PaulMorgan

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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
The government picks winners all the time when awarding contracts and has a lot of experience doing so (when the process is done right). For Arpanet they picked a winner with BBN.
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
Guess Arpanet was a huge mistake because it was government funded.
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
It's complicated (I work with Medicare Part D prescription transactions). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_medical_record http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_health_record http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Portab
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is-a versus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Has-a . Usually the "perfect" tree isn't really all that perfect.
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
Have you thought about other sales channels - Mail Order Catalog, Physical Stores, Licensing or Distribution to other Retailers? $800/day or $300K/year isn't limping - it's a nice little business which might or might not have growth potenti
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
The client wants the new part done in Flex. The Customer is always right - use Flex.
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
Why pick one or two? All of them are a joy. I get paid to play with software and computers.
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
Trilogy hasn't set the world on fire (insurance subsidiary?): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilogy_(company) Epiphany got acquired: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany,_Inc . Byron Krug moved on: http://www.linkedin.com/ppl/webprofile
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
In light years Alpha Centauri is right next door, just down the street, within spitting distance...nearby.
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
I once worked with a manager who was very up front about using performance reviews to retaliate against any subordinate who crossed her. Luckily she wasn't my boss.
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
Nope. It's Windows 2000 which is locked for admin and can't be updated. I have trouble even getting Acrobat and Flash updated.
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
They SHOULD be low-paid if all they do is act as a stenographer and just repeat verbatim what is said by the anonymous sources of power.
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
Look for any book on Finite Mathematics.
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
I'm required to use IE6 as this is a work computer and the company's standard is IE6 which can't/won't be changed. This web site won't allow me to view the content as I'm using the IE6 browser.
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
"It is a scientific fact that, statistically, bug density does not change with programming language. So, a denser language means fewer bugs." I don't agree based on my experience coding APL which is a very dense language. Maybe you get few
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
His premise that the further down the list the closer you are to a problem doesn't apply to all problems. I'm not closer to the problem of Global Warming that the President - probably the opposite.
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
You can buy 8x4 white panelboard at Lowes or Home Depot for about $15 a panel. The surface can get burned off if you use some caustic cleaners but it's cheap to replace. http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&prod...
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
How about a retainer agreement? They purchase some of your time each month. This limits your time devoted to their concerns but could also be a distraction from the startup. The rest of your time is devoted to your startup with the retai
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
Zend framework also agrees with the PEAR PHP standard - 4 spaces for indentation with no tabs allowed: http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/coding-standard.php-file...
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
Try one of these libraries: http://www.uspto.gov/go/ptdl/ptdlib_1.html
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by PaulMorgan 17y ago
Seeing as I'm at work and can't upgrade from IE 6.0 I can't view this site. Ahh Well.
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by PaulMorgan 18y ago
Actually, buggy whip manufacturers are still in business: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip I like to read my newspaper while eating lunch. Don't want to use a WiFi laptop for the same purpose. It doesn't fit very well on the table.
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by PaulMorgan 18y ago
Mother Jones Magazine: http://www.motherjones.com/
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by PaulMorgan 18y ago
Sorry, I put this in as a submitted question. Could you add a media type categorization to the submit page? I'm on a work computer without sound. Would be great if I could pass over the video and podcast links and only go to the blog/news
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Categorize submitted URLs by media type?
2 points by PaulMorgan 18y ago|0 comments
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by PaulMorgan 18y ago
This is a copy of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tao_of_Programming with another online version: http://www.canonical.org/~kragen/tao-of-programming.html
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by PaulMorgan 18y ago
http://www.dice.com for US tech jobs.
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by PaulMorgan 18y ago
Answered my own question. He's still in business: http://www.thegreatzucchini.com/index.html
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by PaulMorgan 18y ago
I'm curious where this guy is now after three years. Is he still doing this gig or have his flaws caught up with him?
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by PaulMorgan 18y ago
They don't seem to want information about their service to get out to the masses. It's stuck in PDFs behind some marketing sign up forms.

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