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Wireless headphones... and a stylus that costs $100.. They're breaking new ground there. Sounds like they have great marketing department. That's not innovation.

No surprise. No innovation. All stopped around 2011.

They've been coasting since then. Difference sizes of the same product. The watch was about as far as they've wandered out of their comfort zone.

Agreed! It was rock solid.

Crime. Several of the examples are clearly cruelty to animals. If a cop watched them do it, they would be arrested on the spot.

The issue is not as much Cognizant or FB as it is the state of the public. The horrible acts posted online for entertainment by the public is the reason for companies like Cognizant. I hope these posts can forwarded to local law enforcement and the posts used as evidence against the poster.

Love all of the pictures. Great work!

I think he's inferring to the government being able to get to it in the future. Whether it be by future legislation of extended early withdrawal penalties, or new tax laws. Yes, it is your money but is still subject to federal and state laws. It's different than a bank account.

That's a hefty price tag...

Are we talking something like the lab? Or actual full games?

There are sandboxes (like the lab) and then actual games (Portal, HL, L4D...)

So to sum up. Motto for successful management : Jobs - "Stay hungry" and Grove -"Stay paranoid".

Sounds like Andy Grove was a work horse.

Very impressive. My first thought is, why? Just use a Pi with Retro-pi. However, you wanted to be down at the metal. That's quite a challenge, particularly when you work alone.

I'm always impressed when someone is skilled at both hardware and software to make a finished product. It's Woz-like.

Very impressive work.

This is incredible! Now we need an OS2 image.

BBSes had soul. Everyone was excited to be there. Most everyone was an enthusiast. We had chat, forums, filez, online games before everyone else. Nobody outside of that world had any idea what we all were doing.

Sounds a lot like Electron. Boeing surplus. Not a lot of those around.

True but we could do what nobody else in the world could do. We had chat, file sharing, forums, multiplayer games and more before everybody else. BBSers felt like the elite and nobody else understood it.

There was a low barrier to entry. Anyone could start a BBS. Since there were so few, any new BBS would have a flood of new users, making them successfully very quickly.

The slowness created an exciting anticipation.

Which is why we have the problem at hand.

Glad I'm not the only one who did that to get rid of the annoying co-worker! Ah, those days were great!

Did you read what you just said? You're saying there are those who want children to die..How do you justify this to yourself? Also, 'simultaneously believe once they're out, they're someone else's problem. They never seem to connect the two'. Do you have any proof of this? This simply isn't true. Not true at all. Many pro-life agencies work hand in hand with adoption providers to connect saved pregnancies with those who wish to adopt. Can you name even one abortion provider that does this? There are tens of thousands of couples wanting to adopt but can't due to the corruption of the adoption industry trying to make money. I've seen this first hand.

Before making a 'qualified' statement, get your facts straight first.

I second this. My kids love scratch. It shows them event driven programming with quick returns. The can also share their apps and download others so they can download and modify.

I've seen several videos where babies (most of them less than 20 weeks) feel pain in-utero . The reaction is not coincidental but in direct response to the stimulation.

Working with a mainframe everyday, the system is very fast and reliable. The hardware was very much ahead of it's time when released. I agree that the platform is an impressive one.

My issue is with the developed software and database design. Although the software is custom written, many mainframe developers do not understand the concepts of modern programming and do not improve over time. Once they learn a concept (sometimes 30 years in the past), they continue to develop this way, rather than improving as it is outside their comfort zone. They are not open to new concepts or ideas. When you have a team of developers doing this over several decades, you end up with a big ball of mud. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_ball_of_mud

Trying to port a big ball of mud to another language is very difficult, which contributes to mainframe developer job security and monolithic, antiquated systems. Modern developers are very particular to code portability, readability and modern concepts. Hopefully this is just in my experience and not common across other mainframe developers.

So interesting to read this first hand from Lisa. Her writing style really brings it alive and you really capture her age as her thoughts are projected.

Parenting and selflessness was apparently not Steve's forte.

If he worked on parenting as fervently as he worked at his job (heck, even 25% as much), this article would have a completely different tone.

I really enjoy hearing what really happened behind closed doors of what is, to me, one of the most interesting times in computer history.

What a gift to be a part of it! Keep these coming Chris!

Microsoft has never been great at marketing.

Steve put so much effort into giving Apple products life, figuratively. For example, he would call the iphone, "iphone", not "an iphone" and was adamant about it. Almost giving existence to it. Also, the way he introduced products was brilliant. He was a master at teasing the public and peaking interest prior to product launch.

Where Microsoft would release products akin to the Zune..in brown, or products with unmemorable names like 'Surface Pro x', with very little marketing. I've always thought MS has interesting products and they have been first to market many times. However, due to lack of marketing, they didn't gain traction.

+++ for PSV. Incredible show. Actor for Gates was really good as well. A little creepy, but very calculated.

" worked to standardize the life expectancy of light bulbs at 1,000 hours (down from 2,500 hours), and raised prices without fear of competition. The cartel tested their bulbs and fined manufacturers for bulbs that lasted more than 1,000 hours.".. Wow. How is this legal?

My concert with swamp coolers is the increase of humidity along with warm temperatures. Creates a breeding ground for mold growth. The idea is great but application depends on your structure.

Woz is always interesting to listen to. He seems really humble and yet not afraid to try anything. Really inspiring.

Reminds me a lot of webforms.. Code behind per page. Page events (OnGet => Page_Load).

So you're suggesting the solution is to encourage watching porn or others while they have sex?

How does watching others have sex enable more discussion on healthy body image? Why can't this conversation be started with images seen anywhere that have been altered?

Let's discuss the negatives. Porn is anti-woman. It turns the woman into an object. You mention 'damaging relationships' by not watching sex. It is exactly the opposite. Porn damages current and future relationships by turning the woman (or man in some cases) into an object for personal pleasure, similar to a toy. A relationship founded on using each other for personal reasons, and not mutual respect and love, will only fail, and fail painfully. Not to mention any 'baggage' such as STDs, pregnancies, etc.

These are the mistakes are what we aim to prevent our children from making until they reach a point of maturity to where they can reliably prevent them on their own.