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by dejb 17y ago
This could still apply to some business meetings though.
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by dejb 17y ago
> it's just cold, heartless automation An alternative view would be that he has captured part of the 'warm, emotional' essence of a few of the algorithms that are at work in musician's brains when they compose music is making them avail
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by dejb 17y ago
They'll appeal to EU courts as a next move if they aren't successful in the Italian courts. Some would argue that, morally, issues of information freedom transcend those of the state and practically that Italy cannot go down the path of try
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by dejb 17y ago
Software developers need accommodation and food just like everybody else.
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by dejb 17y ago
Where is the App? How do I get it? One of those barcode things would be nice.
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by dejb 17y ago
Highlights packages only show the most interesting balls. Usually with a lot of replays and filler. I'm talking about showing every single ball without all the fluff.
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by dejb 17y ago
It would be cool if somebody could edit together a 20/30 minute version that showed all the action plus time for a few replays and breaks. This would also be useful be done for Baseball and Cricket. I wonder if it would be exciting or if th
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by dejb 17y ago
> (although of course TVs/misc. entertainment devices didn't exist, which compete against movies.) Actually I think this is the most relevant point. People used to go to the cinema a lot more before TV. Also movies didn't 'go to DVD' so
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by dejb 17y ago
> But, I'll always be very strongly in favor of legislation that prevents entities like health insurance companies from using my genome against me. Would you also want legislation to prevent them from using it in your favor as well? In
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IDC: Android to overtake iPhone, BlackBerry by 2013(electronista.com)
2 points by dejb 17y ago|2 comments
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by dejb 17y ago
> I think last time, 'openness' was really 'pricing'. You must have missed that whole 'The Cathedral and the Bazaar' phase of the internet. Were you an adult during this phase or did you just not agree with (or notice) the whole idea? T
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by dejb 17y ago
I have determined by your response that there is no point in interacting with you any further. Have a nice life.
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by dejb 17y ago
30 * 24 = $720. People may not fully realise this the first time they sign up to a plan but after that they do.
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by dejb 17y ago
Hows many PC models does Apple/Dell/ASUS/HP have? I don't see why there should be any difference between PCs and Mobiles.
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by dejb 17y ago
This is a mater of taste I guess. I for one think itunes sucks.
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by dejb 17y ago
> It teaches us that consumers don't rate variety very highly You are making the same mistake with regards to competition as communism does. In retrospect it is easy to look back and say what 'consumers' wanted but that ignores the comp
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by dejb 17y ago
The plan is the price. $100 is the deposit. That's why you are locked in to paying top dollar for access to a mediocre network.
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by dejb 17y ago
Well someone doesn't get it. In the 80s it was Apple running exactly the same play as they are trying now. Turns out the power of variety and multiple manufacturers prevailed over 'Your new model for this year will be'. Wonder what makes yo
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by dejb 17y ago
> Once you enter AppleWorld, you have no reason to leave. Except of course if there is better stuff outside AppleWorld which there invariably is. This would only work if the residents of AppleWorld are so cut of from the rest of the wor
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by dejb 17y ago
> Someone tell me again why we allow Chinese imports? It's called freedom.
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by dejb 17y ago
> I say profitable because it's hard for contrarians to get grant money as they are generally believed to be 'quacks'. The energy sector and other carbon emitters would have enough available money to make the government grant money look
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by dejb 17y ago
> bullshit. the real reason "nothing to hide" is invalid is that it refuses to recognize that we don't cede all moral responsibility to the government. You are assuming that the only entity that has an interest in having access to 'priv
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by dejb 17y ago
A question for you. If you were magically transported into the the 1500s as one of the conquistadores would repeat their actions? If you had the capacity to stop their slaughter would you? Or would you perform the same terribly acts simply
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by dejb 17y ago
How great would it be to see movies that reflected this dichotomy you mentioned. Where you could come out of the film not being sure who the 'good guys' were.
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by dejb 17y ago
> Likewise, a child who will eat nothing but fish sticks will likely prefer them to the best filet mignon ever cooked. Actually the child in your analogue more closely resembles a devoted iPhone user than anything else. The image of a
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by dejb 17y ago
What's your point? Is it that we shouldn't publicly talk about some statistics for fear that people might draw the 'wrong conclusions'. What if Stein was right and 'Jews' actually did run Hollywood? (BTW I really don't know or care) Would t
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by dejb 17y ago
I don't think that linking to a PG article somehow makes the issue 'settled'. This isn't a religion you know. To truly escape the realms of relativism the article should have included 'Good Design is Measurable'. In many ways of course it i
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by dejb 17y ago
> Are those impressions also wrong? Individually no. Your experience provides a sample of one case against the their proposition (at least for periods up to a few months). Whether this can be reliably generalised to others is still in q
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by dejb 17y ago
I think this article may be relevant to the discussion. 'The Switch From iPhone To Android, And Why Your First Impression Is Wrong' http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/09/android-iphone-switch/
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by dejb 17y ago
I'd prefer a written overview of the ideas rather than sitting through an hour lecture. The first ten minutes really didn't offer a lot of detail.

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