sengan

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by sengan 17y ago
Add to that a proof of receipt mechanism using a webbug. (Edit: a webbug is a small image with a unique identifier that is downloaded by the client when the document is shown, assuming that image loading is enabled)
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by sengan 17y ago
It's harder to be corrupt if you have to argue technically why your decisions will improve the economy. Engineers and Scientists value the truth, whereas Lawyers value a convincing argument whether it is true or not. Think about their jobs:
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by sengan 17y ago
http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?qt=adv&procstatus=All... Well, he's been feeding lawyers.
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by sengan 17y ago
Yes, this is very good. A clear definition will help most developers not waste resources on executing a great idea only to see it rejected later. The light of day clears up many issues. http://www.tuaw.com/2009/07/30/yeah-theres-an-app-for
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by sengan 17y ago
Germany just reported its first DEFLATION in 22 years... Almost like we're sitting the top of an unstable equilibrium that is only getting taller.
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by sengan 17y ago
Pruning trees helps them. Parasitic insects cannot enter through dead limbs. There's enough space for new shoots to grow. And they don't break in the snow or the wind. Pruning back overgrown cities seems very sensible to me. If you don't wa
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by sengan 17y ago
Nope. I have kept every computer I've owned ever since the ZX81. And none of them has broken. Perhaps I'm lucky... But chips used to be rated to last 25 years, and by the time I left the semiconductor industry it was down to 5. Why? Yield.
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by sengan 17y ago
My Atari ST still works. Never needed a repair. Its Syquest harddrive still works. The WD harddrive I bought last year crashed... My 3 year old mac needed a repair. Yes, things run hotter, and faster, and are smaller, and whatever. But they
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by sengan 17y ago
You forgot Open Office which they bought and opened up and which has changed the competitive landscape in many ways. I'm struck by the number of non-geeks I know who use it daily. SPARC was a great architecture, and the Sun workstations of
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by sengan 17y ago
Finding the simplest solution to a problem is hard, but because it seems simple in hindsight, only those competent in the art can recognize a brilliant solution. This is just another example of "bullshit baffles brains" and that it takes co
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by sengan 17y ago
The feelings will always come back. The question is whether they are overwhelming or rootless, and that is a question of view. The various forms of insight meditation help see through the solidity of experience.
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by sengan 17y ago
Meditation changes your brain structure which changes your experience. This is in the domain of science, not faith: it is measurable. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512134655.ht... At the beginning it reduces the impetus