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"By definition", I begin "Alternative Medicine", I continue "Has either not been proved to work, Or been proved not to work. You know what they call "alternative medicine" That’s been proved to work? Medicine."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Minchin%27s_Law

Re:The raster tragedy at low resolution (1997) on Sunday December 04, 2011 @10:59AM (#3310899)
Subtitles are stored as bitmaps on a DVD. That is why they are usually rather blocky, depending on the font used when mastering the DVD. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-Video#Subtitles

You are probably watching video files with subtitles as embedded (or separate) text files (srt etc). This allows the video player to render them with any font and higher resolution.

Re:Real Life Model of M.C. Escher’s “Waterfall” on Friday February 18, 2011 @04:33AM (#2234863)
Probably just blue dye to make it visible to the camera
Re:Medical researcher discovers integration, gets 75 citations on Friday December 03, 2010 @03:01PM (#1967248)
Or that disecting a joke ruins it?
Re:Brilliant talk by John Cleese on creativity. on Sunday August 15, 2010 @06:10AM (#1604889)
I had the trouble of going to bed but my mind was racing with ideas, and I could not fall asleep. I noticed that taking a notepad next to bed and writing down the ideas or seeds of ideas I could get them out of my mind and my mind could be at rest and I would fall asleep.

I think it releases the mind from trying to remember the ideas in the morning. When I write the ideas down I can review in the morning with the benefit of having a good nights sleep.

Re:Brilliant talk by John Cleese on creativity. on Sunday August 15, 2010 @06:05AM (#1604885)
Also, our laptops are usually filled with interruptions.

When going into your oasis and taking your time, I'd recommend taking only pen and paper with you.

Re:Apollo 11 Launch at 500 Frames per Second on Wednesday May 05, 2010 @02:48AM (#1320531)
He also invented the Rapatronic camera that was used to take pictures of nuclear explosions with 10 nanosecond exposure times.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapatronic_camera http://www.simplethinking.com/home/rapatronic_photographs.ht...

Re:Top Things That Annoy Programmers on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @07:15AM (#1195440)
Then it's not a single character variable name anymore
Re:A Democracy of Netbooks on Monday January 11, 2010 @09:19AM (#1045109)
Probably just hardware envy, but that's what you get by swinging that huge vpenis around like that ;)
Re:Twirling Battery Provides Instant Energy for a Dead Cellphone on Thursday January 07, 2010 @05:05AM (#1036812)
Somehow this leads me to imagine pull-cord powered phones.
Re:Ask HN: What tool makes you most productitive? on Friday November 13, 2009 @04:00AM (#939645)
The Feynman Problem-Solving Algorithm: (1) write down the problem; (2) think very hard; (3) write down the answer.
Re:What Europeans do at Night on Tuesday August 18, 2009 @02:38AM (#769908)
Exactly. Europe is quite narrow continuous set timezones whereas in the American graph shows the east coast and west coast nicely.
Re:Gravity to Save 90% Energy When Using a Fridge on Monday August 17, 2009 @08:57AM (#767975)
It's a converted chest type freezer. Freezers also have a lot thicker insulation on the walls that also helps improve the efficiency a lot.

It also takes a lot of floor space. On the other hand it could be usable as a secondary refridgerator to hold cold drinks, vegetables etc. that you don't want taking space in your main fridge.

And btw where is my aerogel-insulated fridge? I want one for my flying car!

There could be a little animation or delay before showing the final "hash". Only the colors for the complete password are important.

And if somebody can take video of the screen they could take video of the keyboard too, no?