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by ballard 13y ago
It's an extremely misleading half-truth. Worse, Q must be an order of magnitude greater than 1 IIRC to be economically viable.
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by ballard 13y ago
I think you're on the right track: there's a large gap between releasing a tool and running a service. The difference between offering BackTrack isos for download and running live, free Backtrack VMs. A traditional, non-distribute
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by ballard 13y ago
Several countries have ASATs. There are probably other ways to destroy/disable satellites. How much would it cost?
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by ballard 13y ago
Whine about hating America somewhere else, you have nothing original to add. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by ballard 13y ago
Same thing, nit picking and even they refer to themselves as Pivotal. "Mee oversaw Pivotal Labs’ acquisition by EMC Corporation in March 2012, and continues to lead and guide the vision for Pivotal Labs as vice president of the Cloud A
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by ballard 13y ago
I like your thinking.
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by ballard 13y ago
This has problems and isn't going anywhere for long: - it makes GitHub a target - it makes contributors into targets First, Git (although DVCS) needs to be located in a non-extradition country where a SEAL team cannot just break in and
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by ballard 13y ago
The problem is that even one poorly behaving (h)activist sets a precedent for average people against all other activists including those that perform a societal good in a very ethical but technically illegal manner (Snowden). It also sets
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by ballard 13y ago
Wow. The documentary comes off as a well-intentioned piece of shit. The claims are pretty damning as to how poorly researched this pitiful excuse for a documentary is. Sadly, this package of pathos appeals (ie kid in a hazard suit) obviou
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Harvard Professor Proves You Can Buy Your Way Into Science(policymic.com)
1 points by ballard 13y ago|0 comments
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by ballard 13y ago
People need comprehensive basics: food, health/personal care, shelter and transportation. I'm not sure one program in one area can address or even a patchwork of programs will cover all of them, without some sort of single-point-
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by ballard 13y ago
If it's done on a small scale, gradually and over a long enough time, it may be possible. The depth of human oversight is something these articles rarely get into. How many remote operators are there per train? Are these operators form
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by ballard 13y ago
Passive aggressive ftw. I would have used an excessively decorative script font and not number the pages or identify which keys. Perhaps even a typo or two, that'd buy some time. On the size, 4 pt is generous. I remember printing an
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by ballard 13y ago
4 barrels at absolute minimum. 5 at a practical minimum, depending on how tightly packed. - Volume: ~ 74 L (19.6 gal) - 6.5e7 [$] * (0.06943 [in^3/bill] / 100 [$/bill]) = 45129.5 in^3 ~ 195.366 gallons or 739.54 L 195.366
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by ballard 13y ago
I never heard of Pivotal having big data experience before the acquisition announcement. Their bread-and-butter was providing pairs of Rails programmers and best practices at $500/hr.
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by ballard 13y ago
If the stakes are high enough, ...
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by ballard 13y ago
It's sad, I remember greplin had a lot of things going for them. In general re: shutdowns: If the economics aren't red ink or a white elephant, why not find a buyer or merge with a frenemy instead of throwing away value and custom
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by ballard 13y ago
Perhaps I wasn't clear: gambits by the DA or defense based on timing of world / cultural events (beyond holidays, weekends and lunch) to garner a favorable state-of-mind of adjudicators.
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by ballard 13y ago
Love it.
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by ballard 13y ago
Lessons learned: - Fewer people, the better. - Trust is earned, especially in criminal enterprises, slowly. - Checks and controls are important when participants are inherently shady. - If you're the head of the world's largest cr
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by ballard 13y ago
Only if comes in the form of a "free" $9.99 PDF after defrauding affiliates. Netflix subscription optional. Click here to order now .
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by ballard 13y ago
Cases fall apart if evidence is acquired improperly.
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by ballard 13y ago
The next business model will be LinkedIn for criminals, complete with recruiter spam.
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by ballard 13y ago
It makes one wonder how the conversation went about scheduling this. Are pop culture events a consideration to get favorable results from judges and grand juries?
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by ballard 13y ago
Space-based money barrel detectors. Anyone rich knows that laundering money is a purchase and sale away: art, jewelry, plane, barge, etc. As long as there are one or more parties disincentivized or unconcerned with participating in taxation
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by ballard 13y ago
The whole accreditation thing is an unnecessary barrier-to-entry. I can understand wanting to keep litigation risks of sore losers at bay (caveat investor), but I can't support red tape that gets in the way of potential investors, no
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by ballard 13y ago
Some of the best hackers &| hustlers I know come from average to slightly-below average backgrounds. The biggest challenge for anyone, given any background, is what they tell themselves they can't do. In addition to talking, it&#x
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by ballard 13y ago
Knowing myself, I have my finger on the trapdoor button in my office. That said, it's better to find out if there's a fit based on casual (usually paid) work, contracts and eventually FTE. The goal being giving everyone an out, b
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Coolest DOS games of all time [txt list](gist.github.com)
2 points by ballard 13y ago|1 comments
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by ballard 13y ago
According to a friend of mine that was in IT at DIA, staff in TS/SCI shops get caught surfing for porn from classified networks. (!!) This is a career-ender for the unfortunate caught individual, yet it happens regularly.

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