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• Posted here by stak at 2011-07-21 16:27:16
  Also, I just realized today that Leopard/Snow Leopard themselves are inconsis...
• Posted here by varun at 2011-07-21 09:04:21
  Ahhhh, yes, that's true, they do have guts. Witness the killing of the ipod m...
• Posted here by stak at 2011-07-21 08:09:21
  I'm using a physical metaphor to describe what happens, not to argue that it'...
• Posted here by varun at 2011-07-20 22:41:18
  Ohhh, I see, you're using a physical metaphor. And I have to say that unless ...
• Posted here by stak at 2011-07-20 21:50:23
  Yes, it is a togglable option. Dragging up to show more of the lower porti...
• Posted here by varun at 2011-07-20 16:15:01
  Wait, what? Dragging down showing more of the lower portion of the document [...
• Posted here by varun at 2011-07-04 21:50:18
  Two thoughts: 1. In your opinion, what viable alternative is there for compa...
• Posted here by stak at 2011-06-17 21:20:04
  1. Good point. That's kind of what I meant by avoiding single points of failu...
• Posted here by varun at 2011-06-17 16:02:50
  Gah, sorry. Re: point 2 - what I meant is, curious why you picked Napster as ...
• Posted here by varun at 2011-06-17 16:01:33
  Three thoughts came to mind: 1. In addition to robustness, decentralizatio...
• Posted here by Varun at 2011-06-10 22:35:17
  Hasn't Amazon ended up standardizing this in many ways? Other providers (Ubun...
• Posted here by stak at 2011-06-10 09:21:49
  [url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/06/10/businessinsi...
• Posted here by stak at 2011-03-15 16:36:59
  Yeah, that makes sense.
• Posted here by Varun at 2011-03-15 16:32:44
  That too. I can see many places where faith is useful in applied economics - ...
• Posted here by stak at 2011-03-15 15:51:47
  Hm, interesting idea.. faith might be wired precisely because it is useful. i...
• Posted here by Varun at 2011-03-15 15:17:21
  Or maybe the story is backwards: humans are wired to have faith, and religion...
• Posted here by stak at 2011-02-24 16:25:05
  i have own backup system. obviously it failed, and that's entirely my fault. ...
• Posted here by Varun at 2011-02-24 16:05:17
  . . . *heart failure* May I ask why?
• Posted here by stak at 2011-02-24 15:26:02
  I was using Mac OS, but not Time Machine.
• Posted here by stak at 2011-02-24 15:17:39
  I can live for a week without a laptop, but not right now. Too many deadlines...