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I do think Bill Gates was on to something. From a UI perspective, a pen/touch screen is superior in that it removes one level of indirection in a UI paradigm that is attempting to …

I went to a public university in my state (NC) and a top 20 public CS grad school - so I can recommend them. I have also worked with a lot of folks from all the other top CS grad p…

Following closely on the heels of DNF!

Actually, there was a recent article on YC news about the large number of discoveries that were made independently at almost the same time. Our made-for-tv histories usually show a…

Here is a pop-sci version of some recent research: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-secret-to-raising-sm... However, this isn't particularly surprising. Research on "grandma…

Recent evidence tends to indicate that 'not smart enough' is probably a myth. Almost everything can be attributed to exposure and effort at some point rather than some innate smart…

One of the biggest drawbacks for me is the crazy assumption that I should check out directly from their repository and use whatever half baked thing happens to be in there at the t…

We went to a financial planner and he projected how much it would cost to send our kids to college. He plotted out these graphs and then told us "we'll assume that college costs co…

OK, that's good to know. However, that's my general experience with Pylons. The documentation would seem to recommend AuthKit. For example, see http://wiki.pylonshq.com/ . The top …

I tried pylons not too long ago. I liked the general idea but I ran into several problems. Building the sample didn't work out of the gate and I had to dig around the site to figur…

This title makes no sense. Was Fonzie jumping over a more popular show disguised as a shark? Let's mix some metaphors!

I think this is mostly bogus. Consider the research presented in recent articles like: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-secret-to-raising-sm... This division into 3 kinds of…

The back button problem is on the main splash page. It looks like you are doing some kind of javascript redirection. So there are actually two entries in history. When you go back …

If you're looking at Python frameworks - TurboGears also has built in Identity Management. http://docs.turbogears.org/1.0/IdentityManagement?action=sho... Then there is the AuthKit…

Yeah, but he could ask the questions in any order!

The funny thing is that, for once, most people probably agree with Balmer's original statement. I don't see how Facebook could not be a fad. Unlike Google or even Microsoft, they a…

I mostly agree with you and Google has already been accused of mixing paid listings into their search results. However, it seems that search engines are really sensitive to being l…

As another poster mentioned - guess what happens when you try to block things and the blocking becomes common. Think spam or popups. If there are financial incentives, the advertis…

They actually have search? I was trying to find an article the other day and looked all over for a search box. I finally had to resort to a Google site search.

I still think this quote from the Hamming article points to one of the biggest opportunities for making a difference across all fields (at least for a programmer): "Since from the …

Wow, I've never read that. Here's my favorite section: 'Since from the time of Newton to now, we have come close to doubling knowledge every 17 years, more or less. And we cope wit…

If you actually look at how people use email you will find quite a bit of diversity. However, one of the common threads in email usage is task management. This highlights one of th…

Hmm, let me think about the primary apps people around my office use when they want to get work done (instead of goofing off on the web). Artists: Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. Code…