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by lr 16y ago
WebObjects, dead? Can you please define "dead"? WebObjects powers the iTunes store. I think it is doing just fine generating billions of dollars/year for Apple.
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by lr 16y ago
The matrix will be programmed in Lisp...if it's not already...
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by lr 16y ago
"Also, here's the dirty secret: people in other states don't really "get back" any of that federal money unless they work at federal facilities,..." People in these states don't drive on federally-funded roads, or have anything to do with a
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by lr 16y ago
I am just amazed that people do not turn this feature off. It is probably the first thing I do when I encounter software that tries to correct what I write.
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by lr 16y ago
WebObjects...? And still not open. But perhaps not the precedent you were looking for...
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An Open Letter to Apple on Server Technologies(appleopenletter.org)
1 points by lr 16y ago|0 comments
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by lr 16y ago
Yes, it is, but it is a problem you must accept, even Stallman thinks so: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/open-sauce-software-10006241/st...
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by lr 16y ago
Thanks for the feedback! "About Me" is a great suggestion, and I have always wanted to make a site that allows someone to be able to immediately start using the site without signing up. I should spend some time to figure out how to do that.
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by lr 16y ago
http://socialcorral.com/ I can't say it's my worst work, but I never felt like it was ready to post to HN as a "Ask HN: Review my new...". But here it is...
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IT Careers 2020: Cloudy days ahead(computerworld.com)
1 points by lr 16y ago|0 comments
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by lr 16y ago
If the patent really is 17 years old, one might be able to forgive the USPTO for letting this one get by, considering nothing like it existed at the time (Gopher was probably the closest thing). Now, on the other hand, I fully agree with yo
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by lr 16y ago
Which is exactly why the "don't optimize now" and/or "wait until you have users before you worry about capacity planning" crowd is simply clueless. You need to think about your data and how it will scale from day one!
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by lr 16y ago
I think we owe it to the community to email this link to the poster of a job position that mentions wanting a "rock star" programmer.
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by lr 16y ago
"We have a responsibility to our customers, partners, and shareholders to safeguard the billions of dollars we invest each year in bringing innovative software products and services to market." The only problem is, MS is not bringing innova
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by lr 16y ago
The thing that I have always disliked about red light cameras is that it removes what I feel is the deterrent effect that a police officer has when others see a car pulled over. People slow down when they see a police car with its lights on
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by lr 16y ago
Unless you live in Nevada, IA, where the first "a" is pronounced like the letter A. :-)
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by lr 16y ago
The problem with voting up main stories is that they become part of your "saved stories", and I really don't want this link to be there, so I'm not going to vote it up.
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by lr 16y ago
Same here. I think you should be able to use them interchangeably.
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by lr 16y ago
I hope Hurd wins. Not because I like the guy, but because I think non-compete agreements, like patents, must go down in flames.
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by lr 16y ago
There is so much wrong with this article, I don't know where to begin... At the beginning he writes: "My American Enterprise Institute colleague Charles Murray has called for the abolition of college for almost all students. Save it for gen
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by lr 16y ago
Thanks for pointing this out! I went to Iowa State, and if you got a degree in Math, or Physics, or, gasp, CS, the degree came from the same "college" as would a degree in English, or Anthropology. And, if you took enough "geeky" courses, y
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by lr 16y ago
No, I say, "Live by the sword, die by the sword." With the benefits of patents come risks, and if you are not willing to manage those risks, then don't go get a patent in the first place. How much time do companies spend putting patent numb
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by lr 16y ago
This is a GOP strategy called "starve the beast", and Paul Krugman has been writing about it for years: http://www.google.com/search?q=starve+the+beast+krugman
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by lr 16y ago
Ok, I guess I shouldn't feel so bad when I miss a test case or get an occasional exception in my web apps.
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by lr 16y ago
It clearly reads on the USPTO site: "United States Patent Application". This is an application for a patent , NOT a patent! Just because someone files an application does not mean they are going to get a patent (even if they usually do).
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by lr 16y ago
I agree with the (title of the) post very much, but one major point I would like to make is: Mountain View != San Francisco! I find it very misleading when people talk about San Francisco (usually in a negative light) and what they are real
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by lr 16y ago
I did read the article. :-) And absent from it is the fact that the federal government gave the railroads the land in the first place. I love The Economist, but leave it to them to bemoan regulation, but leave out a simple and fundamental f
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by lr 16y ago
If US rail freight is so great (which I do believe it is) then get the f *ing trucks off the interstate highways! Let's load up the rail system with the freight it was meant to serve. If not, then make way for the passenger trains, and the
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by lr 16y ago
That is great for you, but for 99% of the rest of the planet that doesn't give a flying f * about open source or couldn't care less about hacking a phone, the fragmentation of the Android market is only going to piss them off when they eve
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by lr 16y ago
I think this is a great idea, and I wish sfgate.com would do the same thing! As timmaah says, I, too, am amazed that newspapers allow comments on their stories, as it just devolves into left vs. right for almost every story on the site!

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