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    Editing photos- software advice?

    I want to make some minor edits to photos (RAW files) - a little sharpening, color corrections and converting to black and white. Picasa seems to produce decent results, but it dosen't seem to produce high quality jpeg files. Anything I open in GIMP appears to be a little off in color - the reds...
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    Opteka 10xHD2 Macro lenses

    Has anyone used the opteka 10xHD2 macro lenses? Opteka Lens Just wondering what you thought. Sassy
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    Stock Photography Websites

    Has anyone ever submitted their work to a stock photography website? I was wondering if anyone could make some recommendations. Thanks, sassy
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    Algorithm Help

    Not sure if this can be done. I am writing a program to place objects evenly spaced on a spherical shell. Catch is, as the radius becomes bigger more objects are placed onto the shell. So in the first shell 6 particles are places at each of the 6 poles. In the second shell 14 particles are...
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    arrays of function calls and memory errors

    I am having a run time error that I can't relate to a mistake in the algorithm and seem to be reminiscent of a memory error. The object has an array of function calls which are initialized during runtime. The functions are then called with the following syntax: (this->*kCalls[tj][ti])(...
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    Stress fractures

    So I have a stress fracture in my foot - and this is the second or third time that I have gotten one in the past three years (same foot, different bones). I'm in my mid twenties and I stay fit, so this shouldn't be a recurring problem. When I had problems with them the first time, the...
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    Hacking holga lenses

    Has anyone ever hacked a holga lens? http://www.jpgmag.com/stories/74 Just wondering if anyone has tried it - was thinking about undertaking it this winter.
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    DVD Player making funny sounds

    My DVD player is making some clicking sounds and not reading DVD's it's almost as if it can't lift the DVD to read them? Anyone run across this and know how to fix it? thanks.
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    High precision doubles in C++

    What is the best/most efficient way to handle high precision, where by high, I mean a precision greater than 10^-18, in C++? Help is much appreciated in advance :) -Sassy
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    C++ Pointers to Functions question

    I have several functions in a program I am working on which are called under different instances. Is it fast to set up an array of these functions and call them through a simple look up, or use a series of if-else if -else if etc. statements, or is the speed-up negligible? I believe it would...
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    Mount adaptors

    Does anyone happen to know of mount adapters to go from Pentax to Olympus or Cannon to Olympus?
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    TextPad and Fortran

    I am having trouble getting Textpad to highlight the syntax of an old Fortran77 Code that I just inherited. Does anyone know how to proceed? I've already been to the website, downloaded the .syn file and followed their instructions with no luck. Appreciate the help. Sassy
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    BiBTeX Style Files

    Has anyone perchance written or edited a BiBTeX style file for use with LaTeX?
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    Akward Windows question

    I typically work in linux environment, but end up playing tech support for my parents windows machine and I can't solve the current problem. Every time an internet browser is opened, Adobe Acrobat loads and tries to install. Not sure what is going on or more importantly, how to fix it...