Comments for The Samovar http://thesamovar.wordpress.com A cup of tea and a political rant Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:26:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Zola’s “Truth”: Dreyfus and the ‘war on terror’ by Girish Mishra http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/zolas-truth-dreyfus-and-the-war-on-terror/#comment-12550 Girish Mishra Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:59:56 +0000 http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/zolas-truth-dreyfus-and-the-war-on-terror/#comment-12550 I read Truth some years ago and found that it could be of great help in understanding the activities and methods of working and propaganda network of Hindu sectarians in India. I read Truth some years ago and found that it could be of great help in understanding the activities and methods of working and propaganda network of Hindu sectarians in India.

]]> Comment on Countdown numbers game in Python by Dan | thesamovar http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/countdown-numbers-game-in-python/#comment-12513 Dan | thesamovar Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:47:45 +0000 http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/countdown-numbers-game-in-python/#comment-12513 Hi James, I don't know him/them I figure they're just some kids that found their way here. Good luck with writing your solver. You should be able to write one that's a lot more efficient than that, I wrote it for maximum comprehensibility rather than speed. Once you've written your algorithm, you might find it interesting to read the discussion we had about this on the comp.lang.python group (search for countdown numbers game). Hi James, I don’t know him/them I figure they’re just some kids that found their way here.

Good luck with writing your solver. You should be able to write one that’s a lot more efficient than that, I wrote it for maximum comprehensibility rather than speed. Once you’ve written your algorithm, you might find it interesting to read the discussion we had about this on the comp.lang.python group (search for countdown numbers game).

]]> Comment on Countdown numbers game in Python by James Stanley http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/countdown-numbers-game-in-python/#comment-12512 James Stanley Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:49:35 +0000 http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/countdown-numbers-game-in-python/#comment-12512 Ignore Bill. I suspect you know who he is in real life, but ignore him anyway. Nice work with the numbers game algorithm. I didn't look too closely since I'm attempting to write a solver in C. Code looks short and sweet, though. Good work! Ignore Bill. I suspect you know who he is in real life, but ignore him anyway.
Nice work with the numbers game algorithm. I didn’t look too closely since I’m attempting to write a solver in C. Code looks short and sweet, though. Good work!

]]> Comment on HDR with a crappy mobile phone camera by Dan | thesamovar http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/hdr-with-a-crappy-mobile-phone-camera/#comment-12507 Dan | thesamovar Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:27:49 +0000 http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/?p=306#comment-12507 Sadly the GIMP is not so good at HDR because it doesn't have support for 16/32 bit channels as Photoshop does. You can do it by hand, but I don't know how well that works. There is some free software to download that does HDR but I haven't tried it. On the phonecam, it's fine in daylight but pretty hopeless otherwise (see above). Sadly the GIMP is not so good at HDR because it doesn’t have support for 16/32 bit channels as Photoshop does. You can do it by hand, but I don’t know how well that works. There is some free software to download that does HDR but I haven’t tried it.

On the phonecam, it’s fine in daylight but pretty hopeless otherwise (see above).

]]> Comment on HDR with a crappy mobile phone camera by Edward the Bonobo http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/hdr-with-a-crappy-mobile-phone-camera/#comment-12503 Edward the Bonobo Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:02:11 +0000 http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/?p=306#comment-12503 Neat! Presumably you can do the same with The GIMP? I reckon your moaning a bit about your Cameraphone, mind. It was practically free wasn't it? And way better than an instamatic. Mine is in no way SotA...but I'm well impressed. And with a 1GB miniSD cards @ 4.99 in Woolies... My photoblog: Check out especially the goregoous West Highland Way shots: http://www.flickr.com/photos/edwardthebonobo/sets But, aye, low light's a bitch. Neat! Presumably you can do the same with The GIMP?

