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by billybob 17y ago
This is a VERY important point: copyright (and other IP) exists to benefit the PUBLIC by promoting the creation of new works. Granting temporary monopolies is a means to that end. From the Constitution: "To promote the Progress of Science a
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by billybob 17y ago
"It's a lot easier to automatically manage boxes named "server001" than a list of random names that constantly has to be maintained." I'm not a systems admin, but I presume this is because you can write a for loop that counts through your m
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by billybob 17y ago
Strange the number of posts I see with this logic: 1) I fund my site via ads 2) User group X clicks on those ads more often than others 3) They're suckers! In other words, "I have contempt for the people who pay my bills." If you think so p
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by billybob 17y ago
If so, it's wrong. Those two keys would clash - their tonics are only a half step apart. The relative minor for C#(major) would be A#m. You find that by calling C# "1" and counting up the musical scale to 6.
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by billybob 17y ago
I thought this part was insightful: "three things that are critical to engagement: first, the scope employees have to learn and advance- are there opportunities for them to grow; second, the company’s reputation and its commitment to making
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by billybob 17y ago
An anecdote is not proof, but I personally went from hating my job to loving my job, while working for the same company and doing mostly the same work for the same pay. The difference? I went from working alone under a manager who seemed in
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by billybob 17y ago
Fascinating article. Perhaps it's a lesson in what happens when you lack political balance? It's been fashionable in the last few years to talk about cooperation between the major parties, but to me, it's the scuffle between Right and Left
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by billybob 17y ago
The "junk mail" approach to persuasion is only one approach, and it tends to be urgent-sounding. When I think about the businesses I like the most, one common factor is that they have a much more honest-sounding tone. Maybe the question is
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by billybob 17y ago
If Resig is incompetent, then 99.99% of Javascript coders should quit immediately. Maybe 100%.
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by billybob 17y ago
I'm completely unqualified to tell whether this guy has valid points. But Resig has led the charge on a Javascript library that makes my job dramatically easier and more fun. To gain the respect I have for Resig, Mr. Mark would have to do l
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by billybob 17y ago
I think these arguments are weak. 1) "Never mind that while you can build a phone that supports 3G on three carriers, I've never seen a chipset that supports all four." Maybe (or maybe not) all carriers, but netbooks are already sold that l
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by billybob 17y ago
I still buy CDs, even though I rip them immediately. Why? 1) I like getting booklets with lyrics 2) I can re-rip anytime with higher quality or a different format 3) The CD gets stored safely as a backup If all digital music were sold in a
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by billybob 17y ago
This guy is a jerk if his email trails are for real, but oh my gosh they are funny. I just closed them out so that I will not attract attention for laughing at work.
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by billybob 17y ago
Just curious - what's the appeal of non-web-based email? I'm forced to use Outlook at work, but I can't imagine having to install something to get my personal mail, and having to back up my personal mail. Do people do this mostly because th
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by billybob 17y ago
I think it's a fair question. It's also fair to ask them about the company's weak points, why people have left, etc. Interviewing is a two-sided process. Maybe my arrogance will be a problem for them. Maybe their widely fluctuating revenue
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by billybob 17y ago
I understand why "Godwin's law" is so often cited, but really. It's silly to compare Obama or Bush or whoever to Hitler simply because you don't like them, but it's not silly to bring up Nazis when someone is advocating eugenics. It's also
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by billybob 17y ago
I'm looking for the trickery, and I haven't spotted it yet. Can you elaborate?
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by billybob 17y ago
Me too. Not that they have much choice. Even the non-geeks in my office have noticed that they can work faster with Firefox. As more things move to the web, built on web standards, they can't afford to continue having the worst browser by f
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by billybob 17y ago
Sweet Moses yes. Rounded corners should be a setting, not a project.
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by billybob 17y ago
Give it time.
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by billybob 17y ago
Yeah, until they need to find an email from 2 months ago. Then they wish they had Gmail at work.
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by billybob 17y ago
I read somewhere recently that their data usage has spiked several thousand percent since the iPhone came out. They've drastically increased capacity, but haven't caught up yet. So it's a hard problem. Not that it excuses them - they launch
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by billybob 17y ago
I don't get it. Can anyone describe a few cool things you would do with this that you can't do otherwise?
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by billybob 17y ago
Better yet: let 'em fail.
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by billybob 17y ago
"The upcoming generations of programmers and mathematicians are going to be Gods. How could they not be with a library like that!" ...because they also have lolcats? Seriously, there are a lot more distractions these days, too.
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by billybob 17y ago
Your explanation here is very, very helpful. I just copied and pasted it into a file for later reference. Thank you for taking the time to explain this!
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by billybob 17y ago
Now let's build GassyPatriot.com!
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by billybob 17y ago
Also - to be fair, in Nov. 2007, Android WAS just a press release. But Google had already made clearly superior search, maps, and email products, and it didn't take a genius to see that they wouldn't create a phone OS unless they could seri
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by billybob 17y ago
Yeah, here's an amusing trash talking example: Nov 2007: 'Ballmer Calls Android a "Press Release"' http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/08/1326234 'Right now they have a press release, we have many, many millions of customers, g
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by billybob 17y ago
"The online office apps don't even compete favorably with OpenOffice, much less Microsoft Office." What MS Office does well, these online apps do passably at best. But what the online apps do well, MS Office doesn't do at all. Like getting

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