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by ebrenes 17y ago
So are you mostly concerned about organization? Or also in terms of support given? Looking at the numbers ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina_disaster_reli... ) I would be incredibly surprised if the Haiti relief efforts even c
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by ebrenes 17y ago
Understood. However, when making a comparison it's generally safer to take into account the context of what you are comparing. In this case the effort, both private and public needs to be presented within the backdrop of what exactly is hap
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by ebrenes 17y ago
That's an interesting question, and I'd be curious as to an answer. However, such a comparison should bear in mind all factors, including the death toll of both events. The loss of human life has been in my opinion one of the greatest force
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by ebrenes 17y ago
The service has stayed the same, it's the pricing structure that changed. A year ago I could fly on the same airplane to the same destination and not face a baggage charge. Nowadays I'm faced with a baggage charge, when I got the exact same
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by ebrenes 17y ago
I must confess I was incredibly amused every time they used "technically violated", "technical violation" or other euphemisms for breaking the law. They either followed the law or they broke it and should face the appropriate punishment (if
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by ebrenes 17y ago
And yet retaining information is only part of the problem. The Patriot Act can put some pretty demanding requirements on companies such as Google. They can be asked, if not obliged to cooperate with investigations by providing search data o
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by ebrenes 17y ago
I'd like to point out that the Call of Duty series is not famous for its single-player campaign (especially the critically-acclaimed versions). Its call to fame is the multi-player aspect where the level of difficulty can be as hard if not
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by ebrenes 17y ago
In my own opinion, I do really think there would still be terrorists in this world, even if everyone had enough food to eat, medical care and lived in a free society. A significant part of terrorism is based on an imbalance of power, where
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by ebrenes 17y ago
I think lawsuits are generally vindictive in nature, and it's rarer when they're not. But that aside, looking at it on the other side of the coin a judgement of $1-$5 million would most likely have bankrupted many an employee. The man had s
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by ebrenes 17y ago
I'm not even sure about the sad face part given the other comments so far. Seems Goliath didn't want to make a fight of it, but David insisted on having his satisfaction.
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by ebrenes 17y ago
On a similar line, since we don't know her real name then it could just very well be there's some other bias against her name besides the gender issue. It's not unheard of for names that are associated with a specific ethnicity having an ef
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by ebrenes 17y ago
Thanks, that AMA in reddit was an interesting (and humbling) read.
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by ebrenes 17y ago
The bottom line is that Apple will do anything in its power to avoid expenses that might impact their bottom line. This policy seems in accordance with others like having the humidity sensors and other "abuse" detectors incorporated into t
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by ebrenes 17y ago
From what I remember about the MBTI test is that an introvert will prefer activities that do not involve other people. So even if you don't particularly enjoy reading books the general discomfort of being in a party will outweight your lack
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by ebrenes 17y ago
That seems to be the case. Just a stand-in for whatever makes sense given the context, not unlike the var keyword in C#. No wonder they instituted a ban on it.
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by ebrenes 17y ago
The black text on dark green background makes it quite hard to read. Might want to fix that.
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by ebrenes 17y ago
There are several languages that have great similarity in names and some only differ by a character or few characters: C, C++, C#, Cω, Ch; X++, XL, XSL; Go, Go!, Goo. So why again should Google make the name change?
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by ebrenes 17y ago
Instituting a uniform is quite effective in cutting down on this, but it's not foolproof. Having attended a school where uniforms were mandatory there was still discrimination based on the brand name of the uniform. The uniform code basical
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by ebrenes 17y ago
And even if successful (in that the bridge does not immediately collapse), many bridges have been rendered inoperable due to misuse or neglect. Anyways, other interesting links on the subject: http://blogs.msdn.com/dave_froslie/archive/200
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by ebrenes 17y ago
It would depend on the particular tests they are allowed to undergo. For example, it's been stated that the M16 needs to be properly cleaned, so any test that would emphasis taking a pristine sample and shooting would not produce adverse re
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by ebrenes 17y ago
Just because the developer is offering his services free of charge doesn't mean it's free to the company receiving said services. Just one meeting with Warren Buffet to approve the website redesign would be the equivalent of thousands of do
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by ebrenes 17y ago
As a citizen of a foreign country (not US) I think I can understand the logic that went into the Nobel Prize Committee's decision. Prior to Obama, some people in the international community had grown disenfranchised, resentful, bitter and
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by ebrenes 17y ago
A bit more than 200, probably over 600 accounts with the same password distribution and you're looking at close to a certain chance of hitting at least one account with that password. One thing that keeps bothering me about this story and m