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by decode 18y ago
Yep, adding information often means adding space. On the other hand, you can shorten http://www.amazon.com/Depends-What-Youre-At/dp/B001DQF7VW/re... [109 characters] to http://amazon.decenturl.com/depends [37 characters], which adds inf
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by decode 18y ago
A similar service is DecentURL. It generally has slightly longer URLs, but lets you put your own descriptive string in the link, in addition to adding the target's domain as the link's subdomain. http://decenturl.com/
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by decode 18y ago
Here's the explanation of why the license is the way it is, and why the code is only partially open: http://e-texteditor.com/blog/2009/opencompany
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by decode 18y ago
"Fictional facts are considered expressions, not ideas" My understanding is that fictional facts must stand the tests of originality and specificity. Neither unoriginal ideas, nor vague characters/settings have copyright protection. I bel
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by decode 18y ago
"Do not confuse the copyrightability of ideas with the copyrightability of an expression." I'm pretty sure I wasn't doing that, but I don't think you read my comment very carefully or followed the link I posted, so I'm going to assume you j
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by decode 18y ago
"So that means Rowling has no control over her fantasy universe, even when it's just reflecting what she wrote?" That is right, and it's by design, as long as you're talking about the concepts and ideas of her universe and not their specifi
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by decode 18y ago
"While I like the mindset that says you should be open with your creations, I respect the one that says your ideas are your own" I think one of the strengths of the American IP system is that, while you can call your ideas your own if you w
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by decode 18y ago
The author of the article also won the Pulitzer for writing this brilliant piece about skill, art, and modern life: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04...
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by decode 18y ago
My assumption is that the teacher should optimize the class on the amount of the course material the students learn, and how well they retain that knowledge. As far as I can tell, the goal of all of the teachers I know is to get the studen
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by decode 18y ago
I was a full-time student for about 20 years, all said. I was never assigned a homework assignment that did not benefit me in some way. Whether by teaching me something new, honing a skill, or reinforcing and deepening knowledge I already
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by decode 18y ago
I was in downtown Detroit on Saturday night, and I felt safe and had a good time, though I was near the "reinvigorated neighborhood around Wayne State" referenced in the article. There are lots of cool places in downtown Detroit. Good res
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by decode 18y ago
There's quite a bit of good information on this page about how to spend money on yourself, but there's one important thing missing: how to give money away. I think the most difficult money-related issue I've had to deal with is deciding ho
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by decode 18y ago
"comes from the time when school was in a monastery and the monks thought fidgeting was devil's work" Did you just make that up or is there evidence that this is actually the case? Personally, I would have a hard time paying attention in me
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by decode 18y ago
Most people don't understand hierarchical filesystems. I understand that and that's fine. As designers and programmers, we should be enabling those people to have control over and access to their stuff in a way that they can use. But I do
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by decode 18y ago
The wiki at compiz-fusion.org has good descriptions of many of the plugins. Check out the Window Title Filter addon to the Scale plugin: http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/Plugins/Scale#head-d1eafdeb140... Group and Tab Windows plugin: http:/
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by decode 18y ago
I know it's stupid to respond seriously to a comedy troll piece, but I can't resist: Were there people that thought Compiz would make lots of people adopt Linux? That's kinda silly. I like Compiz. It makes my desktop look nicer than Windo
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by decode 18y ago
It's strange that the author ignores the most important point until the very end, then doesn't do anything with it: In traditional property regimes only owners have the right to modify or control the use of the property. The right of modif
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by decode 18y ago
The Cartoon Network's MMO uses one of these specially customized and packaged versions of mono: http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2009/Jan-22.html
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by decode 18y ago
I've pretty much decided that after the 20th century, the only correct answer to the question, "Is this art?" is, "Does someone think it is?"
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by decode 18y ago
I've never tried it on anything but linux, but it looks like it's common: FreeBSD: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-freebsd-reset-recover-ro... OpenBSD: http://www.openbsd101.com/tipstricks.html#tt1 Solaris: http://www.cyberciti.biz
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by decode 18y ago
On any flavor of linux that uses GRUB or LILO it's possible to modify the kernel parameters at boot time to enter single-user mode. Once you're in single-user mode you have full root privileges and environment and can change any passwords
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by decode 18y ago
Philip Greenspun suggests something similar: http://philip.greenspun.com/materialism/early-retirement/ He also adds another clever idea: "Can we tweak the $N bonus idea at all? What if a kid becomes a repulsive yuppie despite the lack of
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by decode 18y ago
I like this group: cmd/xfe/prefdialogs.c: Motif is such a categorical piece of shit. I hate my job, I hate cmd/xfe/prefdialogs.c: away, probably because of some bullshit to do with it being a modal cmd/xfe/p
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by decode 18y ago
My understanding is that English Lang & Lit grad students are not studying to be writers. They're studying to be literary critics and English professors. Writers get MFA's in Creative Writing or Journalism.
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by decode 18y ago
Probably around 2004 I started noticing that many young people had forgotten (or never learned) how to arrange a meeting without a mobile phone. Several times I had conversations like this: "Just call me when you get there." "I don't have
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by decode 18y ago
Does anyone know how to express progressive aspects in E-Prime? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_aspect#English
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by decode 18y ago
Wouldn't it be nice if everyone were faking it? If all you needed to excel at anything were some gumption and a ready lie? Instead, in the real world, the good people have dedication, have put in the hard work, and have been blessed with a
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by decode 18y ago
I use AdBlock Plus and if I right click on the status bar icon, I get two menu items, "Disable on <domain>" and "Disable for this page only". It saves this preference across sessions.
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by decode 18y ago
If the definition of stealing is "taking something for free that has value to you", then I steal with every breath. If copying is the same is taking, then telling a story is the same as burning a book.
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by decode 18y ago
The researchers posit that the students who start by applying rules consistently across problems learn programming better than those who don't. For me, this raises some questions: 1) Can this mindset be taught? 2) Can this mindset be taugh

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