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181.
Delivering fast boot times in Windows 8(blogs.msdn.com)
138 points by ghurlman 15y ago|119 comments
182.
GOOG engineer admits to "strong indication that it is likely" he copied Sun code(fosspatents.blogspot.com)
2 points by ghurlman 15y ago|6 comments
183.
by ghurlman 15y ago
One of the best programmers I've ever worked with didn't start until a year or two after college; he had degrees in theology and philosophy, and was working as a graphic artist at the time.
184.
by ghurlman 15y ago
The mobile apps are the same way; I don't imagine the tablet will be any different.
185.
Falsely issued Google SSL certificate in the wild for more than 5 weeks(nakedsecurity.sophos.com)
1 points by ghurlman 15y ago|0 comments
186.
by ghurlman 15y ago
There are users -- LOTS of users -- that have no idea that you can go into the menus or use a keyboard shortcut to cut & paste. To them, if there's no button, it doesn't exist.
187.
by ghurlman 15y ago
CTRL-F1 to minimize/restore the ribbon works on the Office apps now as well; I use it _constantly_.
188.
Improvements in Windows Explorer - Building Windows 8(blogs.msdn.com)
162 points by ghurlman 15y ago|155 comments
189.
DOJ pharmacy investigation undermines Google credibility(betanews.com)
2 points by ghurlman 15y ago|0 comments
190.
by ghurlman 15y ago
Nothing as of 15:47 EDT: http://njoem.posterous.com/
191.
by ghurlman 15y ago
He wasn't shitting on the secretary, he was shitting on Adam by proxy.
192.
Cosby: A background image generator(cosby.secretgeek.net)
1 points by ghurlman 15y ago|0 comments
193.
Windows 8: Improving our file management basics: copy, move, rename, and delete(blogs.msdn.com)
127 points by ghurlman 15y ago|131 comments
194.
by ghurlman 15y ago
About 3.5 km/s - if poorly drawn comics are to be believed. http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/seismic_waves.png
195.
Milling Machine Made Entirely From Lego(blog.makezine.com)
2 points by ghurlman 15y ago|0 comments
196.
Resumes Are Worthless(compositecode.com)
3 points by ghurlman 15y ago|1 comments
197.
by ghurlman 15y ago
The level of in-person interaction, office hours, etc. won't come close. Also - you're paying for the grade & the transcript, not the content.
198.
by ghurlman 15y ago
No, just fraud.
199.
by ghurlman 15y ago
They're not getting rid of their managed or gold partners, or even really the small ones... they're just not going out of their way to avoid hurting the "partners" with an online presence like this: http://www.ezpcltd.com/
200.
GPU.NET -- develop GPU-accelerated applications with .NET(tidepowerd.com)
3 points by ghurlman 15y ago|0 comments
201.
by ghurlman 15y ago
As a developer, you should know better than that.
202.
by ghurlman 15y ago
Well, they fixed the only thing I ever noticed on the old site... they no longer have a ZIP code field on the form for looking up a ZIP code by address. So, there's that.
203.
A pound of flesh: how Cisco's "unmitigated gall" derailed one man's life(arstechnica.com)
4 points by ghurlman 15y ago|0 comments
204.
by ghurlman 15y ago
I often get the feeling that LinkedIn would become a lot more useful if everyone did as I do: mark invites from recruiters that I've never met as spam.
205.
by ghurlman 15y ago
I had the same reaction - my guess is that the queuing up was as much an excuse to leave as it was a reason to leave for them.
206.
Microsoft Offers $250k Reward for Information on Rustock(blogs.technet.com)
2 points by ghurlman 15y ago|0 comments
207.
by ghurlman 15y ago
She has posted signs, she's put up orange & white barriers, and still people go around them and drive up her driveway. Better link: http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2011/07/google_map_brin...
208.
by ghurlman 15y ago
Sounds an awful lot like the TotalFark model (and userbase attitude) that's been around for years... probably a lot of crossover there as well.
209.
by ghurlman 15y ago
Sure, so long as nothing came up over that 30 years.
210.
by ghurlman 15y ago
To ask this question and start out completely discounting the corporate market is ridiculous.

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