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Doh. I wish I'd read the "you've been mentioned" email first. Now I really feel stupid, after reposting my comment in its entirety in this thread! 
Marc
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No worries! Good read everywhere.
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I've made a pretty good career out of his work so I'm happy with him.
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote: I've made a pretty good career out of his work so I'm happy with him.
That's a great point and I agree.
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raddevus wrote: a dumpster diver
[Repost] This was meant to be on this thread!
My friend and I used to dumpster dive at Commodore Business Machines in San Jose. One day we were caught by the security guard and brought into his office, where, of all things, he called Jack Tramiel[^]. Mind you, this was now around 9 or 10 at night. Jack told him to help us load our loot into our car. Laugh | 
Marc
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It's a great story no matter where you post it. 
Also, I read quite a bit of the wikipedia article about Jack Tramiel. Quite interesting.
I owned a Commodore 128 and I faintly remember being able to load a program from 5 1/4" disk. Something like :
Load *, 8
some nonsense like that.
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I thought the first half of Issacson's book on Jobs was okay, even with all the errors, but the last half quickly became a poorly written, poorly researched, hagiography. Thus, I have little faith in anything the guy writes.
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I had to look up the word hagiography. Good word.
Honestly, I stopped after the first half of the Steve Jobs book because details of Jobs character bugged me so much. It is odd that after those parts that the author turned him into a saint. Interesting and I will have to consider going back and reading that last half.
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Congratulations???  
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Success!!
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You're skating awfully close...
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My friend and I used to dumpster dive at Commodore Business Machines in San Jose. One day we were caught by the security guard and brought into his office, where, of all things, he called Jack Tramiel[^]. Mind you, this was now around 9 or 10 at night. Jack told him to help us load our loot into our car.
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: My friend and I used to dumpster dive at Commodore Business Machines in San Jose.
That's a great story.
I just happened to read this on this thread, but I think it was meant to be posted in response to the Innovators book, right?
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raddevus wrote: but I think it was meant to be posted in response to the Innovators book, right?
Yeah, either that was my brain fart, or the rodents screwed up!
Marc
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Totally awesome! 
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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One man's trash .... Great story!
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You mean it worked up to that point?
That's amazing... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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It actually does XML rendering better than IE. Or maybe just for me.
I have FireFox, but that doesn't mean I want a built-in MS product to die even if I don't need it. If MS decides to take it out, that's a separate matter entirely.
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: It actually does XML rendering better than IE.
It's too bad so many web sites don't have XML in them.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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LOL! The only one I care about is my own. 
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I think my definition of "bad" must be out of date.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I gave up on Edge within a few days. It's full of bugs. I'll try it again in a year or so.
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Now, if Anything deserves an article...!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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