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by scj 12y ago
The Windows 98 NSA key controversy is about 15 years old. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSAKEY
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by scj 13y ago
Not to mention that in 2009, when RMS wrote that, the TomTom lawsuit recently happened. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._TomTom_Inc .
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by scj 13y ago
How recognizable is the code when debugging run-time defects in a browser console?
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by scj 13y ago
Hypothetically, what could be done to reduce the impact?
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by scj 13y ago
Not to mention Apache (the first Killer App of Linux).
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by scj 13y ago
I prefer ESR's take on the subject: http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/html/ch20s05.html
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by scj 13y ago
While I understand the reasoning behind the Elusive Firefighter, I think the example is rubbish. Set the license limit to MAX_INT. Surely two billion licences should be enough, and the problem is solved (with a high degree of confidence)
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by scj 13y ago
It isn't open source if it discriminates based on endeavour. http://opensource.org/osd-annotated
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by scj 13y ago
I agree with most of what you've said. But point out that you didn't go with the worst case example, loss of steering / brakes on ice. Unwanted acceleration on ice would be worse though. I can't imagine, in rush hour c
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by scj 13y ago
My recommendation would be to modify an existing OS, like MINIX, to have two types of processes: mutable and immutable. That way some (not all) of the potential advantages can be tested without having to start from scratch.
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by scj 13y ago
An extension of your argument might be that linguists have also failed these people, as modern languages are represented in symbols (expressed visually and orally). Try as I might, I am having a difficult time figuring out how to express th
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by scj 13y ago
Enterprises need a platform that they can invest thousands, if not millions, of man-hours in. Explaining to upper management that a very expensive application will no longer work due to an upgrade that doesn't benefit the company is a
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by scj 13y ago
If she attempted to have the book banned from Amazon (or get her husband to do it), and sales rose, then I would agree with calling it a case of the "Streisand Effect". But all she did was say "The events described do not ma
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by scj 13y ago
Wernher von Braun once said that the most difficult step towards going to the moon was gathering the will to do it.
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by scj 13y ago
The Jupiter C and Vanguard rockets were inferior to the R7. But that doesn't translate into military inferiority (Eisenhower knew this, but the public didn't buy it). The Americans didn't need the same capacity as the Soviet
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by scj 13y ago
Large projects have many gatekeepers (that have feedback, sometimes conflicting), integration issues (I'll get to this one in a second), and scheduling issues (this one seems to be arbitrary based on political deadlines). Consider the
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by scj 13y ago
What needs to be considered is what EE was good at. EE's speciality, as I recall, was not tutorials, but quick problem solving advice. And it was very Google friendly. It usually looked like it had a good answer whenever it showed u
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by scj 13y ago
Consider the case where the three fastest horses are raced together initially. My lowest is 7.
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by scj 13y ago
I think what most people don't realize is that thedailywtf is cathartic to the modern programmer. We really need less modesty and admit "Programs can be fucked up, and some people shouldn't be allowed to write them." (
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by scj 13y ago
Ever watch Steve Jobs promote Mac OS 8 or 9? Rumour is, he didn't use either (he used NextStep until Mac OS X). He also spoke negatively about video being on iPods while it was being developed. Ultimately, you have to remember that h
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by scj 13y ago
I don't quite understand the argument against bc in this case. 'echo "5 + 5" | bc' doesn't leave the command line.
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by scj 13y ago
I'd suggest a third problem, networking effects. Consider the example of a team using LucidChart rather than Visio. That's fine for internal use, but if you work for a firm that contracts with others, then you need to be able to read the V
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by scj 13y ago
Programmers would need control over schedules and budgets to be held liable for issues.
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by scj 13y ago
I honestly can't find the source of this, but I recall reading that Turing was against mnemonic assemblers (as they would consume scarce resources). Its understandable given the computers of the time. But I suspect that at some point, you'
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by scj 15y ago
The article mentions the drop since June 2008... AKA, a year after the GPLv3 came out. But sadly, not a mention of the controversy of the new version was made (directly). Some interesting points about the change in focus were made, but I t
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by scj 15y ago
The good news is that the story isn't lost yet, even if Steve can't tell it. I am hoping that Avie Tevanian writes a really good memoir. In a perfect world, one on par with Hertzfeld.
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by scj 15y ago
I always thought that Canada's fair dealing was more restrictive than America's fair use.
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by scj 15y ago
I wonder what the result of the test would be if it were written: a <- 10; b <- 20; a <- b;
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by scj 15y ago
I agree with the entertainment point. For example, I think that video games offer a higher entertainment/dollar value. They are probably a greater long term threat to movies than infringement is. Especially as time goes on. Eventually ev
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by scj 17y ago
Not to mention the amount of momentum in these systems. The x86 architecture is hideous. But Intel and AMD have pumped billions of dollars of research into it that is difficult to overcome. Look at Apple's transition from the PPC to x86.

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