<Quetzalcoatl_>  How do I write a computer vision program in C on a
                  microcontroller?
           <dyf>  Quetzalcoatl_: with a text editor?
 <Quetzalcoatl_>  Hmm.. Never thought of that. But which editor? Is
                  Notepad good enough?
         <mauke>  no, you need at least Wordpad
       <rindolf>  mauke: I suggest MS Word or at least OpenOffice.org
       <rindolf>  mauke: but in order to really be able to write well, you
                  need a desktop publishing program like Scribus or Adobe
                  FrameMaker.
               *  rindolf wonders which compiler will accept PDFs as
                  input.
       <waiting>  rindolf: /usr/bin/pdftotext
       <rindolf>  waiting: and pray.
       <rindolf>  There's an estoric programming language called Piet (I
                  think) that accepts images as input.

    -- How to write stylistic code
    -- ##programming, Freenode

When you read what the founding fathers had to say for themselves, they sound
more like hackers. "The spirit of resistance to government," Jefferson wrote,
"is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive."

Imagine an American president saying that today. Like the remarks of an
outspoken old grandmother, the sayings of the founding fathers have
embarrassed generations of their less confident successors. They remind us
where we come from. They remind us that it is the people who break rules that
are the source of America's wealth and power.

Those in a position to impose rules naturally want them to be obeyed. But be
careful what you ask for. You might get it.

    -- Paul Graham
    -- The Word "Hacker" ( http://www.paulgraham.com/gba.html )