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by freejack 15y ago
Jotform was a victim of lax registrar policy and wasn't a seizure by the USG or any of its agencies in any sense. Using the Internet is a risk. So is crossing the street. Your single biggest risk in registering a domain name relates to the
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by freejack 15y ago
This is getting a bit silly. Unless you are running a gambling, torrent or porn site, just get a .com and worry about more important things in your life. Asset seizure is something that drug dealers, not startups, should be worrying about.
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by freejack 15y ago
Verisign added NS records to the .com zone servers, not to the root. The root has very little in it, basically just pointers to the TLD zone servers...
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by freejack 15y ago
ugh no - please don't do this! this is a negotiation, not a fight. talking price on the first date isn't going to be productive because neither party has any clue what is being bought and sold. also, do you own talking. surround yourself wi
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by freejack 15y ago
I'd try to focus the initial conversations on understanding why they view your company as a strategic fit for their plans, their view of how the market may develop, etc. From there, you can get into what the integration of the two companies
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by freejack 15y ago
I was surprised to see that you are using the native Zendesk chat and feedback. I think you mentioned you are on the $24/mos plan? I'm pretty sure this feature is included. In my experience, the simpler the deployment, the easier it is to f
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Tucows launches Ting, a contract-free mobile service on Sprint's network(engadget.com)
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Tucows launches Ting: "a whole different type of carrier relationship"(techcrunch.com)
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by freejack 15y ago
civility, empathy, professionalism and respect for other people aren't formalities and I think there's lots of room, time and need for them in modern business practice.
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by freejack 15y ago
Yup, exactly my point. Thanks for the right words ;-) I've been thinking this morning about the knee jerk moderation and failure to communicate in this thread. There's a strong undercurrent of "Internet entrepreneur" that makes up HN, and I
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by freejack 15y ago
I find it remarkable the extent to which this comment was down voted. I stand by my comments, and will even go one step further to explicitly state that I think DHH and Curebit handled this unprofessionally. I don't know any of the people i
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by freejack 15y ago
while not always true, a lack of professionalism typically signals a lack of integrity.
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by freejack 15y ago
I was super excited to see the data presented and understand its implications for my business and then when I read the comments on YC and TC, all that washed away as I realized that the credibility of the data was probably about as good as
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by freejack 15y ago
I generally agree with most of the points made by the author, except he neglects a very basic requirement - usability and memorability. Whether we like it or not, these products often end up needing a website which need a domain. theagilepl
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by freejack 15y ago
I agree - there are strong points here. I'm not sure if this was intended or not, but I think you are describing YCombinator for Movies + a distribution platform to support it. At least as I read it, these are the two strong thoughts that c
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by freejack 15y ago
I've done some more reading since, and my arm-chair legal review seems to indicate that most, if not all, search and seizure happening in this area is due to U.S. policy and legislation and not ACTA. i.e. DHS, etc. have their own policies r
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by freejack 15y ago
This particular wikipedia article focuses more on the development of ACTA, and public comment and rumour during its development, than it does on the actual text of ACTA, a public document. I haven't read the actual text, and I imagine that
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by freejack 15y ago
Or possibly, 30 years in the senate may be where he fine-tuned his arrogance.
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by freejack 15y ago
I think you may be attributing motive or position where none really exists. My point was simply that the chief proponent of this presumes that we already agree on what the problem is and that we should therefore focus on finding the solutio
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by freejack 15y ago
The infographic glosses over an important point - many of the production jobs are contract and as far as I could tell, not included in the job count. I wouldn't rely on this as an indication that the MPAA lied although I wouldn't hesitate t
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by freejack 15y ago
Smith says he wants to wait “until there is wider agreement on a solution.” I think he'll have a much greater chance of success if he waits until there is larger agreement on the problem. Both sides seem very confused as to what this legisl
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by freejack 15y ago
Yeah, I agree. Not an incredibly insightful article. It assumes that there will be a rush to this new product - Apple is no different than any other company in this regard - it has to prove its offerings before the market, especially its ne
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by freejack 15y ago
This is a typical lobby tactic. I spent many years fighting similar interests related to DNS issues at ICANN and in Washington. Our position was to support a smaller ICANN and more control by the community - less regulation and more checks
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Murdoch's Position on SOPA is rooted in blind greed(byte.org)
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by freejack 15y ago
That's inflammatory. But to your point, I wasn't commenting on the manipulation of government (a point that I also don't agree with - I think the government is complicit, not manipulated) but on the manipulation of technology to stifle free
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by freejack 15y ago
I think proposals of this nature are not productive. Much of what fuels anti-SOPA/PIPA sentiment is rooted in the principles of individual freedoms and the preservation of a commons that makes the exchange of information, ideas and enables
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by freejack 15y ago
Thinking out loud, I wonder how effective the tech counter-lobby can be in a situation like this. Google and Facebook can cut all the checks they want, but if the congress critters have made up their mind about this bill, it would take a hu
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by freejack 15y ago
This "stunt" has been solely designed to raise awareness and mobilize support. It doesn't take Google or Facebook blacking out their site to accomplish this - simply running a text link or a banner on their sites would go a long way towards
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by freejack 15y ago
Directors solely have a responsibility to the corporation. The corporation has a responsibility to the shareholders. This gets mucky on boards of publicly traded boards because large shareholders can be directors and may have divided loyalt
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by freejack 15y ago
ahh, yes - that makes a lot more sense.

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