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by po 16y ago
Nothing much. In his defense, he's also been in charge as the industry has moved away from DRM. The music labels view computer technology as just a hammer in the toolbox. If they have a better option, they go to that. http://www.npr.org/te
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by po 16y ago
You sigh too quickly. The CDs said "Sony BMG." The merger with BMG was in March of 2004 and the rootkit was in 2005. The reason you associate it with Sony corporate and not Bertelsmann (of Bertelsmann Music Group) is because reporters are l
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by po 16y ago
Not to mention that Sony BMG was a 50% joint venture with Bertelsmann and I don't recall many people boycotting magazines or books at the time.
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by po 16y ago
Unfortunately - and I say this as someone who doesn't eat meat - going vegetarian isn't enough to save you from bacteria. They will sometimes spray fields with contaminated animal waste which will then end up on your plate if not properly w
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by po 16y ago
Looks like they forgot to include a way to delete a profile.
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by po 16y ago
To infer this new statement, the islanders have to be aware that the others are listening, they understand, they know that everyone understands, etc. etc. That's deeply unsatisfying because we are told that everyone is capable of making t
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by po 16y ago
I understand the logic behind the solution and it makes full sense to me. What I still struggle with is: what specific piece of information is being passed by the foreigner. I get that it is "everyone knows everything" but for n > 1 eve
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by po 16y ago
If you see a crowd outside a department store it is reasonable to assume that there is a sale. If you see a queue outside a bank there is a good chance that nervous depositors are trying to withdraw funds. In both cases the actions of othe
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by po 16y ago
Declaring a whole class of new and growing startups as "dead" is the most hipster thing I can imagine: Checking in? I guess. I haven't checked into a venue since 2010. There is some interesting thoughts in here but they're so mixed in wit
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by po 16y ago
What are the legal details on publishing sensitive or classified material in time of peace, if you are not constrained to silence by your duties? I don't know that that's ever been seriously treated in the US. Treason? Applies to citizens
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by po 16y ago
I not sure if the lessons there are applicable either. There are a ton of differences. For one thing the coupons 'value' was fixed to an amount of work and they were not divisible. Also don't miss the sidebar at the end of that article. I w
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by po 16y ago
Another example of the issues faced by a private currency were related by Krugman in 1998. It describes the economic issues of a Capitol Hill baby-siting club that issued a limited amount of scrip to keep track of hours of time for people o
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by po 16y ago
I think they are saying that you will allow them to log into your application and check it out if it's password protected.
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by po 16y ago
Any chance you can outline the steps in your workflow? Or perhaps provide a snapshot of example data? I'm asking because I'm interested in real-world examples of how someone with a lot of CouchDB experience approaches a number crunching tas
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by po 16y ago
Thirdly, they want free steak dinners and tickets to ball games on company time while a salesman reassures them that they're buying the best option.
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by po 16y ago
His advice is definitely for small or medium form writing. Places where you have substantial blocks of text. If you are trying to style headings or a web application then some of the ideas will apply but you should seek advice specific to t
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by po 16y ago
I don't think so. The numbers in the header are more like an outline of items. The numbers in the list are not part of the outline. Hanging the numbers in the gutter is the typographically "proper" treatment there.
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by po 16y ago
Jawaad, as you know, I live in Tokyo too. I haven't had to stop drinking the water because it's never gotten higher than water I've already consumed elsewhere in my travels. Even when they said it wasn't safe for children, I was drinking
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by po 16y ago
Someone confirmed that they install software to monitor some kind of usage data: * When told that did not make sense, SS personnel relented and escalated the incident to one of the support supervisors. The supervisor who spoke with me was n
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by po 16y ago
I don't personally downvote things I disagree with (If it's presented well I sometimes upvote) but I think it's acceptable. If it wasn't supposed to be that way, it would be "flag" with no downvote option. I also personally think downvote s
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by po 16y ago
In my view, it's ok to downvote something you something disagree with until it gets back down to 1 point. Then downvotes start to censor it and I think it harms discussion unless that comment is one of the things the grandparent commenter w
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by po 16y ago
Talk about burying the lede... And what does he mean by "After the initial set up of the laptop"? What exactly did he do? Couldn't it just mean that the security software he is using to do the scan or the media he is using is infected? I ju
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by po 16y ago
That's also why lithium batteries include circuitry to shut down when they get to x%. When they say they are at 25% then they are really at 25% of what is "safe" for the technology. It's not like if your laptop drops to 0% you can't boot it
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by po 16y ago
Good points. I'm reminded of the palm pilot form factor. I used one for a while. Thought it was great. Then after about a year I stopped using it. I think a lot of people did that and therefore for a good two or three years it looked like t
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by po 16y ago
You're right that Stack Overflow appeals to a technical user. My point is that probably the majority of Stack Overflow users are not using microsoft tools and won't get the joke. A site like github manages to make a joke with their 404 and
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by po 16y ago
I'm going to file this in the "no shit" drawer. Buffet is notoriously conservative and his shareholders (I'm one) understand that. I think the more people are talking about a given company, the less likely Buffet is to invest in it. That's
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I feel like this kind of page goes a bit too far. I think it's reasonable that even a somewhat technical user might see this page and think that stack overflow just dumped rather than that this is some sort of inside joke amongst the micros
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by po 16y ago
The sad thing is that this will only be used for nefarious purposes. Imagine a disaster like the tsunami here in Japan. It's conceivable the phone company could provide data updates for each user until the phone or the cell phone tower is o
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by po 16y ago
$100k/mo is high? They have 7 founders and a 400k domain name.. I bet they burn more than that. Edited: I should add that yes, 100k/mo is high for a normal startup. :-)
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by po 16y ago
Ah… a teachable moment. The reason it doesn't work on twitter is because they serve their page with the following header: X-Frame-Options:SAMEORIGIN You can also use the following value: X-Frame-Options:DENY This prevents

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