RyJones

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   by RyJones 14y ago

   For your future reference, Microsoft offers virtual machines of XP, Vista, and 7 for browser compatibility testing. They expire after three months, but for your uses, they're fine. You'd just grab the VHD out of the VM and use any of the im
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   by RyJones 14y ago

   The already owned the name; unlike Metro. The former Surface product is extremely niche, unlikely to suffer diminished market share due to a name change.
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   by RyJones 14y ago

   Metrix Create Space isn't a co-op, but they do sell memberships. It is open to the public from noon to midnight seven days a week in Seattle. http://metrixcreatespace.com
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   by RyJones 14y ago

   The rest of his insights might give them some competitive advantage; perhaps, however, he spent two hours extolling the virtues of assembling your own desks and this bit was the only thing worthwhile to happen. I'll trust that they curated
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   by RyJones 14y ago

   Yes, I ran into this at Microsoft in the early 90's, and it wasn't the first time I'd been asked to do this in an interview.
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   by RyJones 14y ago

   I apologize, I searched the Condo Internet site for any mention of SN.
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   by RyJones 14y ago

   mscom is only the front page and a small subset of what you might think of as "microsoft.com". Each vertical has its own team, servers, and release cadence; it isn't a setup optimized for brand cohesion.
8. 1088.▲
   by RyJones 14y ago

   Have Microsoft relocate you, wait a year for your relo payback contract to expire, quit. Or you could find a position at the many Seattle-area employers willing to relocate you: Google, Adobe, Boeing, Valve, a whole grip of game companies.
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   by RyJones 14y ago

   There's also CondoInternet. http://www.condointernet.net/
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    by RyJones 14y ago

    OpenBeam was delivered on time. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ttstam/openbeam-an-open-...
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    by RyJones 14y ago

    Not really. I've built an AK with a parts kit, a hammer, a flat, and a vice in a parking lot. There are myriad screw-built AKs out there where even the hammer for the rivets is dispensed with. [0] If you want to dismiss AKs from considerati
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    by RyJones 14y ago

    I don't think TechCrunch ruined anyone's career.
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    by RyJones 14y ago

    I have a new MBA (13"), and the power cord falls out constantly. I've developed a tic of grabbing the connector and holding it in if I adjust the laptop in the slightest way to prevent coming unplugged.
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    by RyJones 14y ago

    Almost. The full quote has "act" capitalized[1], along with a better explanation of what he's on about. [1]: http://blog.ryjones.org/2008/11/29/the-gandhi-quote/
15. 1095.▲
    by RyJones 14y ago

    Microsoft always waits for the markets to close for events or announcements. This is nothing new.
16. 1096.▲
    by RyJones 14y ago

    Microsoft is very much a west-coast-of-the-US company. I'm sure they had to wait for markets to close, as well.
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    by RyJones 14y ago

    Or pull the original HDD and replace it with a nice SSD. Should something happen, pop in the original HDD and away you go.
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    by RyJones 14y ago

    In my former life in US-GEO (MapPoint, Streets & Trips, 1997 or 1998) at Microsoft, one of the tools I worked on normalized data sets from disparate vendors. One of the largest jobs we had was figuring out mappings from the "north" of o