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White House Pauses $3B In IT Spending(informationweek.com)
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by mcknz 16y ago
BILL: Hi, Milton. What's going on? MILTON: I, I, I, I, I didn't receive my paycheck this week. BILL: Uh, you're gonna have to talk to Payroll about that.
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by mcknz 16y ago
PETER This sounds familiar. MICHAEL Yeah. They did this in Superman III. PETER Yeah. What a good movie.
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WordPress is evolving into a more complete CMS -- take a look at the Pods plugin: http://podscms.org/
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Or call in sick to go to a baseball game. Can't really blame the prosecution for using a law on the books.
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The sympathy here for Enron executives is a tad nauseating. One can hardly tar government prosecutions as overzealous if the inherent issue is a vague statute.
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World Cup 2026: Pyongyang
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I thought that meant RIM would quietly become #1 in sales.
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We need ideas to replace oil or at least find safer ways to extract it -- this X-Prize model does not work in a crisis, especially when there are already credible strategies. There is not time to start from scratch, and BP sure as hell isn
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by mcknz 16y ago
Would probably make most sense if you were applying to a small organization where a senior person was doing the review. Otherwise it becomes 1) I don't like how this person looks or 2) this person is just using a picture to compensate for s
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At least it's not a message to the Hacker News community.
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Unless you own the company or are a partner, never imagine you're anything other than work for hire. The worst part is if you're a good soldier and do your (unpaid) OT, there's no guarantee you'll see any kind of reward. Employers who mand
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by mcknz 16y ago
He's just looking for advice -- copying is copying and the guy has a right to feel more than one way about it. It's the action that matters. That said, I would look definitely look at this as an opportunity to make contacts, get work, etc.
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by mcknz 16y ago
"We've been hacked" just sounds so much better than "we were too cheap to pay for all our loyal supporters."
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The research on this was probably done in a previous C&D -- all told C&Ds are a pretty cheap alternative if they help prevent litigation. When in doubt, C&D.
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Now who's describing the cops on TV? :) I agree there are some real pricks out there -- only trying to say that lack of effort on a stolen laptop is not a good test case for laziness....
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I agree with avoiding contact with the thief -- it's tempting to try some advanced tech solution, but lots can go wrong, including accusing innocent people. Have you talked to the hotel staff? I'm sure theft is something they are used to d
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Sure there are lazy cops, but it's more of a risk/reward analysis. There's such a small chance of recovering the laptop, and since no violence involved, it's not worth the effort when the loss is relatively small, and there are crimes of g
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Interstate something-or-other.
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That's why I prefer the "If it ain't broke, don't break it" locution.
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What's not to like? If they under-prepare, the worst that happens is they get all kinds of press on how hot the product is. If they over-prepare, they just waste money. Seems to happen repeatedly -- Jobs & co. are too smart just to k
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A History of Safety at BP(propublica.org)
2 points by mcknz 16y ago|0 comments
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I don't think this type of analysis is simply trying to shatter Western social media fantasies. It's important to know the true effect so the technology is not misapplied in future events: "they don't need our help, they have Twitter...."
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One thing I did was check out members of local tech community groups -- googled the names and found something about them (say an article/post they wrote). Then I would write a personal email with some comments directed to that person speci
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looks like someone found notpron. http://www.deathball.net/notpron/