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by hexis 15y ago
Gerhard Schröder, former chancellor of Germany, had a similar situation with Gazprom a few years back. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Schr%C3%B6der#Gazprom
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by hexis 15y ago
Can anyone explain why Microsoft uses a "Promise" instead of a "License" as seems standard in the industry?
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by hexis 15y ago
"And that I'll be totally dependent of my children, since it's unlikely I'll ever see one cent of my pension." Have you considered saving money in addition to your ephemeral pension?
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by hexis 15y ago
I think one of the premises of the OP was that mail volume will be declining over time due to digital communication.
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Overdrive (Kindle Library book supplier) licenses restrict "reading aloud"(search.overdrive.com)
2 points by hexis 15y ago|0 comments
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by hexis 15y ago
And maybe the broad stroke here will be their Cloud Player/Drive, which has no download step.
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by hexis 16y ago
No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
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by hexis 16y ago
I think you've got a bit of a surprise in store for you, too, when you find out what Matt does for a living.
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by hexis 16y ago
In the last 30 years, has the president of any university introduced significant changes that the faculty supported?
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by hexis 16y ago
If there's no place like home for math education, why are they giving money to schools ?
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by hexis 16y ago
After seeing that House of Representatives chart, I can sure believe he's in marketing.
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by hexis 16y ago
I hadn't really noticed before, but USV has put together a really strong portfolio of companies. I'm usually somewhat skeptical of bringing on investors, but USV seems to be doing something right. http://www.usv.com/investments/
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by hexis 16y ago
Which part was the abusive part?
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Avoid News (including the NY Times)(dobelli.com)
2 points by hexis 16y ago|0 comments
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by hexis 16y ago
It has nothing to do with those companies deserving anything. The problem that is being solved is that if Twitter or Zynga leaves San Francisco and continues to grow and hire people in their new location, that will be used against the curre
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by hexis 16y ago
I think aside from whether this problem was intentionally created by Apple (I don't think it was), I think it does show that Apple considers these web apps to be second class citizens. Making sure the new JS engine worked for these web apps
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by hexis 16y ago
Works fine for me on Chrome 9 in Snow Leopard. What problems are you seeing?
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by hexis 16y ago
"There are thousands of schools that certify medical doctors, but only one certification agency for medical devices." Somewhat amazingly, there are only 133 schools in the united states that award MDs - https://www.aamc.org/about/medicalsc
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by hexis 16y ago
This blog seems like a parody of western civilization.
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by hexis 16y ago
I'm asking how the police knew it was him before they grabbed him.
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by hexis 16y ago
It could also make a difference on the margin anytime someone moved from one place to another. It's generally cheaper to live in a smaller place, so if you can live in less space, you can trade up to a more desirable location.
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by hexis 16y ago
Was it ever established how the Egyptian policed determined that he had started the Facebook page?
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by hexis 16y ago
Bing seems to want me to sign in to read this. Am I doing something wrong?
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by hexis 16y ago
Could you explain the "fair use policy"?
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by hexis 16y ago
And bad pizza is more expensive than bad ramen.
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by hexis 16y ago
Not "almost like", it's exactly that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture
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by hexis 16y ago
The same information that would help terrorists pick targets would also help the good guys prioritize which targets to protect better/first. Public information helps the good guys at least as much as the bad guys.
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by hexis 16y ago
cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?ie=UTF-8&q=...
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by hexis 16y ago
Considering the price of movie tickets, does that mean you also don't go to movies at theaters?
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by hexis 16y ago
...and good news for those of us who are generally skeptical of "gurus".

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