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by jpd 18y ago
The problem with that E-Ink is expensive, slow (you can't have moving cursors or any kind of video) and boring. The price will decrease once the technology behind its production improves (and people stop there willingness to actu
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by jpd 18y ago
But the public domain books available through Google Book Search are not likely to be the most popular titles, as they are older books for which copyrights have expired. In contrast, the Kindle library includes scores of newly
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by jpd 18y ago
By adding a way to measure teaching ability, we can make good teachers a highly prized resource and reward them by giving them higher salaries and more prominent positions amongst their peers. With measurements we can set standards of how g
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by jpd 18y ago
Is it possible to feel strongly about being unsure?
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by jpd 18y ago
> the kindle is in fact not selling well. Availability Due to heavy customer demand, Kindle is sold out. Please ORDER KINDLE NOW to reserve your place in line. We prioritize orders on a first come, first served basis. Note
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by jpd 18y ago
Yeah, a music player that plays music. Novel idea. What's the breakthrough about it?
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by jpd 18y ago
Those were legitimate criticisms at the time. I certainly would have never got one if they hadn't started using USB.
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How can you possibly refute his argument intellectually without working towards a solution in some way? Knowing that it's not true now is an improvement to what was known then. By philosophizing against it, you gain a more concrete understa
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by jpd 18y ago
From K&R: We also declare 'c' to be an int, not a char, so it can hold the value which getchar returns. As we shall see in Chapter 2, this value is actually an int, since it must be capable of representing EOF in addition to
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by jpd 18y ago
Format support is limited to PDF and TXT files, but the device ships with Foxit's PC-based PDF Creator software, which is said to convert any printable document with formats including TXT, PPT, DOC, XLS, and HTML to PDF document
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by jpd 18y ago
I find python's clarity lacking in comparison to ruby, at least in terms of making classes and iterators. Why are all those underscores really necessary? No mention on your other points here because I either agree or don't have an experienc
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What's funny about that? It's a real issue and the first thing I thought of when I head them say "native x86". Consider that there are also netbooks that have ARM architecture as well (unless I'm mistaken). Or are you referring to only the
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direct link: http://www.internationalpeaceandconflict.org/forum/topic/sho...
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You'd think that there would be a standard place for minimized windows to go so that it isn't needed or something...
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by jpd 18y ago
I think you meant to link to here: http://www.nexenta.org/os
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using that logic, wouldn't it be better to have "m"ove be triggered with a 'c' or a 'z'. I mean, they're even further to the right than the 'v' on QWERTY keyboards.
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In high school and college you are required to take quizzes and tests. You are not allowed to use a computer, and therefore must handwrite them. Legibly.
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True, but while many do not have google ads on them, many do as well. By expanding access to the internet and by expanding the amount of information displayed on the internet, it will improve upon the amount of people who use Goodle Adverti
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by jpd 18y ago
I think that's an Irish writing style and not particular to Joyce. I know I've seen Roddy Doyle books use it, at least. Could have been copying Joyce's style, mind you, but I doubt it.
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"A "wiki" which is basically an editable website that allows people to easily collaborate. You can use a wiki from anything to organizing a camping trip to replacing your water cooler discussions at work. See some more uses of a wiki here."