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cmcguinness Dec 27, 1:21 AM These Pictures Of Apple's First Employees Are Absolutely Wonderful
Except there was no integrated screen in the Apple 2. Other computers of the era had integrated screens, but not the Apple... Dec 14, 12:12 AM 4 Reasons RadioShack Is In A Death Spiral The stores are such a strange combination of consumer goods and electronics parts. It's kind of like if Victoria Secret combined with Joanne Fabrics -- lingerie in the front, bolts of cloth and sewing machines in the back. Shame, because as another commenter noted, when you need components on the weekend where else can you go? Dec 11, 3:31 PM 12 Sayings Only People From California Will Understand
The whole "The 5 southbound" (not south, FWIW) thing makes more sense when you realize the freeways have proper names in common usage. Just like people in NJ will say "the turnpike", people in LA will say "the Pasadena freeway". That sets the pattern for "The". Although it's not 100% in my experience, especially as the subject of the sentence ("10 eastbound is backing up at ...."). I'm sure there's a Ph.D. in this for somebody. Dec 11, 12:16 AM Step Inside Frank Sinatra's Upper East Side Penthouse, Where Hollywood Icons Used To Party
Wow, that's the most expensive location I've seen decorated with finds from TJ Maxx. Dec 10, 12:10 PM Applebee's Just Killed The Most Annoying Thing About Eating Out I guess the top issue for Applebee's customers is "I can't stand to spend one more second in this place than I absolutely have to"? Or is it really about things like speeding table turns, keeping the staff from handling cash, and reducing most of the operations to just runners and bussers? I always distrust companies that start with "our customers have asked us to" do something that's clearly a win for the company, not the customer. Nov 18, 2:07 PM Bitcoin Explodes To 666 After Comments From Bernanke
The author suggest that people have obligations in bitcoins but that through various activities (silk road bust, cyber theft, etc.) they have lost the bitcoins to pay them and must now buy at any price. Not technically a short, but certainly a squeeze if she is right. Oct 28, 12:08 PM Google Has Gone 'Dark': The Search Giant Just Ended A Bunch Of Free Data And People Are Freaking Out
It's a stretch to say that it affects "mom and pop" web sites; if all you are interested in is traffic to your home page, Google's Webmaster Tools are free and comprehensive. Similarly, if all you want to know is how many people came to individual pages because of search, that information is still present. Where you run into difficulties is in knowing what search terms were used to get to which pages, and where each page ranks in those search terms. At the moment I'm seeing about a third of searches are "dark" Google searches, but I guess we can expect that number to grow over time, I'm sure.
Despite all the caterwauling, the reality is that the constant shifts in Google's behavior is what keeps the practitioners of voodoo SEO in business. SEO is kind of like Bitcoin: there's only so many good search rankings to be had, and getting them becomes harder and harder seemingly on purpose. Oct 21, 2:23 PM Here's The Famous Management Book That Says The Plan To Fix Obamacare Will Be A Disaster
There's any number of software engineering rules of thumb they appear to have violated, and no doubt a few new ones will come out of this experience.
If they are smart, they will launch two independent projects. Project one is "fix" and project two is "replace". Project one is to get the system as-is working well enough to limp through the enrollment. Project two is to invoke the 80-20 rule and figure out the 20% they really need immediately and try to build a clean system to do just that.
But if they were smart they wouldn't be in this situation. Oct 13, 9:32 AM Republicans Aren't The 'Daddy Party' Anymore
Ad hominem attacks again? OK, whatever.
The GOP also signed off on a rise social security deductions for all working people. Feel free to fact check that :-). Under W, the GOP was the party of spend more and cut taxes, now they're the party of spend less and raise taxes. There's no intellectual integrity there.
I will allow the last word in this, however ungracious and insulting you wish to be. Reply away! Oct 13, 9:02 AM Republicans Aren't The 'Daddy Party' Anymore
You are correct on the timing of the house, I was thinking of the four years since Ted Kennedy died and the senate became siege warfare by the GOP. Nice of you to immediately jump to an ad hominem attack, but then that was the gist your original post, wasn't it?
You might say that there's been expense growth reduction, but I disagree that it's been meaningful or, more importantly, well thought out. The GOP has raised taxes and that, too, is contributing to the deficit improvement. I take it back, the GOP has accomplished something. They've raised taxes! Oct 13, 8:30 AM Republicans Aren't The 'Daddy Party' Anymore
I'm never impressed by what a group says they'll do, only what they have accomplished. What has the party in DC done for us lately, Doug? The closest thing to an accomplishment they have is the sequester and shutdown, after 4 years of owning the House. Going after so-called Republicans is just a circular firing squad.
