rick_bc's comments

On: Dropping out is probably not for you

[rick_bc]

Neither John McCarthy nor Dennis Ritchie was college dropout. Steve Job sort-of was.

2 vs 1! Don't dropout!

On: ORMs don’t kill databases. Developers do.

[rick_bc]

Does it work 99% of the time though?

On: Was .NET All a Mistake?

[rick_bc]

Slashdot still has many excellent comments.

Just don't read it real time. Wait a day, and the good comments will be moderated as such.

On: XKCD's Randall Munroe on Google+ requiring your ge...

[rick_bc]

<I arleady replied to another posts of yours. But here it is :) >

Incidentally a few women expressed similar opinions a few years ago on two other forums I visited.

Really, if he used "some women" (edit: or many women I know) would you have any objection?

On: XKCD's Randall Munroe on Google+ requiring your ge...

[rick_bc]

<I arleady replied to another posts of yours. But here it is :) >

Incidentally a few women expressed similar opinions a few years ago on two other forums I visited.

Really, if he used "some women" would you have any objection?

On: XKCD's Randall Munroe on Google+ requiring your ge...

[rick_bc]

I actually think that "many women" isn't exaggeration.

Similar issues are discussed frequently in many forums. It's only you don't know what you don't know!

Edit: Ok. I exaggerated. But we really don't know.

On: Economist's View: "The Mathematics Generation Gap"

[rick_bc]

Just count in binary, everything will be easier.

110 * 111 = 101010

Very easy, don't you think? :)

On: The Carrying-Cost of Code: Taking Lean Seriously

[rick_bc]

I think "carrying-cost" is ok. Perhaps not for newbies, but for seasoned developers it's clear what this is about without translations.

On: Apple IPad’s ‘Buzz Saw’ Success Cuts PC Sales at H...

[rick_bc]

The losts are in revenues, not units.

It's entirely possible that people opt for lower priced computers instead of iPads.

On: Apple IPad’s ‘Buzz Saw’ Success Cuts PC Sales at H...

[rick_bc]

You forgot about Mac :)