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by froo 17y ago
"Now I _always_ buy the OEM part. Some examples:" I thought I would provide another example as this was one of those things that always amused me. Back when my brother was alive, he was a Porsche enthusiast, he owned several at the same t
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by froo 17y ago
I'd say it's more like they're also advertising their older series phones too, given the url for the page is not htc magic specific.
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by froo 17y ago
"FSJ did, in fact, start posting again last week." I rest my case then...
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by froo 17y ago
No doubt. I saw "Daniel Lyons" under the title and the first thing that came to mind after seeing that and the title was "Why's that? So you can start writing FSJ blog posts again?" ... I then read the article and I suspect I wasn't far off
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by froo 17y ago
"How does it do this, and when, and where? Are you sure it's not just some fiction from a demo video? " I saw it in the demo videos, but I thought I should also give real world examples. Quoted from Wikipedia. "Partner companies use the Su
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by froo 17y ago
"Where does the money come from? Mostly Windows and Office. This revenue streams are beginning to dry out." The great thing about people responding to posts that have data with generalised assumptions is they usually don't add data. Do yo
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by froo 17y ago
"What can we do with Surface that is new and well, brings some kind of advancement?" You mean the things like where you could put your credit card down on the table at a restaurant and divide up a bill between people easily, and pay, with
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by froo 17y ago
I think Microsoft has great taste... if they steal their design elements from other companies, that is :) Like Picasso said. Good artists borrow, great artists steal. The Windows 7 Beta seemed pretty good when I used it.
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by froo 17y ago
Microsoft has no innovation? http://www.microsoft.com/surface/ http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/projectnatal/ http://research.microsoft.com/apps/dp/pr/projects.aspx (there are a few gems in there that have yet been "announced")
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by froo 17y ago
"If nothing else... Microsoft owns the desktop until they are unable to e.g. scare netbook builders to stop selling preinstalled Linux." I know we discussed this the other day ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=666787 ) but I think it'
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by froo 17y ago
"Their business model is coming to an end." Do you have any data supporting your claim or is this just a gut feeling? Here's what we know about MS's business model (I just quickly skim read their annual reports to gather these figures). R
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by froo 17y ago
Let me get this straight... an Advisor to Bush - the president who started 2 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and was well on his way to a third. Who reopened gitmo to do unspeakable acts is talking about who should get the Nobel Peace Prize?
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by froo 17y ago
It sounds like popular social web site features brought down to my local box. The thing that is appealing about social web site features is the fact that everything occurs at central hubs. It's a gathering point, which enhances the experi
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by froo 17y ago
I would like to see Bing do some more interesting things with this image to make it seem more like a personalised search engine. For example, since Bing integrates with Live accounts, I'd suspect there is obviously some recording of previou
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by froo 17y ago
A mate of mine has the following tip for picking up girls in bars which has served me well. "Go ugly early and avoid the late night rush" Good luck gentlemen. EDIT - just thought I should probably elaborate a little. While out, in aggrega
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by froo 17y ago
I was over at a friend's place and tried this game out - the gameplay seemed pretty poor. To be honest, I think creating AR's for games that already have a very good track record for gameplay (eg, catan) is a better prospect than trying to
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by froo 17y ago
I watched this video and an idea immediately came to mind. Bastards!! Very cool demo, especially with the addition of the map on the tabletop. There is definitely possibilities here for cool stuff to be created. EDIT - One example I'm think
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by froo 17y ago
I think it's a slap in the face of all the people Erik bullied and abused over the years... .. and now that he's gone, you have finally gotten up the courage to do some bullying of your own, to a man who can't fight back because he's... y
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by froo 17y ago
Unlike most of the posters there, I'm glad he's gone. The world is a better place without him, and maybe now the Lisp community can begin to heal. It's times like these I wonder why pg put in a cap on downmodding someone. You may disagree
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by froo 17y ago
Why is Freenode, as an independent market actor, not allowed the same prerogative? Is it because Freenode operates as a non-profit, while Mibbit is a small startup? I'd suggest that freenode's arguments seem to be fairly hollow given that
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by froo 17y ago
And then have the gall to accuse the network of wanting to make a profit itself? To be fair, I was the first one making that accusation (not axod) and I clearly indicated that it was a tinfoil hat moment - time will tell, but the banning
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by froo 17y ago
Well then the effect you're describing has more to do with population density than interface? When things start getting crowded, people start generally becoming rowdy - it seems to be human nature. You can have a small home party with 10-20
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by froo 17y ago
Ok, so you're suggesting that there is a correlation between how attractive a user interface is and the number of users/trolls? Well then let's break it down to its most simplistic form, the Operating System, seeing as that affects every se
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by froo 17y ago
without receiving any complaints This is what you would call spin.... I too saw the same complaints.
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by froo 17y ago
People abusing mibbit webchat to cause strife http://blog.freenode.net/2009/06/new-freenode-webchat-and-wh... Honestly, freenode is loaded up with tech savvy users. This will solve nothing. If users want to cause strife on channels, the t
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by froo 17y ago
I know the "official" reason, but I'm curious if there's any correlation between the blocking of mibbit and axod's post about how much revenue mibbit was making here ( http://axod.blogspot.com/2009/06/revenue-browser.html ) - the timing is
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by froo 17y ago
why does Google want or need to own a piece of a biotech company? Honestly, I think this is part of their "index all the world's information" strategy, which is why it is coming out of corporate pockets rather than Brin's own bank account
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by froo 17y ago
unalone linked this to me earlier today and it got me wondering who the employee of Pixar is, seeing how Pixar declined to comment. It wouldn't surprise me if it was someone like Andrew Stanton or Pete Docter who flew down there as they're
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by froo 17y ago
I liked Woopra when it first came out - http://www.woopra.com/
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by froo 17y ago
"And the basic problems with trust are the same whether it is 2009 or not. I do not trust you!" Well, axod who runs mibbit is a respected HN contributor who works very hard on his client and is also available to chat/help often in #startu

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