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Yes, I would probably choose GPL. But there might be some people who will not. Maybe even only as Freeware. Or maybe the software itself for free but you pay for some kind of service. In that case you could even use multiple instances of the software at the same time from a single account. Is that all counted as one unit? Because again it is probably impossible to count the copies of the software. That is why I was wondering what "unit" exactly means here.
Unfortunately the article doesn't say why their design uses fewer moving parts. Opposing cylinders is not a new idea (look at any Porsche or Subaru), although on the picture the combustion chamber is located on crankshaft side... The lack of valves isn't new: diesels don't have them neither do 2-stroke motorcycles.

So I'm eager to see what's the secret ingredient here?
I am not really into this idea because of the problems outlined already (innocent people being victimized, probably by those that SHOULD have dirt posted about them).

But implement a some way to search by area code. Just plugging in random numbers hoping for a match seems pointless.
People here are just getting what they deserve, on both sides of the transaction.
>Instead, I would go up to the teachers and say "I don't understand why you're asking me to do this."

Man, I wish I had thought of that.
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I don't know whether to laugh at or cry for you.

Relationships are not an art, and they are not a game. If you want to out-strategize someone, go play Starcraft 2. If you want to analyze someone from an evolutionary psych perspective, go get a degree in psychiatry.

Romantic relationships are about forming deep emotional connections, about being true with someone in a way that admits a very real risk of emotional agony. Until you grow the balls to take that gamble, you're simply missing the point.
people can't seem to acknowledge that they're getting fuzzier as they get older. I know! Its happening to me and I refuse to acknowledge it as well.
Has 4chan ever targeted some innocent person? I don't think so, but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

If 4chan did use DPB, I'd think it would be to expose scientologists that control other peoples lives, animal abusers, etc
Who is squarespace and why is it here?
More precisely:

There are two protocols for running a card: "debit" and "credit". "Debit" uses a PIN, and "credit" uses a signature.

There are two types of cards, "debit card" and "credit card". "Debit card" is tied to a bank account, and "credit card" carries a balance paid off at the end of the month.

There isn't a strong connection between the two, at least in America. But when I was working full-time in retail, people would occasionally hand me their cards and say "it's a debit card". The retailer I worked at only supported the "credit" (signature) protocol, so I nodded and ignored the request.
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Get an antenna from <any store that sells TVs>, plug it into your HD-ready TV and scan for channels. You should get ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS and other local channels. Most channels have sub-channels that might show weather, alternate programming or older shows from the 70s or 80s.

If you don't have an HD-ready TV, you can get a converter box from the same store that you plug your antenna into.

If you asking about the 1080p part, most (all?) HD channels broadcast in 720p or 1080i.
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Two-stroke engines are what you find in lawnmowers (the non-riding kind), weed whackers, leaf blowers, chain saws, etc. because they're lighter than 4-stroke engines.

As mentioned in the article, the ones in those devices are terrible for the environment. They burn the oil as well as the gas, which for whatever reason means they emit way more pollution (not CO2, but stuff like carbon monoxide) than car engines. From Wikipedia:

> A 2001 study showed that some mowers emit the same amount of pollution (emissions other than carbon dioxide) in one hour as driving a 1992 model car for 650 miles

It sounds like this engine is a 2-stroke engine that does not do that, which has serious potential. Some of the fuel efficiency gains probably come from the fact that, as I said before, 2-stroke engines are lighter for a given desired power.
"And the workforce operates under a more lax set of attribution rules as well. You can ask for help on a mailing list or grab some BSD source code at your day job, but God help you if you do that in CS1 class."

But if you need grab that BSD code in CS1, you sure as hell won't understand it. The other thing is that we can roughly equate "being caught for cheating" as "being fired for incompetency" in the workplace, so while the workforce has more lax attribution rules, the reason those attribution rules are there at university is intended to prevent the firing later on.

Having TA'd undergrads in a first year programming course (with GameMaker for a CS Game Design degree), the ones that hit trouble are the first ones that run to the Internet for help. They then cut and paste the code, don't understand it (they don't even realize that variables will need changing), and their coursework grades will suffer considerably. Sadly, it's only then that they come to the TA.

FWIW, my 2¢ says that the reason cheating is more rampant is because there are a lot more students who just don't want to be there; they've arrived at university because "that's what you do." They don't put effort into learning, because they're not learning for any life value, as soon as they have the degree certificate the major could have been anything.

