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by nroach 16y ago
There's some commentary about it on the lightwave forums ( http://www.spinquad.com/forums/showthread.php?27757-Messiah-... ) but I'm still not sure why you'd use Messiah over LW3D, Blender, or one of the more mainstream packages. For a hob
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Formation of an entity, whether a corporation, partnership, or LLC, is usually driven by three concerns: 1) liability protection; 2) tax compliance and structuring; and 3) establishment of ownership. 1 - Whether the first factor is a major
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This is one reason even small startups should consider registering their trademark. Depending on timing, it wouldn't necessarily have prevented Google or its predecessor in interest from registering and using the domain, but it could preve
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If the product doesn't work and perform its intended task, then what's the point of reviewing the feature bullets? I know that personally there's nothing as disappointing as reading glowing reviews of a product's potential, only to find tha
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by nroach 16y ago
Unfortunately, this kind of dedication to polish requires authoritative leadership. Someone has to be willing to say "no, I will not ship it in this condition". And, that feedback has to happen throughout the development process, not just
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by nroach 16y ago
502 Bad Gateway nginx/0.7.65
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by nroach 16y ago
While the copyright itself can arise without registration, the ability to file suit in federal court for infringement of the copyright arises only once registered. Registration can take place after the date of infringement. For more see
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by nroach 16y ago
Not to be overly skeptical, but if you have to pay $5.00 to get someone to give you an opinion, you may not have the critical thinking skills that I see most successful entrepreneurs display. Unless this was some kind of viral marketing se
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by nroach 16y ago
The article was insightful, and describes some of the problems, but is short on solutions. A seemingly good solution would be to allow limited-scope representations with more frequency that is common at present. In Texas, this is permitted
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by nroach 16y ago
If you do decide to go the self-filed route, make sure to read up on the categories of names in terms of whether your mark is protectable. (generic, descriptive =bad; arbitrary, fanciful =good) There's' plenty of good information here: htt
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by nroach 16y ago
That's a valid rationale in terms of an offensive filing. But you should think defensively as well. Does the perceived priority change if your name is similar to that of another company who has obtained a registration? What happens if th
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by nroach 16y ago
Generally speaking, trademark applications aren't difficult. If you're a detail-oriented person and don't mind doing some reading, you can absolutely do it yourself. The main advantage to hiring an attorney is that if you run into an oppos
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by nroach 16y ago
In the US, "common law" trademarks are automatic when you begin using the name. However, it's a very limited scope of protection and often times can be geographically limited. For example, if I started a service like AirBnB and all my init
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by nroach 16y ago
On my monitor, the black text was more readable as well. The brown text required perceptible effort to read. I agree with scott_s. If you goal is to deliver information, the black text is superior.
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Tax Breaks for Startups: The 2010 Jobs Bill Is More Than Just Loans.(nathanroach.com)
2 points by nroach 16y ago|0 comments
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by nroach 16y ago
A "diplomas for all" philosophy probably does leave everyone behind. But, an "opportunity for college for all" philosophy does not. With higher education, you get out of it what you put in. The technical schools aren't much better. If you
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by nroach 16y ago
Good point, 4/8 works better than 5 or 7 for me.
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by nroach 16y ago
Of course, with Posterous, you can't track your metrics at all, unless you use Google Analytics. Any JS embedding, including tracking snippets are not supported.
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by nroach 16y ago
duplicates http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1700792
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These fears seem to stem from the illusion of control and detectability. Ask most folks if they would be able to tell if their child is depressed or suicidal and you'll get a variation of "Of course I'd know if my child was suicidal" or "My
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by nroach 16y ago
Accolades about one's toughness and perseverance are also more credible when they're not self-gratifying. If this article was written by PG about WePay, that would be one thing. Even if its 100% true, it sounds less impressive when the
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by nroach 16y ago
This piece struck me as very insightful. Not as advice per se, but as a window into the motivations of Creators. This part in particular: "Creation is a deeply personal and rewarding activity, which means that your Work should also be deep
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by nroach 16y ago
Even if you accept the author's premise that the world is moving to "apps", how many of those are just built on a webkit core? I'd say half of the "apps" on my iPhone are just wrappers of varying complexity for good old port-80 HTML and HTM
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by nroach 16y ago
Any suggestions for customers with DNS names pointing to posterous blogs? Are we going to need to follow you on each hop?
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by nroach 16y ago
It's interesting that they're basically saying Rackspace's network couldn't hold up and doesn't have an effective solution for DDOS victims on their network. Gige's DDOS protection is basically a hosted redirect and filtering system that "l
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by nroach 16y ago
ZFS is licensed separately and apart from Solaris, but it's still under the CDDL
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This is why term limits are so crucial. By forcing new blood into the system, you limit the effectiveness of lobbying by decreasing the return on investment in lobbyists.
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by nroach 16y ago
I agree. However, another route would be to take a sum equal to your 1st year college tuition, and use that to seed a bootstrapped startup. Take a year, $20-50k, and see what you can build. If you fail, you still have (ostensibly) three y
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by nroach 16y ago
There are two potential problems, one legal and one perceptual. On the legal side, you may run into trademark issues if your name isn't sufficiently different from a generic term. You can already see this problem in Apple's App Store. Wh
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Ask HN: What's with the .ly domains (or, A Name Is Forever)
7 points by nroach 16y ago|8 comments

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