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   by artsrc 15y ago

   Legally that is not a copyright violation. There are examples where this is likely, and companies make efforts to prove this no copying occurred. I think this is called a 'clean room' implementation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clea
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   by artsrc 15y ago

   I guess there are a few kinds of arguments about the right approach. Legal, economic and religious. At lest the religious argument are the one I value most. One concept is that ideas should be free. Another is that ideas are property whi
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   by artsrc 15y ago

   It seems to me that it is the obscurity of source code that enables copyright violation. If software could not be copyright unless it was registered with the library of congress, then the library could run a filter on all new arrivals and c
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   by artsrc 15y ago

   Microsoft have so far not advocated competing systems. The initial release of the iPod only interfaced to a Apple computer. Oracle makes a lot of money. Microsoft likes money. At some point being more open may be a Microsoft strategy. Certa
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   by artsrc 15y ago

   My understanding is that REST imposes a bunch of restrictions about how an API is suppose to work. For example the idea that you can just communicate a single base URL and document formats, and other urls are deduced from that. Which add c
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   by artsrc 15y ago

   Go on Cobra for a while, then take the full time role before cobra expires. A bit off topic, but it seems like the US health care system is reducing labour market flexibility here.
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   by artsrc 15y ago

   This is how I think about it. Imagine you have a block box that calculates a interest rate futures convexity adjustment. That is for an OTC forward you have one fair value and for a future you have a different fair value because the future
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   by artsrc 15y ago

   I am doing some work with C# right now, and I would agree with "are often ..." in my workplace.
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   by artsrc 15y ago

   Now that Wikileaks has given them a good basis for their judgement, it is up to the Mexican people to do their job and get rid of the corrupt Mexican officials. Isn't this what was part of the discussion about Tunisia about? Then they can r
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    by artsrc 15y ago

    But this odd order is a hack for the fact that python distinguishes between expressions and statements and won't change. It should be: result = if cond: expr else: expr
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    Productive investment means spending cash on something, like property, R&D, or plant and equipment. I don't see how this is the same as hoarding cash. There is a psychology that iPads, and to an even greater extent iPhones, are a short
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    As other pointed out that is payroll tax, not income tax. The differences in tax between the US and Australia are not so much in the headline rates as in the deductions. In the US mortgage interest on a home you live in is tax deductible. A
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    You need to take into account what you get in addition to what you pay. In American those taxes provide a strong military. Most of the rest of the world are very poorly equipped by comparison. Other countries get health care and education
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    Software stasis aka Java, seems to me more silly than software trends. I can't see any good reason reason to stay with Java when Scala exists. I recently started using C#, VS and TFS after many years with Java and Python, SVN, and IntelliJ
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    I completely agree with the diversification part, putting much of your portfolio in correlated risks does not need to be rewarded by an efficient market. On the other hand out of the money put options have a limited upside. Japan has had a
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    Aluminium smelters might be better placed somewhere with abundant power from sources like Hydro or Geothermal sources. Or you could mine New York garbage and make diesel out of that.
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    I am thinking about California's nuclear power plants. I figure that we will learn reasonable and effective ways to make them safer, perhaps ensure the diesel back generators are safe from a Tsunami. And this will cost money that we shoul
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    I up voted you showed so wonderfully that forcing an fallible human to correctly specify the same thing twice can result in errors. But I don't think errors are the biggest issue. The biggest issue is that this kind of stuff should be gett
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    I think Intel would be the company to give it a shot. They were part of thing Nokia walked away from. Android uses Linux, you don't have to write an OS from completely from scratch.
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    The Mac Mini is cheap. At various times the iPod was about as 'cheaper than the competition' as the iPad is now. The iPod touch has been cheap relative to comparable products. The Nintendo 3D hand held is launching at $350 here.
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    When does a thinner iPad matter? When holding an iPad up as a book a lighter iPad matters, and it is 15% lighter. When you pack it away the iPad gets thicker anyway because you stick a case around it.
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    I have heard that issue raised by colleagues during the hiring process. At the time I was suspicious about this kind of generalization, but had not been particularly sure how to evaluate the impact. Subsequently my experience is that devel
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    I have an idea, startups. Have some former Nokia lead engineers and managers, start working on that plan. Have some other managers and engineers work on the Android plan. Have some others compete with Nokia to make better WP7 phones. Gets r
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    We need a common layer over the top of the various hardware (GPS, accelerometer) access API. I am sure something like jQuery can do that.
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    Apart from the fact that Android is the most popular smart phone OS and WP7 is thus far not a success.
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    I think it is pretty well understood that the manufacturing cost of the Microsoft products are close to zero. When I buy headphones I expect more than a license to use technology.
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    If it is such a good thing, they should clearly describe what they are doing to potential customers. People who are not given all relevant information before they buy are product can legitimately feel upset.
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    Seems like there really are plenty of wonderful creative ideas to improve these sites, but the problems alluded too seem to have simple solutions. People who have not paid can't respond? Make it free to respond. Pay to initiate. People sp
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    by artsrc 16y ago

    I don't get that they loose money on selling Kindle books. Do you have a source? Another view from here http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=OBR&#38... is: > Although Amazon does not disclose sales or profit data for