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961.
by spitfire 15y ago
That's known as a mission type order. Or Mission Orders in marine. MCDP-1 and Maneuver warfare by William Lund are good books on the subject.
962.
by spitfire 15y ago
“If your boss demands loyalty, give him integrity. But if he demands integrity, give him loyalty.” ~COL John Boyd
963.
by spitfire 15y ago
Thank you for saying this, it needed to be said. Lets all remember, PG is in business to make money. He does that by selling the upside and lifestyle as much as possible.
964.
by spitfire 15y ago
A database of such information might be sued out of existence, but a meta-search engine wouldn't be. There's nothing libellous about having a really good targeted search engine focusing on say lawsuits.
965.
by spitfire 15y ago
/* You are not expected to understand this */ http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/odd.html
966.
by spitfire 15y ago
I know about all that. You're basically saying "lets stick with the past... just because. If you're going to simplify things, do so in a meaningful way and keep up with the times.
967.
by spitfire 15y ago
Why not move them all to /bin instead? /usr is a relic of the times when unix systems were big hulking monsters the side of fridges. and hard disks the size of washing machines. You kept a separate /, /var, /usr, /home, etc because you had
968.
by spitfire 15y ago
That's what happens when you have brand recognition. Also, the github offering is an onsite install, whereas the bitbucket is hosted.
969.
by spitfire 15y ago
This is something that has been bothering me for a decade. and I know what is wrong with it. The problem is not the technology. It would be trivial to fix email technology. The problem is the people running email servers. They're the worst
970.
by spitfire 15y ago
You'll only get junior developers from something like this. That may be what you're looking for, but it might not be what you need.
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Monocle magazines Entrepreneur radio(monocle.com)
2 points by spitfire 15y ago|0 comments
972.
by spitfire 15y ago
You didn't apply to a startup incubator. You applied to a local vanity project. Local/city governments all over the world are trying the "incubator" fairy dust in an attempt to seem hip and with the times. The "analyst" you spoke to is real
973.
by spitfire 15y ago
It's nice to see someone who actually remembers Palm. It's amazing how many people simply forget all about Palm altogether yet it was the thing to have in the 1996-2004 era.
974.
by spitfire 15y ago
I melted my computer for that?
975.
by spitfire 15y ago
"Imagine we're talking about clothing design. It is a large formal event, a wedding or professional conference. Everyone wears the same thing out respect for the idea. If someone were to come in with a red tuxedo it may excite a few, but th
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How much does an Apple store cost.(asymco.com)
1 points by spitfire 15y ago|0 comments
977.
by spitfire 15y ago
http://www.homebrewcpu.com/ User/data segments, 16bit data operations, user/supervisor modes, address translation, mmio and DMA. 8meg address space, 128K per process. Runs Minix (Precursor to Linux). 200TTL logic chips. How quickly do you
978.
by spitfire 15y ago
I should add, that as a demo I like it a lot. But the art is what impresses me. Not the technology. Catchy tune too!
979.
by spitfire 15y ago
I'd say the technology is the least impressive part of it. It feels like 303/acme from 1996. Only on gigahertz machinery instead of a 486. and using hardware acceleration for very basic 3d effects, rather than software generated texture/env
980.
by spitfire 15y ago
When did we agree asciiz was a good string format? I didn't agree to that!
981.
by spitfire 15y ago
In the marketplace of ideas Stallman has a simple remedy for his woes with Apple. Make better software than them. Go on Richard, I dare you to.
982.
Steve jobs has passed.(apple.com)
2 points by spitfire 15y ago|0 comments
983.
by spitfire 15y ago
Because it doesn't allow you to do anything really new . Spec bumps are nat, but there's nothing new there.
984.
by spitfire 15y ago
I wish I could upvote this several times over. This is hacker news a thousand times over, and makes up for all the dotcom, and ruby rubbish you have to wade through on this site. Well done sir.
985.
by spitfire 15y ago
If you weren't worried about a bubble, you ought to be now.
986.
by spitfire 15y ago
IIRC, the Java license used to forbid use in life critical systems, including explicitly listing nuclear reactors, life support systems and avionics. I still wouldn't trust any of those things to a virtual machine, or to Java.
987.
by spitfire 15y ago
Sorry, how is HP transitioning to a B2B business? They started in test equipment, and calculators. Later got into computers. THey make some of the largest general purpose systems out there - HP super dome 128cores in a single system. Plus t
988.
by spitfire 15y ago
"rough" by victorian standards. Which is a city where you can walk down the roughest streets in the roughest neighbourhoods in a short miniskirt without a worry in the world. Coming from any american city you'd feel quite safe in Naniamo. T
989.
by spitfire 15y ago
It's nice hear, but it has its drawbacks. Victoria is as intellectually dead as you can possibly get. Plus it has aging, moneyed entitled boomers. A lethal mix . As they say, Victoria for the newly wed and nearly dead! Upisland has loggers,
990.
by spitfire 15y ago
Also neat in that video is Daniel Hills and the connection machine.

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