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Re:Babbage's heart-warming message for the middle-aged on Friday October 08, 2010 @05:36PM (#1773503)
Fitzgerald died at 44, Mozart at 35 so neither lived long enough to get into the old group.
Re:The Web’s Inventor Regrets One Small Thing on Tuesday October 13, 2009 @05:56AM (#878749)
Why do they refer to Sir Tim as "Mr" throughout the article.
Did you read the post your replying to? The poster pointed out that he's got other things in his life. When you grow up you might decide that $20 to spend time with your kids when they're young is cheap.
Re:VisiCalc memories - the first Killer App on Friday October 02, 2009 @07:08AM (#856758)
I would be tempted to call it "The Killer App". By putting computers in the hands of the people who hold the purse-strings VisiCalc made them business necessities in a way no other App has.
Re:Ask HN: C or Haskell, which to learn next? on Monday September 14, 2009 @06:13AM (#821412)
You should use javascript to learn functional programming.
Please give examples of the "many scientific books". Also what, in your opinion, is the most reasonable opinion?