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901.
by dimitar 17y ago
Gartner who made this claim in 1997 most probably knew what they were talking about. It is pointless to argue about old data, as if it were new.
902.
by dimitar 17y ago
Thats a Gartner Group claim from 1997. I wonder what would the share be now according to them.
903.
by dimitar 17y ago
Me too.
904.
by dimitar 17y ago
I suppose you have read the book. The genetic experiment in BNW is successful insofar as maintaining social harmony and general efficiency but at the cost of individualism and freedom generally. Now, BNW is sci-fi. In the real world and the
905.
by dimitar 17y ago
The "you" I used was plural. I apologize for any discomfort I may have caused. The comment was kinda rushed. I hoped that I would provoke some sort of discussion.. provoke because I don't knowledgeable enough to start it myself.
906.
by dimitar 17y ago
Brave New World is a great dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley in which eugenics plays a central role. I think that reading it will greatly alter your view of such governmental interventions.
907.
by dimitar 17y ago
Now, do IT people, especially programmers get happier as they age?
908.
by dimitar 17y ago
This goes to show that while males waste their time on news sites females actually hack stuff.
909.
by dimitar 17y ago
E-mail. And telephone (ip, or not) for more urgent things.
910.
by dimitar 17y ago
I really hope facebook and twitter are fads that will be abandoned and forgotten. I don't want to be practically forced to use them just to stay in touch.
911.
by dimitar 17y ago
Richard Stallman is kinda old to be called a "cool cyberkid", you know..
912.
by dimitar 17y ago
Why do we see IT people telling farmers how to farm, and not for example farmers teaching programmers to program?
913.
by dimitar 17y ago
I for one don't really like it or need it. My emacs looks great with the bitmap font I'm using - terminus. The new packages in the standard distribution are great thought.
914.
by dimitar 17y ago
Being a son/daughter of a Professor isn't earned.
915.
by dimitar 17y ago
It is eclipse.
916.
Ask HN: Do you dislike PHP?
6 points by dimitar 17y ago|9 comments
917.
by dimitar 17y ago
Would they be available under a CC-licence? ;)
918.
by dimitar 17y ago
What do you use for literate programming? CWEB?
919.
Ask HN: Literate Programming
2 points by dimitar 17y ago|4 comments
920.
by dimitar 17y ago
I wonder how did the "conventional intelligence" so grossly overstate the production of German tanks. If the conventional analysis were true there would be ~350,000 tanks produced for two years of intensive warfare! Which is really funny co
921.
by dimitar 17y ago
Now remember kids.. swearing makes you look like those people .
922.
by dimitar 17y ago
Offensive? They were too stupid to offend me. Just another troll.
923.
by dimitar 17y ago
d Delete text. (see explanation above) And where is the explanation?
924.
by dimitar 17y ago
Have you been diagnosed? Do you deal with it?
925.
by dimitar 17y ago
There is a comment from his wife below the article: http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/story/being-crazy-noisy#c... my husband shows that it is possible to have a seemingly devastating diagnosis like schizoaffective disorder or schizophr
926.
by dimitar 17y ago
My observation is that richer kids do find jobs more easily because they and their parents usually have plenty of connections. They usually do this so they would have more money to party :-). Also regulation in many places in Europe effecti
927.
by dimitar 17y ago
How did you find out?
928.
by dimitar 17y ago
Why the archived version? See the recent one: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/programs.html By the way, Donald Knuth uses Emacs to write TeX :-)
929.
by dimitar 17y ago
Thanks, Aldous Huxley is amazing.. I should read more from this author. I've read "Brave New World", so I guess "Island" is next.
930.
by dimitar 17y ago
A teacher recently told us during a lecture: How many of you know the definition of the word "engineer"? An engineer is a person who has found something more interesting than sex!

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