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   by Aloha 12y ago

   Lenin specifically requested no memorials to him. However the needs of the state superseded the wants of the individual, in the end (with a dose of broad over simplification), its what sunk soviet style communism in eastern europe.
2. 4412.▲
   by Aloha 12y ago

   Indeed, Lenin however was an absolutist, and absolutists rarely come to a long term solution.
3. 4413.▲
   by Aloha 12y ago

   You imply that Lenin caused the famine, that's a stretch, a fatal one. I'll accept fully that war communism made an existing food situation worse, but no man controls the weather. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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   by Aloha 12y ago

   There is good information that the true scope of the famine didn't really reach London until after the 1943 harvest came in, and by then the famine was easing.
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   by Aloha 12y ago

   Here is a copy of his testimony and slides he did. http://www.safetyresearch.net/Library/Bookout_v_Toyota_Barr_... http://www.safetyresearch.net/Library/BarrSlides_FINAL_SCRUB...
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   by Aloha 12y ago

   Current stats show 205,000k[1] towers - not base stations, I'd estimate closer to 410,000-840,000 mobile base stations. Figure most of those are not all four carriers on each site, some are just one carrier, some are all four, and if I
7. 4417.▲
   by Aloha 12y ago

   Thats a choice though, the Sprint iPhone also supports GSM/CDMA (as does the verizon one, and the unlocked one too)
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   by Aloha 12y ago

   I wouldn't think so no. Google is not a dominant player in this market (cellular carrier).
9. 4419.▲
   by Aloha 12y ago

   I'm reasonably certain there isnt - not for the payband offered.
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    by Aloha 12y ago

    The sprawl in the LA metro area was built on the back of the then largest interurban system in the world, the Pacific Electric. If you take a map and overlay it on the modern freeway system, there are large parallels. There are also parts o
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    by Aloha 12y ago

    New and obscure are all too frequently synonymous. That said, there might be a market for a web framework in PL/I there is a whole lot of IBM big iron out there :-P
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    by Aloha 12y ago

    For example, If you use T-Mobile in some markets, that's Nokia-Siemens, if you use AT&T, thats also NSN, plus ALU - Verizon, ALU, Sprint, Samsung, Ericsson or ALU depends on market. They make very very real, very expensive products
13. 4423.▲
    by Aloha 12y ago

    Samsung - and there are a ton of companies that do builds that dont make hardware, like General Dynamics (who does just about everything)
14. 4424.▲
    by Aloha 12y ago

    I'd argue that the networks business is and always has had more long term value than handsets.
15. 4425.▲
    by Aloha 12y ago

    You neglect that Samsung is also a huge player in the mobile networks equipment business.
16. 4426.▲
    by Aloha 12y ago

    I actually think it's much the same, judging from the quote from linus in the parent.
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    by Aloha 12y ago

    The biggest issue I have with our exiting system of funding higher education is the special nature of the debt. In any other credit purchase, if the service bought turn out to not be what is promised, you have recourse, you and default, fil
18. 4428.▲
    by Aloha 12y ago

    ever heard the phrase 'line of sight'?
19. 4429.▲
    by Aloha 12y ago

    What an interesting slice of history.
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    by Aloha 12y ago

    You sound like someone who's never seen anything outside of coastal New England, backwardness exists all over. See how the folks in rural Maine feel about gay marriage - I'll point out that 47% of voters in 2012 were opposed which
21. 4431.▲
    by Aloha 12y ago

    I agree with you, the charge holds about as much water as a colander. I feel much the same way about the charges against IBM and the Holocaust.
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    by Aloha 12y ago

    I've read the Edwin Black book - he makes a reasonably compelling but nearly completely circumstantial case. The case against IBM could be made against any multinational of the era, like Ford and General Motors. The fact that IBM'
23. 4433.▲
    by Aloha 12y ago

    a great quote, but not quite right.. The Alto UI was revolutionary for its time, but it was not the same as the Macintosh UI, no overlapping windows for example, regions in quickdraw being the big differentiator. http://www.folkl
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    by Aloha 12y ago

    I recommend anyone interested in PARC read "Dealers of Lightening" by Michael Hiltzk.[1] It's been argued that the profits from the laser printer paid for the money spent on PARC a 100 fold. I'd agree with that. That sai
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    by Aloha 12y ago

    This is possibly the most important comment on this thread.
26. 4436.▲
    by Aloha 12y ago

    While this is cool, the rest of the website is made of snake oil.
27. 4437.▲
    by Aloha 12y ago

    Yup, I can buy a refurb straight truck for 50k yet a refurb firetruck costs an order of magnitude more. Yes, they are doing the refurb in-house - but when its done for the same 500k its fully outfitted for the duty it needs to do, versus 50
28. 4438.▲
    by Aloha 12y ago

    As someone who has been promised smart watches for many years, you'll pardon me for not holding my breath, that this new smart watch will be any more earth shattering than any of the other ones. For a while at least, I'll be stick
29. 4439.▲
    by Aloha 12y ago

    Neat. I think it perhaps requires a unique sense of personal style to enjoy, say one that involves lots of flannel and skinny jeans.
30. 4440.▲
    by Aloha 12y ago

    Maybe. If he advertises PCI compliance, yes, bust his ass for lying. If he doesnt - thats a gray area ethically to me.