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by cfn 14y ago
But then there's the size... The novelty is the size of these devices. I also run Word and Excel on a 386 at 40 Mhz but it was a full tower not a credit card sized box.
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by cfn 14y ago
I understand that Microsoft does not want to perpetuate Windows XP support but, for this single reason, I will not be able to upgrade to VS 2012. This means missing on the latest c++ features and also means maintaining two developement tree
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by cfn 14y ago
This an interesting article about sound proofing your computer. It is written with sound studios in mind: http://www.quietpcusa.com/how-to-silence-a-computer.aspx
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by cfn 14y ago
Funny that so many posts here are in the past tense. I still write brand new VB6 code every other day and I suspect that there are many thousands like me that have a large and old codebase that needs to be extended because the users keep as
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by cfn 14y ago
I do see a difference between the portrait monitor and the others (it seats between two TN 24' Samsungs) but it is perfectably acceptable for writing code.
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by cfn 14y ago
What you say is true if you rotate the cheaper TN based monitors. I have a Dell 24' monitor in portrait mode and it looks just fine as it is an IPS monitor.
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by cfn 14y ago
It is a pity that the article does not explain why the change. I assume that the MIT license is more permissive than an LGPL license but since LGPL allows use in closed source projects what else does MIT brings to the table?
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by cfn 14y ago
I do think it matters a lot. If the Windows and Mac platforms are only accessible through App Stores then we, developers, will have to pay whatever royalty or percentage those companies see fit to charge. We may also lose the ability to pub
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by cfn 15y ago
Regarding 3. The shortest distance between two points when sailing rarely is a straight line. For example, if you are in the UK and want to sail to the caribbean you should sail down the portuguese coast, then sail to the Madeira archipelag
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by cfn 15y ago
There are a few other studies on this matter both indicating effect and lack of effect of the OLPC in Math and Literacy (this study mentions them in introduction). Apparently, the OLPC has not produced very good results in Literacy and Math
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by cfn 15y ago
This program started in 2007 with children between the ages of 6 and 10 (primary school age). It is a bit too early to dismiss the project as a failure especially on the grounds that motivation and test scores did not go up. These indicator
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by cfn 15y ago
It was on the BBC recently and it is a fantastic film.
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by cfn 15y ago
Cannot agree more. Paper publishing is no longer necessary at all (maybe with a few exceptions). Scientists should be publishing to an online application with universal access where their peers could review and comment on the papers. The cu
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by cfn 15y ago
Read this blog: "A Newbie's Guide to Publishing" http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/
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by cfn 15y ago
I can sell any book I buy. Some books can become collectibles and attain a high value. A private library of a few thousand books can be a very nice heirloom (or donation). These are some of the factors that make me think that books are wort
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by cfn 15y ago
We can learn what we don't understand. To use a current example, in modern user interfaces there are two types of metaphors: the ones you can deduce by looking at them (a push button affords to be pushed) and the ones you learn (clicking un
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by cfn 15y ago
That is a cool project you have there. I am thinking about a product that depends on detecting an RFID card at 8-10 meters but all the readers I find cost several hundreds to a few thousand dollars which is a bummer. I think the difference
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by cfn 15y ago
Great article and don't give up. One thing you missed was that you could do contract work for part of the year and then work the rest of the year on your idea. In the UK (where I am) contract rates are two or three times permanent rates so
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by cfn 15y ago
That is an interesting way of putting it. I (metric since birth) find that zero degrees centigrade is a very strong signal that things are getting cooler or warmer. I would think that, from a usability point of view, zero is easier to retai
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by cfn 15y ago
They did. If you watch the second video (the making of) they commemorate the last "Kina shot" where she is dressed as an astronaut which does not match the last sequence with her of the movie.
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by cfn 15y ago
Most animation films are not shot at 24 fps, many go as low as 12fps to save time and money.
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by cfn 15y ago
Stop motion animation is quite old (Wikipedia says 1897). I did an animation course in the nineties and mixing stop motion with "pure" animation was considered a shortcut used in long animation films (usually for TV children films which are
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The Opportunity Ahead: A Conversation with Bill Gates(uwtv.org)
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by cfn 15y ago
A few years ago we raised our prices substantially and that reduced to near zero the number of nasty pre-sales support requests (we have a demo for download). So yes, higher paying customers are generally nicer. We also had a case similar t
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by cfn 15y ago
So true. I know someone that self-published a book and made a few thousand dollars with that first edition. That small success ended up a contract with a large publisher for the second edition. She did all the writing, editing and DTP. The
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by cfn 15y ago
I remember using Anakrino! That was a loong time ago and thanks for doing it. What happened?
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by cfn 15y ago
Thanks for the link, it is a fantastic talk and her work is very good.
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by cfn 15y ago
Quite true. And going beyond ratings and prior knowledge, are the recommendation engines that may also create some networking effects. Also, an anti-thesis for the submitted article can be found in many articles by Joe Konrath: http://jako
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by cfn 15y ago
A prolific writer is in a better position to make a killing but bad user reviews may eventually put an end to it. A big difference from the past is that self-pubbed authors can receive up to 70% of the sales whereas they would get 10% or le
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by cfn 15y ago
I am not behind a proxy.

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