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by SamAtt 16y ago
I've never agreed with this theory. He seems to frame things in terms of irresponsible living and under that criteria I agree. If the difference between 60k and 90k is just "a little more “entertainment” and maybe some bigger stuff" to yo
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by SamAtt 16y ago
I'm just glad you haven't gotten any downvotes yet ;)
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by SamAtt 16y ago
I don't agree with your points on human nature. On blame, every executive staff of a large company that I've ever seen casts blame. Yes there are startups with a small number of people that are all pretty even keel but as soon as you get t
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by SamAtt 16y ago
My point really was only part technical though. To give an example you had to switch from Silverlight for a completely nontechnical reason. It wasn't even expense related. But you still had to switch and it still cost you time and money y
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by SamAtt 16y ago
As an MS developer this really is devastating. Rob Conery is one of the names that any fan of ASP.NET MVC knew. He was involved in the project when he worked there (I'd call him the most high profile MS employee aside from Scott Guthrie).
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by SamAtt 16y ago
I can't really defend an ebook that isn't even published yet but I don't think your logic tracks. Current - The book hasn't even shipped yet so I'd assume it will be current for people who purchase it now Uses Hyperlinks - I love hyperlinks
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by SamAtt 16y ago
I wish it were this simple but it's not. Most small and medium sized businesses still run at least one web applications that was written when IE had 90% of the market and which relies on Microsoft's backwards implementations. I suspect Micr
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Gizmodo e-mail to Jobs: 'We have nothing to lose'(news.cnet.com)
2 points by SamAtt 16y ago|0 comments
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by SamAtt 16y ago
I think you're missing the point. I don't think anyone is against education or certification of some kind. The problem is the quality of it. Academia is insular and has adopted the extremely broad mandate of "making better citizens" which
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by SamAtt 16y ago
What's funny is if you use this article's twisted logic than the Microsoft's old Tablet PC would bury them both. I'll run down the list. 1. Microsoft Office is more well known than Google's apps or iWork 2. Windows can run Amazon's Kindl
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by SamAtt 16y ago
If there was ever a submission that epitomizes "should not be on HN" I think this might be it. If the person who submitted this is reading the comments I'd ask them to please tell me what justification they were using in their head for thi
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by SamAtt 16y ago
They probably do need to lighten up but I can see their point here. Ellen's poking fun at herself but Apple's afraid it will translate into "the iPhone is hard to use". Apple's now looking to target the Computer Illiterate folks and the f
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by SamAtt 16y ago
I'm not even sure he's right His two initial examples, public grooming and public over-affection, are things that have been happening at least since I was 6 (actually I first saw someone putting makeup on in the car when I was 8 but I assum
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by SamAtt 16y ago
In fairness over 30% of Americans still don't have broadband access and a physical phone book might very well be faster than going through dial-up http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/23/fcc_broadband_survey...
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by SamAtt 16y ago
This author doesn't seem to have researched his piece very well. Take the shield law argument. He says: The problem for Gizmodo is that the shield law has a specific exemption when the police are looking for evidence that the journalists
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by SamAtt 16y ago
It's a whole new discussion but I'll just quote the facts. From here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095889/posts ===Begin Quote=== According to information provided to the Daily News by the LAUSD, the average salary for teache
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by SamAtt 16y ago
Again, as I said to sp332 above (11 minutes before you posted this) he said "The goal of public schools is..." not "the end result is". That's saying that's the way it's intended to be not just the way it is.
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by SamAtt 16y ago
I don't really see your point. The reality is that money is going to other places. Most notably Pension payments ( http://www.atr.org/californias-billion-pension-bomb-a4786# ). Keep in mind teachers can retire after 25 years but continue
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by SamAtt 16y ago
His claim was, and I quote, "The goal of public schools is...". That's attributing a set of values to society (and his tone implied that he agreed with those values). Not making an observation as to what is happening. If he had said "logi
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by SamAtt 16y ago
So by your logic it's OK for the government to use education to relegate poor kids to dead end jobs because they live in a bad neighborhood? Very enlightened. Edit: For anyone who downvotes this answer me one question: How is this not exac
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by SamAtt 16y ago
Before I say this let me just say that I'm not defending LAUSD and I do think there are better ways they could be doing things. But as someone who lives in the area there's more story here. Budget cuts have brought the LAUSD to the point
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HP Windows 7 Slate might not be Dead?(blogs.zdnet.com)
1 points by SamAtt 16y ago|0 comments
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by SamAtt 16y ago
The funny thing is we were just having a discussion at work trying to figure out where Microsoft's $9.5 billion R&D budget goes (that's per year). I wonder how much of it was spent on this last year?
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by SamAtt 16y ago
"the news of the HP slate (on indefinite hold)" Where did you hear that? If you're referring to WebOS I don't think HP is going to cancel a product already in the pipeline for a product that is at least a year away
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by SamAtt 16y ago
You're wrong. You must have a reasonable expectation that your warrant will lead to evidence that will lead to a conviction. That's the whole point of justifying a warrant to a judge. You can't say "we want a warrant because this person m
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by SamAtt 16y ago
No...they wouldn't. You don't get a warrant to find evidence of a possible crime. You have a crime in mind and you get a warrant to obtain evidence to prove that crime. Here's the quote from the D.A. "Initially it's just a theft investig
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by SamAtt 16y ago
This isn't Gizmodo's doing. I don't approve of how Gizmodo handled the story but once the police raided the guy's house they changed the game. The Police can't go breaking down people's doors without a specific reason and they didn't have
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by SamAtt 16y ago
This is BS. If theft is the issue and they'd already identified the person who sold the phone they had no reason to search Gizmodo's stuff. Gizmodo very publicly admitted to paying for the phone so if they consider that theft they didn't n
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Apple asked for probe, Police already know ID of person who took 4G phone(sanjose.bizjournals.com)
5 points by SamAtt 16y ago|1 comments
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by SamAtt 16y ago
The Economic Espionage Act of 1996 is a federal law. If that was what triggered the search he'd have FBI agents at his door not San Mateo PD. This is clearly about finding the person who stole the phone.

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