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by rustynails77 12y ago
As a parent of an autistic child, I found this article very disturbing. I have spent the last several years working with my child: to engage people and to establish empathy (among other skills) - empathy with real people. My child exhibits
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by rustynails77 13y ago
"it would be like saying war is really a good thing because of the (possibly good) ending side effects." >it would be like saying war is really a good thing because of the (possibly good) ending side effects. War can be a good
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by rustynails77 13y ago
I'm very disappointed with people that share your attitude. He gave up a lot to disclose unethical (and downright illegal) behaviour - for the betterment of society, knowing full-well the consequences. He also explicitly stated that
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by rustynails77 13y ago
Let me tell you how that turns out ... first hand (from a real experience). An entity in Australia called DSTO started thrusting women into management positions back in the early 90s - so they could say they had 50% (or as close to 50%) of
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by rustynails77 13y ago
I just don't share this vision. You either have -real- friends, or you have acquaintances. Facebook is not for real friends. If people are your friends and want to stay in contact with you, they will - like they did before Facebook
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by rustynails77 13y ago
This year, I've engaged schools at length to discuss computer based systems. There are a few recurring threads that I have seen that would support this article. * Real-world examples are not favoured. I'd go as far to say they a
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by rustynails77 13y ago
Extend that concept of choice to things like support for FLAC, mkv and a host of other formats. How is this a bad thing? The absence of these things is limiting, but having the choice is bad? If choice is bad, why not prune the App Store
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by rustynails77 13y ago
I believe Apple do a good job in many ways. They also show more responsibility than Microsoft did 15 years ago. But... Apple do fail in a number of key ways, and despite your attack on most geeks, I will defend them. 1. Compatibility. App
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by rustynails77 13y ago
I come from a unique environment that has allowed me to draw some very interesting conclusions. I am from a family of 3 children. Two adopted and one "unexpected" natural birth. One of the three of us has been in prison many time
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by rustynails77 13y ago
That view would also line up with Pirates of Silicon Valley (that Gates stated was reasonably close to the truth). Gates was a "wheeler and dealer" rather than being a geek. The way he played Apple and IBM was the sign of a busi
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by rustynails77 13y ago
I second your comments on Pirates of Silicon Valley. I always thought it was a spoof, but it's actually quite a good film - it's definitely a lot better than the new Jobs movie ... it gives you much better insight to what sort of
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by rustynails77 13y ago
The Mouse That Ate The Public Domain http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20020305_sprigman.ht... Good thing about karma. I've brought my kids up telling them the evils of Disney and their harm to society. Su
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by rustynails77 13y ago
It depends on the device. Some Android devices are very snappy. For example, Samsung's 7" tablet appears to be very snappy to me - and I'd be hard pressed to pick the difference between it and my iPad 3rd gen. However, ther
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by rustynails77 13y ago
And what are the stats for delays in mag-lev ecosystems? Given that you know how unreliable flight ecosystems are and can quantify the delays, I'm assuming you have a basis for comparison in making such a confident statement.
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by rustynails77 13y ago
I don't agree with it, nor do I understand it. I see the same behaviour in corporate bankers are are earning many millions per year. It's OK to steal because I deserve more. People like this are common thieves - and nothing more.
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by rustynails77 13y ago
Just to be clear, this rule doesn't work for McDonalds - as it's an established brand. Their food is awful, but the place tends to be clean and tidy - with a toilet. Interestingly, where I live, Burger Kings tend to be filthy and
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by rustynails77 13y ago
The article is vague on whether or not he made, or just distributed the videos. Will this open the doors to be able to catch the monsters abusing young children, or is this just a game of whack-a-mole?
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by rustynails77 13y ago
I have used Android for about 6 months and iPhone for about 3 years. I find using IOS like being in hand-cuffs. Let me give an example. For about 6 months, there was an audio bug in IOS (that now seems to be fixed). If I plugged in my iP
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by rustynails77 13y ago
The car makers seem to be under the impression that only 1 person would be able to crack the code.
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by rustynails77 13y ago
I just can't look past the poor resolution of the iPad mini - and on that basis alone, I would not recommend it to anyone, except people with very poor eyesight. I agree that DPI isn't everything. I think of it as like "stoc
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by rustynails77 13y ago
Who will now want to whistleblow on the government for illegal activities, when the NSA will strongarm any media that you speak to? This will actively encourage corruption.
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by rustynails77 13y ago
Do you remember the blue ribbon internet campaign back in the late 90s? At the time, I went into Australian #irc channels raising awareness. I was assuming that most Australians on the Internet (back then) were technically literate and wo
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by rustynails77 13y ago
I have been somewhat of a Google fanboy (alright, too strong-a-term, but you get the idea). I encourage people to leave Google - because you know what? If enough people leave, Google will fight EVEN harder to stop blanket monitoring. When
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by rustynails77 13y ago
Most of the West has free healthcare - and it works pretty darn well, considering. I would imagine many people are still shocked that healthcare is not free in the US. This is yet another reminder of how lucky we are ... those of us who a
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by rustynails77 13y ago
It's unfair to say the reverse when Amazon were only making a loss to monopolize the market. However, Apple didn't care that book industry were gouging the consumer - no printing costs, no shipping costs, no packaging costs .. why
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by rustynails77 13y ago
This is an ideal time to bring up the Mongols. Anyone in Eastern Europe that paid the Mongol tax still exists. The inverse can be said for those that didn't pay, or decided to fight. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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by rustynails77 13y ago
As an engineer, my personal experience is that most feature creep actually comes from engineers. Marketing usually have the least idea, but engineers usually cause the "death by 1000 cuts".
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by rustynails77 13y ago
Noone should see this as Apple copying anyone. There are designs that work well with phones - and to be honest, there aren't too many of them within today's technology. If something works, designers use it. There should be no bet
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by rustynails77 13y ago
It's not just about the internet. Most other western countries blindly copy most US laws - whether they be good or bad. There's a vested interest for us all to support the EFF.
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by rustynails77 14y ago
I've been in the software industry for a several decades (I have a grey beard if that helps). I have never encountered any man that I felt had a gender bias against women in computing, other than if he was an ass in real life. My wife is a

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