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Just because an individual is browsing HN does not mean the individual is procrastinating. Please consult a dictionary for an accurate definition of the term.

"The African says: what's electricity?" That should read "The Africa says, ' What electricity?'" We certainly know what electricity is; we've heard of it and understand its usefuln…

"Wow!...It seems obvious now..." What a vigorous hand-wave! How, pray tell is it obvious?

I am aware of the serious debate on the issue. But that's sort of the point I am trying to make: One approach seeks to recognise individual genius for what it is: the gift of a sin…

Well. I am in favour of personality cults. I'm an ardent believer in personal responsibility. Personality cults encourage us to focus on our own performance and perfecting our own …

"You've fallen for it. Ives is the designer, not Jobs. Woz was the technological wizard, not Jobs." I don't think I've fallen for anything (in fact, I made strong mention of Ives w…

"I'm extremely uneasy reading things that make any individual such an icon...Please can we let this personality cult dissipate..." Personality cults are much more important than yo…

Here's a relevant article by MarkCC (PhD, Google), on "The Glorious Horror of TECO". http://scientopia.org/blogs/goodmath/2010/11/30/the-glorious...

> Nokia was close to launching N9? Where does that information come from? The post is written by former Nokia exec, Tomi Ahonen. It might be reasonable to assume he had/has insider…

> You're confusing "quality literature" with "books people like to read." I'm not confusing anything. The comment I responded to stated that "books have become commodities. They no…

> They no longer compete on quality but rather with cost. I'm not certain that books ever competed on quality. A cursory glance at the NY Times best-seller list of the past few yea…

"Math textbooks are not cheap." Actually, they are free . I am a graduate student in Mathematics and there is no book, on any level of mathematics that I have been unable to find f…

The single-page version of the article is http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/print/2010/12/the-haza... (My apologies for not linking to it in the first place)