FrancescoRizzi

Sorry for the double submission. I fixed the title and URL (deleted the original submission since I couldn't fix the URL)

+1: I really like the fact that you took the seemingly marginal detail of the mass constant and run with it.

I think it will take a few years before I can use my first name and not be associated with Mr. Schettino's image..

As an Italian coffee addict that moved to the States.. I can only warn you that measuring "productivity" in Italy can be a 'daunting' task. That being said, I'd be one more reader interested in the topic.

Sound advice.. then again: take everything you read online with a grain of salt :) And everything you read offline or hear on TV with a truckload of the same :)

Creativity comes from A) within, B) sharing with others. Nothing says it has to be in person, within the same physical room... heck, even if there was a requirement for eye-to-eye contact, webcams (et al.) provide that. The tools are there. If the creative spark is now catching on, the problem must be elsewhere: not the right people, or mix of people (or simply not the right time.. people are not necessarily brilliant 100% of the time throughout their entire life)

then again... it did suggest: "YCombinator for Car Repair"

Via http://nosql.mypopescu.com/post/12224364842/mongodb-vs-rdbms...

Michael Heilemann remembered the famous quote in this regard: "And boy did we patent it!"

Much more interesting than the early (over-) reactions we saw last week. This one puts Dart in a sensible context. Thanks

[Pointing it out because it's way towards the end]: Second-to-last image hints at the Virgin Galactic planes being in the same area - great contrast between past and future parts.

Anyone submitted "A Method for making eyes bleed" for patenting yet?

Sadly, I'm waiting for someone to blame his cancer to the number of hours he spent on the iPhone.

> I wouldn't be philosophically opposed to a pay-for-support system if it were done well, but it would be a tricky thing to get right. Normally when we consider it, we end up saying things like "Why don't we just try to make it so that people don't need that option?"

This is going on the wall here at the office. Thank you.

As NoSQL is gaining more relevance, this sort of practical examples are great for everyone to see and review. More, more, give me more, I say!

Aside from the home page.. am I the only thinking "Look: it's Facebook!" ?

Been following the issue regarding this law for a while now. The relevant twitter hashtag seems to be #NoLeggeBavaglio (Italian for '[Say] No to the gag law") for those that wish to find out more. This is but one blog (in Italian) on this topic and the campaign to try and keep paragraph 29 from sticking around: http://www.valigiablu.it/doc/540/comma-ammazza-blog-un-post-...

+1 for clarifying and fixing mate. Thanks.

"Obedience to the law is freedom" :) http://blog.rizzif.com/2011/08/30/dystopia-now-3/

> And recall, OEMs can always ship with Win8 logo and not use hardening (or even UEFI at all).

Sorry? I'm confused on this one.

* From the MS slides ( http://video.ch9.ms/build/2011/slides/HW-457T_van_der_Hoeven... ): "UEFI and secure boot harden the boot process [...] Required for Windows 8 client"

* From the Garrett post ( http://mjg59.livejournal.com/138973.html ): "Microsoft requires that machines conforming to the Windows 8 logo program and running a client version of Windows 8 ship with secure boot enabled"

* From the IT World post linked up here: "And not just any old UEFI layer, either, but secure UEFI. Meaning a hardened boot process"

What am I mis-reading or missing? I'm not being testy, I just think you must have spotted something I missed. Thanks

I believe this is a problem: "A system that ships with only OEM and Microsoft keys will not boot a generic copy of Linux"

For the records: I'm not sharing to push a candidate, but just sharing the (rumored for a while, and now official) news. Also, of course, curious about the reaction of the HN audience

if only I could figure out what this disrupts...

oh, I like those pure HTML templates, without data-binding dirt!

so apt for Talk Like a Pirate day. Jokes notwithstanding, it is good to see a new generation enter the control room

I've seen that same ~80M figure over here as well: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2011/jul/21/post-p... (from July '11) as the first bullet in the "PC Sales" section, which quotes Gartner and IDC sources.

(psst: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3003859 )

you are giving them ideas... and me nightmares!

Little suggestion, from my humble perspective: when submitting a link to a project, include the project name in the title (eg: "Concrete: a simple continuous integration server in Node.JS and CoffeeScript"). Should be more memorable, and easier to find for future searches. +1 for sharing this one though

I see a new line of bracelets coming out of this..