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MBAs have glossy displays too, right? That would be a turn off for me.

If? Programming languages are one of the most religious prone components of the geek ecosystem.

Yes, we should complain to the AAAA. The tried and true American Association for Acronym Abuse can help there.

The Master and Margarita is very good, but you have to take care with which translation you pick up. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_and_Margarita#Englis...

Not necessarily. When I was watching the match, whole parts of the image were hidden by reflection. If you can control the illumination around you, then maybe you have a point. But…

I don't understand your reaction. Perhaps someone has a good explanation or comment that could help people who can't cope with glossy...

I'd like to share my pet peeve against glossy displays, because nowadays it is hard to find notebooks with matte displays. I suppose people like (or don't mind) glossy displays, wh…

Sylvia Nasar wrote a nice article about the Conjecture: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/08/28/060828fa_fact2 'Nevertheless, Perelman told Ball that he had no intention of acc…

I'm very sorry to hear about your problem. I hope you keep investigating and find out what it is. If you haven't read it yet, maybe "The Medical Detectives" could inspire you. Jon …

Do read it. Martin Gardner's notes are so enlightning and funny. Alas, sad news indeed.

I'm not sure Apple is ahead on backup & restore with the iPhone / iPad. You shouldn't need a desktop (with an OS that runs iTunes) in the first place. I read that the first thing y…

My uni had a copy, complete with the "barfbag". This classic book is worth a look. Funny and well-written, including the anti-preface by Dennis Ritchie. I'm a UNIX lover, btw :-)

I'm not sure that a good name has to be "Illustrative of our service". This can be good or bad, depending on the case. I personally favor names that can let you change course in th…

How old is h264? When will the patents expire?

Window controls (max, min, close) on the right of the window title?? I hope they switch them back to the left. EDIT: my mistake, I meant, why switch to the left?

I'm so glad! He groks security and UNIX extremely well, I find his software a joy to use. I know he has several detractors, but that doesn't prevent his ideas to spread, albeit slo…

Not the best forum to ask, but just in case there are any Ruby ppl reading... Honest questions (I like Ruby): * Is there an ETA for 1.9.2? * Are major, minor & patch level numbers …

As the article says, malfunctioning isn't a privilege of the body, minds can do it too. So the word "pathetic" is uncalled for. William Styron wrote a fantastic book about what it …

IMO, this argument is a red-herring: you can write bad code in any language. Perl lit is awesome and erudite: the best idioms are described in the Cookbook. Programming Perl is a j…

Never stopped liking it, but at some point I got tired of waiting for v6 and moved on to Ruby (mostly because of Rails) and some FP. v6 would fix everything that I find irksome on …

I think this poem was present in Programming Perl, 1st edition, which covers Perl 4.

If I recall correctly, Perl poetry should parse, there's no need for it to do something useful.

That's why I liked Perl so much, the community & culture were (are) great. Take a look at the first issues of The Perl Journal as well.

Nokia seems to be desperate. Maybe they think their situation is hopeless?