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by froo 18y ago
I would give you double karma if I could, this gave me a good little giggle. You sir, are both a gentleman and a scholar.
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by froo 18y ago
This has probably been going on since we've had culture. You know, I just had a weird connection when you mentioned that - I'm reminded of one of the early scenes to 2001: A Space Odyssey... The "dawn of man" scene. Link posted below for
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by froo 18y ago
Ya, but the point is that it got actively taken out of MS's base browser product (I'm guessing because of their antitrust issues at the time, but I really dont know to be honest). The core idea however had so much potential, even if the imp
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by froo 18y ago
Well then by that definition, Google chrome is still not the first "Browser 2.0" because other development teams have included technologies like Javascript and especially ActiveX controls into their browsers, effectively making them applica
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by froo 18y ago
web browser 2.0? There has easily been more than 2 major revisions in browser technology (I'm not talking just version changes, I'm talking fundamental changes in ideas) If I had to quickly disassemble it, it would have been something like.
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by froo 18y ago
Agreed about people being hype prone, look at the comments system on Digg. It doesn't particularly matter if your comment on any submitted story is as insightful as the rest, just as long as your among the first to comment your almost guara
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by froo 18y ago
Mikerowesoft?
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by froo 18y ago
I hope it works out for you, I mailed you a couple of domain ideas for names which might have some value to you and are currently unregistered. In particular there was one I quite liked that was 6 letters long, so hope you like it too :) (I
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by froo 18y ago
[Inserting obvious link] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-TA57L0kuc ...the Internet is for porn!
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by froo 18y ago
One thing I'd like to see is to be able to embed some of the Google Gadgets from iGoogle into the new tab screen, down the bottom would be nice. Would useful to be able to keep up with email/rss/news incrementally while I'm doing normal bro
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by froo 18y ago
Ok, I just did a very rough & quick chop job in photoshop to try and explain what I was mumbling about, remember its a very rough copy. Having another look at the image, I'd probably even make the images below even more thumbnail like
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by froo 18y ago
(Note #1: I hope I don't come across as too critical mate, I'm just trying to be helpful!) I just had a little play around with the site and I was a little confused to what it actually did for a few moments (even though I did read the tagli
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by froo 18y ago
All they need to do now is make them a little larger, attach a minigun and some missiles and Skynet will be able to hunt us down quite proficiently... ... while doing loop-to-loops.
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by froo 18y ago
I completely agree - theres only so many ways one can "connect" with another individual and keep up with their day to day lives. Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, YouTube, ad nauseum. I think it's great to see more people try and tackle problems
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by froo 18y ago
Separate from hospitals, we have private practice doctors. I'm not sure what space there is for startups on the needs of doctors. Obviously someone could likely make a lot of money if they could centralize billing and invoices in a manner
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by froo 18y ago
We have sent in our application to YC for this round for an app we're working on that will work on tackling some aspects of the health industry. I'm not sure if we'll get in or not (as we dont have demonstrated experience in the startup wor
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by froo 18y ago
Web Development Consultant but working on my first startup.
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by froo 18y ago
So my current understanding of magnetic fields is pretty much limited to high school, but would it be possible to align this magnetic field with the Earth's magnetic field? I'm just throwing it out there for consideration.
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by froo 18y ago
The first reaction I had when I read this was "This would be fantastic on a much larger scale to power electric cars". I believe that this kind of technology would eliminate the range debate between pure electric cars and those that rely on
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Intel cuts electric cords with wireless power system(news.yahoo.com)
5 points by froo 18y ago|4 comments
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by froo 18y ago
* slaps forehead * It makes me often wonder how these patent applications slip through the cracks in the system? Has some patent clerk gone "oh, I've heard of Microsoft before, they do computers right? This thing must be right! Approved!"
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by froo 18y ago
Double points in the bonus round for taking a cheap shot at a Victorian! Congratulations :)
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by froo 18y ago
Thanks for clearing it up :) I read some material on this subject several years ago and have been putting it into practice ever since, so the specifics get lost in the day to day usage.
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by froo 18y ago
I think what he is describing is talking about quality of sleep rather than quantity. I'm no expert, so I'm really just regurgitating something I read awhile ago, so please bare in mind that it is probably not 100% correct, but the seed of
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by froo 18y ago
I've had Mahalo pop up for several recent news topics. I suppose its a bit hit and miss right now.
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by froo 18y ago
Thankyou very much good sir!
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by froo 18y ago
Good to see Sarah Lacy got her numbers wrong again... mentioning they take a rather hefty cut of a startup for a comparatively small $5,000 Journalist Mathematics strikes again, I mentioned this yesterday.. http://news.ycombinator.com/it
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by froo 18y ago
hacker news: neck washer, warn cheeks, swan hecker or knee rash wc?
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by froo 18y ago
Well when we're talking about search - both the Yahoo and Live engines have effectively caught up in providing relevant results when searching, yet Google still has a dominating position which is still growing. That right there is a result
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by froo 18y ago
from Valleywag. http://secretenemyhideout.com/post/46652783/i-heard-from-an-... .. and I know I'm totally going to get downmodded for mentioning VW - but the link to what the had is there for reference anyway.

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