I reckon your moaning a bit about your Cameraphone, mind. It was practically free wasn’t it? And way better than an instamatic. Mine is in no way SotA…but I’m well impressed. And with a 1GB miniSD cards @ 4.99 in Woolies…

My photoblog:
Check out especially the goregoous West Highland Way shots:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edwardthebonobo/sets

But, aye, low light’s a bitch.

]]> Comment on HDR with a crappy mobile phone camera by Dan | thesamovar http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/hdr-with-a-crappy-mobile-phone-camera/#comment-12466 Dan | thesamovar Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:29:54 +0000 http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/?p=306#comment-12466 Hey Colm, not sure I understand your question. Maybe I explained myself badly in the entry above, all of those pictures were taken at the same light level (night with electric lights). The only thing I changed was the brightness setting on my phone. I'm not sure exactly what this corresponds to. I think it's more complicated than just changing the exposure time because it seems to do some post-processing on the picture, but the effect is fairly similar. I did another one where I didn't change the brightness setting on the phone, and it worked very nicely, but obviously like any normal photo it can't deal with the fact that you have a very bright light source. I just uploaded three new pics to the gallery on the entry above. For the tea and books one, I took 16 photos using the burst mode on my camera (it takes 4 at a time, and I used it 4 times), all the same brightness level. You can see the difference is pretty impressive again! Incidentally, if you have a proper camera instead of a mobile phone one, you can do extraordinary things with HDR. Take a look at the wiki entry I linked to. Hey Colm, not sure I understand your question. Maybe I explained myself badly in the entry above, all of those pictures were taken at the same light level (night with electric lights). The only thing I changed was the brightness setting on my phone. I’m not sure exactly what this corresponds to. I think it’s more complicated than just changing the exposure time because it seems to do some post-processing on the picture, but the effect is fairly similar. I did another one where I didn’t change the brightness setting on the phone, and it worked very nicely, but obviously like any normal photo it can’t deal with the fact that you have a very bright light source. I just uploaded three new pics to the gallery on the entry above. For the tea and books one, I took 16 photos using the burst mode on my camera (it takes 4 at a time, and I used it 4 times), all the same brightness level. You can see the difference is pretty impressive again!

Incidentally, if you have a proper camera instead of a mobile phone one, you can do extraordinary things with HDR. Take a look at the wiki entry I linked to.

]]> Comment on HDR with a crappy mobile phone camera by Colm http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/hdr-with-a-crappy-mobile-phone-camera/#comment-12463 Colm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:40:43 +0000 http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/?p=306#comment-12463 That's very impressive. If you took a succession of photos similar low-light conditions how would it have looked? That’s very impressive. If you took a succession of photos similar low-light conditions how would it have looked?

]]> Comment on Belief and Pragmatism: God, ideals and addiction by Alastair http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/belief-and-pragmatism-god-ideals-and-addiction/#comment-12406 Alastair Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:41:41 +0000 http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/?p=300#comment-12406 You should change the name of your blog to "Phlowchart Filosofy" imo. You should change the name of your blog to “Phlowchart Filosofy” imo.

]]> Comment on … and just so you know I’m serious by Kaz Maslanka http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/and-just-so-you-know-im-serious/#comment-12385 Kaz Maslanka Wed, 28 May 2008 23:31:21 +0000 http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/and-just-so-you-know-im-serious/#comment-12385 Simple mathematics can be as beautiful as simple poetry. For instance look at the Pythagorean Theorem and Haiku translations and notice the simplicity and the beauty in that simplicity. Simple mathematics can be as beautiful as simple poetry. For instance look at the Pythagorean Theorem and Haiku translations and notice the simplicity and the beauty in that simplicity.

]]> Comment on Nobody believes in God by Belief and Pragmatism: God, ideals and addiction « The Samovar http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/nobody-believes-in-god/#comment-12383 Belief and Pragmatism: God, ideals and addiction « The Samovar Wed, 28 May 2008 00:43:41 +0000 http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/?p=288#comment-12383 [...] Nobody believes in God [...] [...] Nobody believes in God [...]

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