Grinnmarr

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by Grinnmarr 16y ago
I had mine done here http://www.elliseye.com/ in 2001 or 2002. At first my vision was 20/15 in one eye and 20/10 in the other and I felt like the bionic man. This over correction lasted about a year before it started to degrade and I am
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by Grinnmarr 16y ago
Agreed. I don't like the politics of this "scandal" like many in this community, but this IS a serious fight AND I believe the stakes are even higher than many here on my side seem to think. It is how the battle is to be fought that conce
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by Grinnmarr 16y ago
Bah. Amazon didn't cave to political pressure, it made a sound business decision. While it may offend your politics this was about the bottom-line. It isn't Jeff Bezos' job to make polical statements with other peoples money, he has enou
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by Grinnmarr 16y ago
Methinks the lady doth protest too much. If she has as big a problem with this as she claims then she has greater challenges facing her then learning how to set (or correct) a boundary. Seriously. I was recently fired by a client after r
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by Grinnmarr 16y ago
No matter how brilliant one is, its ridiculously hard to know what you don't know. This cannot be overstated. And when ego is the cause...oy vey! I believe that one of the greatest intellectual challenges to overcome when one over ident
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by Grinnmarr 16y ago
I think your perception that the entertainment industry is in anyway a meritocracy is naive. There are always exceptions to the rule but for the most part it is still a "it's not what you know it's who you know" industry. This discussion
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by Grinnmarr 16y ago
I agree with many of the other respondents that you are grossly overstating the role the names played. Additionally, while I agree wholeheartedly that "Mint" is the better name, when considering the role the company names played (however l
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by Grinnmarr 16y ago
It's their job to try and collect as much as they can. Even if your contact is friendly and sympathetic, if they think you can pay on better terms than you offer they will hammer you. On the flip side it is your job to be honest about you
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by Grinnmarr 16y ago
LASER eye surgery. Best money I ever spent.
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by Grinnmarr 16y ago
I can't really comment on the viability/marketability of your product concept, but I will offer this very important, if not somewhat trite, piece of advice. If you are going to try to sell something to designers and use words like aestheti
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by Grinnmarr 16y ago
This is a lot of fun but the great variety of results I received left me without any sense of who I may actually write like. I analyzed a series of correspondence, all written within several weeks, and similar in tone, and I was told that
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by Grinnmarr 16y ago
In the UK "punting" is an oft used slang term for frequenting prostitutes. A "punter" is akin to a "john" here in the states.
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by Grinnmarr 16y ago
I can totally relate. I spend way too much time helping my Mom which aggravates the hell out of me because she has been using a PC since Win 3.1 and she still can't remember the easiest of tasks. Thankfully she has friends to help her wit
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by Grinnmarr 16y ago
I'm not sure if you are being snarky or just ignorant, but the "The Artist..." is the commonly accepted usage and descriptor http://www.citypages.com/1999-06-23/news/the-people-formerly...
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by Grinnmarr 16y ago
If I was at my wits end, I would start calling in to Google corporate until I got someone who could actually help. Don't get irate, be pleasant. If you must talk lawsuit, do so without threatening. Also, re-read the fine print of the Goo
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by Grinnmarr 16y ago
According to Dave Itzkoff, an employee and frequent contributor to the NYT, this is a hoax. http://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/15847765293
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by Grinnmarr 16y ago
I have a couple of friends that managed large software development projects with global teams, one while at Microsoft and the other while at Autodesk. They both told me that outsourcing work to India was not seen as a way to cut costs but
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by Grinnmarr 16y ago
Is there anywhere in the country where AT&T's network is actually better than Verizon? As much as I love my smartphone (incredible) its best feature is a reliable network with great coverage. Forgive me if I sound like an ad but I liv
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by Grinnmarr 16y ago
I just wish I had enough rep to down vote your comment :P His posts and complete transparency about growing his business epitomize the type of community contribution that brings me back to this site time and time again.
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by Grinnmarr 17y ago
"...All those moments will be lost in time; like tears in rain. Time to die." FYI Rutger Hauer actually wrote that last line in to the script. Most memorable scene in the movie if you ask me.
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by Grinnmarr 17y ago
I think your contention better supports an argument for the decriminalization of drugs than it does regarding the social ills of porn. As far as "voluntariness" goes I have known a number of high billing IT contractors over the years that
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by Grinnmarr 17y ago
Excellent point. I was in charge of much of the SEO of a large internet retailer and our organic traffic was stunning. Unfortunately no matter how hard I lobbied to start work on conversion, split testing etc, they insisted I do nothing b
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by Grinnmarr 17y ago
It's not just your opinion ;) This argument is about the nature of consciousness more than anything. It fights for a "subjective ontology" of the mental and is not easily dismissed as the earlier commentator would like to believe. The ra
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by Grinnmarr 17y ago
To all you sys admins out there: Is rush2112 really as common as some of these? I am a bit chagrined by its presence on this list as I have used that as a low security password for 10 years. In fact it is currently my password to HN!! (o
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by Grinnmarr 17y ago
"I was interested in the question of whether my son, going through his first language acquisition process, would acquire it like any human language," Klingon is a human language! Who does he think created Klingon. And he has a Phd? Nice
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by Grinnmarr 17y ago
Well, yes and no. Many factors affect visual acuity including the shape of the eyeball (affects focal point of lens on retina), cornea (defects cause astigmatism), retinal damage like macular degeneration which leads to functional blindnes
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by Grinnmarr 17y ago
The worst of these offers, notably the SMS ones, are scams by any definition and are only defended by people making money off of them or the typical forum "devil's advocate" that in his/her ignorance find these practices to somehow be defen
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by Grinnmarr 17y ago
Metaphysics is more akin to "world view" although one's epistemological opinions/beliefs are certainly informative of their prevailing ontological stance.
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by Grinnmarr 17y ago
Alpaca's can qualify you for certain tax breaks making them a worthwhile investment if you qualify.
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by Grinnmarr 17y ago
Dude...Amazon has been the leading e-tailer for around a decade or so. Wal-Mart is not even in the top 10. Where did you get the idea Wal-Mart did anywhere near Amazon volume online? http://www.internetretailer.com/Top500/list.asp

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