cruise02

35 ms·

331.
by cruise02 17y ago
The key difference is that a physical copy of a book can only be loaned out to one person at a time, so it is in no way violating copyright. No copy is made. A lot of people will break down and buy a book that they really want to read if
332.
by cruise02 17y ago
Not "30.1% of numbers" start with 1, but 30.1% of numbers from distributions that cover several orders of magnitude might. http://www.billthelizard.com/2009/04/benfords-law.html </pedantry>
333.
Tweetable Game of Life in MATLAB(blogs.mathworks.com)
2 points by cruise02 17y ago|0 comments
334.
by cruise02 17y ago
Seems like it's just a coincidence. According to The Straight Dope ( http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/637/whats-the-origi... ) the length of a mile is based on the length of a Roman pace (or stride).
335.
by cruise02 17y ago
I guess my third option is to concentrate more on finding those connections. Thanks for the feedback.
336.
by cruise02 17y ago
I keep meaning to write more of these too. My blog is (ostensibly) about programming, but I find that I keep drifting further and further into mathematical topics without tying them back into programming somehow. I should probably commit
337.
by cruise02 17y ago
I had also included that one in an earlier post: http://www.billthelizard.com/2009/07/six-visual-proofs_25.ht... (scroll down to the 5th "proof"). I think I like the image you used to visualize the relationship a little bit better than th
338.
by cruise02 17y ago
You do need "Mac laptops" but you don't need "Microsoft products"? I call fanboy bullshit. Strike "Mac" from the first list and I might be persuaded.
339.
by cruise02 17y ago
For Simon Cowell it is all about the money. You think he's promoting a record because of its message? The attention that this promotion brought to both records put sales through the roof for both. Look at the sales of the 3rd place recor
340.
by cruise02 17y ago
I'm sure Simon is crying all the way to the bank over this.
341.
by cruise02 17y ago
I suppose if you're still getting phone calls and emails, you'll be reminded to go uncheck the available box.
342.
by cruise02 17y ago
So smashingmagazine.com, the blog/magazine, is not a "blogazine" as defined by...them? Thanks for your insight.
343.
by cruise02 17y ago
My initial comment was only intended to remind people that it was in fact a blogazine that was declaring the death of blogs and the rise of blogazines. I don't mean to dissuade anyone from actually reading the article for themselves, we ju
344.
by cruise02 17y ago
How is that unfortunate? Do you really think that I'd be poised to launch the next Earth-shattering blogazine, if only I understood the subtle point of this article? Or were you just trying to be clever, without demonstrating any insight
345.
by cruise02 17y ago
They have "magazine" right in their name.
346.
by cruise02 17y ago
...said the blogazine.
347.
by cruise02 17y ago
> No one is being distracted by anything of value to draw them away and there is way too much going on to know that the contest has even ended. > It was a "Jump to Conclusions" mat. You see, it would be this mat that you would put o
348.
by cruise02 17y ago
You do also understand that Fake Steve Jobs doesn't really work at Apple, right?
349.
by cruise02 17y ago
"In the US" doesn't help much at all. I'm a blogger and I've not been influenced by anyone on the list. This may be because my main focus is on teaching and learning, not on monetizing my blog.
350.
by cruise02 17y ago
I just want to point out that not everyone who asks these questions is just a sheep following the herd. My last manager asked a few questions of this sort just to weed out the applicants who gave the "extremely overcomplicated solution for
351.
by cruise02 17y ago
Probably not exactly what you're looking for, but anyone who worked on cryptography back in the 1970s (and who wasn't working for their government) was being fairly subversive. Steven Levy wrote a great book about the people involved calle
352.
by cruise02 17y ago
He's been successful one time in a row. I admit that that's a better success rate than I currently have to my credit, but it did make for a rather lame ending to an otherwise good story.
353.
by cruise02 17y ago
I sense a bailout coming on.
354.
DrScheme's Halloween "Easter Egg"(billthelizard.com)
14 points by cruise02 17y ago|1 comments
355.
by cruise02 17y ago
Actually, this is what I hear when non-geeks try to fake "techie."
356.
by cruise02 17y ago
Oh no! And all of these sites will be generating useful content, fooling their users into thinking that's more important than text size and kerning! What will we do?
357.
by cruise02 17y ago
I really didn't need the introductory material on how he bought the notebook that he wrote his diary in either.
358.
A Mess is not a Technical Debt.(blog.objectmentor.com)
7 points by cruise02 17y ago|0 comments
359.
by cruise02 17y ago
11. Entrepreneurship doesn’t always run in the family. More than half (51.9 percent) of respondents were the first in their families to launch a business. This may be partly due to the fact that if your parents own a business, you're much m
360.
by cruise02 17y ago
My point is that you can't draw conclusions about two different people this way. If playing speed metal is a good mental exercise, then the only thing you can conclude about Dave Mustaine is that he's smarter now than when he started pla

More ›