Comment YES! Tax the Microsoft Word (Score 1) 388
Microsoft Word is a kind of robot that takes the jobs of the secretaries.
We have to have the secretaries back!
Comment My 5 minutes back, please. (Score 1) 215
Nobody sits like that and the video is too long.
The chair takes forever to be destroyed, my suggestion is to use C-4.
Comment Re:Again this BS? (Score 1) 375
Brasilian cars can easilly handle this mixture:
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Comment Radio is complaining too... (Score 1) 118
"A radio executive told a major conference that radio audiences are slipping away into TV. Soap operas and recent news footage are taking the traditional radio audience and radio is struggling to fight back."
Comment Whatever, I have work to do... (Score 1) 344
What comes with Ubuntu by default is good enough for me.
Comment Easiest way of reducing piracy using the Law! (Score 1) 373
Easy:
Make a law prohibiting advertisement about any kind of music or movie.
The Apple Two 643
theodp writes "Over at Slate, Tim Wu argues that the iPad is Steve Jobs' final victory over Steve Wozniak. Apple's origins were pure Woz, but the Mac, the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad are the products of the company's other Steve. Jobs' ideas have always been in tension with Woz's brand of idealism and openness. Crazy as it seems, Apple Inc. — the creator of the personal computer — is leading the effort to exterminate it. And somewhere, deep inside, Woz must realize what the release of the iPad signifies: The company he once built now, officially, no longer exists."
Comment Re:Impossible to test (Score 1) 499
> Open - let lots of folk see what could be wrong
I second this. For safety, all control source code inside a car should be able to be studied, tested and analyzed by the market, academia, competitors, and even worried customers.
Manager's Schedule vs. Maker's Schedule 274
theodp writes "Ever wonder why you and the boss don't see eye-to-eye on the importance of meetings? Paul Graham explains that there are Maker Schedules (coder) and Manager Schedules (PHB), and the two are very different. With each day neatly cut into one-hour intervals, the Manager Schedule is for bosses and is tailor-made for schmoozing. Unfortunately, it spells disaster for people who make things, like programmers and writers, who generally prefer to use time in units of half a day at least. You can't write or program well in units of an hour, says Graham, since that's barely enough time to get started. So if you fall into the Maker camp, adds Graham, you better hope your boss is smart enough to recognize that you need long chunks of time to work in. How's that working out in your world?" Ironically enough, I have a meeting to attend in three minutes.
Comment Re:King Kong Defence? (Score 1) 685
Where can I find a torrent of the King Kong defense?
Comment Re:Twenty Years Ago... (Score 1) 526
Twenty years ago I was 12. By then I was writing basic and assembly code for my TRS80 Model I. Apart from that your comment is exactly what I would say.
I can't think of myself developing software and making good money here in Brazil if I was not able to build things over the free software base.
I can't think of myself developing software and making good money here in Brazil if I was not able to build things over the free software base.
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