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Magnin

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    Comment #3884698

    Yes, but I was disappointed that he didn't at least change the password so that future FTP connections from the bots were refused.

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    Comment #3879292

    He doesn't work for one either: his boss (Chancellor) is an EE. http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/about/index.html

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    Comment #3356754

    Here Here! Why? 1) Lower Barrier to building Nuclear reactors (No Not-in-my-backyard in China) 2) Government fast-mover advantage. China's government can ram through approvals in a…

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    Comment #3184328

    Also: If you want Programming Tutuorial Videos, check out http://www.thenewboston.com

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    Comment #3184315

    While I like Khan Academy in general for their Math lectures, the selection of CS lectures leaves much to be desired IMO. What they call "Computer Science" I call "Intro Programmin…

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    Comment #2945557

    They don't want to do that. Marching you past the 1st class passengers already sitting with their drinks is advertising!

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    Comment #2903690

    "You are the company that names your beta builds after candy, ice cream, and sugared cereals. Apple names their betas after things that will eat your things along with the tasty hu…

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    Comment #2851559

    A high-speed pulsing current running nearby.... Should throw off radio and/or magnetic waves along with the light.

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    Comment #2851548

    Edison only had you beat by 100 years https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Photophone

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    Comment #2851533

    Or you have a "networked" light socket in each room and a discovery protocol to figure out what room to route the data to. More work on the initial infrastructure side, but then yo…

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    Comment #2851520

    You'd network your light sockets to get around the room-to-room issue. Each room would have a light bulb "port". Some simple communication could then figure out which room your in …

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    Comment #2818127

    My parents actually pulled us out of PRIVATE school and put us into PUBLIC school because we were outpacing the curriculum, being bored, and losing interest. My sister got to 4th g…

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    Comment #2152616

    Need an Alan Turing, Larry Wall, Stroustrup. Maybe Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Dan Bricklin (VisiCalc), Charles Babbage, John von Neumann, Rear Admiral Grace Hopper.

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    Comment #2129116

    I love that he protests the "He is not a lawyer" with "Some of my blog posts have been recommended by leading legal websites"

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    Comment #2120153

    So they want "Corporate Free Speech" and now "Right to privacy"..... If corporations are people, and you can't own people... then every stockholder is a Slave owner and the Stock e…

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    Comment #1989568

    Ok, so buying it and immediately putting it back into the bank is not nice... but what about people who pay cash for everything? Would it be worth it instead of pulling the cash ou…