That said, it could be worse in the US than it is now. When I lived in New Zealand, the incidence of cheating amongst foreign (read: Asian) students was a source of great alarm, the figures were pretty stratospheric. It was partly cultural, as they were never taught that it was a big deal to not copy verbatim someone else's work, and it was partly because they didn't care at all, they'd been sent there to learn English and get a degree from an English speaking school. How they reached that point was academic (pun unintended).
Then there are the copy-free positions that some people espouses, but ignored because people think such an idea is nuts.

A major libertarian think tank did think it's an alright idea, going as far as giving away free PDF and put their entire content empire under the Creative Common Attribution. Not exactly public domain, but they don't want people to claims copyright over it and prevent the institution from being able to publish it. I heard that they are even asking for bit torrent expert and seeders. In the end, they still managed to sell a healthy amount of books.

The copyfree position is a revolution that is taking place within libertarianism. IP was a controversy, but gradually, the anti-IP position has won out. To that extent, business models are changed, too.

It could be a precursor of things to come in mainstream society.
He is a security vendor, and that industry's biggest client is the U.S. government. Can't speak for him, but others in a similar position are usually muzzled.
The horizontally opposed engine (aka flat N) is nothing new. More specifically I know it has been in Honda motorcycles since the 1970's. Cars and other devices likely too but I have no first hand knowledge of that.

Here they are giving it a new name and say they can reduce the amount of moving parts by 50%. There is no information on what "parts" they are removing which I would find to be the most interesting piece of information. The comparison of two and four strokes engines is also misleading.

After a quick dig:
If you go to eco's website they specifically say this is a two stroke engine; the article linked has incorrect information.

They are reducing the amount of parts because they are using a two stroke instead of a four cycle.

It seems the only real cool part of this engine, to me, is that it is designed "modular," it should be more cost effective to add on additional cylinders instead of having multiple facilities dedicated to different configurations.

Flat configurations have been used in cars and motorcycles for decades.
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You make an excellent point about the application-level learning, I actually noticed myself that I was spending a vast amount of time just configuring my OS and apps -- time which I could have spent actually producing things. This was my primary justification for buying my Mac, though I still think I learned a lot using Linux that I wouldn't have otherwise ...patience and perseverance, among other things.
* If you don't like it, that's your decision. But I don't see good people getting harmed. If you're nice to your friends why would they believe something untrue posted about you? I think bad people are the only ones who have reason to fear this. Call me naive, but that's my honest opinion.

* You can search the site and sort by phone number/area code. Not the same thing, but kind of what you want. I would push for a random button feature that works by area code but we're working on some other stuff to organize local information even better. :)
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Judging by the "huge" (any numbers Posterous?) short term bump, the campaign is successful for its publicity and buzz. But I doubt it will result in long term sustainable draw for Posterous. As the article rightly pointed out, many are also pissed at how it was carried out. I suspect many of those who signed up during the campaign are not actual switchers, but bloggers who created a Posterous account just to test out the import tool. Switchers or non-users whatever, Posterous at least has the number to show to their investors.
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That was my initial reaction, but on further thought, I changed my mind. It's not really all that different than the "game" I play when I buy my friends gifts for their birthday, or get my mom flowers for Mother's Day, or act professional when dealing with clients, or behave more aggressively than usual to win a sports or video game match.

The truth is, a person who refuses adjust his behavior to be more palatable to the people he chooses to interact with would have to be a total dick. I'm constantly adjusting to situations I'm in. There's maybe a kernel of me in all of them, but I don't just randomly buy people flowers or throw a ball and tackle people. These are conditional behaviors that I've learned in order to maximize my performance in certain situations and be pleasing to other people.

So if you go into dating with the viewpoint that your only goal is to trick other people into hopping in bed with you, that's not good. But it's not good to ignore things that obviously excite and please the object of your affections either.
I've added this to the list of Clojure cheat sheets on DevCheatSheet - http://devcheatsheet.com/tag/clojure/
Here's a sweet mashup, was posted to Netted yesterday:

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Oh please, I'm no fan of PUA techniques, but comparing that to murdering bums? Get real.

More often than not, the picker and the pickee are equally aware of what's happening. It's an elaborate mating dance more than anything else - one that happens to end up in the sack. What, did you think women preen themselves for a night on the town out of some virginal and innocent hope for True Love(tm)? Men and women in clubs/bars are there for similar reasons.

Personally, that's not what I'm looking for, but I constantly wonder what of the PUA community I can pilfer for my own ends - certainly, their methods for generating initial interest should be of interest to anyone, even people like me who are looking for relationships more than sex.
+1 for North Beach :)

It seems to have a rep for being pricey, but there are many areas of North Beach/Russian Hill that are no more expensive than the nicer parts of SOMA.

