Amen

This is one of the most naive comments I've ever seen on Slashdot. Do not let your own biases or insecurities stand in the way of acknowledging Job's visionary product brilliance was by far and large the most significant variable.

Well put Sir.

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I get it bro. Every question should be entertained with equal vigor and seriousness.
Is obama a muslim? I think we have a right to know though.
Is it true that Mindcontrolled (1388007) raped a girl in high school? Again it's a fair question... And I attacking me for asking it is a logical fallacy.
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Pushing politically agenda's in the guise of intellectual curiosity, is dishonest. I don't think many here are falling for it.

I still don't understand. If my site is hosted in a rack in Colo A, and users access it, it goes out via the same pipes.

Are you talking specifically if I have 3rd party widgets embedded in your site? Because in the scenario above (Colo A), I don't see how it helps vs using a regular CDN.

I think one may find that the opposite behavior occurs as an unintended consequence. In other words its legitimatizes the trolling to a mere monetary payment. A beneficial setup indeed for a troll with excess funds.

Thanks that pretty interesting. I didn't make the connection before between global and local maximisation.

Some interesting links there, however I'm unable to see how it was the Atheism that lead to the killing of others.

Islamic Jihad or the Old Testament have calls to violence. Is it fair to link 9/11 to religious zealotry? I'm not sure and I didn't make a claim, but it must be said I think most people would agree it is linked (rightly so or not). I'd be interested on your view.

http://atheism.about.com/od/isatheismdangerous/a/AtheismKilled.htm

Amen.

Furthermore there has never been a war waged in the name of Atheism.

Oh and invent cold fusion, cure cancer and end all wars.

Or they could buy a label.

Hmmm .. choice choices.

I don't think factually anyone can say he is a loser by any objective measure. I suspect it might make you feel better to see him as one though.

I find his loyalty refreshing and principled. He could quite easily get a much hotter GF.

Furthermore I have huge respect for the force behind Facebook. Visionaries always have many real losers (as in those that continually fail to make any meaningful success or impact on the world) who are insecure about themselves and project that on.

You probably won't read up on it more...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance

Not obvious.

Because it may reduce heat / sound energy emanating from your shoe by 1Watt.

Says the rocket scientist. For my mom it is a complete mystery.

This highlights the issue of building a business around open API's.

Techie's naively celebrate openness and API's and a lets "build together" attitude, but when a corporate entity ultimately controls the whole ecosystem, your neat business idea is vulnerable to failure as it's built on a stack of cards.

API's are techie solutions. The real world continues to use commercial contracts to enforce partners to behave. The Web 2.0 movement would be wise to address the thinking around this going forward.

Agreed. They have no economic moat. Buffet would not touch them.