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17y ago
You'll be asking for ..:: "Xxxxx that doesn't Suck" ::.. to be binned next.
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17y ago
Can I ask a question? Does anyone know how to signal to the Operating System NOT TO CACHE these filesystems? This would be ram caching a ram cache which wouldn't make performance sense. I cannot work out if that is part of the tmpfs/ramdisk
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Security cameras can just record the keys that you type the password in. If you cover your hand, the problem space is still small enough to guess just based on where you are covering and how long for. Only systems that do not use passwords
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17y ago
And would you know if they just recorded the keys your fingers pressed? I think Jakob is really onto something here.
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17y ago
Can anyone say that another additional shock and after-shocks could be sustained easily? . [ Insert List of possible shocks here[1] ] . * Inflation spike as people incorrectly believe recession over * Action against North Korea * Action aga
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"there are a very limited number of applications that require that sort of speed" Plenty of software is not web-based or a cron job for Linux. Java, C# are chosen not just because of speed. You can get vendor support from Sun for their JV
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17y ago
Very, very simplistic. Much more applicable to TCP network throughput, travelling salespeople than financial transactions Missing :: * Real World Transaction costs [ state, federal, international tax . Exchange volume discounts ] * Risk [
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17y ago
Twitter is different to Radio. In a worse way :: A radio transmission is a single-point-in-time event. So once you have broadcast, you leave no trace. Twitter leaves a trail, which can be monitored post-facto by the enemy. Presumably they
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Twitter will only be any good for this flash mob style communication. To that end it seems to have replaced pirate radio / ham radio. :: Back then the problems were the same: Listeners had to be listening on the same channel, they had to
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17y ago
The blogger needs more evidence. . He should write a script to harvest a subsection of Amazon. Then he should parse the results and see how closely correlated the Vine-to-Bad-Review there is. . A couple of data points here or there are not
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LSD starts as a liquid. Eating a drop or two is sometimes is how you take it. But frequently that liquid is dropped with an eye-dropper onto cardboard. This cardboard is perforated and torn into tiny squares. Roughly one drop per square [
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17y ago
And Scientific Researchers prefer topics that grab headlines to more worthy research. From :: http://www.twin-research.ac.uk/publications.html Research:: * Emotional intelligence and its association with orgasmic frequency in women Result
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Before anyone rushes to try LSD[1], please do your research. Please speak to people who have used it (like me) and can assess how you personally will handle it. I will say LSD is a broad-sword drug and should be used with care. It is not pl
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17y ago
Here here[1] !!! As what Seth would term the No. 1, I have found it hard to find #2 and #3. People with skills have good jobs and responsibilities. Enticing them to believe in working for a startup is very difficult. One key step is they ca
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17y ago
I Can't Believe He's Not on Oprah already
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17y ago
Aston Kutchers new best Friend
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New Lynx Deodorant Man
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Case In Point Man
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Mr Conclusion
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Susan Boyle Social Commentary Substitute
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17y ago
Yes, Modafinil is good and excellent for any hacking/coding short term memory requirements. Consult doctor first, natural sleep is always best. AVOID :: Speed, coke, crystal meth . They all make you irritable and have all the usual downside
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17y ago
SPEED :: In defence of Java, it is very quick when done right. See Kilim[1] for examples. SUPPORT :: On top of the speed Java has a supported hardware stack (Solaris). So if doing 100K connections is important to you, you can find enginee
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The Economist had a feature article a while back, which cheekily said IIRC "[The British] like newspapers, especially those they agree with"
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Some comments :: . I'm glad no-one had a camera on me when I was at Glastonbury or Gatecrasher. It may have been called "How to make an Exodus" . This "lone-dancer-inspires-group-love" is the wet dream of mobile phone advertising companies
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If you are interested in this you may also want to check out Blackbird visual console:: http://www.gscottolson.com/blackbirdjs/ a simple way to log messages in JavaScript and an attractive console to view and filter them
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I know domain names are hard BUT . your domain looks like :: PickFuck :: to a casual glance. . Similar to how the FCUK brand (intentionally) looks like FUCK. -- I think your site is good, although it seems the demographics are exclusively A
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1. .:: Memory at the right time ::. When MySQL first started to take off (circa 1998) it had a lower memory requirement. So did PHP. Memory was the most precious resource at that time, and so MySQL, PHP expanded rapidly. They are both sti
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As someone who does not use Twitter, and cannot see why I would :: I feel like a person who, caught unawares, has to take refuge[1] when the tide comes in. You then just have to wait while the sea rages and eventually recedes. it is amazing
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I cannot jump back into my 23 y/o mind but my 32 y/o mind firmly believes with experience as proof :: Simple solutions are Best. XML is evil and should never have been released Reading your own old code is hard, for the love of G-d plea
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Yuck! I've been using ant scripts which jar up dependencies for years. Other people will be even more impacted than me, like shops that use continuous builds ala CruiseControl. I always wondered why it was so slow, I thought my OS was ha
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