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   by trunnell 17y ago

   Or you can just copy the text out of the flash preview via docstoc's right-click menu.
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   by trunnell 17y ago

   Hmm... there's an interesting disclaimer at the end of the document. It's "for informational purposes only and does not constitute... legal advice." This sample Memorandum of Terms has been prepared by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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   by trunnell 17y ago

   I would deride Frank Gehry... The motive appears to be, "How pointlessly weird can I get?" I'm sorry you don't like Frank Gehry. But surely you're not saying, categorically, that software architecture is pointless? I'm making that point
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   by trunnell 17y ago

   I hate the epithet "architecture astronauts." It smacks of anti-intellectualism. We wouldn't say the same thing about actual architects: we would never deride Frank Gehry for building the http://www.guggenheim.org/bilbao saying, "wow wh
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   by trunnell 17y ago

   Simplicity often follows good design. Duct taping seems to be at odds with simplicity. Joel's advice to just duct tape it would lead to crappy, unmaintainable code just as often as over-design would.
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   by trunnell 17y ago

   I disagree on the orthogonality of being ingratiating and discovering things. Sometimes discovery must be done collaboratively. When this is the case, it can be more effective to mind one's social graces. Otherwise, productivity relies
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   by trunnell 17y ago

   Yes, but which part of "IE" is sending the User-Agent header? Does IE send User-Agent for the initial request and Chrome Frame sends User-Agent for all subsequent requests (after it detects the <meta> tag)?
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   by trunnell 17y ago

   ...don't have the ability to install stuff on their machines But their IT departments can install it. Those IT departments usually want to upgrade because they have to write internal web apps and they feel the pain, too. But they can'
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   by trunnell 17y ago

   although it's not clear why this isn't a huge vector to cause all sorts of havoc. First the larger question: Is the Silverlight sandbox safe? The Silverlight CoreCLR security model is a simplified version of the full CLR security model [
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    by trunnell 17y ago

    this closes off potential business models for upstart bandwidth and content providers. That is a good thing. We want innovation on top of the network platform, and getting there is easier when we make the network a commodity.
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    by trunnell 17y ago

    For a more thorough treatment of this topic, read Alan Cooper's classic book _The Inmates are Running the Asylum_ http://www.amazon.com/Inmates-Are-Running-Asylum-Products/dp... Cooper first writes something we all like to hear: programme
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    by trunnell 17y ago

    Furthermore, if willfulness is purely inborn (or genetic) wouldn't siblings be more likely to exhibit similar strengths of will, since they have such similar DNA? In a family, nature and nurture are mixed together. The only way to separate
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    by trunnell 17y ago

    PG's essay is an excellent exploration (and adaptation) of these ideas about determination in the Boston Globe last month: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/08/02/... The basic research referenced in the Globe article
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    by trunnell 17y ago

    The study referenced in the beginning (with the 4 groups of women) did not sufficiently control diet. OP: <i> All the women were asked not to change their dietary habits... </i> They were asked, but did the women comply? N