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Same for IP addresses and http://www.whatismyip.com/

Good to see a mix of quantitative and qualitative measurements in there. While uptime and customer satisfaction are probably correlated, there are probably more factors influencing the latter.

Sure, the process in my mind is the same as when they are given a TV. There is some level of filtering on what information they can obtain and a time delay of when they obtain it. Regardless there is so much information out there that even if you drop entire categories from a Wikipedia dump, it would still be left with a substantial ammount of knowledge for inmates to learn from.

Give them access to a static, read-only dump of Wikipedia hosted on an internal prison server. Update said dump once every month.

There is a similar article published in a notable bioinformatics journal explaining how errors were introduced when Excel was used and altered gene names irreversibly.

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/5/80

I agree. Majority of Central London ones are right in the middle of the financial district.

499USD will most probably translate into 499GBP unfortunately

Principality of Sealand also down

An analogy I always like to use is: would you object to a team visiting your home, searching through all your physical and electronic belongings and then replacing everything exactly as they found it?

Not a fair generalization. I've seen very big consultancy firms only accept Word (or raw text) as input so their systems can filter you out before a human eye sees your application.

Also, I think head hunters want text so their software can categorize you and match you with jobs. While LaTeX makes it look pretty, it might not always be feasible to use it.

What a waste of resources. Do they at least recycle them?

T-Mobile UK, no phone number in HTTP headers.

I remember reading somewhere that S. Jobs was of a similar mentality; at times he only kept a Tiffany's lamp, a chair and a bed in this apartment.

Read the post again, you are missing the point. The price itself was the last drop. The overall experience they got, for a company that has been featured on Google Maps promotional publications, was abysmal.

Surely one can a) minify b) remove 'unwanted' services from the file in order to speed things up?

Good to see Acme right up there with the big players.

This is also mentioned in Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_2033_(book) Amazing science fiction book.

Had some long discussions with colleagues about this and it just makes you wonder how "sophisticated" the algorithms behind health insurers are when the basic inputs are: postcode, smoker, age and gender.

A true pioneer of the computing industry - farewell.

His Standford graduation talk, always inspiring: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA

Also good - bashmarks - directory bookmarks for the shell.

http://www.huyng.com/bashmarks-directory-bookmarks-for-the-s...

I have had a similar experience when applying for a graduate job in a satellite comms. company in London. I got a call literally eight months later, thanking me for my application and that its being considered. They claimed I would have an answer within the next month. They never called me back and I found a much better job in the mean time; out of courtesy gave them a ring to let them know I am not interested in the position (this is t+1 year since applying) - they told me a decision had not been met yet and were even 'angry' on me leading them on and not cancelling the application earlier.

Clickable link: http://bit.ly/pdj0zi

The reduce stage explanation is rather poor. Reduce aggregates based on key and does not just mash everything together like the proverbial grinder.

Is there anything stopping the renter from taking extra precautions? Like for example photocopy the tenants passport?

I am finding it hard to believe that somebody would drop off the keys to his own apartment to a total stranger, regardless of any guarantees the site does, without even wanting to briefly meet them.

Skype was reclassified by kids from "awesome software" to "proprietary crap" as soon as Microsoft bought it.

This is a conspiracy from Skype to make us upgrade to the latest version of the Mac client.

Would be more interesting and useful to see the overall impact of the addons on loading pages.

I link to the BMJ all the time through work, they have never complained.

Also, the author is cherry picking the text he quoted. Here is the full text from the BMJ groups T&C:

"You may link to articles or the home page of the BMJ or BMJ Journals websites (excluding BMJ Careers and Veterinary Record) but with regard to any other of our websites, you must not deep link to any of our other websites or link to our home pages without our agreement in writing. You may not provide a link which suggests a form of association, approval or endorsement on our part, unless we have expressly agreed to this in writing. We reserve the right to withdraw any linking permission upon notice to you or by amending these terms and conditions."

I would argue they are pretty fair as the majority of their content is on the main BMJ site or on one of the microsites of their journals. (I am not associated in any way with them.)

A similar approach is being piloted in the UK on certain train lines - on demand media streaming called Volo (http://www.volo.tv/). Its expensive, you have to pay for headphones and their content is mediocre. Train prices have consistently raised from year to year.

I would think it was part engineering as they probably did not have, and do not seem to have now, any sort of alarming system in place. (at least not at the coastal places I visited)