Ok, this is mostly off topic, but speaking of Windows and consistency:
It drives me nuts that Visual Studio.NET does _not_ use F7 as the default for 'build'. Every Windows IDE since the dawn of time (or at least since Turbo Pascal) has used F7 to build. Why the hell did they change it?
(yes, I know you can change the defaults, but that doesn't help when I'm pair programming at a new hire's terminal and I take control for a second)
I think you are way off base with school teachers - they definitely deliver a valuable service to the community. But you do have a point - currency does not equal wealth.
I sometimes think that currency creates as many problems as it solves. Yes, it liberated us from the terribly inefficient barter system. But in a barter economy, people profit only from producing a good or service that adds value to the community. You are rewarded for growing food, or sewing clothes, or teaching the children.
After currency was introduced, it became possible to profit from transactions based soley on increasing currency, transactions in which no valuable goods are produced. How does correctly speculating on next month's dollar to woolong exchange rate add any value to society as a whole? And why is that skill worth more than the ability to build a house?
This summary immediately made me think of "A New Kind of Science." Both books are apparently about how seemingly complex behavior may actually follow very simple rules. I strongly suspect that this one, like ANKoS, presents interesting theories, while glossing over the inconsistencies and failing to provide any rigorous proofs.
I doubt that. Unlike most Dot Bombs, he does have an actual product that people are willing to pay money for. Of all the bug tracking systems I've used so far, Fogbugz is definitely the nicest.
What they need to do is figure out how to distribute the excess heat over the internet.
Then in exchange for running the climate prediction model, you get can hot water for your tea on demand.
For years, I thought it was "for all intensive purposes." I assumed it meant something like "in any serious situation."
I blame my parents for their poor diction.
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I live across the street from the S.F. Mint. Looks like it's time to do some dumpster diving...
> "can't we pick somebody else who at least didn't kill people and steal their land?"
Um, do we have any of those?
Ok, this is mostly off topic, but speaking of Windows and consistency: .NET does _not_ use F7 as the default for 'build'. Every Windows IDE since the dawn of time (or at least since Turbo Pascal) has used F7 to build. Why the hell did they change it?
It drives me nuts that Visual Studio
(yes, I know you can change the defaults, but that doesn't help when I'm pair programming at a new hire's terminal and I take control for a second)
I think you are way off base with school teachers - they definitely deliver a valuable service to the community. But you do have a point - currency does not equal wealth.
I sometimes think that currency creates as many problems as it solves. Yes, it liberated us from the terribly inefficient barter system. But in a barter economy, people profit only from producing a good or service that adds value to the community. You are rewarded for growing food, or sewing clothes, or teaching the children.
After currency was introduced, it became possible to profit from transactions based soley on increasing currency, transactions in which no valuable goods are produced. How does correctly speculating on next month's dollar to woolong exchange rate add any value to society as a whole? And why is that skill worth more than the ability to build a house?
This summary immediately made me think of "A New Kind of Science."
Both books are apparently about how seemingly complex behavior may actually follow very simple rules. I strongly suspect that this one, like ANKoS, presents interesting theories, while glossing over the inconsistencies and failing to provide any rigorous proofs.
I doubt that. Unlike most Dot Bombs, he does have an actual product that people are willing to pay money for. Of all the bug tracking systems I've used so far, Fogbugz is definitely the nicest.
I just _knew_ I had to get this game when it came out. Boy was I wrong.
Haven't read Wolfram yet: what's "this?" Distributed computing? Climate Change? Slashdot?
What they need to do is figure out how to distribute the excess heat over the internet. Then in exchange for running the climate prediction model, you get can hot water for your tea on demand.
Sounds kind of like the Personal Brain with some MRU sorting.
For years, I thought it was "for all intensive purposes." I assumed it meant something like "in any serious situation."
I blame my parents for their poor diction.