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  1. I know the catch on Gmail Adds POP3 To Email Accounts · · Score: 1
    The catch is that if you use POP3 (or IMAP for that matter), you lose all the nifty features of their web interface. Namely:
    - Ultra-fast search.
    - Labels.
    - Conversations.

    I use those features extensively, so even with POP3 or IMAP available I would still use the web interface, which is the best one I've seen so far.

    As an added bonus, I can access all of my stored email from anywhere. The ads are non-intrusive enough so that I never look at them anyway.

  2. We know P != NP on The End of Encryption? · · Score: 1

    We just don't know how to prove it. (Or IF we can prove it).

  3. Re:Misstatement of the Incompleteness Theorem on Metamath! The Quest for Omega · · Score: 2, Insightful
    You are right.

    In fact, one of my favorite examples is Presburger arithmetic, which doubles as a nice example of a problem provably harder than any in NP.

  4. Get a backpack on Recommendations For A Good Laptop Bag? · · Score: 1

    There are even some designed to look serious. In particular, Samsonite has a line with a lot of padding and an amazing way of distributing the weight: I barely feel my 7 lb laptop. (I am comparing with a Dell backpack with which i DO feel the weight much more).

    Also, lots of compartments, even one designed to store your MP3 player with a hole to slide your headphes cable through, and lots of extra room.

    The model in particular that I have and am 100% satisfied with is the Rafter[ebags.com] model. If you buy in that site, make sure to check TechbargainsTechbargains for coupons.

  5. QuickSort vs. HeapSort on Deep Algorithms? · · Score: 1
    I've seen QuickSort mentioned several times in the discussions. Do people still use QuickSort?

    Why not use HeapSort always, which has the same time complexity but lower space complexity (O(n))?

  6. We have evolved a lot in the past 150 years on Is Evolution Over In Humans? · · Score: 1

    I couldn't agree more.

    In the past "few" years we have learned to fly, to survive deep underwater, in outer space, to move faster than any other animal...

    As a species, we have evolved technology and will continue to do so. Besides (or including?) classical genetic evolution, that is...