I'd fire a financial advisor who kept losing money for me and could only blame the other market participants. Little boys cry it's not fair. Too bad, life's not fair. Real men and women get things done regardless. Right now, the GOP is nothing more than a bunch of cry babies with nothing to show for their so-called leadership. Sep 3, 10:49 PM 8 Reasons Why Woz Still Matters
Slide 1 is not a picture of an Apple 2. It is an Apple 3, which Wikipedia notes was a failure. Aug 15, 9:34 AM One Number From Walmart Shows How Much Better America Is Doing Than The Rest Of The World
He does now ;-) Aug 15, 8:24 AM One Number From Walmart Shows How Much Better America Is Doing Than The Rest Of The World
You need a "-" before "1.3" in your text. Aug 13, 5:51 PM Journalism Has Entered A Golden Age
The clouds in the sky are the paywalls that traditional media organizations are putting in place to try to monetize their content. There is great journalism, but a lot of it is getting harder to reach. It is increasingly available only to those who value it enough to pay for it. Even Business Insider has a paywall for its Business Intelligence service. Paywalls, in general, might be a good thing, as they aligns the interests of readers and journalists better, but they also mean that we're not heading into a golden age of journalism consumption. Aug 13, 5:36 PM Journalism Has Entered A Golden Age
You are wrong. Proof: http://www.businessinsider.com/author/robert-johnson Aug 9, 11:52 PM 12 Things That Annoy Me About The iPhone With iOS 7
I think "7 nit-picks about iOS 7" would have been a better title... Aug 7, 1:29 AM Here's How The Uber-Wealthy Commute Around Southern California
... and since when is San Diego not southern California? Jul 12, 10:04 AM Implosion Of Virginia Governor Shows Why We Need To Pay Elected Officials More
That's kind of like saying that if you remove a pickle from a Big Mac you're cutting calories. Maybe true, but it misses the bigger picture. The money problem in politics is mostly in the huge sums it takes to run for office, not in the amount of pay for elected officials. If McDonnell's PAC had gotten the same "donations" it wouldn't have raised the same legal concerns, even if it represented the same fundamental level of corruption. A bump in salary might make it easier for pols to stay on the right side of the law, but it won't make them serve the public interest any better. Jun 19, 10:21 AM John McAfee Explains How To Uninstall His Anti-Virus Software In This Brilliant Parody
And that, friends, is why we've almost completely driven declension out of the English language. Latin declension is impossible to master and leads to the ruin of empires. Previous
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cmcguinness Dec 27, 1:21 AM These Pictures Of Apple's First Employees Are Absolutely Wonderful
Except there was no integrated screen in the Apple 2. Other computers of the era had integrated screens, but not the Apple... Dec 14, 12:12 AM 4 Reasons RadioShack Is In A Death Spiral The stores are such a strange combination of consumer goods and electronics parts. It's kind of like if Victoria Secret combined with Joanne Fabrics -- lingerie in the front, bolts of cloth and sewing machines in the back. Shame, because as another commenter noted, when you need components on the weekend where else can you go? Dec 11, 3:31 PM 12 Sayings Only People From California Will Understand
The whole "The 5 southbound" (not south, FWIW) thing makes more sense when you realize the freeways have proper names in common usage. Just like people in NJ will say "the turnpike", people in LA will say "the Pasadena freeway". That sets the pattern for "The". Although it's not 100% in my experience, especially as the subject of the sentence ("10 eastbound is backing up at ...."). I'm sure there's a Ph.D. in this for somebody. Dec 11, 12:16 AM Step Inside Frank Sinatra's Upper East Side Penthouse, Where Hollywood Icons Used To Party
Wow, that's the most expensive location I've seen decorated with finds from TJ Maxx. Dec 10, 12:10 PM Applebee's Just Killed The Most Annoying Thing About Eating Out I guess the top issue for Applebee's customers is "I can't stand to spend one more second in this place than I absolutely have to"? Or is it really about things like speeding table turns, keeping the staff from handling cash, and reducing most of the operations to just runners and bussers? I always distrust companies that start with "our customers have asked us to" do something that's clearly a win for the company, not the customer. Nov 18, 2:07 PM Bitcoin Explodes To 666 After Comments From Bernanke
The author suggest that people have obligations in bitcoins but that through various activities (silk road bust, cyber theft, etc.) they have lost the bitcoins to pay them and must now buy at any price. Not technically a short, but certainly a squeeze if she is right. Oct 28, 12:08 PM Google Has Gone 'Dark': The Search Giant Just Ended A Bunch Of Free Data And People Are Freaking Out
It's a stretch to say that it affects "mom and pop" web sites; if all you are interested in is traffic to your home page, Google's Webmaster Tools are free and comprehensive. Similarly, if all you want to know is how many people came to individual pages because of search, that information is still present. Where you run into difficulties is in knowing what search terms were used to get to which pages, and where each page ranks in those search terms. At the moment I'm seeing about a third of searches are "dark" Google searches, but I guess we can expect that number to grow over time, I'm sure.
