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871.
by iwwr 15y ago
How is this Java's fault again?
872.
by iwwr 15y ago
Similar problems are for people doing business in Europe and the Middle East. Some countries have Thursdays and Fridays off, others have Fridays and Saturdays. In Israel, Friday is a half working day.
873.
by iwwr 15y ago
Believing in the gold standard is disbelieving in capitalism This betrays a deep ignorance of capitalism. It's not about "making money", but rather about exchange. The two parties in an exchange both expect (and usually gain) greater valu
874.
Anonymous responds and dismisses accusations of hacking Sony PSN(pastehtml.com)
3 points by iwwr 15y ago|0 comments
875.
by iwwr 15y ago
As an aside, is there progress in a formal definition for the English language? Have other natural languages been formalized yet?
876.
Why OtherOS is not worth bringing back (Sony gained nothing from it anyway)(warpzoned.com)
1 points by iwwr 15y ago|0 comments
877.
by iwwr 15y ago
What would be the way to fix a too slow server then? Slow down all your other servers clocks until they catch up with the laggard?
878.
by iwwr 15y ago
It feels strange that bin Laden actually denied it first (or was reported to have), or how the Taliban were willing to release him to the Americans if they provided some proof first. In any event, going to war over one person should ring al
879.
by iwwr 15y ago
Sony could offer a license where they agree never to remove those features in the future from that line of devices.
880.
by iwwr 15y ago
Well then, -10 karma, it was worth it :)
881.
by iwwr 16y ago
It would be reasonable to reveal the error in question, rather than tease us with just the cheque. Besides, Knuth or not, it's still valid when we learn what it is.
882.
by iwwr 16y ago
This will get downvoted but... Until we actually know what the error was, it's not true .
883.
by iwwr 16y ago
The Google motto is: "Robots scale, humans don't". Or otherwise, the resource constraints and reproduction rates are not good enough.
884.
Herb Shutter of Microsoft talks about C++0x(channel9.msdn.com)
19 points by iwwr 16y ago|4 comments
885.
by iwwr 16y ago
It's surprising the 'Bloc' no longer has such a political influence. Have Quebec's secessionist ambitions been quelled?
886.
by iwwr 16y ago
CRUD apps are bread and butter, essential, but unhealthy foods.
887.
Oracle has not decided if they want to kill the Java Applet(marxsoftware.blogspot.com)
2 points by iwwr 16y ago|0 comments
888.
by iwwr 16y ago
Are there instructions out there on how to build your own?
889.
by iwwr 16y ago
The lesson is: don't let your open source name and trademark get captured and held hostage by a third party organization. If a company open sources a project and it gains significant outside developer interest, the courteous thing to do wou
890.
by iwwr 16y ago
What sort of problems?
891.
by iwwr 16y ago
It's patenting a math theorem by replacing the generic variables with more concrete objects. This too could be patented: "a technique for calculating the number of facade bricks of a stone pyramidal structure"
892.
by iwwr 16y ago
Dubious quotation time: 'Learning Ubuntu teaches you Ubuntu, but learning Slackware teaches you Linux' It was my first Linux OS desktop and I lived with it for about a year. It's not impossible for a non-initiate to just dive in, if he is n
893.
by iwwr 16y ago
One mitigating tactic for websites linking other people's content is to create a local copy and display that copy if the original content has been removed or de-linked. Though this may not be 100% kosher copyright-wise. But speaking of pres
894.
by iwwr 16y ago
Why would that be wasteful? Note that having local authority does not preclude having larger organizations in place. Changing the voting system does not change the dynamics of political power.
895.
by iwwr 16y ago
The advantage of SETI is that the radio equipment can be used for radio astronomy just as well. So the money spent has dual use (almost complementary).
896.
by iwwr 16y ago
The problem is not the allocation of power, but the centralization of power. Once you have a lot of power in the hands of the central government, it will be captured and misused by cliques and special interests. The way to 'fix' democracy i
897.
by iwwr 16y ago
An alternative solution to the Fermi paradox would be that radio signals fade into the background fairly quickly. SETI only has the ability to pick up signals coming just few light-years away (if emitted by an Earth-like radio culture). It
898.
by iwwr 16y ago
The 'wolves' in this fable are not the lawyers, but the legislators.
899.
Lasers to replace spark plugs in gasoline engines(scienceblog.com)
93 points by iwwr 16y ago|43 comments
900.
Court rules Linux kernel infringes on patents. Lawsuit avalanche to follow.(zdnet.com)
152 points by iwwr 16y ago|65 comments

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