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by atonse 15y ago
Unfortunately I don't have a source for this, but it happened during the 2008 election: When someone asked Obama why he would consider himself the potential first black President rather than the first mixed race President, he said (paraphra
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by atonse 15y ago
I understand the need to confuse "ownership" with hackability, for the purposes of philosophizing on this site. We are all tinkerers. But by every definition of ownership recognized by society and our laws (at least in the United States), y
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by atonse 15y ago
My point is only that, do you feel like you own the other appliances in your home any less, if they had parts that were tougher for you to fix without voiding a warranty? Or are we only having this discussion because we all here collectivel
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by atonse 15y ago
As someone who generally loves the idea of tinkering with my phone, I simply can't buy the logic that not being able to, actually hinders the ownership experience. I don't have any interest in "hacking" into my car, dishwasher, or fridge. I
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by atonse 15y ago
I love Instapaper and will continue to support Marco with a paid subscription. But B&A has become more of a Marco Rant show instead of what it was the first few episodes. But I think that's an intended common theme of 5by5 shows. Dan Be
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by atonse 15y ago
Do you think that BMW wouldn't sue Volvo if they built a car that looked identical on the outside, regardless of what's on the inside? Brands each have a signature look. Sure, when there are frivolous patents that are a poison on the indust
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by atonse 15y ago
Good job. This just gets me more excited about how advanced browsers are getting, and that more tools are available to further unleash a designer's creativity.
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by atonse 16y ago
Apple is replacing Samba with their own implementation of a newer version of the underlying protocol used in Samba (SMB2) that appeared in Vista. As a protocol, it's better suited for large file transfers, etc. How is this possibly a bad th
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by atonse 16y ago
Don't worry about it. It was perfectly understandable and a very informative post. Thanks!
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by atonse 16y ago
So if Apple is making something useful for users, and users reward Apple for it by buying their products, what's the issue again?
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by atonse 16y ago
I'll be there.
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by atonse 16y ago
I generally like screencasts because they're small tidbits and I usually remember the gist of how something is done. As an aside, you can use -O with curl to save the file as the filename, instead of having to redirect the output and rewrit
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by atonse 16y ago
I've been using the Intel X-25m G2 on my macbook pro and it's the best hardware investment I've made in years. The computer feels zippy all the time, and you feel like you actually use more of that CPU horsepower because your CPU isn't wait
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by atonse 16y ago
I think the parent poster is talking about the amount of storage, not the rate of transfer. And in that metric, seeing how you can get 1TB hard drives for $70, I don't see that changing anytime soon. Of course, it seems wasteful to need ins