quorn3000

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   by quorn3000 14y ago

   I've been thinking how to explain to my 8 and 6 year olds that the square root of a prime number is irrational. I've been over primes lots of times. I've talked about decimal fractions, repeating decimals, and the possibility of there being
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   by quorn3000 14y ago

   I'm amazed when this kind of usability is rolled out. If they'd just asked 5 people for feedback.
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   by quorn3000 14y ago

   bitcoin has a global appeal, which usgovcoin wouldn't have.
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   by quorn3000 14y ago

   NO!
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   by quorn3000 14y ago

   You can use cell phones to estimate vehicle journey times.
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   by quorn3000 14y ago

   James Gurney's blog Gurney Journey http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.co.uk/ . StackOverflow newest C++/Python questions Reddit Seth Godin Google Reader xkcd
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   by quorn3000 14y ago

   Why 10 though? If there's one more that is as good as the other 10 then I'm happy with 11. If there're one or two to make it a round number, I don't want to know about them. The poster is taking the role of curator. Having 10 makes me think
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   by quorn3000 14y ago

   > (Far) More FTFY
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   by quorn3000 14y ago

   Just to note: John Merrick was eloquent and gentle.
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    by quorn3000 14y ago

    You have those the wrong way around.
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    by quorn3000 14y ago

    > using 95 percent prefabricated modular pieces that are sort of similar to a giant Lego set What terrible writing.
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    by quorn3000 14y ago

    This is two years old. I don't know why people feel the need to use language like this either. I think it shows weakness and lack of confidence.
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    by quorn3000 14y ago

    I don't think that was Google responding, and I don't think he should have given them the information he did.
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    by quorn3000 14y ago

    Are you related?
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    by quorn3000 14y ago

    I don't buy it.
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    by quorn3000 14y ago

    If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it.
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    by quorn3000 14y ago

    I'm old enough to have thought at the time of the Macarena that it was a fad.
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    by quorn3000 14y ago

    Maintaining the system is the one goal. But that distance, and that trust, that the system is yours alone, is what works.
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    by quorn3000 14y ago

    This doesn't solve the problem. If food safety is their top priority, why did this happen?
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    by quorn3000 14y ago

    | Microsoft has got their first
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    by quorn3000 14y ago

    And then you have SourceSafe
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    by quorn3000 14y ago

    The other Jetpac was updated by Rare a few years ago. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetpac_Refuelled )
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    by quorn3000 14y ago

    That sounds similar to a Bruce Schneier quote: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/06/write_down_you...
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    by quorn3000 14y ago

    http://wardcunningham.github.com/ I think Ward's Smallest Federated Wiki is an interesting direction to go, and should really be taken seriously.
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    by quorn3000 14y ago

    It's a contraction. Yes, I've read the wikipedia definition of portmanteau, and I still think bit isn't a portmanteau. Obligatory http://xkcd.com/739/
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    by quorn3000 14y ago

    It's an ill wind...
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    by quorn3000 14y ago

    In 1982, when I was 10, I was in a personal computer club, run by a guy called Alan Pearman, who had his own company, APL. He ran the club from the back of his office, games, programming, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Dragon 32, BBC Micro, Ori
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    by quorn3000 15y ago

    It felt more like 3 hours.
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    by quorn3000 15y ago

    Don't use the pig. I want to use the pig.
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    by quorn3000 15y ago

    I used to play a lot of QuakeWorld, does that count?