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by javanix 16y ago
Not unless your pension manager has some really huge cajones.
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by javanix 16y ago
In case anyone is wondering, I just did this on my almost four-year old pair of HD555s and you can definitely tell the difference. Sure glad I bought the cheaper pair now.
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by javanix 16y ago
I'm having a tough time running the IE7 executable in Windows 7. The VM popup shows up like IE6 and IE8, but the program window closes immediately. Before I dig too far into it, is anyone else running into the same thing?
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by javanix 16y ago
I thought it was an interesting advertising technique, at least, and ties in well with interests that many visitors here might have.
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by javanix 16y ago
I don't think that's what he meant. Even simple things like "We're going to Disney World tomorrow" could be dangerous in the wrong hands, especially if the trip wasn't publicized beforehand.
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by javanix 16y ago
With the amount of vitriol thrown around in American politics these days, I wouldn't want my kids directly exposed to a public forum like that if I was in the Presidential family.
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by javanix 16y ago
I don't have any first hand experience with it but it looks like the Linux version is running through Wine, not a native port. Wine is great but for 3D stuff (including games) I've found that its usually more trouble than its worth to get i
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by javanix 16y ago
Those improvements aren't as fleeting either. If the employee leaves, whatever process improvements they had gotten with that 5k has a good chance of sticking around and helping for the future.
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by javanix 16y ago
Unfortunately, places like these still exist. Read 'The Corner' by David Simon (creator of The Wire and Treme ) if you're interested in a more modern take on the ghetto. Take home message: the war on drugs in its current form is not work
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by javanix 16y ago
At my current salary, it would take me about 10 days of work to reach £585 in straight labor costs. Honestly, that doesn't seem to be too overly ridiculous to me. There is a lot of work that goes into designing them (and installing them int
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by javanix 16y ago
Can we please, please, PLEASE not call this Binggate? Not everything needs a pithy one-word term of endearment.
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by javanix 16y ago
That's the impression I've gotten from a lot of people who have worked in Japan. It isn't really an option for me anyway (since I don't know the language and wouldn't have too much of a reason to learn it) but it is certainly interesting ho
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by javanix 16y ago
Has anyone here had experience working in Australia (or as an expat in another developed country) as an actual software developer? I do enjoy what I do but I'd love to be able to see a different part of the world while I do it.
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by javanix 16y ago
I was thinking the opposite, actually (though I don't notice the flicker at 24Hz). My TV has one of those modes called "motion-smooth" or something like that, and what it purports to do is smooth the transitions between frames. It does this
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Oregon Trail: How three Minnesotans forged its path(citypages.com)
2 points by javanix 16y ago|0 comments
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by javanix 16y ago
Some Indian gazillionaires are flashy I wasn't really expecting to read the word "gazillionaires" in an economist article. Has to mark some sort of a first for the publication.
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by javanix 16y ago
If anyone is interested, The Pixar Touch by David Price is a pretty fantastic look at the early history (both from a business standpoint and from a technological standpoint) of the company. http://www.amazon.com/Pixar-Touch-Vintage-David-P
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by javanix 16y ago
I found a set of Windows 3.1 disks at home back in high school once and actually managed to get them installed on my brand new gaming rig that I bought. I was unreasonably proud of that feat.
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by javanix 16y ago
Which seems more than a little ridiculous to me, but ... it is China.
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How Did Apple Lure The Beatles to iTunes?(gizmodo.com)
1 points by javanix 16y ago|0 comments
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by javanix 16y ago
I love watching a new technology go exponential. By this time next year we'll be talking about 1TB laptop SSDs, and from there it won't be too long until their capacities outpace platter tech.
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Sources: Bloom Box Costs $12.50 Per Watt(wired.com)
7 points by javanix 16y ago|2 comments
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by javanix 16y ago
Oh, never mind. I misread the article - I thought it was promising films before they come out on DVD. My point still stands though - there is absolutely no way this doesn't get cracked. As long as watchable images are displayed on a screen,
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by javanix 16y ago
I for one can't wait for the high-quality new film rips to show up on BitTorrent once this is inevitably cracked.
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by javanix 16y ago
From http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/facebook-and-the-500-... : The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 sets forth certain requirements for companies to register their shares with the S.E.C. Specifically, Section 12(g) requires that a
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by javanix 16y ago
This might be the most rose-tinted article about Google I've ever read. There are nothing but complaints about Google's lack of personal customer service in regards to their AdSense program - what makes you think that future AI projects fro
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by javanix 16y ago
I really can't imagine that this is the first time this particular move was tried. Google had been a dominant search engine for years before they went public, and I can't imagine they turned down many $50 billion funding rounds simply to av
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by javanix 16y ago
Yes, hard filters at a place like Google would quickly get out of hand. Not to mention probably calling down the wrath of the FTC for anti-competition violations.
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by javanix 16y ago
I flew on the Concorde at the EAA AirVenture (or whatever it was called back then) fly-in in 1994. The thing I remember most about it was the ridiculously steep takeoff angle - that was when you could really tell you were on a different bre
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by javanix 16y ago
I think people's participation would be much higher in such a program if the rewards were linked to an existing platform. People have been trying to game-ify real life for years and its never gained much traction. I think this is because pe

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