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Christopher Shields wrote: much to the surprise of patent reform advocates
Really? Not surprised.
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The answer to the question is "the University of Vermont and a biotech coalition"
(If you want to save time readying the article)
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The lack of a standard has hamstrung the browser privacy tool. "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it."
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Nice quote 
According to my calculations, I should be able to retire about 5 years after I die.
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IT management salaries are soaring, but even the rank and file in certain types of work are enjoying significant raises. Is MSCE for NT4 on the list?
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Google has recently opened the gates to their voice searching feature with its latest Chrome update. The service is available to all who use the browser and have the language set to US English, and is activated by calling out "OK Google" to their computer to initiate a search. OK Google, how do I turn off that feature?
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US English? Ah, I forgot that over here in the UK we use a different kind of English to speak... 
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On that side of the pond you have to shout: "Cheerio Google"
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Quote: "Cheerio Google"
Means "Goodbye Google", why would that work? Clearly, you don't speak English!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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If only we lived in a world where words could mean more than one thing... I was thinking more of the toast definition. More old-timey and proper.
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"Oi! Google", perhaps?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I wish it was April Fool's day. This headlines just screams practical joke designed to get thousands of people to yell at their computers.
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No need for a practical joke to get people to yell at their computers.
We practically scream at our computers each time our programs hang, produce incorrect results or just plain behave in an ornery manner! 
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A side project from Google engineers emulates the operation of a superfast, but very, very different, type of computer. You can only know the output of the program, or how long it took to run, not both.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: superfast
Will it answer "42" before you even ask the question? Or will it take 7.5 million years?
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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That's cheating - you're asking for both answers.
But it might give us the design for the next computer.
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: You can only know the output of the program, or how long it took to run, not both.
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Customer satisfaction with Microsoft's software -- primarily Windows, but also Office -- climbed slightly in the last year, illustrating that whatever misgivings customers have over Windows 8 has not reached the level of frustration seen years ago with the widely-ridiculed Windows Vista, a national survey said today. "She needs him, yeah, that's why she'll be back again. Can't find a better man"
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Google’s wireless ambitions may be taking a very business-like turn. According to The Information, Google plans to start selling cheap high-performance Wi-Fi gear to small businesses to help it build a giant wireless network. "I am the eye in the sky, looking at you"
(and the next line in that song is also on the planning board, I'm sure)
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It’s much easier to improve something if you can measure it. With Dart SDK 1.4, we are announcing Observatory: a comprehensive set of tools for understanding, measuring, and improving your Dart code. Now, with debugging!
OK, it's more than just a debugger. You try to be funny twelve times every day.
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IT job site Dice.com says that by a wide margin, the top search by employers is for Java/J2EE It's the new COBOL
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Of course. Less and less Java programmers out there, but the Java code-base still huge and need to be maintained...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Most of the searches are because Java programmers are good targets for "male enhancement" advertising.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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You might be on to something. I was reading the other day about how the 419 scams are poorly written (or that they don't need to be written well) partly as a selection mechanism: only people foolish enough to believe an email that poorly written could be coming from a lawyer would fall for the scam.
Perhaps the same might be said about Java programmers.
/ducks for cover
TTFN - Kent
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Android development is also Java. Pretty sure Android will become an important operating system not only for mobile devices.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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