Anechoic

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by Anechoic 15y ago
> Maybe that is what they're afraid of. Who is "they" in this statement?
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by Anechoic 15y ago
A lot of that overborrowing was to buy homes, a commodity which (according to conevtual wisdom) always increases in value. So yes, a lot of that overborrowing was for investment.
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by Anechoic 15y ago
I'm a descendant of slaves so my family tree gets tricky once I get (back) to my great grandparents (who were alive during the U.S. Civil War). Best guess is 5th generation.
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by Anechoic 15y ago
Well the question is "is the GUI that people are using today closer to the PARC GUI or closer to the Mac/Lisa GUI?" The Apple and Lisa groups were unquestionably influenced by PARC, but a lot of the innovations that are used in today's GUIs
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by Anechoic 15y ago
I live in Peru where every student use google to get knowledge, Sure, but if Google wasn't around they would probably be using Yahoo or AltaVista to get knowledge.
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by Anechoic 15y ago
more often than not that it's okay What rulings are you referring to? SCOTUS as of late has been a free speech tear, including of course Citizens United.
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by Anechoic 15y ago
> It's posted on HN - the context makes it pretty obvious. I've read (and commented on) all kinds of front-page articles of interest to non-software hackers & engineers, including articles on the economy, construction projects, hea
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by Anechoic 15y ago
> it is immediately and clearly obvious what the function of the article is. Not really - I am a mechanical engineer (by degree, acoustical by practice) who took the title at it's word and tried to see if author was trying to share a
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by Anechoic 15y ago
IIRC, Apple never declared a succession plan. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/25/us-apple-vote-idUS...
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by Anechoic 15y ago
Yep. Oh well, we could hope...
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by Anechoic 15y ago
I hate to be that guy, but this isn't "Design Secrets For Engineers", it's "Design Secrets For Software Engineers." (or developers/UIX/etc). "Keep visual hierarchy in check" and "Use designer fonts" isn't very useful advice in designing a
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by Anechoic 15y ago
Posting this because it may be an indication that the Big Media companies are starting to get this, and thus may be of interest to HN types.
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Sony Pictures has posted "The Godfather" to YouTube(youtube.com)
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by Anechoic 15y ago
That doesn't sound too surprising based on the typical price of construction materials between then and now, (oil for example has increased by about 35% since then). There may have also been project changes and/or additions that also contri
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by Anechoic 15y ago
Presuming the GP is talking about this http://lawpundit.blogspot.com/2011/08/samsung-digital-pictur... then the answer is no.
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by Anechoic 15y ago
>With modern communication systems, flying in airplanes to lunch meetings and flying back that night is such an absurd waste of resources it qualifies as obscene. Sounds good, but doesn't always work in reality. (and I say this just com
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by Anechoic 15y ago
>Motorola has a bunch of video patents Motorola Mobility or Motorola Solutions?
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by Anechoic 15y ago
>What was his pitch to Gates when seeking Microsoft's investment into Apple? Something to the effect of: "you invest some $$ and we will discontinue the multi-billion dollar lawsuit we're pursuing against you - win, win!"
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by Anechoic 15y ago
> Samsung logo removed. Did they? A quick browse through Google image search shows lots of Tab 10.1 pictures, many with a Samsung logo and many without (here for example: http://popherald.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-honeycomb-release-da...
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by Anechoic 15y ago
> We saw this with the unveiling of the Verizon iPhone. This isn't really a fair comparison since so many of the VZ iPhone target market may be locked into contracts. (even still, the iPhone is VZ best selling phone) > If Apple all
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by Anechoic 15y ago
> No, but such a process would be compatible with a far more aggressive/creative approach at facilitating the widespread cooperation (among public and private entities) needed to solve the problem. That's pretty much what happens now i
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by Anechoic 15y ago
> If the highway system were not held back by government planning, What do you mean by this? Are you opposed to the EIS/EIR process?
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by Anechoic 15y ago
> I also suspect there is more to the story, and I would like to point out that he was unemployed from 1993 to 2007 This is an excellent point. I was working for a Boston-area acoustical consulting firm in the late 1990's and we had a
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by Anechoic 15y ago
> Well. He's 55 yrs old I doubt that would be much of an issue, especially since a lot of the acousticians in the Boston area are around that age and I can think of at least a half-dozen Boston-area hires in that age group. > and
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by Anechoic 15y ago
Maybe. The thing is, it's very unusual these days to find someone who has actual training in acoustics. Usually firms find folks with formal training in related disciplines (mechanical engineering, electrical engineer, physics, etc) and the
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by Anechoic 15y ago
He has a Masters in Electrical Engineering and Acoustics from Purdue University (a very good acoustics school) and he can't find a job in the Boston area (home of a dozen or so acoustical consulting companies, another dozen or so loudsp
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by Anechoic 15y ago
(I'm not trying to troll the thread, I'm not trying to stir up any trouble, I am asking a sincere question, so please be gentle) Why is it that whenever someone makes a link between violent video games and violent real life behavior the stu
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by Anechoic 15y ago
> I seriously think you'd be hard-pressed to find a man who is so wrong so much of the time and be so well-paid for it. There's always Rob Enderle...
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by Anechoic 15y ago
> is that he's a curmudgeon No, he's a troll: http://scripting.com/2006/06/09.html edit: sorry arn, I was revising the post while you were writing yours. The scripting.com link above does have a link to the original .mov video, your
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by Anechoic 15y ago
> I am at a loss as to what you would upgrade to now There are upgrades to be had: HSR (where it makes sense), more modern air traffic control, intelligent transport systems, multimodal facilities, high-speed internet, power generation

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