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by shpxnvz 17y ago
He specifically stated that he has the choice between cable internet and 5mbps DSL, which, while not equal, are certainly comparable. Dial-up is not considered broadband by even the lame FCC definition, therefore I do not consider it comp
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Yeah, but regardless of ethics it seems like an incredibly small price to pay to avoid negative publicity and a possible lawsuit.
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Better title... Linux: still better for coding in C [EDIT] To clarify, the article is specifically discussing issues with developing native programs on OSX which do not apply to developers in many other languages.
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
I like that I don't need any plugins to run it. I second that. Requiring a plugin is the only reason I don't use that other really cool mockup tool. Good luck to the team.
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
So, Comcast has successfully used their monopoly position in my area to strong-arm me into lowering my bandwidth usage. Look, I hate Comcast as much as the next guy, but they appear to have competition in your area, even if the competitiv
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Sorry if I misunderstood your argument. I don't disagree that Apple seems to get away with quite a bit. I imagine it's also because people like to think of them as the scrappy underdog who just does what's necessary to keep up with MS. Th
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
And it would actually take effort to support other devices Except that Apple is expending effort specifically to break efforts at compatibility. It appears to me that they are intentionally preventing competition, and as a long time Appl
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
This is sort of an interesting counterpoint to the whole "Open source forsters innovation" meme open source types love to throw out. I may be missing something, but it seems to be fostering innovation in this example as well. He has mana
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Do you want a happy email or do you want your servers fixed? Your call. It's not like the two are mutually exclusive. Are you really suggesting that the entire 180 minutes of effort by multiple engineers would have to be directed at writi
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
The wording of the policy indicates that they can selectively delete just the data which has not changed.
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Maybe so, but the obvious solution then is to give users an option to disable the free portion of the service. Disappearing data ain't worth the $25 a month or whatever you save with the free usage. So long as I'm paying for the service an
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
It's not unreasonable to be shocked at a upgrade in the middle of the business day for the majority of their customers. Every significant online business I've worked with does deployments and upgrades off-peak, without exception. In fact o
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
On one occasion I accidentally passed through security with with a Swiss Army knife in my backpack. What's funny to me is that upon discovering so after getting to the gate I was much more worried about someone finding out I accidentally br
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
he'll know EXACTLY what he wants to do I think it is more likely that after three years he'll know exactly what he doesn't want to do.
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Actually, none of the private or commercial pilots I've known have ever referred to themselves that way. Granted, my sample size is limited, but I think that every one of them would be as annoyed at being referred to as an <aircraft x&#
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Out of curiosity, what sort of applicant questions and responses did they use to measure conscientiousness?
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
So, then, the "minor tweak" you are relying on is for the U.S. Government to pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan tomorrow? I don't see any indication of that happening. When the government actually puts any of those ideas into practice I'll b
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Look at what working with the universities did for student loans. American educational institutions have proven themselves perfectly willing to screw their students for a cut of the profits. Sure, that would be great for the publishing ind
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Imagine if you instead could loan/lease the books to your e-reader for the duration of the course and only pay for the relevant pages. I imagine that as soon as physical textbooks were out of availability the cost of "only the relevant pa
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
I think his point was about the American interstate highway system being specifically modeled after the German autobahns.
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Well, come here and see for yourself. I did, for a few years, and it appeared even crazier up close. Living there only made the insanity of the "creative" public spending all the more obvious to me, but then I don't claim to be an expert.
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
PS: I expect USA to do the same thing, a minor tweak to our spending and taxes can quickly stop deficit spending. The Congressional Budget Office predictions were for the combined deficit for the next 9 years to be $9.27 trillion, and hal
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Believe it or not, there are those of us who will not pay for DRM'd crap and simply do without rather than obtain unauthorized copies. I respect the lack of DRM.
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
It's not a hobby if you intend to make a living.
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
really you're not going to get decent change in your country overall unless the federal government acts as the states aren't up to it (seatbelt laws anyone?) The point is that in the U.S. the Federal Government was, by design, to be limit
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Granted, it's been a year or two since I ditched Netflix, but as I recall their recommendation system already ranked the importance of ratings based on how similar the other reviewer's tastes were to yours (I imagine by finding other people
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
Seems like this points to a longer term problem with blacklisting by IP address as they continue to become more transient with respect to the hosted service.
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
you'd be asking people to give up something they biologically can't. This seems a bit melodramatic... surely buying those particular bits of content that are churned out by the big media producers isn't really a biological need. I certa
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
the sheer pervasiveness of digital interception/intrusion tools Are you claiming that given physical access to the transport medium digital communication is easier to intercept than analog?
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by shpxnvz 17y ago
However, the parasites in the content industry have a symbiotic relationship with the parasites who would do the squashing.

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