I also really wouldn't recommend to anyone living around Market St between 10th and 6th. Really not a nice area.
It's a strange place to live. It's a mixture of old pre-internet methods that work mixed with some fantastically modern infrastructure.

What works: Whenever I have business with the local ward (city | government) office, a lot of the work is done without computers. Yet my requests are serviced very quickly. Very much unlike say the DMV in Southern California.

What works: High speed Internet, whether wired or through the cell network.

Fail: ATMs that seem to be down for maintenance constantly. Why the constant down time?

Fail: General attitude on change. Just accepting the way things are is norm, even if it's broken or flawed. It's strange since so many strive for perfection.

Fail: In general, the people here are very very smart. But very few people have an original idea and enough will to execute. Related to the Fail above.
Especially since part of negligence is the standard of care.

As long as everybody's not-doing it, it's not a liability.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_malpractice#Elements_of...

I am not a lawyer, but I was briefly an EMT.
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Having recently had to do some crazy commandline-fu (powershell and cmd.exe) to fix my Windows install, I have to say that there really is no comparison - linux wins hands down. Sure, part of it was familiarity, but it felt so clunky and awkward that I don't think thats all it was. The flexibility of bash, awk, sed, grep etc etc cannot be overstated, IMHO.

On another front, I've found Linux to be time saving, compared to Windows. For example, on a new install, on Windows I now have to hunt for the software I need from lots of different locations, download each one manually and install each one manually (and its impossible or awkward to automate, so you have to sit through a load of install GUIs - or switch CDs if its something proprietary that only comes on CD, though luckily I don't even remember the last time I had to do that, even my games are digital distribution games nowadays). On Linux, all the base stuff is "probably" (depending on your distro) already installed. The rest can be batch installed by a single command (pacman, apt-get, yum, etc) and you can then leave to do something else while you wait for it to install.

Similarly, Microsofts advertisements claim that Linux is difficult and time consuming to keep up to date - what with Windows Update and all. But we all know that on linux this is just a single command (pacman -Su, apt-get upgrade, etc) - this can, of course, easily be automated to run at certain times. Windows Update only updates Microsoft software - the Linux command will update all software installed through the package management system.

Of course, this doesn't invalidate the quote - you still spend time to make Linux do what you need, but you do on other operating systems too, so relatively to the non-free operating systems (which take the same or more of your time), Linux is, indeed, free.
It's not about ehtics being relative

That's the message from the post I responded to, and that's what I'm responding to. You contradicted arethuza, and basically implied that arethuza'a ideas about pure evil were invalid. They're not.

It's easy to become so consumed with something that you throw the baby out with the bathwater, which you did above in claiming that evil had little use apart from propaganda.

That's false. Evil is an idea that stands on its own, and is important in our thinking.
I agree with this. However, I will make a devil's advocate comment re: braking vs. acceleration. People almost never fully emergency brake, even in actual emergencies. More often than not people feather the brake and then press it harder if they found that the car was not braking as it should, continuing until they are pressing the brake harder than they would normally ever press it but not necessarily as hard as they possibly could. In such a scenario, a very realistic scenario, it might be possible that the car would still accelerate at full throttle.

Not that I'm saying that's what happened, it appears not, but it's not terribly outside the realm of possibility.
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I'm still wary of vigilante justice...
I am pretty sure the users will come after facebook for the bug and not IE or firefox.

It seems making the like button an iFrame is not the best idea coz of this bug.

I don't go around submitting stuff to reddit/digg/HN/Twitter when I click somewhere on some site, so why facebook?
> But if you need grab that BSD code in CS1, you sure as hell won't understand it.

That's my point; it's impossible to really "cheat". You can copy and paste things off the internet, which violates the artificial rules of academia, and everybody gets all uptight about it, but you still have to know enough to google "declare array", which means you've mastered effectively all the actual concepts of the course. What's left is merely syntax. Which is rote memory.

I know how to declare an array in a dozen languages only because I do so hourly. Testing this is trivia. Yet everybody does.
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As weird as some of the PUA shit is[1], I don't see what's wrong with changing yourself to help you achieve your goals.

And the solution: throw away expression of the personality you like and want to be and respect

I don't know about you, but there's a lot of shit I don't like about my personality. I can be introverted, pessimistic and diffident, for example, and I would cheerfully discard those traits even if doing so wouldn't get me laid. I wouldn't see it as "throwing away expression of the personality you like and want to be and respect", I'd see it as developing a better version of my current personality.

