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for someone like me, who is familiar with vim, but not-so-familiar with emacs, it would help if you would specify which features you are looking for more specifically. My guess wou…

I thought the history of Apples profit margins were interesting. What happened in Q3 2010 when it was last this low? http://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/gross_profit_margin

And if it's the actual hardware, rather than the software/firmware, I guess they'll offer free replacements in the Apple Stores for anyone who has the problem? Sure, it's a hassle …

I found the checkout process needlessly confusing. The split between the first and second page once I clicked was not clear to me, and the name of the button beside the price box w…

I don't agree that the question changes. I would argue that the fact that Fortran enshrined the convention is a more relevant answer than the answer to why Fortran picked that rang…

Exactly. Getting a working mental model, even if it's not very exact, does wonders for the ability to experiment. The problem is, most people get an explanation of what the differe…

No, at least not without you telling me why someone needs to hold on to the information. In what way is that obvious?

Actually, if one is to believe the media over here, the rape charges have been dropped. The molestation ones still remain, though.

I don't think the German soldiers speaking English is a research problem, so it seems to be a rather contrived illustration of your point. Whereas I can see your point, I don't par…

Did anyone honestly believe that use of the VoIP in background API was going to be allowed for non-VoIP stuff, though? Having said that, the rest of the story seems conflicting and…

Makes me wonder about the role of the brush/pen. Is it just an extension of the finger, or does it bring more than that to the artist using it? Considering the comments on the page…

I, for one, thought this was a good summary of how the Apple camp looks at the issue right now, whether you agree with that interpretation or not.

This really doesn't add anything that hasn't been said in the earlier posts here on this particular topic.

With respect, I think a lot of reasoning individuals who are Apple customers like or are at least indifferent to the walled garden approach. Just as those saying that they get bett…

I agree with you, except I don't know that a lot of iPhone 4 users consider this a huge issue. I remember people getting upset about slight color imperfections in the iPods a coupl…

Just like there are people not being able to reproduce the problem on their iPhone 4.

In what way has Apple forgot that their customers are reasoning individuals? I don't see how you come to that conclusion in this case, but you seem to argue that this has happened …

I'm sorry, but do you honestly compare the Droid X eFuse story, which has been written about in select geek blogs to some extent to the iPhone 4 reception story, which has occupied…

With those support call numbers about the issue and the return rates for the phone, it doesn't seem to be unavoidable to most people.

I took a course in philosophy during my Cognitive Science studies, and our course book ( http://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Mind-Anthology-John-Heil/dp... ) was really useful, since …

I bought GEB when I was 13, mostly because I liked the Escher paintings. I was hooked after reading the first Achilles/Turtle episode, though, and even though many concepts went ov…

Is there something fundamentally different in the approach taken in Froyo that makes for this kind of speed improvement?

It's somewhat redundant, since the domain part is missing from the title, but that being said, I really prefer the prefix as well.

My first resource to get to grips with Cocoa programming was the Hillegass book pointed out elsewhere. But when starting the iPhone focus, the Stanford iPhone Programming Lectures …