NoPiece

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by NoPiece 15y ago
You are right, and it is unfortunate that a small business might need to consider lobbying as part of their funding/business plan. It's enough to steer many from even considering the financial industry, which is the outcome that the industr
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by NoPiece 15y ago
The congress passed continuing resolutions that would have kept the government running. President Clinton vetoed the resolutions, so there was no money for operations. That caused major portions of the government to shut down. unless you ar
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by NoPiece 15y ago
Totally agree - just set this on Snow Leopard (enable tab in modal dialogs), and has come in handy already.
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by NoPiece 15y ago
The entry level positions I am talking (Licensed Practical Nurse) about don't require a college degree, just a 6 month certification. There are also tiers of nursing available via an AA program. Regardless, they are decent paying jobs, and
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by NoPiece 15y ago
Indeed, I was thinking the same thing as I read the comment. Look at google trends for "housing bubble." Peaked in 2005, well before the bubble popped. http://www.google.com/trends?q=housing+bubble
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by NoPiece 15y ago
How about nursing? The starting pay averages three to four times minimum wage, but there is still a shortage. It is easy to underestimate the mismatch between the skills required today, and the typical skills of the unemployed. However, you
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by NoPiece 15y ago
If you exclude services, then 35% of consumer spending is on imports. I think that number matches up more closely with peoples expectations. That said, oil really distorts that number.
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by NoPiece 15y ago
It isn't labeled in the chart, but the text of the article notes that electronics fall into the durable goods category along with cars, furniture, etc... So they are including all imports, not cherry picking.
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by NoPiece 15y ago
I knew I'd get down voted because this is an emotional issue for some. I didn't miss the point of the letter. It said the cost woud be to 3.8 billion to move LTE coverage from 80% to 97%. It didn't say the cost of matching the entire Tmo fo
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by NoPiece 15y ago
I think that is overstating the negative. You basically are going to get significant coverage improvements for TMO and ATT customers, and the cost will be potential price increases due to decreased competition. As an ATT customer, I really
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by NoPiece 15y ago
Would someone over 40 be out of place at this event?
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by NoPiece 15y ago
and the fat "iPhone" font on the back of the phone is not right.
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by NoPiece 15y ago
plus many sites use google's library api to load things like jquery! Used for good, 3rd party JS is a helpful thing. http://code.google.com/apis/libraries/devguide.html
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by NoPiece 15y ago
Look at this not in terms of a big company like Amazon, but a start up or mom and pop web retailer which would be required to collect and distribute taxes to 50 different states. What a nightmare. The "no physical presence" exemption makes
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by NoPiece 15y ago
It hasn't prevented the advancement of internet three strike laws in Europe. In fact they are way ahead of the US on that lousy path. Ireland, UK, France, etc... http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/france-passe... http://www.
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by NoPiece 15y ago
You are right, looking around some more, it looks like $1 billion was never reached. News Corp didn't break MySpace financials out, so all I can find some quotes from News Corp earnings calls. Looks like 2008 numbers were in the ~$200 milli
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by NoPiece 15y ago
They did have revenue besides google - In 2007 MySpace had $1 billion in revenue. http://www.businessinsider.com/2007/7/myspace-1b-of-r
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by NoPiece 15y ago
I think the scaling problem MySpace faced (and social sites in general face) was somewhat different than the sites you mention. Every page is dynamic, and requires real time updates. You could probably cache an amazon product page for a wee
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by NoPiece 15y ago
Active Admin does look very pretty, but in defense of ActiveScaffold, it is simple, works, and is easy to set up. Being able to throw up Active Scaffold generated pages has saved me a ton of time over the last couple years.