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by mschy 17y ago
He published a book that claimed Clinton was the head of the Arkansas drug trade, and that the Oklahoma City Bombing was an FBI/DOJ operation. I'd call him a nutter, but I don't think that's true. I think he's a smart fellow who recognizes
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by mschy 17y ago
My bad. I assumed that a new submission would be, y'know... new.
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by mschy 17y ago
Imagine that The Naked Chef gets bored doing "telly" and opens a restaurant. Like his venture 'Fifteen' that is not only a top restaurant, but also a program for troubled youth? Or more like the half-dozen or so "Jamie's Italian" that ha
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by mschy 17y ago
The 'skeptic' branding was a great move on their part, but it's simply not true. It's akin to calling young earth creationists 'evolutionary skeptics'.
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by mschy 17y ago
Hey, IT Goons. Spy on the network traffic to find out who is using encrypted communication, and who they are communicating with. Then pass that information to the knee-breakers, so we can find out what they are hiding. This has nothing to
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by mschy 17y ago
If I ran an oppressive, evil regime, one of the first things I'd arrange would be traffic analysis of encrypted or otherwise suspicious email.
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by mschy 17y ago
Perhaps somebody could submit one and report back. Well... I'm sure somebody has submitted one. We just need for them to kindly report back.
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by mschy 17y ago
Some people, given the same price curves and risk profiles, will take advocate action sooner than others. The opinions of those who are later on that curve are not more valid than the opinions of those who are sooner on it, or vice versa. T
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by mschy 17y ago
Well that weakens my point substantially, but I still think that 'totally' is too much blame. If you leave your building hooked up to an open tunnel line, something could come in through it. And that something could be water (or gas, or ro
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by mschy 17y ago
My post was meant to be about uncaptured economic effects and risk. The "Peak Oil" crowd as I understand them, are concerned that oil field production will stop growing, while demand continues to rise, and the price of oil could grow fairly
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by mschy 17y ago
It's clear you don't know what an externality is, so I'll start there, with a clear hypothetical. - Q causes asthma. - I own a factory. - That factory is cheaper to operate if it emits Q than if it doesn't. This is an externality. If I emit
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by mschy 17y ago
Okay, so City Hall was responsible for the damage to City Hall. But blaming the city for everything still strikes me as absurd. It was a private enterprise that dug tunnels without getting permits from the city, and it created a problem. S
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by mschy 17y ago
Yes, it was totally the city's fault that the Chicago Tunnel Company built and abandoned a collection of illegally dug tunnels under the city. It is also totally the city's fault that the previous participants in the Chicago Tunnel Company'
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by mschy 17y ago
You said iSuppli was being dishonest. They weren't. They're not exaggerating either. iSuppli isn't responsible if daringfireball (or anybody else) mangles their actual statements. I'll stand my statement that you are dishonest, and at you
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by mschy 17y ago
It wasn't H&Ms standard practice in the first place, and they stopped the store that was doing it. Their standard practice was to donate the unsold clothes to charity. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/hm-says-it-will...
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by mschy 17y ago
Every serious proposal to "conserve" oil that I've seen consists of two core components: 1) An incentive to use a preferred technology 2) A disincentive against using an unfavored technology The basic functionalities of commodity markets ar
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by mschy 17y ago
The crux of the conservationist's point is that some resources are mispriced due to uncaptured externalities, and that this leads to overuse. There's a secondary argument about risk tolerance in that some people default to doing things unti
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by mschy 17y ago
Nearly all instances of "we'll run out of oil" are calls to action to innovate and adapt to ensure that the problem never comes to pass. Claiming it's a bet against that is disingenuous at best.
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by mschy 17y ago
* The crash is not intended to symbolize the killing of those who oppose capitalism but to show the folly of loose, whimsically held beliefs.* Yes, A is A. If you are a capitalist then you may not have any ideological compromise at all, ev
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by mschy 17y ago
To those who haven't read the book in question: I recommend never reading it.
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by mschy 17y ago
"Everyone else made hundreds of millions and we paid money to not be a part of it," Richardson said. "It was brilliant. I come up with these strokes of genius from time to time. That was my best." I love that quote. It makes me think I'd
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by mschy 17y ago
The iSuppli press release is titled 'Google Nexus One Carries $174.15 Materials Cost.' The third sentence reads "This total comprises only hardware and component costs for the Nexus One itself and does not take into consideration other expe
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by mschy 17y ago
To quote one of the first engineers I ever worked with: "all problems can be solved with an additional layer of abstraction. " except performance problems, of course.
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by mschy 17y ago
Correct me if I'm missing something, but won't this require that you raise $700k or so, so you can pay the taxes, and then spend the $400k? That strikes me as... ambitious. Also, the whole thing seems much more 'help me out of my problem!'
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by mschy 17y ago
Good Enough isn't mediocre, it's good (enough). If you're selling to NASA, Good Enough might mean you machine it to the thousandth of the inch, with the best possible materials. If you're selling to Joe Schmoe, Good Enough might mean you ma
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by mschy 17y ago
you have to believe that your way is the best way to solve the problem. I disagree. You have to believe that your way is Good Enough. Good Enough plus effective promotion equals sales. Best is a recipe for Duke Nukem Forever.
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by mschy 17y ago
Agreed. Find a portion of the target market that is unserved, or poorly served by their app, and differentiate your app to appeal to them. If this means making it narrower, good. The only sort of competition I'd strongly discourage is stra
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by mschy 17y ago
Escheatment isn't new. If you abandon a bank account, the bank escheats it to the state. If you then notify the state that they have your money (such as via http://ucp.dor.wa.gov/ ), then you can file a claim, and they'll give you the mo
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by mschy 17y ago
I wouldn't describe fully automated highway driving as painful in the least. I'd be quite happy about it. After all, highway driving isn't remotely interesting from a "driving" viewpoint, so I'd hardly miss it.
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by mschy 17y ago
I have a car equipped with a similar system, and have a similar reaction (my car will slow down to a stop if I let it). I've had no issues thinking that rental cars were the same, because the driving experience with "standard" cruise contro

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