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61.
by stox 12y ago
Chicago has been, and will continue to be, one of the largest tech hubs in the world. We just are not as dominant as we used to be. (speaking as a former Chicago startup founder)
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by stox 12y ago
Important point: AT&T owned a substantial portion of SUN when they did the SYSVR4 move.
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by stox 12y ago
Until the early 1980's, C was highly unusual.
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by stox 12y ago
Did you know that if you took all the economists in the world and lined them up end to end, they'd still point in the wrong direction? s/world/interstellar trade routes/
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by stox 12y ago
The best alternative is NONE! When was the last time our Intelligence organizations warn us of a REAL problem ahead of time?
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by stox 12y ago
Does BoB approve?
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SCELBI Computer Museum(scelbi.com)
5 points by stox 12y ago|0 comments
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by stox 12y ago
Selectrics were used as I/O devices on machines like the IBM 1130.
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by stox 12y ago
Looks like one of the engines blew up as they went to full throttle. Since this was the first XL launch, I wonder if they are trying to push the AJ-26's too hard with the increased payload.
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by stox 12y ago
I can understand FTDI's frustration, but vigilantism is not acceptable behavior. The lawyers are going to have a feeding frenzy on this one.
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by stox 12y ago
I'll just leave this here: http://youtu.be/fGOrm9rzm7A
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by stox 12y ago
The reason the Navy has moved away from Nuclear for cruisers is that nukes do not like their load to be highly variable. Cruisers, by their very nature want to throttle up and down very quickly. Carriers and subs, on the other hand, transit
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by stox 12y ago
Thanks! I'll relay on your words to those responsible.
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HOPE X Streaming Live(hope.net)
80 points by stox 12y ago|13 comments
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by stox 12y ago
Oak Ridge had a Thorium reactor in 1965. This is not the first.
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by stox 12y ago
The Penn5000 rooms aren't that bad, and if you timed it right, very cheap by NY standards.
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by stox 12y ago
You misread that email. I'll quote it here: HOPE X preregistration closing tonight! As we are now less than one week away from the biggest HOPE conference ever, the time has come to close down our discounted preregistration service. Th
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by stox 12y ago
The letter was not anyway near Teller's style of writing.
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by stox 12y ago
lamprey.
80.
by stox 12y ago
Could this finally be a real replacement for Snobol?
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by stox 12y ago
We've been here before. This seems to occur in cycles. It will soon burn out, and then we will see a plethora of operating systems. A period of relative stability will occur, and the cycle will begin again.
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by stox 12y ago
C++ was originally developed to make it easier for a mathematician to do complex numeric variables in C. It has been downhill ever since.
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Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsburg at HOPE X(x.hope.net)
1 points by stox 12y ago|0 comments
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by stox 12y ago
It depends, if the companies were split with the knowledge that one would go into bankruptcy, the judge could find there was a fraudulent conveyance of assets. This would invalidate the split, and allow access to the assets of the surviving
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by stox 12y ago
I think you will find all of them up on youtube.
86.
by stox 12y ago
My apologies for editorializing the title.
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Source Interlink Closure and Rebranding Puts 2600 in Limbo(2600.com)
92 points by stox 12y ago|27 comments
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by stox 12y ago
You must have later PDP-8's, the early ones were DTL, Diode Transistor Logic.
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by stox 12y ago
One of the reasons U-verse is a failure is that AT&T can't even figure out how to connect customers in neighborhoods it has actually wired. I have been trying to get U-verse for years, even though linemen have called the business o
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by stox 12y ago
In many cases, the software isn't the issue, having a clear vision of the problem to be solved is the issue. It appears that Kokonas had an exceptionally clear vision of the problem and executed accordingly. The legendary "Perfect

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