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by crag 14y ago
I second this. Get everything in writing. But you know, even THAT isn't good enough sometimes. But don't fret, if (when) Zynga does collapse, it's execs (including the founder, who I hear is a piece of work) will be up to their eyeballs in
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by crag 14y ago
I always had trouble figuring out how to behave or what to say in public settings. Trying my best to be the nicest guy in the room, but ending up coming off aloof and arrogant. Until I learned the fine art of chit-chat. I had an old Army bu
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by crag 14y ago
I doubt they're worried about spying on Americans. Spying on the (our) government (and stealing trade secrets) is another matter. And that's what's it's all about. Right or wrong.
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by crag 14y ago
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychohistory_%28fictional%29 : Psychohistory depends on the idea that, while one cannot foresee the actions of a particular individual, the laws of statistics as applied to large groups of people could p
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by crag 14y ago
49, programming since I was 15. I'll admit, now I'm in management. I still code. When I want to. And that's a luxury I can afford myself; "coding when I want too". My days of 48-hours-staring-at-a-screen are over. Thankfully. I enjoy code m
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by crag 14y ago
I ran into this question at Novell in the early 90's. I answered it by giving a detailed description of Issac Asimov's [fictional] theories of Psychohistory (from Foundation). I got the job. But I doubt my answer was the reason why. But it
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by crag 14y ago
B5 was great. So was ST.I'm old enough to remember a few other great sci-fi series - where most of the cast members are dead now, like: Space 1999; UFO; V (the original), Dr. Who (the original - though I do love the current Dr. Who). Oh let
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by crag 14y ago
Beyond the rim.
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by crag 14y ago
Unprecedented for Apple maybe. Look Apple never admits to any bugs or issues until it (the issue) gets main stream press. Then fall over themselves offering explanations and feel good messages like "We make great products for you!". Remem
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by crag 14y ago
No problems in South Florida (Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Palm Beach) either. Last I checked we are outside California. Don't make generalized statements unless you can back it up with data.
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by crag 14y ago
We and Russia and the UK and France and Japan and Israel and South Korea, and on and on. We ALL left junk in space. So I guess we ALL pay? And pay who? A space=based clean up crew? I doubt we even have the technology to clean it up. Right n
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by crag 14y ago
Ever see the film Wall-E? Cause that's where we are headed.
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by crag 14y ago
He's probably irritated cause he wasn't invited to the launch event. I find most,"tech journalist" want their feathers stroked. Throw a couple of lunches; make them feel important and they'll write a bible about you.
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by crag 14y ago
And 10 years ago the opposite was true. Apple was on the verge of collapse and MS ruled the world. Fortunes change.
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by crag 14y ago
I browse the same way. And this new layout is a welcome change for me. Finally I don't have to drill down every app I'm interested in to see screen shots and comments.
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by crag 14y ago
It's not the dead who have regrets, it's the living. I mean, you're dead. What do you care? My life is meant to be lived. I'm alive for a very short time. I refuse to spend it looking over my shoulder; second guessing everything. If I do so
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by crag 14y ago
It's not the bugs that "bug" me. It's the time it takes developers to fix them. Example: Mountain Lion's Mail; for some of us, it suddenly takes all the accounts off-line. The fix is to restart it. There are HUGE threads in the forums [abou
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by crag 14y ago
No. He used another base motivator: greed. After he began expanding (winning), Khan himself became the motivator.
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by crag 14y ago
I don't want to rehash Sparrow. But, if they'd had fixed long standing bugs, and added the features they promised I would not be so upset about it. But they didn't. They dropped the project and went on to Google. Leaving with with a ridicu
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by crag 14y ago
Yeah but, Github is a different sort of product. You don't lose much if it shuts down (assuming you have your code). You can push your code someplace else.
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by crag 14y ago
No NO.. it's not because they're small. It's because tech start-ups have a history of shutting down or selling, and leaving their users in the dust. The list is long. Another recent example was Sparrow. I broke my rule about buying/licensin
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by crag 14y ago
This is not news. I mean we already know it's going to be called iPhone 5. It's like every tech reporter is waiting for any news about anything apple. "OMG the lead developer just farted out (in morse code) the new colors of the new phone!"
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by crag 14y ago
Actually it's greed. Religion, is a tool sometimes used as a means to an end: greed. It easy to manipulate the "true believer" or the "weak minded" or the "fearful". And you're taking a typical American point of view on who is an evil doer
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by crag 14y ago
I also have a problem with slow shutdowns. Sometimes it takes 30 seconds to shut the machine down. Much less time to boot.
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by crag 14y ago
Riots not catastrophe. Big difference. A catastrophic event would be something like world-wide flooding. I suppose if the food system collapsed completely (and that is possible considering the way we grow most of our food (monoculture) - bu
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by crag 14y ago
As a man of 48 years who does not have the time to "head" back to class I LOVE all these courses. The receptionist in our office (she's 52) is taking the Sustainability course on Coursera. That's a wonderful thing. I've already taken the Cr
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by crag 14y ago
Really. I mean, now I have to pay to not receive ads on a product I already paid for?
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by crag 14y ago
He (the CEO) didn't have to respond at all. But he did. How 'bout we all give him the benefit of the doubt.
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by crag 14y ago
I use Paypal for one reason (as the consumer); it adds an extra layer of protection for me. I don't want to give my CC details to every site I buy from. And then have to check my CC statement everyday to make sure nothing was hacked along t
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by crag 14y ago
Everything dies. From old age or fate. Even the universe will die. Reminds of that great line Death said (from the TV show Supernatural). It went something like, "Neither of us remember who is older." Referring to himself and god. "But I'll

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