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by jcl 16y ago
It depends on your definition of "decent", but I wouldn't be surprised if there are many. This very article would be an example, if the author had not decided to release a free version and the Italian press hadn't picked it up. Prior to t
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by jcl 16y ago
The snark was uncalled for; you could have made your point without attacking the man directly. And, in fact, you do so in the second half of your comment -- which means the first half was doubly unnecessary.
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There are a variety of problem-solving sites you can practice on, if that's the sort of thing you're looking for... http://codekata.pragprog.com/2007/01/code_kata_backg.html# http://projecteuler.net/ http://www.spoj.pl/tutorials/ htt
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by jcl 16y ago
How would that be useful? If you want a domain and it's available, you can just register it. If it's not available, then listing it here won't change its availability and -- worst case -- will make it more expensive. A list of available a
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by jcl 16y ago
I trust you've also seen the Wikipedia article cited elsewhere in these comments, where copying fictitious map entries was also ruled non-infringing? A map is ostensibly a presentation of facts, and while there are creative decisions invol
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by jcl 16y ago
The parent cites a case (Feist v. Rural) where a judge ruled otherwise. Feist copied fictitious entries from Rural, but it was not considered copyright infringement.
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Here's a brilliant article from several years ago that crops up on HN from time to time -- an undercover report on car dealerships. It's long, but it's recommended reading if you are planning to buy a car, or if you have any interest in sa
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by jcl 16y ago
FWIW, Electronic Arts open-sourced the original SimCity code for the OLPC project, so you can now look at the original formulas/algorithms directly: http://www.donhopkins.com/home/micropolis/ http://code.google.com/p/micropolis/ It look
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Working For Yourself: Part 1(rbgrn.net)
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Or run one of several emulation options.
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Unless I'm mistaken, none of his suggestions use OS passwords. All of his suggestions protect against plugging the hard drive into another machine (except hidden folders, which only work against non-tech-savvy thieves, anyway).
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by jcl 16y ago
I was wondering about that while reading the article... Does he really have a complete Amazon book price database on his PDA? If so, how does he keep it up-to-date? I imagine Amazon would object to someone constantly scraping their price
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by jcl 16y ago
Or anything using JITed virtual machines, for that matter...
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Be careful of what you wish for, though. Powerful companies would most likely lobby for changes to patent law that benefit powerful companies. For example, they might lobby to require the invention be a "real product", defined as N x 100,0
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by jcl 16y ago
Right now, you can get opaque black plastic glasses with an array of pinholes. These work to correct a variety of focusing problems, since pinhole cameras have an infinite depth of field. The drawback is that pinholes let in very little l
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by jcl 16y ago
From the article: "In the fully realized system, EISBot, the AI decides which buttons need to be pressed."
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When you say 60% is not categorized, are you referring to the green slice in his chart? That's the amount he thinks the U.S. should be spending given its wealth and what other countries spend. He is intentionally only categorizing the par
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by jcl 16y ago
I guess a bigger bummer would be if the planet's core doesn't rotate. Apparently, it's the Earth's rotating molten iron core that generates the magnetic field that protects us from harmful radiation.
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Gravitational force is dependent on mass, not how much an object is spinning.
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A study has shown that slouching may actually be better than sitting up straight. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article65231...
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FWIW, I don't like those either. I think it adds unnecessary clutter to the web. And: Lowering the threshold of work needed to share something reduces the average value of the things shared. It's not a big deal when you can moderate who i
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by jcl 16y ago
A button on another site that casts my vote on HN rubs me the wrong way. And asking for upvotes sets a bad precedent.
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By any chance, do you wear glasses with a strong prescription? Color fringing makes the apparent depth relationship of bright colors dependent on the viewing angle.
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The Puppygames DRM could be an interesting case, though, since there are multiple ways to pirate it. The expert crackers, having read about the DRM, will find a way to disable the game's network connection. However, there are presumably ma
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by jcl 16y ago
While I'm skeptical that it will actually work, I think it's an interesting alternative approach. Think of it this way: DRM is effectively a way of monetizing the inconvenience of pirates. With traditional DRM, an unscrupulous person has
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by jcl 16y ago
I've recently started using a Mac laptop, and one thing that I've found frustrating is how much harder it is to access menu items from the keyboard. In Windows, you can just press the alt key -- either one, and you don't even need to releas
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It'll be a hell of a thing to wake up to.
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Heh... I, too, found it funny that he used pg as an example of what Patrick should be doing. There was probably a time when someone could have written similar article about how much more money pg could be making as a consultant rather than
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Well, it's not a contest; it's a "challenge" -- a tool for motivating yourself to do something. I'm sure the organizers won't mind if you define your own challenge for yourself.
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I'm not sure World of Warcraft is a fair comparison, given that it is a massively multiplayer subscription game with social ties, where the economics are totally different. But if someone has the numbers, I'd love to see how its profit stac

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