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by throw_away 18y ago
some texts are better when you can flip around randomly quickly. the recent mark bitterman book which is half recipes comes to mind. otherwise, I use it in situations where I've forgotten my kindle at home. luckily, it syncs what page yo
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by throw_away 18y ago
can you telnet to the port (both 80 & 443)? perhaps one lib is using ssl and the other not. amazon blocks icmp packets, so the traceroutes, they do nothing.
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by throw_away 18y ago
I'm sure that this has been noted, but in this graph: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_version-ww-daily-20090101... it's interesting to see how ie6's number dips down every weekend---presumably due to office workers under corporate mand
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by throw_away 18y ago
there's this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/video/ontv/tivo/ref=atv_faq_tivo which would allow you to watch it instantly on your tivo at 480p for $2.
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by throw_away 18y ago
such as: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001UA8ECU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UT...
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by throw_away 18y ago
they load much faster on the kindle 2. on K1, it used to suck to read graphics-heavy docs (such as the pragmatic programmers beta iphone book), because the page with the images would load more slowly than the text-only pages. that is most
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by throw_away 18y ago
correction: I have a doc with monospace (in a personal doc), but the purchased computer books do not have the code samples in monospace for some reason.
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by throw_away 18y ago
the new one does tables, but still no monospace.
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by throw_away 18y ago
the refresh rate is way faster in this version. but it doesn't scroll, it just goes to the next page when the voice gets to that point.
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by throw_away 18y ago
a) impossible to do in a distributed fashion, b) may leak information about your operations to competitors. of course, OP may not care about these things.
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by throw_away 18y ago
you can also just email them to the email address associated with your kindle and it will wirelessly deliver your converted document to your kindle. even though it's an extra step, I find this version of "just works" is often superior, as
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by throw_away 18y ago
still, it's like 1 or 2 units P/NP, so they only count really for the overall 120 unit requirement (though things may have changed in the past 7 years, who knows). when I was at cal, the hardest thing for me was making sure that I didn't g
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by throw_away 18y ago
you'll know you've picked the right language when robots from the future beat down your door.
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by throw_away 18y ago
what if it were invaded at 11:59? :)
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by throw_away 18y ago
Note that this guy runs a hosting company ( http://www.gni.com/ ) & is a potential competitor to EC2's offering. Also note that his primary complaint is the EC2's SLA, but the link provided by GNi for their SLA ( http://64.127.96.201/S
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by throw_away 18y ago
my philosophy is that arrow keys are only bad if you're using them while in insert mode. I find that this was added to appeal to novices, but in the long run, really interferes with learning to use the editor to its fullest.
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by throw_away 18y ago
not so much being a pessimist, but being a realist. hope is nice and all, but are you seriously going to invent a new vaccination mechanism before your child needs her MMR shots? you may not mind injections, but I've never seen an infant
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by throw_away 18y ago
Dr. Foster: Would you please tell your son to stop? Ned's Dad: We can't do it, man! That's discipline! That's like tellin' Gene Krupa not to go [starts banging on the desk] "boom boom bam bam bam, boom boom bam bam