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by allenp 17y ago
I agree - plenty of sites, why visit one that annoys you - but I will say that with advertising it is becoming less and less the case that the site actually chooses or even knows what ads are showing on their site.
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by allenp 17y ago
I think the difference is that the calling cards are for a set number of minutes and a monthly internet service is just a on/off thing. The other thing I wonder about though is gift cards - I'm sure there have to be tons of dollars that exp
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by allenp 17y ago
I loved the primal howl. I think if your product can induce that you're going to have some very happy customers.
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by allenp 17y ago
My favorite as well. Reminds me of an evil genius in-training from Captain Horrible's Sing Along Blog or something.
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by allenp 17y ago
I think you're right that as you learn about something, you feel invested and find more interest in it. I also think that as you learn about one thing you may find other areas or topics that you can learn about - so "what you love" may actu
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by allenp 17y ago
I thought open source was about software, not about logic (business or otherwise) - am I missing something here?
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by allenp 17y ago
Additionally it may be the case that a large part of the value of the algorithm is created from its secrecy. If the algorithm was open it would be trivial to create sites with artificially high rankings which would reduce the value of the s
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by allenp 17y ago
You might consider that homosexuality isn't just about sex but also about relationships.
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by allenp 17y ago
Make a quiz out of it - "think the quiz is wrong, join the group and tell us why", also get AAA to sponsor it somehow. I'm sure they or someone like them are looking to get into advertising to that demographic.
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by allenp 17y ago
Exactly - tell me all the local stuff without all the AP global/national stuff in between. I would absolutely subscribe to this and would even prefer it to an online version.
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by allenp 17y ago
One of the biggest advantages of implementing the ghosts as objects is that they can actively work together to corner pac-man.
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by allenp 17y ago
I agree - I think this is more a cross-stitch pattern than ascii art - especially since it only uses one character (X). It is however quite fancy, and I do appreciate the time it would have taken to produce it.
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by allenp 17y ago
Great article, I'd love to see more data about advertising/sales - especially conversions. How close of a correlation can you make with the banner placements and increase in sales. It seems like once you're in the top 100 listing, there is
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by allenp 17y ago
Does anyone know if this can be used between consumers (like paypal) or if it is vender-to-consumer only?
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by allenp 17y ago
I didn't vote you down, but giving them the benefit of the doubt, why don't you think they would address this obvious concern from the start?
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by allenp 17y ago
I just wanted to emphasize that the best part about Kaiser is their interface - it is super simple to schedule and receive care and it rarely felt "slugish" to go through their processes.
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by allenp 17y ago
A related (but from a developer point of view) blog post by Jeff Vogel: http://jeff-vogel.blogspot.com/2009/11/make-your-game-easy-t... It is really interesting to see these posts come out just days apart - I wonder if there is any cross
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by allenp 17y ago
So I have to ask then (and this is really in the spirit of discussion not trolling) - is it that software cannot currently be engineered, or is it that software can never be engineered? I ask because I feel like there are examples of "bridg
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by allenp 17y ago
"...targeting users who jailbreak is also targeting the only people that pirate since you have to have a jailbroken phone to pirate." Bingo. You'll end up with your Cydia-enhanced version sitting next to your pirated retail version side-by-
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by allenp 17y ago
In case you missed it yesterday here is the journal of the designer of Prince of Persia: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=956077 If you only read one entry, this should be it: http://jordanmechner.com/old-journals/1988/11/november-1
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by allenp 17y ago
I'm guessing it is more like he uses a lot of arrays and simple structs and the C++ guys want everything in classes, stuff like that.
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New iPhone worm can act like botnet(news.bbc.co.uk)
9 points by allenp 17y ago|10 comments
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by allenp 17y ago
You're dead on - it should be as simple as an appliance. Turn it on and it works. I think one of the biggest reasons for being paranoid about bugs/virus problems is that when something happens to your phone (or "social appliance" as I think
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by allenp 17y ago
I've used this a bunch in prototyping and have to say that it is an incredible head start for anyone wanting to make a flash game, especially if you're not coming from a flash background but more of a programmer background. I think that whi
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by allenp 17y ago
I keep seeing this notion of opening the platform brought up here. I'm having a hard time visualizing how this works out. Does Apple continue the overhead/cost of the app store? Do they have a giant disclaimer that they do not support or co
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by allenp 17y ago
Thanks for your detailed response. I agree that smashing did a piss-poor job in presenting this stuff - but I think they linked to some examples that do it really well. You are 100% spot-on with the font size/color/weight stuff. I think the
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Start-up Ville(bu.edu)
1 points by allenp 17y ago|0 comments
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by allenp 17y ago
I thought this article wasn't well done, but they do link to some examples that are better. This is one: http://gregorywood.co.uk/journal/top-5-spielberg-films I really think consuming that article is more satisfying than yet another top
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by allenp 17y ago
Why not? What is content? Is it possible for the appearance to "mingle" with the content in a way that enhances or creates greater content? At that point is the appearance part of the content? Or is it more like a "content additive" ?
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by allenp 17y ago
An extra-solar planet imager (telescope or satellite) and a nuke powered exploration probe to check things out.

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