[1] It sort of strikes me as Social Interaction with Flowcharts!
I'm not concerned about my friends reading it and thinking less of me, I am concerned about my friends posting made up stuff about me. What if a potential employer read it. Totally plausible, totally harmful.

Imagine if it happened and I had no idea about dirtyphonebook.com, I wouldn't know to protest anything. Then I am out of luck with the employer. There are many avenues of abuse.

I don't want to search by terms, I want to search by my area and scan for people I may know based on the comments. It is like 3 word changes in an SQL query to add the ability to search by area code.
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If I recall correctly, in this design the engine has 2 cylinders (2 pistons each) and each piston is linked to the opposite piston on the other cylinder. In older designs you just have 2 pistons per cylinder but no cross-linked pistons.

Compare this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Opposite_piston_engine.gif

with the pic in the article.
I wish there was a manual like this for business relationships.
I like to think of the PUA community as the atomic bomb - they've got the theory down pat all right, but its application is often destructive, sometimes immoral, and always rubs me the wrong way. In the same analogy, this isn't to say we should just toss it out - I think there's enough sound advice there that can be applied to people who don't want to be total dicks, whose sole purpose of existence isn't tricking women into bed, etc. Call it harnessing nuclear power if you want.

There are some powerful bits of psychology floating about in PUA-land, and while I do not always approve of their application thereof, it doesn't mean I can't steal some of it for what is IMHO a more responsible use.
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The Wounded Platoon and Behind Taliban Lines both touch on the subject. I agree the engagement rules are worthy of having its own program but bias by admission of coverage is a tricky subject. They only have so many hours of programs they can produce. I can recall in recent months that College, Inc, The Quake, Obama's War and Obama's Deal were critical of the administration at times too.
Yes yes, this is one side of the coin; but you are willfully ignoring the other--willfully because it's presented in this topic.

If there is no art to forming deep emotional connections, then there is nothing interesting about it. The game is the protocol, the communication of what "real risk" one is taking.

PUAs always communicate that they are taking zero risk, _but_ they provide channels for women to also take zero risk. This is what makes them successful--they have mastered the shallow protocol.

But your deep emotional connections are also a game, as is your real risk. You wouldn't fall in love on a first date, would you? You've got rules of engagement, I expect? But I thought it was about the real risk of emotional agony! No.

What makes the game fun is when there is real risk, when you play for keeps. PUAs run the risk of forgetting why they got into the game to begin with.
That's only true within a limited set of constraints, for example, the tech industry. The film industry also uses the same term "FU money" and it means the same thing: the ability to choose your situation. In that industry, any successful actor or director will forever remember the pivotal project that put them over that line.
Huh? The article mentioned it was a two-stroke engine:

"But that’s only part of the story--the OPOC engine also features a two-stroke design. The benefit here is that a two-stroke engine delivers a power pulse with every revolution of the crankshaft, as opposed to the four-stroke engine which fires each cylinder on every other revolution."
Bristol Palin, Youtube porn uploading day, that guido that got killed racing his car...

Even I would argue those things were ultimately pretty harmless, but 4chan is not the final arbiter of whats right and moral.
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I cheated whenever it suited me in high school. It was a easy and I was lazy.

Then I went to a college that had an honour code that they took seriously enough that we were allowed to take our tests in our dorm rooms or where and whenever (within a reasonable period) we wanted. They were often timed, and or had other specific rules, but it was up to us to follow them. No one checked.

This respectful attitude was such a breath of fresh air that I stopped cheating immediately.
Sure, but relationships don't start that way. They start with an initial conversation and flirting, and if you can appear confident, funny, and slightly unavailable, then you get points.

Why is that so evil? I don't buy the whole "I don't want to change myself" mantra. Certain behaviors are more attractive; so if you want women, do those behaviors. You don't have to go crazy and do all that weird PUA stuff, just do the important things; e.g. don't be needy or insecure and you're already ahead of the game.
I think you're missing the point.

As an example, you could be "exposing yourself to someone without a moment of hesitation" and be desperate or clingy. Desperate and clingy are things most people find unattractive. That's just the way it is so it's probably good to follow the rule that says not to do this.

It's entirely possible to learn the things that attract people and do those things; to learn the things that are unattractive and not do those things, all while being yourself.
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"it makes sense" is a weak reason to accept an idea.
This isn't just a flat opposed engine, it uses 2 pistons per cylinder. It's a combination of the flat n and the opposed-piston engine.