meunierc

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by meunierc 16y ago
When are you kids going to learn? If you have to root it, hack it, jailbreak it or otherwise mod it against the terms of purchase which you signed voluntarily when purchasing, why are you surprised when your candy is removed from you? If
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by meunierc 16y ago
I too had an early invite, and was all excited to click to register. Once I saw there had to be a minimum monthly payment, I was extremely disappointed and didn't sign up. Supposing the current implementation is extremely successful, it wo
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by meunierc 16y ago
Ethernet, and the Internet, were build from the ground up to survive such a catastrophe. My best bet, although boring, would be that surviving copper pairs would be used, power generation would be very local (generators, solar, battery-ope
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by meunierc 17y ago
Keep in mind, you might very well be facing somebody who feels the need to prove himself. If this is the case, then the issue is marginally technical; his need to be right is his prime motivation. Your first response was perfect IMO. In si
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by meunierc 17y ago
THANK YOU. I think this feeling of invincibility the kids have these days is a by-product of the cocoon we are now bringing up children in. I bet none of the youngguns reading this have lost a grade school friend and a cousin under the wh
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by meunierc 17y ago
I second Aikido for a software developer martial art. It requires no physical force to apply techniques and control opponents (if you're a big burly guy your learning of Aikido will actually be hampered because the technique will work even
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by meunierc 17y ago
When he bought a computer, I asked my grandpa to show me how it worked. He said it wouldn't be interesting to me: it was all in English (which I didn't speak or read), and there was nothing more than letters and numbers to see, on a green
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by meunierc 17y ago
From the article: > someone who stares quietly into space for a few minutes ...and exactly here lies the problem. I've been fired from a job because according to an old retiree who never saw anyone programming before, "he spent his day