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841.
by flomo 13y ago
Such a thing was created many years ago: http://www.adamlock.com/mozilla/plugin.htm One could guess that it was never included by default because Mozilla did not want to encourage the use of ActiveX controls.
842.
by flomo 13y ago
GM almost went under in the 1990s as well, it was a long time coming. The modern GM that survived has only superficial resemblance to the GM of old, which not only had 50% domestic auto marketshare, but also built everything from trains to
843.
by flomo 13y ago
In most areas, owning a home & having children requires two middle-class incomes. So unless you're in a top income bracket, this is an important factor for people.
844.
by flomo 13y ago
I think there's a fundamental asymmetry in the dating 'market' which doesn't require the depressing exercise of assigning everyone a number. Young women generally will only date men her age or older. So for example a 22
845.
by flomo 13y ago
I am a little disturbed that Apple Mail supports iframes. Seems like an obvious way to bypass spam filtering.
846.
by flomo 13y ago
The technology and 'integration' issues were mostly a side-show. The actual crime was forcing PC OEMs and ISPs to ship only Internet Explorer, which "cut off Netscape's air supply".
847.
by flomo 13y ago
Most of the 'Silicon Valley' cities get at least some of their water from the Hetch Hetchy system. This report is an economic scenario analysis, and estimates the probable effects on the Bay Area economy of a major failure of the
848.
by flomo 13y ago
I don't know if Microsoft crapped on it's developers as much as they lost touch with them. The other day HN had an item where a MS guy was talking about "dark matter developers" -- devs who are plugging along writing Win
849.
by flomo 13y ago
IIRC the MSFT 'crash' was on the day they were found guilty of antitrust violations, and a bit before the bubble actually popped.
850.
by flomo 13y ago
Thanks for the additional research and of course that makes perfect sense. I shall stop spreading that urban legend.
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by flomo 13y ago
I agree to some extent. However, CA-HSR chose the nearly the most complex and expensive route possible (even though they don't have a funding source), so we shouldn't make a direct cost comparison with Musk's route down I-5.
852.
by flomo 13y ago
> Can you please clarify why the high speed rail is likely to be a debacle ? I don't believe that high speed rail will necessarily be a debacle. But the route was largely chosen for political considerations. It was decided downtown
853.
by flomo 13y ago
Sorry, can't dig up a source. It's the explanation I've heard for IE Classic's handling of head elements.
854.
by flomo 13y ago
The head tag is actually optional (under most conditions) -- supposedly because Netscape patented it. The title shows up because it's set to display:block.
855.
by flomo 13y ago
Actually, the original W3C proposal for tables specifically mentioned using them for layout. I can't find a working link, but there's also a RFC: The HTML table model has evolved from studies of existing SGML tables models, the t
856.
by flomo 13y ago
Meanwhile, my father had mastered the old VCR-style programmable thermostats, but he doesn't really 'get' the Nest I gave him. Too high-tech and automatic for him. But, Mom likes changing the temperature from her iPad.
857.
by flomo 13y ago
> To put it another way, <blink> has meaning by virtue of its history. I agree. The Book of Mozilla stated: "Their tags shall blink until the end of days", and they are now violating the scripture. On the other hand, the
858.
by flomo 13y ago
> APNG does not provide any additional API advantage over GIF. I still can't control ... That is more of a feature than a bug. There's many situations where you may want simple animations without the overhead of a 'player&
859.
by flomo 13y ago
My understanding is newer 'PC' cards with EFI firmware are unofficially supported.
860.
by flomo 13y ago
Small two-stroke engines used in lawn mowers and the like were incredibly simple. Perhaps a dozen parts for the entire engine. Of course, such things are now banned in California.
861.
by flomo 13y ago
The more stereotypical flower children hang out inside the park a bit at Hippie Hill. (Some SF old-timers use the word hippie for any sort of 'street punk'.)
862.
by flomo 13y ago
I don't see it follows. If anything, self-signed certs just make it easier for the NSA (or anyone else) to capture your traffic. Organizations should probably set up their own CA instead.
863.
by flomo 13y ago
For example, during the 2010 midterm elections, there were a number of Democrats arguing "Silver is wrong this time because (random political reasons)", which is exactly what the Republicans were doing in 2012. Winning an election
864.
by flomo 13y ago
People tend to believe the source code is more useful than it actually is. A good example was when Netscape open sourced Navigator v4. People couldn't get it to build and it was missing some proprietary components. So even though the o
865.
by flomo 13y ago
Let's say you find the backups. They're likely in some obsolete tape format, and you would have to reconstruct an ancient Novell/NT/Unix environment to recover them. That's assuming you even know the source code is
866.
by flomo 13y ago
Logitech did something like this in the 1990s. Couldn't tell you the specifics, but you'd see Engelbart around their offices.
867.
by flomo 13y ago
I don't see a framework-to-framework comparison. The .NET equivalent to a servlet is a "HTTP Handler"
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by flomo 13y ago
Perhaps they are 'sort of' competitors, but both are owned by Condé Nast, so probably more a friendly corporate rivalry.
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by flomo 13y ago
The old monopoly AT&T wasn't just a company but presented itself as an American institution. They heavily publicized their Bell Labs inventions to help keep the anti-trust regulators off their back. Unix/C certainly benefited
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by flomo 13y ago
IMO, this is largely an urban legend. The crash of 1983 was almost entirely caused by first party developers (namely Atari), and very non-just-in-time retail inventory practices.

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