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by halo 18y ago
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/200... is one of the best articles I've ever read on modafinil and a much more enjoyable comprehensive read on the same topic than the submitted article IMO.
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by halo 18y ago
Aside from the fact you don't need a web server to use a JavaScript library...
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by halo 18y ago
They should, but that isn't a solution to the problem in hand, as getting to the file I'd have to load the URL, click to load Flash, wait for Scribd to load, hope Flash on Linux doesn't crash, then click on the save button, then download it
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by halo 18y ago
I didn't downmod you either, but I'll explain why I posted the link. In my opinion the difference is that PDF is the lesser of two evils when it comes to PDF vs. Flash, whereas Flash is the lesser of two evils when it comes to Flash vs. WMV
695.
by halo 18y ago
I think it was a combination of: * A better search algorithm than the competition * Lack of paid-for search rankings, which were common-place previous to Google * Tasteful, lightweight, fast design with a lack of intrusive banner ads All 3
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by halo 18y ago
Non-Scribd link: http://www.deer-run.com/~hal/UnixCommandLineKungFu.pdf
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by halo 18y ago
I think that's an optimistic way of looking at it. Another way is that the people who create these devices will just limit their specs to be below Microsoft's requirements. I think this is amongst the first time MS has directly had to respo
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by halo 19y ago
I think Ken Kutaragi even in hindsight deserved to be in the list. He's since left Sony and made many major missteps which are likely causes to the PS3 not being the dominant market leader.
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by halo 19y ago
Contrary to the replies in this thread, I'm pretty sure you can put "All modifications are dual-licensed under the GPL and MIT license" on your own original code and people can take and reuse the MIT licensed parts under that license - you
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by halo 19y ago
Why do you need a client to answer questions?
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by halo 19y ago
in most Linux distributions, a reasonably nice [insert arbitrary commonly used application] comes with the OS
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ExtJS 2.1 released, license changed from LGPL to GPL, users not happy(extjs.com)
1 points by halo 19y ago|1 comments
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by halo 19y ago
I've modded you down simply because I honestly don't think Windows is as mediocre as it's made out to be, and this is coming from a current Linux user, and I can't help but feel that Visual Studio or .NET is far from mediocre no matter whic
704.
by halo 19y ago
I still haven't figured out how the new comment interface actually works, which scores major negative points for usability. At least the old-style version was simple.
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by halo 19y ago
Isn't IBM also just-as-long-time Linux supporter?
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by halo 19y ago
Re: UK ISPs - I've yet to hear anything negative about Be Internet (aka O2 Internet) - it's cheap, fast and unlimited. Of course, how long this will last is another question entirely.
707.
by halo 19y ago
Much like writing a text editor?
708.
by halo 19y ago
Here's the basic problem: you're writing an operating system. Stop doing that. It's 2008.
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by halo 19y ago
I think Bugzilla is an example of a web application with an extremely badly designed user interface - I find it very frustrating to use in general with unclear navigation and excessive clutter. Compare it to trac, an application that has ba
710.
by halo 19y ago
I think this is overly harsh. As far as I can tell, this is a program made by a single person in their spare time and was then open sourced. This is what happens when someone develops an application for themselves based around their own ne
711.
by halo 19y ago
Whether Facebook can be replaced is an interesting question. I'm leaning towards "no". For any site to replace Facebook it would require either many, many users to make the transition to another site or to outright leave making the site les
712.
by halo 19y ago
I think that's nonsense, and think the exact opposite - if someone else other than Google had come out with this no-one would have given a damn and it would have received little to no press. It's only because Google is a big company - in it
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by halo 19y ago
The current $80m in revenue is an extremely misleading figure to base a valuation upon. Craigslist exploit the absolute minimum of their assets and any company taking control could make considerably more with little additional expense witho
714.
by halo 19y ago
I'd like to extend that principle to computer hardware in general. Unless money really isn't a priority, or you're doing something which absolutely relies on top-end performance, buying high-end hardware is unnecessary and the cost will out
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by halo 19y ago
Slightly crazy idea that I'm not sure is practical, but still... create a new JavaScript-like Prototype-based language with all of JS's design quirks fixed, implement it in JavaScript so it can be used widely in-browser then finally attempt
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by halo 19y ago
You could do something extremely similar with BFS 10 years ago, and that's the concept behind the long-delayed WinFS.
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by halo 19y ago
Either you have an exceptionally high opinion of your idea or you have a different definition of what a 'killer app' is than me. There's a huge gulf between a 'killer app' and a 'good idea', and not being one doesn't exclude the other. To m
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by halo 19y ago
I've been pondering this question for a while and I'm beginning to believe that they will not become particularly widespread, and that it is foolish to solely rely on their success for any venture. What these "RIA" toolkits lack is two thin
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by halo 19y ago
Something similar happened before with the Haiku OS project back in 2005 when Axel Dörflel worked on it full time for a few months using donated funds. (Link: http://haikunews.org/print/1125 )
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by halo 19y ago
The 'problem' with Perl's type indicators are that it's slightly unintuitive to, say, create a hash using %, but to access a hash (and return a variable) you use $, so the punctuation indicates the return type rather than the type you are a

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