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by kprobst 15y ago
A lot of enterprises use SiteMinder (aka ChannelSecure), which used to be Netegrity's before they got bought out by CA. It supports both Apache and IIS, although I'm not 100% sure what the policy servers run on, it might be Windows. But I h
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by kprobst 15y ago
Well, the content is definitely recycled.
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by kprobst 15y ago
Wow, I remember reading memepool as a complement to the content that Slashdot used to feature.
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by kprobst 15y ago
One of the problems with Reddit in my experience is the spam filter. What happens is in the bigger subreddits (say, /r/pics or /r/funny) is that there seem to be people around who downvote stuff regardless of content, presumably to give the
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by kprobst 15y ago
Social seems to be to Google what mobile is to Microsoft... they might have good stuff here and there, but nobody's ringing the bell.
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Instagram hits 27M users, plans on Android app release. Now valued at $500M(cnn.com)
2 points by kprobst 15y ago|0 comments
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by kprobst 15y ago
Probably because it didn't have dedicated arrow keys. Many older terminal keyboards didn't.
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by kprobst 15y ago
Coverage from MSNBC with details http://www.gadgetbox.msnbc.msn.com/technology/gadgetbox/live...
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James Wilson, creator of the 'Broken Windows' crime theory, dead at 80(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by kprobst 15y ago|1 comments
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by kprobst 15y ago
Not that they were a monopoly, that's not illegal per se. The charges brought against them were related to the abuse of said monopoly.
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by kprobst 15y ago
My wife's computer LCD monitor is a Samsung that uses this resolution natively (I think), so maybe it isn't that rare.
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by kprobst 15y ago
Yes, exactly. We've gone from buying stuff at WalMart or BestBuy or whatever (with the associated marginal costs of gas, taxes, etc) to basically getting just about everything from Amazon. Small electronics, appliances, office supplies, etc
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by kprobst 15y ago
Actually both IE and Firefox now (I think) insert tabs to the left. I don't know why it became a 'thing' at some point, I dislike it enormously as well.
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by kprobst 15y ago
Tools -> Options -> Documents Check "Insert documents to the right of existing tabs".
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by kprobst 15y ago
But then you can also say that everything is a remix and a synthesis of prior innovation, and if that's the case then Apple's position is still indefensible. We all stand in the shoulders of someone else.
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by kprobst 15y ago
> Microsoft, through the Mono project, has been aggressive about patents. Can you please point out something that backs this statement? Not to dismiss the fact that Microsoft uses patents offensively, because they do, but specifically r
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by kprobst 15y ago
Mono is Free Software [1]. You might be confusing licensing with potential patent encumbrance, perhaps on purpose since one of your activities here seems to involve spreading disinformation about that project [2]. Which perhaps is not surpr
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by kprobst 15y ago
Wouldn't it be easier for all these companies to pool together, pay these people off, and then come to some sort of agreement with the patent office and the judicial folks to stop giving trolls wings and venues? It seems that would be far s
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by kprobst 15y ago
Oh, I'm sorry. I thought I was on HN but it seems I wondered into Reddit or Slashdot. Let me amend my point of view: "I loooove Richard Stallman and I totally dig his choice of computing platform. I would never dare to say otherwise"
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by kprobst 15y ago
Not a very appealing setup, period.
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by kprobst 15y ago
I don't understand why people thought that somehow a publicly traded corporation was going to behave forever in the same way as a garage startup. Once Google reached a certain size, a certain revenue level, and became beholden to institut
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by kprobst 15y ago
I'd like to see proof that this is some kind of systemic problem at Google. Otherwise it's just the usual bombastic drama from Dave, including projecting other people's problems on himself to score pity points.
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by kprobst 15y ago
I was sure that Amazon had acquired broad patent licensing from Microsoft vis-a-vis their use of Linux in general, but interestingly those licenses apparently DO NOT cover Android [1], which of course includes the Kindle Fire. it will be in
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by kprobst 15y ago
When your money is in PayPal's hands, it's technically theirs because they are not a financial institution. Your money is not insured or protected in any way other than how PayPal deems appropriate. They are not liable for anything, unlike
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by kprobst 15y ago
The 'bota' (boot) is a leather/skin bag filled with wine that's very common in Spain. It's basically used the same way.
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by kprobst 15y ago
I thought EMP affected electronics regardless of whether they are powered at the time of the burst or not?
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by kprobst 15y ago
Interesting but a good example of how Google+ is made for geeks, by geeks. Social is about mom and dad and my sister, not me. I get this, it's cool, but it's confusing and useless to them. It seems to me Google keeps missing the point and a
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by kprobst 15y ago
I've been staring at monitors for close to 16 years now... mostly perfect vision except in very low light.
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by kprobst 15y ago
Lowballing quarterly earnings seems to have been a Jobs thing. With Cook on the saddle I'm guessing this will be the pattern going forward.
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by kprobst 15y ago
That being different from using wget or curl in bash or easy_install how again?

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