DerekL

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by DerekL 15y ago
Those regulations are surely to discourage thieves from selling stolen books.
902.
by DerekL 15y ago
Apple won't do things for me for free. They are INHUMAN!!!
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by DerekL 16y ago
Apple lets the press attend the keynote, but not the rest of the conference. Maybe that explains the decline.
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by DerekL 16y ago
Don't open source operating systems have the same problem? It's legally and technically possible to fix or improve the system, but you may not have the skill or time. You also have to convince the maintainers to accept your patch and wait f
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by DerekL 16y ago
The security doesn't exist just to stop jailbreakers. It's to stop worms, rootkits, etc.
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by DerekL 16y ago
According to a 2003 study of genetics in Britain, the Britons weren't driven out. There's a great amount from Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, but the majority of the genes are from the Britons. Here's the paper from University College London: &#6
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by DerekL 16y ago
There's a company called Briel Computers that sells replicas of the Apple I, Altair 8800 and more. The Maker Shed sells a 4-bit microcomputer trainer from Japan. It has a hexadecimal keypad, 1 7-segment LED display, some other lights and a
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by DerekL 16y ago
You're misunderstanding what "Fuck You Money" is. It's not so you can say "Fuck You" to everyone they meet. The purpose is to be able to decline or quit jobs you don't like.
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by DerekL 16y ago
Once, everyone used "'tis" instead of "it's", so there was no danger of confusion with the possessive. < http://www.word-detective.com/back-d.html&#62 ;
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by DerekL 16y ago
That reminds me of tuna. Usually a larger package of something has a lower unit cost. But often, a 12-oz. can of tuna costs more than two 6-oz. cans of the same brand and type. And it's the normal price, not a sale price.
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by DerekL 16y ago
Why do you say that Macintosh tools were impossible to come by legally? Maybe Mac development was limited to certain developers in the early days, but Apple released MPW in 1986. THINK Technologies introduced Lightspeed Pascal and Lightspee
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by DerekL 16y ago
There are also recent versions for iOS, Xbox 360 and Windows.
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by DerekL 16y ago
Counting cards by using just your brain is legal. But using a device is illegal in many places, like Nevada.
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by DerekL 16y ago
Or "on the toilet".
915.
by DerekL 16y ago
It's blurry, but the invoice says: "Ball, Bowling 'Candlepin' 4 1/2" ". So these are smaller 1.1 kg, 4.5 inch diameter balls used for the Candlepin variant of bowling, not the much larger balls used for ten-pin. They don't have finger holes
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by DerekL 16y ago
Microsoft doesn't have any restrictions like that for Windows. But Xbox 360 development is restricted, like other game consoles. You have to get their permission to sell games on disc or through Live.
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by DerekL 16y ago
Next year, maybe? They just released 10.6 last year. Do they need to do a release every year?
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by DerekL 16y ago
This is Hacker News, not Husker News! Oh, wait… Never mind.
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by DerekL 17y ago
It's the customers. Users and software buyers who are interested in design, usability and looks are more likely to use Macs. So Windows developers are less harshly punished in the marketplace for ugly or clunky software. And there's positiv
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by DerekL 17y ago
I'd like to point out that this battle with Nintendo was by the Atari Games Corp., not Atari Corp. Atari Games was formed from the coin-op division when the computer and home video game divisions were sold to Jack Tramiel.