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by stdgy 13y ago
It's a genuinely good operating system. I use 7, 8 and OSX every day. I prefer OSX(largely because I have access to a great terminal, familiar shell commands and lots of great developer tools :)), but the rabid hate displayed for 8 is
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by stdgy 13y ago
Companies should be commended for their efforts to fight these orders. However, let's not forget that Yahoo also handed over information to the Chinese government that led to the arrest and prolonged imprisonment of multiple people, an
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by stdgy 13y ago
The interpretation of the Law rests on judicial opinions. Many of those decisions are indeed secret, rendering the interpretation of the law itself secret. I think it's reasonable to say that this makes the laws 'secret', sin
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by stdgy 13y ago
1) Considering these programs may be authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Courts, and thus may be legal, none of these responses are actually denials. Far from it. 2) Moreover, if the alleged companies were knowingly providin
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by stdgy 13y ago
This is clearly link-bait. It’s limited and supervised. Seven years of daily collections from every major telecommunication company in the United States is limited ? I struggle to comprehend what William would consider excessive.
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by stdgy 13y ago
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it will actually avoid any of the proprietary mess. The encryption/decryption framework is still based on proprietary blobs that will have to be distributed. And they can be distributed with prejudice. Th
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by stdgy 13y ago
In the future, I suspect we'll see aftermarket outfitters touting externally facing audio equipment to imitate the sounds produced by high-powered combustion engines. I also suspect the majority of them will be sold to teenagers with fairly
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by stdgy 13y ago
What exactly is the 'socioeconomic background' of the people on top in the United States? I don't intend this to be snark. I'm just not sure such a blanket actually exists. I'd be interested in hearing a description.
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by stdgy 14y ago
But it's still different from the jokes in that it doesn't make anybody feel excluded. Sexual jokes do - they signal clearly to women that they are an entertainment object. I certainly agree that certain types of tasteless jokes can, and
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by stdgy 14y ago
It would be marvelous if someone could figure out a way to stream the event, for those of us who are unable to attend.
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by stdgy 14y ago
cough http://ries.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345194a469e20120a666f07d970... As much as I'd prefer things to look as nice as possible, the truth is that the market often doesn't care. I suspect people would allow Glass to slide, largely due t
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by stdgy 14y ago
I'm not particularly optimistic about modern journalistic integrity, but the New York Times is a far cry from being a 'TMZ'. They're an organization I respect and trust, and I suspect I'm not alone. I'll be very upset if the data clearly su
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by stdgy 14y ago
We don't really know that they're not inherently useful to the public, though. As parent points out, there may be use cases that only become feasible once the information is freely available.
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by stdgy 14y ago
There's nothing nonsensical about it. It's a well established political reality, and has been widely discussed for more than fifty years.
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by stdgy 14y ago
The issue with Microsoft can be entirely explained by this sentence: "While I would never defend it's usage today, it wasn't that horrible at the time it was released." Windows Update has been reasonably coherent since Windows XP. They've h
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by stdgy 14y ago
You'll need to offer studies establishing a causal relationship between testosterone levels and technical/business success for the difference to mean anything. For all we know lower testosterone levels may lead to a heightened business acum
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by stdgy 14y ago
I don't understand this sentiment. These are absolutely not consumer products. They're highly specialized hardware devices being sold to interested, motivated hackers that would like to investigate the technology. Google clearly isn't sure
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by stdgy 14y ago
I'm troubled by the invisible UI stuff, including the hot corners. And I'm worried because knowledge of these features is required to operate the system at a basic level. That's kind of frightening. Not insurmountable, but frightening. I th
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by stdgy 14y ago
There's nothing particularly amazing about watching a man try to navigate a system he hasn't been taught how to navigate. Most of these kinds of experiments tend to end the same way, unless the system includes metaphors the users are alread
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by stdgy 14y ago
I agree that the Ribbon is too big. It's certainly not something I want occupying my screen whenever I'm using explorer. Though, when I'm searching for options, I am fine with the Ribbon's presentation. It's fairly intuitive. At least as in
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by stdgy 14y ago
While it's true that they're bundled, it would also appear that Windows RT is only being delivered in bundled form(Unless I'm reading this blog post incorrectly). So if we accept that Windows RT itself is a bundle, the headline isn't partic
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by stdgy 14y ago
I expected Facebook to announce plans for an ad network to coincide with their IPO. I'm a little flummoxed that we haven't heard anything yet. It seems like an obvious outgrowth. I wonder if concerns over a privacy backlash would push them
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by stdgy 14y ago
In my mind that's not really the same thing. Universities have requirements you need to cover in order to graduate. So when a job lists a BS CS degree as a requirement, they're saying they expect you to be familiar with the core subjects of
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by stdgy 14y ago
The Jury isn't actually deciding all that much here, especially considering their non-answer to the Fair Use question. The Judge gave them generous instructions, including the stipulation that APIs are covered by copyright, in order to try
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by stdgy 14y ago
One of the jury's jobs is to decide whether Google infringed upon Oracle's protected property. It would seem like they'd require a clear definition of SSO to be able to do that.
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by stdgy 14y ago
I don't think either side disputes that Google implemented a portion of the Java API, which they copied from Apache Harmony. But they certainly seem to disagree on what qualifies as a meaningful definition of SSO, with Oracle arguing that b
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by stdgy 15y ago
I'm unsure what you mean by this phrase: "The only thing this does is give blessing to break principles of universal computing." By Universal Computing, are you referring to accessibility on the web? Platform accessibility?
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by stdgy 15y ago
I went through a long Shpongle phase about a year and half ago. Great coding music, if you don't mind the heavy psychedelic feel.
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by stdgy 15y ago
(B) INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES- A provider of an Internet search engine shall take technically feasible and reasonable measures, as expeditiously as possible, but in any case within 5 days after being served with a copy of the order, or withi
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by stdgy 15y ago
While I agree with much of the sentiment expressed in your post, I must take issue with: Still, americans have the right to do those things (to one another), if that's what their society wants and believes in. People are not justified to c

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