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I agree -- becoming too attached to existing tools is a major drag industry-wide. Even if it's well-designed in the beginning, which from what I've seen is extremely rare, it tends…

If this were another TransMeta, I'd agree, but the situation is quite different, because Intel is very early in their learning curve on graphics, and nVidia is quite far along in t…

I don't think that's accurate. The instruction decoders on x86 processors consume a lot of silicon. x86's instruction retirement also imposes additional overhead due to book-keepin…

That depends on the market, I think. AFAIK most of the dissatisfaction with Atom is due to its power consumption rather than its performance, so an ARM with comparable computing po…

No, he isn't. Tools need to be a high priority, or else they end up being crap. Amazon, Disney, Northrup Grumman, SAIC... all of the big companies I've worked for had the same prob…

My experience at amazon would fail the Joel Spolsky test: Do you use source control? yes Can you make a build in one step? almost Do you make daily builds? I think so Do you have a…

"Could it be that once you reach a certain level of size in any organization bureaucracy and complexity turns up?" I would tend to agree with that, although I've seen startups run …

One must take under consideration the definition of "smart" first. I had a co-worker who had memorized a raftload of facts without actually understanding many of them. She frequent…

While I agree your sentiment that degrees and IQ have next to nothing to do with whether or not someone is actually smart, have a look at current culture and at corporate america. …

No matter how you slice it, they're selling you something that they already sold to someone else.

IMO this is actually a problem. We're so used to being treated like crap that we take it for granted and accept it. If you have six widget, and you sell seven, you have to give the…

Almost every flight during peak travel periods is oversold, which means that the airlines are selling more seats than they have (which sounds like fraud, since if you end up in an …

I have to call BS on that. He bought the tickets, so how does not using them make him no longer a customer? If they gave him a refund (ha!), then yes... otherwise, no.

Yep -- I worked for a (crappy and hopefully defunct) company that used it.

It is still true. Google is an exception, it's certainly not the rule.

He'd have a lot more luck with a portfolio than without. You don't really have any sort of a shot at getting hired for most creative jobs without a portfolio.

Though I agree about the solid part, I think MS bought rather than made Xenix.

Note the "probable cause" part. The TSA doesn't have probably cause for most of its harassment, and there is definitely no probable cause to justify molesting children whose parent…

It doesn't even need tapered ends, as long as it's sturdy. Heck, a well-trained person's hands can be quite deadly to someone not wearing armor... and if you know what you're doing…

X-Ray technicians also hide behind lead-lined walls, so when they're irradiating you they're doing so while protected. The TSA screeners are just standing next to the machines and …

The right type of wood can also make for quite an effective weapon, especially in the right hands.

* If everyone going through an airport fully believed that these checks are an efficient way to ensure our safety in the air, far less people would have a problem.* Given that the …

The doctor has to convince the patient that the test is necessary. The TSA agent can ignore any evidence of the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of patdowns and doesn't need to obta…

"Hurting someone hurts yourself", bullshit. Revenge is sweet. Revenge has nothing to do with self-defense.

Why is this behavior (bullying) tolerated in school? My theory is denial. Parents of bullies don't want to admit that their kids are doing wrong, and the parents of victims don't w…