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811.
by borism 16y ago
There are offline RSS readers, Kindle apps and Instapaper saves can be exported to various formats.
812.
by borism 16y ago
That's why RNAV (GPS) approaches are still not allowed (for commercial flights) AFAIK. 30 degree error has nothing to do with GPS though. Probably DVD player interfered with Localizer signal.
813.
by borism 16y ago
767 doesn't have fly by wire - 777 was the first passenger Boeing to get it. But it does have a lot of wiring.
814.
by borism 16y ago
If you don't feel safe enough flying in US under FAA you can try some more liberal on safety places like Africa or Indonesia. Your survival chances decline can be calculated quite precisely though.
815.
by borism 16y ago
Spot on! Here's much better analysis: excerpt: It's not just that their actions are shameful. It's not just that these actions violate everything Silicon Valley represents. These agreements reveal a profound insecurity about their ability
816.
by borism 16y ago
And infrastructure in the second set of countries might not be sufficient for these companies forever without them paying something for it's support: It is ironic, of course, that the very tax exemptions granted to Intel and other TNCs und
817.
by borism 16y ago
I don't know anyone who is esr persona's fan. There is a large community who are his hackerdom writings fans and there is a small community who are fans of his wingnut writings, but it seems to me he doesn't get a lot of friends IRL.
818.
by borism 16y ago
> What I disagreed with was the notion that the Internet deserved to be produced quite pointless argument to have on the Internet
819.
by borism 16y ago
His reasoning is described perfectly well - first strike is not done by sending five missiles - it's done by at least half of the active arsenal (which is counted by both sides really well).
820.
by borism 16y ago
care to explain the difference between "shouldn't be favoring" and " should accommodate"?
821.
by borism 16y ago
Indeed. Same in 1996.
822.
by borism 16y ago
No. What I find amusing is that President was being briefed about cybersec issues.
823.
by borism 16y ago
Actually that part was the only one of interest. I didn't know Clinton was planning to bomb Iraq in 1998.
824.
by borism 16y ago
> (a) to command the attention of the public > (b) send a message that the government is taking the issue seriously are you serious? the whole article seems to be written by, for and about 5 year olds. Did you get to the part wh
825.
by borism 16y ago
wow, simply wow! someone is surely on crack! "It looked as though Saddam was about to take down massive amounts of infrastructure . . . because we were threatening to bomb him," recalled one former intelligence official. Tensions were buil
826.
by borism 16y ago
Less efficient and more costly might be acceptable trade-off depending on "by how much?" Like you say market shouldn't be favoring one type of participant over another. Seems to me like market favors HFT guys more than others these days.
827.
by borism 16y ago
Tea-party rallies? Seriously though, Cato, Mises institutes etc might be a good place to start if you don't like these commies infiltrating your precious bodily fluids.
828.
More collusion in Silicon Valley: no-poaching agreements between major firms(theregister.co.uk)
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829.
by borism 16y ago
I don't think Google has it's own battery design.
830.
by borism 16y ago
it seems to be connected directly to PSU?
831.
by borism 16y ago
He probably can't... but his spouse, grandma or whomever can.
832.
by borism 16y ago
Housing prices are generally less volatile than illiquid start-up stock.
833.
by borism 16y ago
They didn't buy Sun for their servers
834.
by borism 16y ago
> so that a company with a history of payment fraud or other problems can't simply go bank to bank as each account is closed but he's not a company. and if he starts another one he can list somebody (or pretty much anybody) else as pr
835.
by borism 16y ago
OMG
836.
by borism 16y ago
I certainly hope so, but how was he able to get his SSN to the verge of being blacklisted?
837.
by borism 16y ago
it just goes to show the stupidity of the market. ARM takeover was speculated for months. Now that someone with a lot of cash actually mentions that they want "chip companies" the market goes crazy and pushes up it's first choice even more.
838.
by borism 16y ago
so how exactly will the schools be able to sell the stock? trough SecondMarket like FB employees?
839.
by borism 16y ago
you can downvote me all you want, comparing Krugman to Hayek and Friedman is just plain idiotic. While these two (together, or shall I say in opposition with Keynes) helped lay an important parts of foundation of modern economics, their ide
840.
by borism 16y ago
"Angel collusion results in black hole collapse" now that would be awesome!

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