Despite all the caterwauling, the reality is that the constant shifts in Google's behavior is what keeps the practitioners of voodoo SEO in business. SEO is kind of like Bitcoin: there's only so many good search rankings to be had, and getting them becomes harder and harder seemingly on purpose. Oct 21, 2:23 PM Here's The Famous Management Book That Says The Plan To Fix Obamacare Will Be A Disaster
There's any number of software engineering rules of thumb they appear to have violated, and no doubt a few new ones will come out of this experience.
If they are smart, they will launch two independent projects. Project one is "fix" and project two is "replace". Project one is to get the system as-is working well enough to limp through the enrollment. Project two is to invoke the 80-20 rule and figure out the 20% they really need immediately and try to build a clean system to do just that.
But if they were smart they wouldn't be in this situation. Oct 13, 9:32 AM Republicans Aren't The 'Daddy Party' Anymore
Ad hominem attacks again? OK, whatever.
The GOP also signed off on a rise social security deduct
ions for all working people. Feel free to fact check that :-). Under W, the GOP was the party of spend more and cut taxes, now they're the party of spend less and raise taxes. There's no intellectual integrity there.
I will allow the last word in this, however ungracious and insulting you wish to be. Reply away! Oct 13, 9:02 AM Republicans Aren't The 'Daddy Party' Anymore
You are correct on the timing of the house, I was thinking of the four years since Ted Kennedy died and the senate became siege warfare by the GOP. Nice of you to immediately jump to an ad hominem attack, but then that was the gist your original post, wasn't it?
You might say that there's been expense growth reduction, but I disagree that it's been meaningful or, more importantly, well thought out. The GOP has raised taxes and that, too, is contributing to the deficit improvement. I take it back, the GOP has accomplished something. They've raised taxes! Oct 13, 8:30 AM Republicans Aren't The 'Daddy Party' Anymore
I'm never impressed by what a group says they'll do, only what they have accomplished. What has the party in DC done for us lately, Doug? The closest thing to an accomplishment they have is the sequester and shutdown, after 4 years of owning the House. Going after so-called Republicans is just a circular firing squad.
I'd fire a financial advisor who kept losing money for me and could only blame the other market participants. Little boys cry it's not fair. Too bad, life's not fair. Real men and women get things done regardless. Right now, the GOP is nothing more than a bunch of cry babies with nothing to show for their so-called leadership. Sep 3, 10:49 PM 8 Reasons Why Woz Still Matters
Slide 1 is not a picture of an Apple 2. It is an Apple 3, which Wikipedia notes was a failure. Aug 15, 9:34 AM One Number From Walmart Shows How Much Better America Is Doing Than The Rest Of The World
He does now ;-) Aug 15, 8:24 AM One Number From Walmart Shows How Much Better America Is Doing Than The Rest Of The World
You need a "-" before "1.3" in your text. Aug 13, 5:51 PM Journalism Has Entered A Golden Age
The clouds in the sky are the paywalls that traditional media organizations are putting in place to try to monetize their content. There is great journalism, but a lot of it is getting harder to reach. It is increasingly available only to those who value it enough to pay for it. Even Business Insider has a paywall for its Business Intelligence service. Paywalls, in general, might be a good thing, as they aligns the interests of readers and journalists better, but they also mean that we're not heading into a golden age of journalism consumption. Aug 13, 5:36 PM Journalism Has Entered A Golden Age
You are wrong. Proof: http://www.businessinsider.com/author/robert-johnson Aug 9, 11:52 PM 12 Things That Annoy Me About The iPhone With iOS 7
I think "7 nit-picks about iOS 7" would have been a better title... Aug 7, 1:29 AM Here's How The Uber-Wealthy Commute Around Southern California
... and since when is San Diego not southern California? Jul 12, 10:04 AM Implosion Of Virginia Governor Shows Why We Need To Pay Elected Officials More
That's kind of like saying that if you remove a pickle from a Big Mac you're cutting calories. Maybe true, but it misses the bigger picture. The money problem in politics is mostly in the huge sums it takes to run for office, not in the amount of pay for elected officials. If McDonnell's PAC had gotten the same "donations" it wouldn't have raised the same legal concerns, even if it represented the same fundamental level of corruption. A bump in salary might make it easier for pols to stay on the right side of the law, but it won't make them serve the public interest any better. Jun 19, 10:21 AM John McAfee Explains How To Uninstall His Anti-Virus Software In This Brilliant Parody
And that, friends, is why we've almost completely driven declension out of the English language. Latin declension is impossible to master and leads to the ruin of empires. Previous