been so lacking/off-putting/etc., it is hard to feel sympathy for a Twiste…

The article was prompted by some assertions on StackOverflow that pickle was secure or "secure enough", etc. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1389738/how-to-save-data-...

I really like this response. Not that I didn't like the study - it made no claim of proof, just support, and was a neat idea. Too often we see this kind of thing written up in arti…

It's funny that newspapers think search engines are the problem. The real problem, it seem to me, is that most stories of any value that I find in a Newspaper are AP wire stories -…

Since it will take a while for the 3rd party libraries to be ported to 3.x, start with 2.6. The versions are not different enough for it to be a big problem either way you learn th…

In addition to the Ko rule, you might want to consider handling the other repeated postion situations like at: http://www.britgo.org/rules/molasses.html Rules vary for these, thoug…

I agree with those recommending Python as a great first language to learn. You can download it for free at the Python web site, which is www.python.org. Get version 2.6.2 for now. …

One very positive thing about the Internet is that, even if your outlook is not common in your physical community or society in general, you can find virtual communities where you …

I recommend Python in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition by Alex Martelli. It is very concise, without the newbie stuff, and does point out some specifics that might surprise someone coming f…