oldgregg

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   by oldgregg 18y ago

   I see your point, but I'd say there is cherrypicking data on both sides. In terms of motives, certanily Gore and many scientists have been personally enriched by promoting global warming. Sure humans have affected the climate, but I'm scar
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   by oldgregg 18y ago

   Good point on industry dynamics, but I'm pretty sure he was being tongue in cheek.
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   by oldgregg 18y ago

   Either satellite http://www.wildblue.com/ with awful latency or get creative http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2002/pulpit_20020207_0007... no good solution though-- other than moving.
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   by oldgregg 18y ago

   I would probably have more sympathy if he wasn't such a blowhard.
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   by oldgregg 18y ago

   I get this feeling that clothing is THE consumer product but nobody buys clothes online because: 1) sizing is screwy 2) it's impossibly kludgy to browse clothing, textures, etc. 3) a painful return process SO, I'm waiting for a department
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   by oldgregg 18y ago

   Middle America: Even people who "support" you kind of pat you on the head "oh that's nice" because they don't really get it. Get Lucky: You might find a friend or two, and that's all you need to stay motivated, but don't anything beyond tha
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   by oldgregg 18y ago

   Good question. I've used everything from expensive mail house software to hacked scripts, I still haven't found anything very versatile... maybe hire some Indians (or mturk?).
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   by oldgregg 18y ago

   How are they getting access to facebook profiles???
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   by oldgregg 18y ago

   Credit card storage is scary. I was working with a company that had 20k credit cards stolen. Visa never called, nobody was notified, nobody ever found out. Only a small handful of customers who had just placed orders even suspected who it w
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    I think YC tends to attract people who want to innovate... but who associates desktop software with innovation anymore? That's so 1983. Younger guys have never "wasted" the time to develop the requisite skill-set and older guys haven't both
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    I always thought if I was gonna rob a bank that starting a month prior I would call every service oriented business in town from plumbing to drapes and setup an appointment with everyone for 11am on the OTHER side of town. A thousand angry
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    Yeah could be a real shit storm. I see a massive uprising in the valley while the SFPD sends an invading army into mountain view... courageous.
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    Sounds like fun little subversive marketing campaign from datapresser.
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    http://www.hostip.info/
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    I've heard Buenos Aires is nice.
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    tech books that jump straight into examples without providing overarching context drive me mad-- which is one of the reasons why i absolutely love the rails way.
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    I think Jott already does it as a premium service-- but who wants to call a flippin phone number just to send a quick txt?! I've heard there are some people who swear by jott, but I think they are all old people because if you are halfway
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    This kind of hits it on the head because it begs the real question of how are you fundamentally motivated? Art or Commerce? Or? Most people are perfectly happy settling for commerce. :-/
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    Aww man, you couldn't have described my situation any better. I came to the decision it wasn't worth my time to try to make a difference (they didn't really deserve the help anyway). I started working only hard enough to not get fired while
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    Large markets almost always have room for a #2. However, unless you can make substantive improvements over their product or target a different niche that they are missing, you could be in for a hard slog.
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    anybody know what kind of software platform they are using? did they build everything from the ground up?
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    this is really clever... source code?!
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    I use boilerplate, a stripped down blueprint css: http://code.google.com/p/css-boilerplate/ I'm not a semantics-nazi by any means, but I've used grids at different times and... meh, I'd usually rather just throw a few float:left's togethe
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    the chicks?
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    Yes, you're missing out on a world of pain. I came from a windows server background. Even though I consider myself a *nix novice, I would rather stab myself in the ear with a pencil then go back to windows.
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    i feel your pain-- we've made do using google apps for domain, configuring SMTP is... quirky, but at low volume you should be fine.
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    Ask YC: Let my PSD go?

    3 points by oldgregg 18y ago|7 comments
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    I think DHH would say you are doomed for failure unless you are on different continents. :) It probably depends on how self-motivated you both are and if you are keeping day jobs. The biggest challenge I've seen is keeping momentum-- and ei
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    I mostly agree. You're absolutely right about there being tons of other opportunities out there -- my start-up won't be affected at all -- and I have no doubt people like netvibes or dropbox will adapt. Not to mention I work on apple produc
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    by oldgregg 18y ago

    I agree that technically there are some good devices out there-- but in 18 months when Apple has the market completely wrapped up what's the point?