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by jjs 18y ago
> We must keep a reference count of the pointers to each of the cans." CONS
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by jjs 18y ago
The other problem is that the touchscreen lacks the tactile feedback that a gamepad has. On e.g. old-school 2D action-platformers, you end up using finger-feel and "twitch" more than conscious thought.
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by jjs 18y ago
If you've got a decent cash cushion, then go for it! (Just don't blame me later ;-)
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by jjs 18y ago
"Granted, you might not want to take the magazine’s findings too seriously; there’s no information about what, exactly “business friendliness” or any other non-quantitative ranking criteria means." Nothing to see here; move along.
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by jjs 18y ago
Your earlier post said, "Effective lobbying turns welfare or health care programs into cash cows for government workers or health care providers." I took that to mean that false inefficiencies were being created to divert public money into
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by jjs 18y ago
Not quite: all of them represent a theft from the public good for the benefit of the few.
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by jjs 18y ago
The picture on the index page tells an interesting story: the lady is trying to hide her horror as she slowly conceals her escape from the sinister-yet-well-dressed man and his killer jellyfish. It's an excellent play for the Bond villain
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by jjs 18y ago
Everyone loves the Nike Companion Cube...
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by jjs 18y ago
Free software is a common bogeyman on the Business of Software forum. It's a handy scapegoat for when your new µISV experiences disappointing sales. You'll note that the guy who asked the question was trying to find an excuse not to start
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by jjs 18y ago
Python: You spend 10 minutes building a plane, and feel very satisfied with yourself, until you notice that location.teleport() is in the standard library...
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by jjs 18y ago
The reason this works in NYC is that their tap water is basically mountain spring water, piped in from the Catskills.
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by jjs 18y ago
> Then they convince themselves on the concept by how much they'll enjoy the lifestyle, not how viable the business idea is. On the other hand, if you don't price out the lifestyle you want (in terms of money and time ), then you have
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by jjs 18y ago
To make this work, you need frequently-measurable goals, even if the measurement is subjective. This isn't a matter of trust, it's a matter of motivation. It can be something squishy like, "Let me take a look at what Bob's checked in so far
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by jjs 18y ago
Tell us what the future is like! ;-)
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by jjs 18y ago
More importantly, with those numbers, you could decide whether it's really worth the hassle (or expense, if you're hiring sales people)...
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by jjs 18y ago
That could get really creepy, really fast..
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by jjs 18y ago
IIRC, the spate of hauntings in the movie was brought on by the imminent return of Gozer the Gozerian (or by the same rare set of conditions that allowed Gozer to return). By the sequel, the Ghostbusters had mostly closed up shop due to the
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by jjs 18y ago
Pleasanton, like Oakland, is in Alameda County, and the two are connected by the BART Dublin/Pleasanton Line. Santa Clara County is car country.
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by jjs 18y ago
SLIME, perhaps.
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by jjs 18y ago
It would be nice to be able to view stories submitted within a given date-range (and possibly insert a false date into the decay algorithm), to generate an approximation of what was on the front page n days ago.
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by jjs 18y ago
> Maybe now they will be able to focus on creating competitive software like they did in the late 80s. I hope not! I'd much rather eat their lunch while they eat their dogfood...
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by jjs 18y ago
"In a given week " http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/quotes#qt0386869
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by jjs 18y ago
And raising them to be emacs contributors, even more so!
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by jjs 18y ago
When deciding on how formal to make it, just ask yourself: Is this the sort of video that would be appreciated by the sort of company I want to work for?
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by jjs 18y ago
"Dear Sir: If you wanted to discourage us, you probably should have done so BEFORE we became fabulously wealthy. Please remember this for next time. Regards, ..."
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by jjs 18y ago
Someone needs to figure out how to mass-produce this stuff from algae farms and sell it as "LiqWood"... :P
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by jjs 18y ago
You should have mailed him a letter saying that you were sorry that he didn't like the game and to please find enclosed one (1) plastic spork.
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by jjs 18y ago
Accurate summary: He likes his MacBook that is not a MacBook Air.
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by jjs 18y ago
For this particular course, use these: http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussma... (These videos are also under a Creative Commons license and available on YouTube).
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by jjs 18y ago
gaius is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.

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