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optimal

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    Comment #436215

    What's strange is that I have 27 double-verified email addresses on my webapp that are on the myspace.com domain already since 2007. Myspace employees or what?

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    Comment #180023

    Some of the discussion is reminiscent of the "A Mathematician's Lament" essay: http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_03_08.html

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    Comment #179876

    This you? http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/Police/news/printartic...

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    Comment #179652

    My words probably mislead--I should have said "workplace." I'm a mercenary. ;) In my market the money's in .NET. The customers are all very nice people who appreciate my efforts, a…

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    Comment #179383

    How come nobody mentioned business? Microsoft is about the enterprise. I think many criticize Microsoft from a consumer standpoint, but the CEO of Microsoft is going to know where …

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    Comment #168620

    "Craigslist doesn't have an open system. Craigslist blocks ip's of those accessing there system through a web application and they send out lots of cease and desist notices" Screw …

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    Comment #168544

    Hey axod, comment and a question: I believe Remember the Milk would fall into this category. Does anybody know how they're doing? Back in March they said they're up to 500k users. …

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    Comment #168532

    I'm sure there are people who can shout louder than everybody else, but this may be one of those cases where the best way to achieve something, is to do something else first. [I ha…

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    Comment #168439

    That's so awesome. "Fit for life" is a good mantra, because fitness--a balance of stamina and strength--improves every aspect of life.

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    Comment #168437

    I agree--I find the light of halogen lamps to be crisp and without the hazy effect of traditional incandescent bulbs, making it easier to work for long periods of time without exce…

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    Comment #167389

    The hook seems to be tying "kids" to "millions"--must draw lots of eyeballs (like the last time around). Maybe AARP has a business publication that would like to profile all these …

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    Comment #167375

    Yeah, it's like BW is blinded by the numbers--that money's not a personal gift to the founders (from "holed up alone in a room for 100 hours a week" to "Funding: $17.5 million"). R…

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    Comment #167343

    Move more, eat less. It really is that simple. If you want to lose weight you need to include both exercise and proper nutrition in your life (I don't like the word "diet"). Runnin…

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    Comment #142855

    Another related movie (was on Sundance this past weekend): http://www.we-feed-the-world.at/en/film.htm

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    Comment #142841

    If you're interested, drop me a line and I'll send you a couple of bready links (written while preheating the oven--pizza's about to go in!). Here's a guy who's doing good things w…

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    Comment #142826

    mos, have you seen _Local Breads_, by Daniel Leader? Just got it from the library and will try his baguettes tomorrow.

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    Comment #142532

    Let your employer fund your ideas through your paycheck--they don't own your nights and weekends. I find the hardest challenge when I start a part-time project is staying motivated…

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    Comment #142412

    What about the availability of credit? It's probably easier to buy the big TV on credit now than to steal it.

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    Comment #142123

    Practice your best, and you won't be bested by your practices. - The Sphinx

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    Comment #141992

    Talk about the talkers. I think I remember that being some kind of warning sign.

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    Comment #140426

    New Einstein dropped out, built and sold his "Hot Physicist or Not?" startup, and now just likes to kick back and listen to some choons.

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    Comment #140415

    Great story. I was trying to track down the name after reading the Clarke thread (though Asimov wrote it, not Clarke).

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    Comment #139381

    Really? I think it's more like a mini-MySpace: tell the world what you're up to (in excruciating detail). If so I'd expect it to catch on with the same demographic.

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    Comment #138176

    More thoughts please on a system with both many reads and many writes and an ever-changing order (i.e., sorted by dynamic rankings instead of "time posted," a constant)!

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    Comment #137573

    Try this one after that: http://youtube.com/watch?v=sEbgB6X6S5c