kristopher

Isn't it amazing how fast our brains can lock-in and drill-down. For something that might have might only been viewable in a few frames, the author was able to recall a small subset from over 30 years ago.

Will computers ever have the IO bandwidth to compete with the human brain?

Relevant: History of the browser user-agent string

http://webaim.org/blog/user-agent-string-history/

I think that a lot of the "Bond World" has a lot to do with Bond's team as a whole than simply Bond himself. That is, the interactions between M, Q, Felix, Miss Moneypenny et cetera.

It seems like some of YouTube's region-based relay stations are down. Temporarily changing DNS to a US-based ISP is advisable. (Viewing from Japan)

This. Reading to the end, I was left with the impression that a better test would have the contestant compress 3 different data files with only one decompressor; on top of which would show a similar level effectiveness for each.

Just wait until someone gets arrested.

The technology will change once again to get around the legalese. Also of note, Japan has very strong anti-wiretapping laws[0] that prohibit carriers and other providers from port blocking, tapping or redirecting packets -- the only presumable legal way for these associations to check on downloaders would be to hold illegal content themselves and wait for a Japanese IP address to connect.

[0] http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E3%81%AE%E7%...

You chose a great place to live. Kyoto is the Silicon Valley of Japan. I will be attending the event and can help you connect to the local community. Thank-you for setting this up.

Wonderful. I will be there.

Apple provides an easy way to lock your desktop when you go for coffee. To set it up:

  1. Launch "Keychain Access".
  2. Open Preferences from the "Keychain Access" menu
  3. Check the option labeled "Show keychain status in menu bar"
  4. (optional) While holding the cmd-key, click and drag the menu item over to the far right of the menu bar for easy access.

Enjoy!

whois -h whois-servers.net paypal.com

Japanese Investors need to adapt to this way of thinking -- you'll get some duds, but certainly having flow is what is important.

Echofon does something similar for Instagram, Twitpic and Twitter's own image services.

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Where would one put such a thing on one's website?

The very top page for six months?

As an aside, if Apple were to pronounce such a claim on it's website, what would that do to ongoing battles in other jurisdictions?

With V8[0] and Nitro[1] having gone mainstream, it has never been more easier for these kinds of exploits to exist on the Web.

[0] https://developers.google.com/v8/design#mach_code

[1] http://www.webkit.org/blog/214/introducing-squirrelfish-extr...

FYI: Our Debian servers did not kernel panic but system CPU load went through the roof; A quick restart brought levels back to normal.

Good info and glad that I have not ordered yet! At the time I was thinking of buying the base model and upgrading the RAM after the fact.

Best not to worry about these things. Better to build up and start a feedback loop with friends and family.

One of the coolest things about being a yet-to-be-known startup is that you do not have to worry about formal press releases and the like; Build something hot enough and you'll share in the delight when your users cannot help themselves in sharing the value.

Always a good idea to truncate one's search queries when sharing with others down to a simple "/search?q="

Example: https://google.com/search?q=google

Countdown Timer via TimeAndDate.com:

http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/customcounter.html?msg=S...

Unfortunately ever since X-Frame-Options became popular, this tool has been rather ineffective.

Have not tried the application as of yet, although perhaps you should change the UI to read:

  "Send these files to:" for the label
  and
  "name@example.com" for the greyed-out default.

Instead of the current[0]:

  "Email to Send to"

[0] http://www.wireover.com/media/screencap.png

Take care in selecting a color: a new URL/navigation is generated for each selection which can rapidly eat your browser's history.

What makes languages like Python so great is the stdlib that goes with them -- I hope that projects like this can help grow Lua into a more mainstream language.

Assuming that EC2 is on a shared network with S3, you could do something like the following:

CLIENT <-UDP-> EC2 Instance <-TCP-> S3

Not certain if it is worth the hassle, though.

Related: A fun story about DONKEY.BAS [1] told by Andy Hertzfeld exists where he reminisces about comparing an 8088 with the Macintosh project and how they were disappointed at the lack of ingenuity.

[1] http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Donkey.txt

This has nothing to do with the name and most-likely everything to do with a .mobileconf profile file [1] that was installed at the factory or dealer.

[1][PDF] http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Enterprise_Deployment_Gu...

Hint: Google disables some drivers by default, although by simply navigating to chrome://gpu/ I was able to kick-start WebGL on my Mac.

Most definitely.

Localization is much more than a simple translation. The title of this post should really read: "Launching my product in Japanese"

Good luck to the OP!

Trust me when I say that you should take down the JP site immediately. Your friend might be "native-Japanese," but he or she is only directly translating your text from English.

The biggest part might be simply that you are not incorporated inside of Japan. It's fine to state your fondness of Japanese culture to the JP press, but if you want to get serious about Japan, get incorporated and let your Japanese 代表 ("daihyou") take care of things for you.

The worst thing you could do in Japan is release a (in your words) "Work in Progress." Keep things that are incomplete in the labs and refine them until they are ready for society to enjoy. Japanese society is all about keeping risk low for oneself, one's partners and especially the general public.

If you are really serious about Japan, feel free to drop me a line. If you really think that directly translating English to Japanese will add value to your company, you are gravely mistaken.

Remember to manage your customer's expectations. If they expect you to be a Japanese company and you are not one, you are in for a world of hurt.