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by jeromec 16y ago
How was that code derived? Does it get its form from copyrighted code Sony owns the rights to? If so I believe it should enjoy copyright protection. We're seeing a nearly chaotic upheaval in how business is done in modern times, largely bec
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by jeromec 16y ago
The free market works such that after a product is sold, the seller has no rights it any more. They cannot remotely disable features after the sale. I agree 100% (unless such special use terms were part of the sale upfront, see pay tv cha
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by jeromec 16y ago
Well, someone else could have done the hacking and just threw your files up on bit torrent.
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by jeromec 16y ago
Now Sony's lawsuit isn't about software, or patents. It is about certain special secret integers. It so happens that used with readily available software they blow a wide hole in Sony's horrible security system for the PS3. I'm not famili
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by jeromec 16y ago
The problem is that current laws now allow someone else to force me to stop using my own code. Well, no, not exactly. Your reply is talking about patents, which I've agreed need reform. However, you're perfectly free to use and sell your
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by jeromec 16y ago
It used to be that I could sit down at a computer and innovate-up a useful program and no one could say I couldn't. Maybe even try to make a business out of it. Well hold on now. Don't be too quick to lump things in together. You can stil
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by jeromec 16y ago
Yeah, like the OP says it's good to network on and offline so I include a location and contact email in my profile. But I used to watch the Lakers religiously. In fact I've got a signed jersey from Eddie Jones hanging up right now. One fan
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by jeromec 16y ago
You're right about Phil Jackson. He's a basketball genius. LA has always been able to attract top talent, but raw talent alone doesn't equal multiple championships at NBA level.
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by jeromec 16y ago
I love this guy's writing style. Great read.
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by jeromec 16y ago
Come on now. Don't be so facetious. What chance do you honestly think a Tea Party rally has of maintaining a top spot on the HN front page? We are talking about historic events here. (and, no, me checking my email this morning is not also a
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by jeromec 16y ago
Wait a minute. Does this mean stores are not supposed to ask to see ID like a license to be sure it's your credit card?
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by jeromec 16y ago
I would point out technology and the Internet played an important if not vital role in the events of Egypt and Tunisia.
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by jeromec 16y ago
I have to disagree that the site is tacking away from serving entrepreneurial hackers. PG just recently posted that the site, even with all of its growth, seems to have kept fairly well the integrity of the homepage and quality of discussio
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by jeromec 16y ago
You're right that according to the site's guidelines ( http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ) political stories are usually off-topic. Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some inter
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by jeromec 16y ago
And coffee shops of all forms are almost sure-fire money losers. I'd never heard that before. Is Starbucks an exception? Does their volume make the difference?
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by jeromec 16y ago
I think what is happening is that when someone else does the tickling, although we may know it's coming we don't know what exact details to expect. For example, will I tickle you lightly or firmly, and in what exact spot? Will I wriggle my
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by jeromec 16y ago
I liked this line: The Romans used to use continuous tickling of the feet as a form of torture. I'm pretty sure I saw that in a Looney Tunes cartoon.
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by jeromec 16y ago
I'm a huge Harry Potter fan, but it never occurred to me to relate that scene to startups in that way. It makes me smile. :) However, I would tweak the "solid wall" metaphor a bit in the context of startups. For example, running full ahead
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by jeromec 16y ago
It's a bit early for April Fools, Jacques. Nice try. I give it about a week. If you are in fact serious and able to break the engagement I'm sure I won't be alone in wishing for the speedy return of your contributions.
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by jeromec 16y ago
Ah, yes. Everything is relative. :) For example, I imagine life is Hell right now for Egypt President Mubarak, although this probably only means losing power and living the rest of his life quite comfortably exiled in some other country.
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by jeromec 16y ago
I'm glad you pointed this out, as I was going to express something similar. I don't know that I would classify the pot as "hot", but at the same time I'm glad Jacques tempered his opinion with the following: If a dictator should come to po
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by jeromec 16y ago
I had this idea several years ago. What stopped me going forward was a feeling I couldn't make the game spy-like enough to be as fun as I'd like. There are practical limitations to the real world vs. virtual world as some comments already p
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by jeromec 16y ago
Wait a minute. The TechCrunch coverage on Larry Page replacing Eric Schmidt is a simple 4 paragraphs of editorial. It also simply states facts and doesn't include conjecture or spun opinion. See for yourself: http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/
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by jeromec 16y ago
You don't have to apologize, explain, or be accountable to anybody but yourself. Entrepreneurs take on all the risks and sacrifice for being "in the game" and the win to loss ratio has always been (and will likely always be) painfully small
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by jeromec 16y ago
I'm wondering if the reason MLA is usually ignored in America is that there is some truth to what I read about typewriters influencing the illogical style, which modern day editors seem to insist upon.
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by jeromec 16y ago
Another writing convention I read long ago which grew out of typewriter limitation is placing a comma or period within quotation marks when not part of the quotation as in: I'm a fully qualified "hacker." The period is not part of the quota
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by jeromec 16y ago
Hold on a second. You're suggesting slavery is in the same category as indentured servants, share croppers, and migrant labor for human exploitation? The difference is night and day! If I have to spell it out, in one case you work of your o
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by jeromec 16y ago
The only time a machine would make slavery inefficient is when such a machine could do everything a human can do, and with less energy requirements. Slaves were not limited to harvesting cotton. Slaves were meant to provide wealth to their
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by jeromec 16y ago
Doesn't help that 'idea guys' often want something impossible or ridiculously difficult & complicated. LMFAO So true.
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by jeromec 16y ago
Oh, yes, any results we came up with running the experiment here should be properly doubted from the start. Not only would participants know too much about the experiment, but over the Internet participants wouldn't be directly observable w

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