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Funny Story... For a good 20 some years, there was a wonderful conference dedicated to hacking on the Macintosh called 'MacHack' that was traditionally held in Dearborn, Michigan (…

Ha indeed... Started clicking around on it expecting to edit text, or turn a page, or SOMETHING... Started looking for javascript errors thinking Safari had crapped the bed, as it …

Never use your own money! Borrow and lose other people's money. It's the American Way! wink (Note: I am an American, and thus reserve the right to poke myself in the eye.) (While t…

I think he means attempting to solve the 'symmetric multiprocessing' problem using threads, rather than using threads for sensible things like IO-forking/event-driven, asynchronous…

Righty-o. Didn't mean to sound annoyed, but there has been a bit more Craigslist-y trolling-for-programmers-for-hire than usual lately it seems, and that kinda stuff needs some tro…

Was there a question being asked here? If you are looking for a programmer-for-hire, there are freelance sites for that sort of thing. This isn't even an hard/interesting problem, …

malapropism... think he meant 'obscene'.

Technically, HE himself, as in Plato, first person, never says 'the physical world is bad'. However, if you study his work, you will find that this notion is indeed carried out in …

You've missed the admittedly rather subtle point I was trying to make, and have assumed I meant that iPods and iPhones were 'credible alternatives to a computer'. The reason for my…

This just in: Apple ALSO selling more iPods and iPhones than Macs! Compelling! After the break: the shocking story of a Bear who shits in the woods, and is the Space Pope REALLY re…

Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu. Practical and Powerful. Great lineage. Check it out.

Scheme.

Absolutely...I mean, look how Sergei and Brin's and Steve and Steve's ventures turned out... sheesh.

Aye, and don't forget the loss of the Library at Alexandria... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_at_Alexandria

yeah perhaps I drew him into this one, but "innate quality of human organic compounds" seemed like a bit of human elitism to me. To which I say "hey buddy, just because we are (app…

Bah....I call bullshit. This is pure anthropomorphism. Humans think they are the shit, but in fact they are only story-telling animals (which does give us an evolutionary advantage…

Can't wait... G.R.R. Martin is terrific. Heard some rumor that HBO or showtime was making a live-action series based upon the books. Love the gritty realities of his novel... Never…

condolences, man... bummer. My Apple ][c is still kicking!