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by chaz 16y ago
23x the prior year's earnings, more than a third coming from overseas, and founded in 2008? Sounds pretty impressive to me.
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by chaz 16y ago
My favorite part was his note to the troops: "By this time next year, we will either be on our way to becoming one of the great technology brands that define our generation, or a cool idea by people who were out executed and out innovated b
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by chaz 16y ago
Unfortunately, no. Studios still need to sell rights to local distributors that can do all of the local marketing (TV, print, billboards). The distributors want exclusivity in their country to ensure that their marketing dollars (TV, print,
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by chaz 16y ago
Isn't this true of any language? ActiveRecord associations in Ruby on Rails are brilliant for getting code out the door, but the queries it produces along with complex lazy loading can make a database melt.
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by chaz 16y ago
Worse than any other road that size? It's an eight-lane road and that, by itself, is a big socio/economic dividing force, regardless of the type of intersection.
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by chaz 16y ago
I've also seen many devs look at a broken release and instantly realize their mistake. A forgotten production config, a hard coded variable, or an empty cache. If code is in fact reviewed before going to production, the risk is significantl
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by chaz 16y ago
US Subscribers: "RIM led the ranking with 31.6 percent market share of smartphones, while Google Android maintained the #2 position with 28.7 percent, up 7.3 percentage points versus September. Apple accounted for 25.0 percent of smartphone
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by chaz 16y ago
Consequential damages aren't covered in these services' terms of use because nobody can afford to pay for them. Should Amazon be liable for Netflix's profits on EC2? If so, Netflix isn't paying Amazon nearly enough money.
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by chaz 16y ago
To be fair to Michael Dell, this is what AAPL looked like in 1997: http://bit.ly/fyjoqu And this is what DELL vs AAPL looked like in 1995-1997: http://bit.ly/hhKZGH While Dell was clearly wrong in the long run, he was surely not the onl
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by chaz 16y ago
True, but they're less likely to grow your business than online customers today, even if there are more of them. Offline customers will still be there next year when you're twice as big and you can afford the higher customer acquisition cos
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by chaz 16y ago
But it doesn't resurrect the whole tab's history like Chrome does. Safari simply opens a new tab with the last-viewed site in the killed tab.
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by chaz 16y ago
I would argue the lowering cost of entry into photography is what is decreasing quality. Those willing to make the larger investment in past years are also more likely to improve their skills.
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by chaz 16y ago
You can watch the full episode on CBS.com (US only): http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_bang_theory/
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by chaz 16y ago
The Big Bang Theory prides itself on accurate science and tech. They have UCLA physics professor David Saltzberg credited as "Science Consultant" to contribute the geeky stuff. http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2007-11-04-big-..