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by ratsbane 19y ago
I've been looking at Google Checkout. One compelling advantage is that they don't charge CC processing fees up to 10* what you spend on AdWords. Has anyone here had experience integrating with that? They don't explicitly handle subscripti
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by ratsbane 19y ago
This is rather slick. I've used Perl's Date::Manip. It would be nice to move that to the browser but Date::Manip still seems to do a better job. For instance, Date::Manip will resolve "First tue in nov" or "third wed in june" while datej
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by ratsbane 19y ago
Anything with "Certification" and "Microsoft" in the title. It was a present. I swear. IT WAS A GIFT, OKAY? I have elderly relatives. [sigh] On the other hand, that really shouldn't count as a technical book. Also, "The Road Ahead" by
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by ratsbane 19y ago
Me too. I don't think you have to focus on a "do-gooder" target to make the world a better place, though. You can make the world a better place if you: - Make it easier for people to do things they have to do so they can go home early an
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by ratsbane 19y ago
Couldn't you say the same sort of things about almost anyone? What have Larry and Sergei done that's so great? They figured out a way to compare web pages. Big deal. Well, yes, it is a big deal. What did Richard Feynman ever do that wa
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by ratsbane 19y ago
Yes. Good observation. I wonder how much of it is environmental? As I grow older I'm thinking more about how to show other people how to do the things I figured out when I was younger and how to organize groups of people to get things do
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by ratsbane 19y ago
That's consistent with my experiences. As several commentators mentioned, I think it's such a problem because decisions about enterprise software in big organizations are typically made by people who don't understand software, design, or i
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by ratsbane 19y ago
Thanks - everyone commenting so far has added something useful. One thing I didn't mention in the initial question - can you recommend/not recommend any specific patent agent/attorney? ratsbane at gmail
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by ratsbane 19y ago
I agree. I've benefited enormously from unpatented open-source software and methods, as has everyone reading this. However, as I said initially, there are specific compelling circumstances in this instance. Would it be non-evil if I pled
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by ratsbane 19y ago
Thanks. I had looked into using an agent; a friend who has a few medical device patents suggested his agent but I've left several messages over the last week and the agent hasn't called back yet. I'm thinking I should interview two or thr
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Anyone have experience getting software patents?
5 points by ratsbane 19y ago|15 comments
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by ratsbane 19y ago
This ( http://gears.google.com/ ) has a lot of potential. But only time will tell what new technology really makes a difference. Trying to figure out what is the best technology and then learning that is a great goal but I think it's more
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by ratsbane 19y ago
Your comment about the IP disclosure sheet is good. I'd like to see more discussion on this board about how to handle IP disclosure before taking on consulting projects. I don't have the answers but the question is very relevant to me and
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by ratsbane 19y ago
Apple II+... My school had some of them for a year or two before I got one. I wanted my own copy of that book for a long time before I finally got it. There was a local computer store that sold Apples. I finally saved up the $20 to buy a
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by ratsbane 19y ago
I think we're using two different meanings for "enterprise software." I mean it in the sense of the system which stores all of the business information for a company or other organization (the "enterprise".) It keeps track of things like "
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by ratsbane 19y ago
What does virtualization have to do with enterprise software? I'm talking about systems which store and manage access to company financial, inventory, human resources, etc. data(1). Things like SAP, Peoplesoft, Great Plains, and even Quic
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by ratsbane 19y ago
RMS is right. Most of the big enterprise packages were started by college graduates but that certainly doesn't make it a requirement. Most of the big computer companies were started by college graduates, too. And then there was Apple. Yo
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by ratsbane 19y ago
Oh, thanks. I redid it using xrange instead of range and the numbers went down to an average (over 20 tries) of about 1.36 sec for maxval1 (which computes endpoint within the xrange) and 1.9 sec for maxval2 (which uses variable in xrange.)
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by ratsbane 19y ago
Here is the java code too. First maxval1.java: public class maxval1 { static int $i, $x; public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { for ($x=$i=1; $i<100000000/10; $i++) {$x++;} System.out.println
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by ratsbane 19y ago
Sure... here is maxval1.py: for i in range(1, 100000000/10): pass And here is maxval2.py: maxval=100000000/10 for i in range(1, maxval): pass
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by ratsbane 19y ago
Neat! Optimization is fun. But you can also shrink code by going to higher-level languages... (yes, I know, it won't run as fast and will take a lot more memory when it runs, but still...) mbp:~/test doug$ cat tiny.pl return 42;
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by ratsbane 19y ago
That's not necessarily true. If the compiler is smart enough it won't recalculate the value of a numeric expression which doesn't contain any variables. On the other hand, dereferencing a variable isn't without cost. Of course, in most ca
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by ratsbane 19y ago
We have a static IP from Comcast at the office and two weeks ago they changed it. "Why are we paying for static IP?" I asked. "Oh, it's still static, just a different static one..." [argh]
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by ratsbane 19y ago
Um... sell t-shirts? I actually bought music this week for the first time in years. I was listening to this[1] in someone's office, liked it, and suddenly realized that I could buy a DRM-free version from either Amazon or iTunes. I checke
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by ratsbane 19y ago
[argh] Thank you.
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by ratsbane 19y ago
Yeah, I see how much Microsoft gets it. http:/finance.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=maximized&chdeh=0&chfdeh=0&chdet=1191541972000&chddm=492660&cmpto=NASDAQ:GOOG&q=NASDAQ:MSFT W
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by ratsbane 19y ago
"Good! Another opportunity for a couple of hackers in a spare bedroom." Right-O.
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by ratsbane 19y ago
This sounds familiar. I went through something like this at a Fortune-100 company which I won't name here, except they rejected the solution because it wasn't written in .Net and budgeted around seven figures to rewrite their existing horr
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Benchmarks of different programming languages(shootout.alioth.debian.org)
13 points by ratsbane 19y ago|0 comments
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by ratsbane 19y ago
"Create disposable tattoo..." Iron-on tattoos. Water-based temporary tattoos have been done. Iron-on ones would guarantee some sort of press coverage! Seriously, though, wouldn't it depend on the nature of the audience you're trying to at

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