nnforall

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by nnforall 8y ago
Do you know this person's name? Have you seen their resume? Have you read anything they have written? Have you listened to any interview they have done? How do you know what they are thinking? Did you read a headline written by a sourc
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by nnforall 8y ago
How about a bus? Or a train? Or a van? Do you suppose that there is really a Japanese minister today that has never used a computer? A smart phone? A microwave? A TV? An MP3 player? A network-connected device? They probably use a computer t
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by nnforall 8y ago
You shouldn't manage an auto manufacturer unless you've worked on the assembly line? You shouldn't manage an auto manufacturer unless you have engineered an automobile? You shouldn't manage an auto manufacturer unless yo
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by nnforall 8y ago
> the idea that wild lands and waters are best conserved not in private hands, locked behind gates, but as public national parks, wildlife refuges and marine reserves, forever open for everyone to experience and explore. This has not bee
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by nnforall 8y ago
If they choose to have a judge nullify the contract, I'm good with that. I didn't add any verbage to the contract anyway, so that would just mean that the entire contract is void and not just the parts I crossed out. We can re-neg
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by nnforall 8y ago
So you're saying IBM is more like Kodak?
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by nnforall 8y ago
I routinely alter almost every contract I receive. It drives a lot of doctor offices/emergency rooms nuts. But they have so far always calculated that their liability will be higher if they refuse service than if they allow me to cross
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by nnforall 8y ago
I think games can have a place. Even dumb games like Lemmings can have some place. And some games really can be educational, or develop thinking skills, etc. I wonder what game critics would say about a child spending hours a day playing Ch
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by nnforall 8y ago
For many, many years I have had a personal benchmark in mind when purchasing vehicles. I want my TCO to be < $1000/year barring routine costs like fuel, oil, tires. So if I purchase a car for $3000, I expect to own it for 5 years wi
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by nnforall 8y ago
I am USian. I have never liked the ambiguity of "American". Also, are Greeks "Western"? Are Italians? Croations? Austrians? What is "Western"? As a child it was confusing to me that those east of the Bering Sea
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by nnforall 8y ago
Of course that could be the case. But I don't assume that. I ask. I'm trying to find the optimal solution. There are other valid reasons for restricting the IP. I ask about those. I'm not arguing with the customer. I'm t
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by nnforall 8y ago
Network connections are much like everything else in life. There are lots of ways to do it. Which way is best depends on your needs. So to match up the most cost effective solution requires a knowledge of your requirements and a knowledge o
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by nnforall 8y ago
One small, typical example: most of our VPN customers are setting up some satellite that needs to connect to the home office. The connection is initiated from our network to the home office. So the IP address of the satellite doesn't r
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by nnforall 8y ago
Lack of DNS queries for one small example.
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by nnforall 8y ago
I work for an ISP and often encounter the exact opposite of this. From time to time we get a customer who calls up to order a connection specifically for a VPN. They know exactly what they need. They won't listen. I try to steer them t