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  1. Re:Hm... on Biofuels Make Greenhouse Gases Worse · · Score: 1

    This is wrong, the most productive cane farms use machines for harvesting cane. The mechanization creates the opposite problem, the unemployment of low qualified work force. The machine is very efficient, it cuts the leaves of cane and throw in the ground to protect them from erosion. The leaves works as seasoning for the next harvest.

  2. User Interface on iPhone, Apple TV Headline MacWorld Keynote · · Score: 1

    The iPhone User Interface is more important then the iPhone. It's can be used in all type of user devices, like DVD players, watches, Tablets, etc. iPhone isn't the new iPod, is the new Macintosh.

  3. Re:Languages continue to evolve into ... Lisp on Python 2.5 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    A know the answers for some of your questions:

    1. What is Lisp, and where to find the community web sites

    Cliki is a good start:

    http://www.cliki.net/index

    2. How to locate, download, and install all the major Lisps on Linux, Mac, and Windows

    On Debian: apt-get install sbcl

    For windows try Lispbox:

    http://www.gigamonkeys.com/lispbox/

    3. Basic language grammar, including CLOS

    The best text is "Practical Common Lisp":

    http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/

    4. How to use ASDF (including complex examples)
    5. How to fully interface with the operating system, including implementation-specific functions for file i/o, network i/o, command-line arguments, the environment, threads, and more
    6. How to package a standalone Lisp application to deliver to customers
    7. How to use UFFI

    CFFI seens to be a better option:

    http://common-lisp.net/project/cffi/

    With a good manual:

    http://common-lisp.net/project/cffi/manual/index.h tml

    8. How to set up a Lisp web application server (modlisp or Araneida or ...)
    9. How to use the most common libraries: CLSQL, OpenGL, SDL

    Common lisp community is growing, and the OS integration, libraries and documention is improving.