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by dandrews 13y ago
Yep. Back in the PCs Limited days I wrote Michael Dell an appreciative letter for some out-of-warranty customer service I'd received. Got a nice acknowledgement letter back from a VP. That little exchange indirectly earned Dell a l
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by dandrews 13y ago
I used to run a small community theatre group, on a wing and a prayer and a shoestring budget. When we discovered how much of a money-maker popcorn was we were elated. Basic materials were cheap, and we sold a small bag of popcorn for a d
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by dandrews 13y ago
The most innocuous mention of Stallman's name inevitably provokes an emotional remark. I was struck most by the date of that announcement. Stallman has dedicated 30 years "[putting] together a sufficient body of free software so
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by dandrews 13y ago
Ellison: "Every ecosystem needs a scavenger". (Referring specifically to CA, and quoted by Marc Benioff here: http://www.blnz.com/news/2008/02/19/SaaS_Have_Breakout_Accep... )
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by dandrews 13y ago
Redhat puts a lot of effort into building its enterprise distro. Yeah, it's mostly out of FOSS parts, I get that, but distros are nontrivial and costly undertakings. I've always had a bit of a problem with Centos, which as I unde
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by dandrews 13y ago
I regretted that as soon as I hit the "reply" button... but really, that's the way it is in my house and I meant it innocently. Bernice was literally watching that show a couple of years ago while I installed the Hercules S&
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by dandrews 13y ago
Heh, Louden's book? Still got it here somewhere. For an hour of nostalgic fun and an excuse to burn a Bass Ale while your wife watches DWTS, take a look at the 1130 emulator at http://ibm1130.org/sim
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by dandrews 13y ago
Thank you for this followup. I'd written the Chancellor's office, but never received a reply.
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by dandrews 13y ago
Your colorful indignation is misplaced. I imply nothing about anyone's stand on the issue of mass surveillance - didn't even address the matter. You should instead have inferred my disapproval of UCD cheerleading. Nevertheless I
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by dandrews 13y ago
I'd be interested in your (and Rogaway's) take on the UCD pepper spray incident, then. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjXcaoEAkq4
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by dandrews 13y ago
"One is a genius, the other's insane."
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by dandrews 13y ago
He mentions the 100YSS Symposium, which was conveniently held in my neck of the woods in 2011. It was exciting to be among a couple hundred smarter-than-average people who wouldn't so much as crack a smile when the word "starship
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by dandrews 13y ago
Your interviewer just sounds inexperienced to me. I'd deflect it: "That sounds like an off-prem kinda question. Maybe one of these days we can meet for a beer after work and swap stories."
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by dandrews 13y ago
Read this. http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-harsh-truths-that-will-make-yo...
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by dandrews 13y ago
A quickie google search suggests that alcohol and klonopin don't mix. Better watch that. Depression is nasty business. You need to change things up. Be smart and only change one variable at a time: diet, supplements, sleep, exercise
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by dandrews 13y ago
You know about compound interest. Time works the same way. You don't have the time you think you do. Every year you screw around will penalize you heavily 10 years from now. High school matters, to the extent that your performance d
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by dandrews 13y ago
darkstar999, read Douglas Hofstadter's "A Person Paper on Purity in Language", his clever 30-y-o essay on sexism in writing. http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/purity.html
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by dandrews 13y ago
I find his fiction enjoyable; it reads easily and his sense of humor is similar to my own. (It is possible to overdose on his style, as I did on Vonnegut after a few volumes.) "Single greatest book on writing of all time?" We&
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by dandrews 13y ago
This photo of Linus always makes me smile: http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/10/...
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by dandrews 13y ago
Flagged for this most unhelpful title. Appears to be a video about overpopulation. No notes on content and we don't know who the presenter is.
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by dandrews 13y ago
You're likely thinking of this essay: http://www.flownet.com/gat/jpl-lisp.html
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by dandrews 13y ago
From September 2012. Links to https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=...
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by dandrews 13y ago
Ah yes, Harvard: bastion of political correctness that excoriated Larry Summers. I hope Professor Ferguson gets better treatment than President Summers got.
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by dandrews 14y ago
Anand Lal Shimpi has done his usual superb job tearing this one down: http://www.anandtech.com/print/6884/crucial-micron-m500-revi...
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by dandrews 14y ago
About looking weird : people will get over it. Five years into being the local Segway guy, nobody in my community gives me a second glance anymore. Early on I got lots of hoots and hollers, but the novelty has long since worn off and now
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by dandrews 14y ago
According to the ALGOL 68 page at Wikipedia: "Steve Bourne, who was on the Algol 68 revision committee, took some of its ideas to his Bourne shell (and thereby, to descendant shells such as Bash) and to C (and thereby to descendants such as
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by dandrews 14y ago
No no no, OP doesn't have the resources... yet. You're supposed to put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others - there's a reason for that.
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by dandrews 14y ago
You can leave things in a car used by other family members or close friends. While I'm skeptical about the prospects for a driverless taxi, I can easily see sharing a car with people I trust .
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by dandrews 14y ago
Not just short stories - Carl Sagan's Contact is there. The book had a terrific payoff idea that the movie didn't acknowledge at all, so if you've only seen the movie then you've missed the important stuff. (Avoid the synopsis at kasman
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by dandrews 14y ago
This sounds like Heinlein's "man who was too lazy to fail".

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