leed25d

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   by leed25d 16y ago

   "...the system can automatically regulate the intensity of the laser beam to ensure there is no lasting eye damage, he says..." I wonder if the intensity can also be regulated in such a way as to completely ablate the surface of the retina.
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   by leed25d 16y ago

   I was in the US Army from 1968-1971. It happens occasionally that someone will say something like 'Thank you for your service' or words to that effect. My response is usually along the lines of 'If you really want to thank me then put som
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   by leed25d 16y ago

   There was a small handbook from Digital Equipment Corp, I think the title was something along the lines of 'PDP-11 Assembler Programming'. I loved it.
4. 304.▲
   by leed25d 16y ago

   about 2 years
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   by leed25d 16y ago

   I would say that it was in 1969, although I wrote my first program in 1964 or 1965. When I was a soldier in the USArmy I spent the latter part of my enlistment as an assembler programmer on a UNIVAC 1005 computer (4K memory, 80 column cards
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   by leed25d 16y ago

   I have used PHP in a multi year project, and I think that PHP is just plain godawful. I am happy to use [LB]A[MP]P where [LB] is Linux or BSD (BSD preferred), [MP] is MySQL or PostgreSQL (mostly PostgreSQL preferred) and the final 'P' can e
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   by leed25d 16y ago

   I think that David Beazley's "Essential Python" is the best introduction to Python that I have seen.
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   by leed25d 17y ago

   I spent some time in Sydney, Australia in the early 1990's. It is where I first saw the wide application of roundabout technology to urban traffic problems --they permit a much more regular and even flow of traffic than do stop signs and l
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   by leed25d 17y ago

   Now we know what Bill Gates is up to.
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    by leed25d 17y ago

    clear fields, a small but very useful extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2408
11. 311.▲
    by leed25d 18y ago

    I think it would be a good April Fools joke if google shut down entirely for 24 hours
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    by leed25d 18y ago

    Frankly, I do not think very highly of _why's writing style. I find the book to be very difficult to read. If you want an example of excellent technical writing, consider Paul Graham's 'On Lisp' or 'ANSI Common Lisp'.
13. 313.▲
    by leed25d 18y ago

    Looks to be closer to a Gaussian, not Poisson, distribution to me.
14. 314.▲
    by leed25d 18y ago

    I do not believe that they will necessarily be replaced with anything, really. They may just go the way of the buggy whip.
15. 315.▲
    by leed25d 18y ago

    you might want to check your spelling of 'Tim Berners-Lee' on this page: http://issuu.com/holdenpage/docs/web20
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    by leed25d 18y ago

    Cringely is a stooge for The Man.