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Brendan Eich, Tom Preston-Werner...who's next to play Russian Roulette: Politically Incorrect Techies Edition? My money's on Condoleeza Rice.
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Until now, the only images you could see on Google Maps were the latest images. Starting today, however, you will also be able to go back in time and see older images. "I would definitely go back. Everything cool is gone. The Aztecs. People killing themselves for each other."
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I just tried this on Safari and it didn't work for me Probably only works in Chrome
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "I would definitely go back. Everything cool is gone. The Aztecs. People killing themselves for each other."
Diggin' the Safety Not Guaranteed reference, Kent.
"I have only done this once before..."
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Thank you for recognizing!
That movie, Moon, and Robot & Frank definitely demonstrated that you don't need a huge budget to create a good SF movie. (IMO)
TTFN - Kent
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Agreed on all counts. I would throw Attack the Block and Her in there as well.
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Notes on a communication culture that denies our humanity. "Communication breakdown, It's always the same"
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Ouch. I think "In a sense, it’s tradition to de-emphasize good communication skills." is the single worst sentence I have read this month.
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Seems appropriate for an article about bad communication skills, isn't it?
TTFN - Kent
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It am be does, yes indeed.
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Better than I had expected - not bad at all
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Project Naptha lets you highlight as well as copy and paste and even edit and translate the text formerly trapped within an image. Let the text go free
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With a name like that, it's sure to end up mothballed[^]...
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Microsoft revealed earlier this month that the Start Menu will return to Windows 8. While Microsoft is keeping the timing for its return vague, sources familiar with the company’s plans tell The Verge that the Start Menu will likely be available in a second update to Windows 8.1 currently scheduled for August. For those waiting (the Windows key and Windows-X do everything I need)
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Quick on the draw there, Microsoft.
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Researcher finds secret “knock” opens admin for some Linksys, Netgear routers. Insecurity through obscurity strikes again
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Microsoft's career website is often a treasure trove of information if you are willing to dig through the thousands of job postings the company currently has available. Often, through these postings, you can see the direction Microsoft is taking internally with its products and this helps the observer, better understand Microsoft's vision. "The footprint of these smaller operating systems is in the order megabytes - not gigabytes."
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Verizon today issued its annual data-breach investigations report, a study of what happened in 1,367 known cases across dozens of industries in 95 countries last year, and the most common form of attack was breaking in through Web applications. Before you ask: as opposed to 'web sites'
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What comes after Windows 8.1 Update? Sources say a second update is on its way, and that Microsoft's unified OS group is picking up the delivery pace. Windows, Tuesday edition
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When will people learn, Just because they make it dosen't mean you need it
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As software takes over more of our lives, the ethical ramifications of decisions made by programmers only become greater. "You doubting Thomases get in the way of more scientific advances with your stupid ethical questions! This is a brilliant idea! Hit the button, will ya?"
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Geez, and here I thought they would be writing about the ethics of missile guidance systems, drone piloting software, heck, violent games that any kid can buy. Not to mention pr0n websites, websites designed for racial and other radical extremists (including working on the Obamacare and IRS websites ), etc.etc.etc.
The ethics that they talk about (log files? Really?) are absurd in comparison to the dubious things we software and more generally, web/application developers are paid to do.
In the course of my life, I've worked on:
The MX Missile Train security system, a concept I was completely opposed to (not the security of, the stupid idea of putting nukes on trains.)
Laser range gated cameras, easily adopted to use for individual targeting and remote bombing
Adult entertainment club software (undoubtedly to the offense of someone somewhere)
to mention the three most prominent things I've done that raise real ethical questions, IMO.
Marc
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It's infoworld. Organic bovine fertilizer is all that's expected of them.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Dan Neely wrote: Organic bovine fertilizer is all that's expected of them.
Now don't be insulting organic cow sh*t.
Marc
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