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by hughw 13y ago
No IT manager would permit an unsupported browser plugin to remain deployed. Who's going to fix newly discovered exploits?
602.
by hughw 13y ago
He is saying he just learned that lesson. Free Google software isn't a reliable foundation for a business decision. Compare to Microsoft, who have a track record keeping their technologies alive and supported for many years.
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by hughw 13y ago
Can you imagine the founders approving Ben Franklin's postal service had they imagined its agents would open every piece of mail? Or even kept records of senders, recipients, locations, and dates?
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by hughw 13y ago
Furthermore, college graduates are more likely vested in the system -- less likely to rock the boat. And college graduates learned to conform.
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by hughw 13y ago
I just heard this weird moment on "The World" radio program [1]. Discussing Russia's offer of asylum to Snowden, at 25:02 the announcer says, "But last year Julian Assange was given his own show on the state TV channel,
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by hughw 13y ago
Your premise is demonstrably wrong > Why is it hard? Because the founding idea of a single sandboxed standard for all platforms is unworkable in the real world. Not only does it mean all developers surrendering complete control to the p
607.
by hughw 13y ago
Fair enough. That's not how the term is used in The Innovator's Dilemma, though.
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by hughw 13y ago
If you discover a reproducible flaw in a blackjack game -- the card shuffler at a certain table isn't random -- is there a penalty for that? Because just having a computer in the mix doesn't seem like it really changes the moral equation.
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by hughw 14y ago
Sure. You win Scoble. You just go ahead and book that flight or grab that table. I'll be here in my log cabin in the mountains, looking at the stars, and losing.
610.
by hughw 14y ago
How could you have used the Internet more than three times and not heard of Brad Conte?
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by hughw 14y ago
Before I read this article, I didn't know exactly why Ubuntu comes without a DVD player, and I didn't understand CSS encryption. The article also offers interesting historical notes. Thanks to the OP for posting.
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by hughw 14y ago
The plaintiff would not be invoking any international law. Individuals working for the Chinese government stole computer secrets from U.S companies, stored in computers on U.S. soil. That's covered by U.S. and state civil and criminal laws.
613.
by hughw 14y ago
Could somebody file suit against the Chinese government? Could they prove a case to the standard required in a civil case?
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by hughw 14y ago
"Installing this update will ensure that your Java applications continue to run as safely and efficiently as always." Thanks for the warning.
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by hughw 14y ago
Yeah, lots of group spam, but today, I used LI to contact a scientist at a company whose thesis I'd read. I'd like to meet him in person, possibly to try to hire him, or possibly just to have the business relationship. I rarely use LI fruit
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by hughw 14y ago
Oh the irony, that Safari on my MBP has a rendering bug, probably acceleration related, that truncates the text in the sixth paragraph.
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by hughw 14y ago
If the seller accepts returns, would that solve the problem? I apologize of the OP mentioned whether his item was returnable -- I did not see him say that.
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by hughw 14y ago
Thanks, it was useful to learn of the project.
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by hughw 14y ago
I think the OP should apply for a patent on this test.
620.
by hughw 14y ago
Alway-on encryption is necessary but not sufficient. As long as Facebook or Google have the decrypted information, you are still subject to the transnational dystopia. The other day I found this fellow's idea for a peer-to-peer social netwo
621.
by hughw 14y ago
It could be methane molecules bound to sand particles. It would be surprising not to find methane on a planet in our solar system.
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by hughw 14y ago
I read it opposite from the way you did. He seems very sympathetic and respectful of the local norms. I don't read any contempt in it. He appeals, respectfully, in several places to the standards the local populace holds the police to. He's
623.
by hughw 14y ago
Or conditions and restarts in Common Lisp.
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by hughw 14y ago
I've heard of another Enron project where they installed EM devices on land adjacent to power line ROW, to measure the current. If you understand when certain lines are near capacity you can get a better price for your supply over other lin
625.
by hughw 14y ago
Right. It took them a lot longer to reluctantly admit anything went wrong in antennagate, and their apology lacked conviction.
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by hughw 14y ago
No other approach to error handling is less fraught. CL's condition system is less fraught: http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/beyond-exception-handling-co...
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by hughw 14y ago
Why?
628.
by hughw 14y ago
But why does Apple consider it safe to map executable pages in the Safari process?
629.
by hughw 14y ago
Could you please expand on this a little: "With Safari, Apple can audit all the code necessary". I'm still unclear why it's safe for Safari to execute unsigned javascript, but not UIWebView. Thanks.
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by hughw 14y ago
Just checked: No.

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