TomOfTTB

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by TomOfTTB 16y ago
There's a difference between "damage" and "permanent damage". If Sony has servers that are functioning correctly and Anonymous causes them not to function correctly than damage is being done. There is money Sony would have been making dur
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How does anonymously damaging the property of those who hold beliefs you disagree with in any way consistent with those values? Further they aren't advancing an agenda they are harming one. I'm someone who agrees with much of what they ad
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The best coverage I found of the whole disaster: http://www.twitter.com/freepmike
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Well first if you are going to use Bill Gates as an example you should know a little bit more about Bill Gates. Bill Gates is a very liberal guy. He's on record as saying he doesn't plan to leave any of his money to his children and plans t
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The author, like others who push this philosophy, ignores the gaping hole in his plan. Which is that countries are separate and competing in entities. So if a country like Great Britain has fewer super rich people than the United States i
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There are a lot of flaws in this analysis... 1. Yes Techcrunch's traffic is down according to Compete but so is the traffic from other sites that cover the same space. In the last 6 months Venturebeat for example is down 73%. ReadWriteWe
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It really is the little touches that make this so awesome. A lot of would-be pranksters settle for the quick first impression hit and then move on. But the deeper you dig here the more fun you find. From the grainy images to the IE and
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Were scientists paid more than professional athletes in the 50s and 60s? I somehow doubt it. There's a lot that's ridiculous about this article (His "30 year slump" completely dismisses information technology for example). But with such
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This, to me, is the problem. I didn't expect Windows Phone 7 to win over Android or iPhone developers. But if you are a Microsoft developer it's hard to start developing for Android or the iPhone. Because you have to use a different lang
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And probably dramatically more than have sold. Though some have questioned it I still think the Windows Phone Facebook App is a good indicator of how many phones have been sold. It's true that you don't have to install that app to use Wind
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The very article you quote says the PM was in the dark "for one hour". That, to me, says the Japanese Government has taken control. They wouldn't replace on the line workers because those are the people who know the most about the plant b
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First sorry for misunderstanding your point. Though I still say its a warning sign when someone you think is usually full of it starts making sense (even if its in another area) That said my understanding was the USS Ronald Reagan was disp
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There was a whole HN thread that very clearly debunked his previous post on the Japan situation ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2316158 ). If you're finding his writing insightful now it might be a sign that you aren't thinking ratio
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Think of all the good that could be done for the open source world if this led every company to expect open source contributions from their new hires. Careers 2.0 probably isn't popular enough to change the world that significantly but it d
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Number three, nothing about Apple's process actually ensures that this can't or doesn't happen. It may have some affect, but there have been mistakes made in Apple's store as well. We really don't know the specifics of Apple's process so
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While I don't agree with the author in regards to the app store Apple's restricting installs to the App store is a valid security measure. Allow side loading and there's literally no way to secure the device any longer (which is why PCs ha
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This is a straw man argument. Apple's rarely been criticized for a restriction that safeguarded the user. In fact, most of the criticism of the review process isn't criticism of an individual restriction at all but criticism of the fact t
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This is from my completely anecdotal observations so take it with that grain of salt. But I actually think a bubble is good for people like you. To explain that let me give you my advice... 1. Ramp up as quickly as possible. If there is
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I agree with your overall theory but not with your conclusion. I think Facebook is making two big mistakes... 1. Thinking that everyone agrees that privacy is dead 2. Still having not found a way to allow users to separate groups in an e
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The difference now is far greater access. With smartphones in everyone's pocket and TV boxes that connect to these services the whole thing becomes a lot more compelling. As someone who doesn't work for any of these companies I can tell yo
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I'm the same so I put "Yes but I want to leave" because essentially you were forced into an account in order to use the login (meaning you wouldn't be on if you'd had a choice and hence you want to leave)
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In 2009 I dated an actress (musical theatre) who was being approached by the recording industry to do an album. So I went to a lot of parties with Music execs and I'll tell you what they told me. Their strategy IS to be the bad guy. Ask an
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A few reasons (as far as I'm concerned) 1. Startups could learn a lot about presentation from this guy. I don't know about anyone else but I was struck by the video's simple, matter of fact style. No flash or funny animations. Just a sm
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He's making an abstraction not saying a Microwave represents a 1-to-1 relationship with an iPad
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His point is that a Microwave adds convenience at the expense of ability. In that a Microwave doesn't cook things as well as an Oven does but it cooks them faster. In that same way an iPad adds convenience at the expense of ability. You c
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Did you even read the article? He explains really clearly that he understands the advantage Tablets represent. He even makes a nice little Microwave-to-Oven analogy.
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It shouldn't matter. The Arab League represents the leaders of 22 middle eastern countries including Bahrain. The reason the Arab League isn't constantly asking for UN intervention is because it's composed of very people who are responsibl
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Right. But you're looking at this from your perspective and not The President's perspective. President Obama has made it clear in his criticisms that he believes the Bush administration was wrong because it didn't consult the International
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I'm normally not that cynical about things but here I have to agree for the most part. It's hard to cite humanitarianism when the world community allowed Gaddafi to bomb the rebels by plane for over a month (the uprising started Feb. 15th
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I don't necessarily disagree with his points. School administrators are corrupt a lot of the time. And schools are run in a way that's counterproductive a lot of the time. But the flaw in his logic is that he's saying we need another corrup

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