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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
I find it a little presumptuous that you're going to create the best part of my business...
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
Thank you Carterphone In 1968, the Federal Communications Commission allowed the Carterfone and other devices to be connected directly to the AT&T network, as long as they did not cause harm to the system. This ruling (13 F.C.C.2d 420)
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
Like sands through the hourglass...
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
I'm sure the first of many clones, copied down to the badge styles. Good work? Since you're charging money for some aspect of it, it seems you should do a better job of making it your own (I do like the watch feature).
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
My location was auto-populated as "Middletown, RI, US" - I manually changed it to be correct (Chicago, IL, US), but when I submitted the results page showed my % in terms of Middletown and in terms of RI. I was confused as to whether it wa
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
I've always had the suspicion that anyone who would actually be an excellent president would have too much integrity to do that which it takes to get elected as president.
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
This is a great example of someone comparing the principles of one (political) philosophy to some practitioners of another political philosophy. i.e. apples to oranges.
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
I've met Chuck (the first author referenced) a few times, and a couple interesting germ related items I remember him relating to me: The cleanest place in a women's bathroom is the toilet seat (nearly half of women wipe it down before use).
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
I thought his article did a good job of logically asserting his point. What kind of data do you absolutely need that he didn't provide in order to believe that OKCupid is but a small part of a bigger picture when it comes to black women and
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
I don't know anything about Gunnar, but last week I was at my yearly eye exam and asked about computer monitors and eye strain (I only ever wear contacts). The optometrist told me that any pair of glasses with anti-reflective coating will
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
Sane people don't make accounts to troll anti-google posts. And who said anything about excessive drama: do I really need to list the myriad reasons why one wouldn't want email to automatically "follow" exes and vice versa?
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
You're probably right but what would make them think this would be a tiny minority? Have these engineers never had ex-girlfriends?
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
Interesting, I hadn't heard of that. Of course there will be lawsuits, but my point was that by current definitions they should not be in violation of cable franchise agreements, even if they are allowing users to download full-feature fi
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
Interesting 2007 Cringley article predicting something like this, except more focused on providing the backbone. http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070119_0015... He also claims Google "controls more network fiber than any
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
But I highly doubt Google is planning on offering "Cable Video." In the same way that VOIP is differentiated from Voice Service according to the FCC, offering IPTV does not require a Service Provider to register as a Cable Franchise. VOIP
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
It could be possible that the porn image is actually one of the more desirable results if one is searching for "red top" with Safe Search off.
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
Are you arguing that the Gates Foundation can create the greatest amount of good in the world through lobbying and political spending in the U.S.? I think the Gates Foundation has it right: e.g. rather than relying on lobbying for educatio
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
I think your last sentence is on the right track. To paraphrase Kant, if theoretically the RIAA could receive compensation to the tune of 150k/per infringement from every single U.S. citizen that has ever shared a copyrighted song, would th
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
Sure these things don't, by definition, implicitly exclude each other, but in practice they do. How much time do you think teacher's have in a day? For proof talk to any good teacher, or sit in on a school board meeting.
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
While I like the general point of the article (just tell me what I care about), there are those of us for which the particular example doesn't exactly work. I walk ~ 3 miles a day to and from work in Chicago. I have a thermometer outside wh
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
Better person??? Basic and constantly used knowledge will become internalized: despite using an IDE I don't need Intellisense to navigate all of the most commonly used APIs. I think what will be important is knowing how to find and apply th
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
The article definitely glossed over how they measure "good students" and this is a very real problem. When student success is measured only or mainly by standardized tests (and teacher and school success extrapolated from that) surprise sur
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
I do the same thing, which is why I have my doubts: I'll do a search and ctrl-click (or equivalent to open in a new tab) the top 4-5 that look promising. Last clicked in no way means it is the best result, especially considering that the l
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
Spending time in DC does not equate becoming a resident of DC, nor does it posit in one a sense of ownership necessary to take care of DC. This is especially true when the part of DC these senators et al live in is not representative of DC
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
It is one of the more obnoxious traits of the common computer geek to conflate being good with computers with being intelligent. This kind of attitude only serves to turn more people off. So you're really good at what you're interested in,
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
Exactly, some nice false dichotomies going on here. Also: what's the sin in making money while also helping programmers get better jobs, regardless of whether or not that money is the primary goal or a side effect?
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
Considering the article, make that olive oil for the for the health benefits - I've been doing this recently and it is delicious. You do end up sweeping your floor more often, though.
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
So you definitely wouldn't want to hire someone with say, the highest stackoverflow score (Jon Skeet)? While I definitely agree that a high score isn't a black and white for a "good programmer," a SO score/account is yet another metric that
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
The Sprint HTC Hero which launched two months ago as well as T-Mobile's MyTouch both shipped with 1.5; the T-Mobile G1 can be upgraded to 1.5.
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by thrdOriginal 17y ago
For those of us who may have done a couple searches on the Market wondering why this isn't showing up: google goggles requires Android version 1.6.

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