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by conanite 14y ago
Here's a longer version of the Roman two-horse story and how it impacted space shuttle design: http://www.astrodigital.org/space/stshorse.html
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by conanite 14y ago
The water is out in space, a place we used to think of as desolate and desert dry, but it's turning out to be pretty lush. Why did "we" (who?) think this? Hydrogen is everywhere, oxygen is common, they bind easily, there must be
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by conanite 14y ago
Either businessweek.com needs a new proof-reader, or I'd like to order a pair of "increasingly large security breeches", they sound hilariously comfortable. Although I might not be allowed on an airplane wearing them. </nitpick>
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by conanite 14y ago
It is usual to correlate technology preferences with entrepriseyness - BigCo developers, in general, prefer java or c#, whereas startuppy devs, in general, prefer ruby or python, and nobody likes php except the millions of devs who use it.
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by conanite 14y ago
That might be the wrong dream. Find a dream that balances your other needs, and follow that one.
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by conanite 14y ago
I, for one, was hoping "show detailed technical info" would show me some detailed technical info, you know, to keep me going while gmail gets some defibrillation. But all it says is "Numeric Code: 93". What's that? lmgtfy doesn't help - par
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by conanite 15y ago
This reminds me of another "surprise" series: 0, 1, 2, 720!, ...
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by conanite 15y ago
You said "No, don't believe this," as if you wanted to say everything in the article is wrong.
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by conanite 15y ago
So, how about we set up a patent-trolling company specifically to target and annoy people in a position to reform patent law?
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by conanite 15y ago
Side question: what's the best company for SSL certificates where you're hosting multiple distinct domains for various clients on the same server? I've read about SAN certs, but I haven't found any documentation ...
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by conanite 15y ago
"The ultimate end of Moore's Law is a single atom." That's a bit depressing. Why a single atom, and not some smaller particle?
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by conanite 15y ago
This response doesn't respond to the claim that download.com is bundling other software as well (the original nmap post referred specifically to VLC). This response claims that wrapping nmap was a "mistake", should we conclude that wrapping
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by conanite 15y ago
Conciseness is the major benefit of haml. As a given template in haml is shorter than its equivalent in html or erb, then naturally each line requires more attention to read, there's more information in it. So perhaps html is "easier" to "r
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by conanite 15y ago
I'd love to have a wimax router, but aren't they expensive? And require a license to operate?
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by conanite 15y ago
Overlaying on existing infrastructure is a faster way to get up and running, but ultimately a darknet that depends on another network is vulnerable to that network's centralized 'off' button.
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by conanite 15y ago
"The US State Department seems to view decentralized darknets as an important area of research for empowering free expression abroad ." (my emphasis). Depressing!
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by conanite 15y ago
You might be thinking of George Orwell, "politics and the english language" (a bit after the victorian era) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_and_the_English_Langua... Rule 5 states: Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a
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by conanite 15y ago
> Suppose I spend a year writing a novel. In a world without copyright, why would you even do that? The very concept of "#1 bestseller" would disappear, probably with interesting ramifications for cultural diversity.
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by conanite 15y ago
Granting exclusive access to exploit a resource avoids the tragedy of the commons - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons The argument for ownership of land is solid and clear; the argument for intellectual property, less so
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Versata Awarded $345 Million From SAP America(austinstartup.com)
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by conanite 16y ago
Selling is hard, and I certainly don't want to be the dude selling code written by the business guy :)
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by conanite 16y ago
I tried signing up, only to be told Could not complete registration: The captcha was not correct. Only one problem: there was no captcha. Maybe adblock is working too hard ...
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by conanite 16y ago
ssh -ND 8887 -p 22 rufus@12.120.186.8 just hangs and doesn't look like it's doing anything ... if you want to see stuff happening, so you know it's working, use verbose mode: ssh -vND 8887 -p 22 rufus@12.120.186.8 and you'll
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by conanite 16y ago
I'm curious - if you encrypt the message before embedding it in the image, it should be impossible to prove that a message exists (unless prosecution has its hands on the original), because changing only the lowest-order bit of each byte of
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by conanite 16y ago
hmmm ... organ transplants? I suppose that's cut-and-paste though.
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by conanite 16y ago
Cool how sample text comes from the opening pages of 1984 that cover Winston's absolute lack of privacy, describing how the Thought Police can "plug in your wire whenever they wanted to". A topical choice. If only there had been a big socia
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by conanite 16y ago
http://www.eztakes.com/ I haven't tried it yet. 5000 titles. Decidedly non-mainstream.
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by conanite 16y ago
Time for some http://modifyheaders.mozdev.org/ edit: panopticlick gets plugin and font list via javascript; modifyheaders can't do anything about that ...
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by conanite 16y ago
Another way to enjoy unix commands is to observe their witty output: http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/unix.errors.html
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by conanite 16y ago
At some point, your customer's card expires, and you need to ask them to re-enter their details. New details -> new provider. It might take two years to migrate most of your clients - even if it isn't ideal, it's not like you're locked

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