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There are other things the Google is doing that pretty much suck. They are getting to be the big boy on the block, and acting like a bully. Still they do good things. Where would we be without Android. Neither Apple, nor MS have provided a decent solution.
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Some eager European fans of Microsoft's next-gen console will have to wait until next year to get their hands on it -- unless they live in the U.K., Spain, France, Germany, Ireland, Austria, or Italy. No fragging for you
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Or spend an extra 20 Euros to have one shipped from a neighboring country?
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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Inconceivable!
The EU doesn't all such things without first filling out filling out fourteen forms and getting authorization from The Hague, do they? (I also see that Belgium is on the list for the delay, so getting that authorization from The Hague might be difficult). 
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TTFN - Kent
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As the internet grows older, more countries are putting restrictions on certain activities. Some areas of the world are completely shut off from entire chunks of the web. In an effort to combat this, the Pirate Bay has launched the Pirate Browser, a custom web browser that aims to circumvent internet censorship. It uses HTTPaaaaarrrrrrrr!
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Hiring the right programmers is key for development, but it can be a nightmare to find time to administer coding tests and interview candidates. So rather than relying on a scripted phone round that potential hires can easily game, the mobile consulting firm Mutual Mobile is implementing more pragmatic screening in which candidates have to fix a broken app and run it in order to get to the next round of interviews. That’s it. Don't bother hiring, just keep interviewing until the app is done!
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Microsoft continues to finalize its Windows 8.1 update, but the company revealed today that it plans to make it available on October 18th. The free update will be listed in the Windows Store for existing Windows 8 users at 7AM ET on October 17th, with boxed copies, new hardware, and a full retail release on October 18th. Just in time for all those holiday requests for tech support from relatives
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They're actually posting something for download in the Windows Store? There must be lots of space available on there and not much to compete with so download speeds will be impressive.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Two ears and a tail for you, good one.
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No matter which CPU you choose, these new Mac Pros are looking like they’re going to be pretty expensive if you want a good amount of CPU power. Typically, the outgoing Mac Pro has been priced at about $2000 plus the CPU cost (or more), with the entry CPU being a few hundred bucks (and really not worth buying), and that’s without the dual high-powered workstation GPUs that the new Mac Pro will apparently have standard. Today's totally predictable headline (for your consideration)
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Microsoft shows off some numbers, and one reveals very much. This news item best viewed on Internet Explorer
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Google has open sourced Gumbo, an HTML parsing library written in C. Gumbo adheres to the HTML5 parsing algorithm, passing all html5lib-0.95 tests, and has been tested on 2.5 billion pages indexed by Google. There's no okra in there, is there? I'm allergic.
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Orange County files lawsuit to recover damages from offshore firm in tax system rewrite {shocked, totally shocked} Who could have seen that coming?
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Over 98% of our business comes from repeat clients
Yup, as in, we needed an extra $8 mil. And another. And another.
Marc
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Yes indeed but doesn't $8m to start with sound very low. A proper due diligence should have spotted that. I don't know the scope of work but check out what similar systems cost.
Peter Wasser
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa
modified 13-Aug-13 21:16pm.
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Apart from other miscalculations and lapses of management, I'm willing to bet they didn't use an agile process (i.e. several small deliverables at regular intervals).
/ravi
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6000 pages of specs, and nothing to show for it? I'm definitely tempted to agree with you.
This is the worst of waterfall, combined with the worst of government-managed project, I think. Made worse by the mindset of many a consultant ("just keep doing it while they keep paying").
This is why IT has a bad rep in various circles, IMO.
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Are you kidding me?? Their process was very agile! "Are they still paying? ... Then ask for more! Otherwise, RUN!!!..."
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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and our other headlines...
Pope admits to being Catholic.
Bear found defecating in wood.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Microsoft officials say the company now has 16 billion-dollar businesses inside the company. We know what 15 of them are. Carl Sagan would be proud
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Mary Jo's gotten old. 
Marc
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I didn't know that you had plans for the two of you to be an item? :P
Or did you mean that her topics and/or style have gotten old? Yeah, she hasn't been the same since when she was riding the buses around campus to get leads. Still, she's one of the few writers who consistently covers the Fish Shoppe. I know I can't find too many young/hip types who do; I can't imagine why.
I'll try to leave her off for a while, though. Unless she does have something useful to say. Or I'm short of items. Or I think of a blurb that amuses me.
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I go through periods of reading old items from MJ. It's worth it to go through old predictions to see what has come to fruition and what got kicked into touch. If Marc wants an intro though, I can put him in touch with her.
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If you've ever been mystified by how Google knows what you're looking for before you even finish typing your query into the search box, or had voice search on Android recognize exactly what you said even though you're in a noisy subway, chances are you have Jeff Dean and the Systems Infrastructure Group to thank for it. "Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate."
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April's Software Test Professionals Conference ended with a panel discussion about the future of the industry. Rex Black said agile methods were "picking up steam." His colleague on the panel, Cem Kaner, a professor of software engineering at Florida Institute of Technology, replied that agile software development is, on the other hand, already mainstream, and those not already doing agile are in danger of being left behind. Let's talk about it during tomorrow's stand-up meeting.
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