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by sharpn 17y ago
If you like great poetry check out the drafts of Wilfred Owen's 'Anthem for a Doomed Youth' - Sigfreid Sassoon helped him redraft it into possibly the most iconic WW1 poem, but the original version was relatively weak. Fascinating to see
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by sharpn 17y ago
I agree, I'd suggest with Terms & Conditions there are: 1) people who don't read/skim them (the majority) 2) people who want all the details (a vocal minority) So if your T&C's state something like 'we may send puzzle data to our
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by sharpn 17y ago
Freedom.
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by sharpn 17y ago
"blessed are the peacemakers".
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by sharpn 17y ago
If there are tests for a binary result (has cow-flu/does not have cow-flu) that are not correlated, one or both of the tests is bad. Further information could confirm or negate the choice of Y or Z (or sticking only with X).
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Intel and Nokia to collaborate(news.bbc.co.uk)
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by sharpn 17y ago
Open Office writer has this to a limited extent - I find it useful.
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by sharpn 17y ago
yeah - I wasn't concentrating properly as I typed & meant 'googlemail', but 'gmail' works better.
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by sharpn 17y ago
I think what (s)he means is 'the big G' = 'google.com' in his/her email address.
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by sharpn 17y ago
I think 'ramen profitable' is a great pithy phrase, but to work long hours effectively (and stay healthy) it always struck me as a false economy to live on rice & beans. Good to see some data on the topic.
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by sharpn 17y ago
I agree - the point I was making was about damage to the long term franchise, which I guess an individual salesperson wouldn't care about.
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by sharpn 17y ago
The bbc are a bit behind, but have been talking about doing the same for a while now - and appear to be building this archive of (currently just very old) programmes out gradually: http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/ Not sure whether it can be
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by sharpn 17y ago
But I'd suggest that the disappointment people felt with MS products was at least part of what spurred open office & ubuntu (for example) - and open source software certainly threatens MS's revenue stream.
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by sharpn 17y ago
In my experience (IANAL etc.): If you're being hired solely for your expertise &/or experience, there should not be a non-compete clause in your contract. If you are expecting to some extent to be trained in an emerging field then a non
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by sharpn 17y ago
A less sensationalist (and apparently more informed) analysis can be found here: http://www.weathergraphics.com/tim/af447/
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by sharpn 17y ago
Some useful tips that can be applied to other areas too - not just open source coding projects. I liked the examples of dealing with time & resource sinks.
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by sharpn 17y ago
Good start on a great idea. You could add a signup for email updates option on your homepage to keep those of us who would definitely buy a more developed version (ie more exotic chord recognition) &/or different format informed about n
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by sharpn 17y ago
If this extra cost/regulation was enacted it would just move the business offshore.
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by sharpn 17y ago
"4.Pretending you know what you're doing is almost the same as knowing" - no, it's not. And such hubris can prevent knowledge discovery (besides the loss of reputation).
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by sharpn 17y ago
That makes sense - thanks for the clarification. Assuming there is a similar exclusion for business pcs then it might not be too bad. I suspect the end result will focus on residential homes with a TV or internet access.
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by sharpn 17y ago
http://xkcd.com/552/
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by sharpn 17y ago
The contentious point will come if/when people start being charged for TV content for using a device that can receive streamed TV - eg businesses being charged a licence fee for each pc/blackberry/ipod. I'll be interested to see how this
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by sharpn 17y ago
Very useful information for UK startups in this & linked articles - lots of options I wasn't aware of, thanks.
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by sharpn 17y ago
Surely the word is 'innumeracy', not the phrase 'mathematical illiteracy'?
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by sharpn 17y ago
Pinker has a good 'atgoogle talks' vid on youtube that summarises his thoughts on the topic well.
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by sharpn 17y ago
Not a critisism, but a question: why are you paying a return on investment funds from before they are drawn? I'm curious - was that based on a precedent?
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by sharpn 17y ago
I agree, you're right about the low dividend. But the argument against paying a high price for MS's future earnings stands. I conflated two ideas, but although I actually believe MS's conservative cash position is perhaps their best strengt
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by sharpn 17y ago
True. But you pay a lot for the 3b as an investor. 1% earnings & negligible dividend for a 'monopoly' is not great, even in this low-interest environment. It indicates that the market (and I would guess most HN readers) do not believe M
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by sharpn 17y ago
The founders were looking to raise funds to buy back - but IF this post is correct, I guess Ebay must think they can get a better price via IPO (or are using the IPO-route as a bargaining tool).
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by sharpn 17y ago
The advice already given here is good - if you believe you can be a 'google' the their 'altavista' then your new competitor is an important validation & valuable testlab for your idea - go for it. BUT as others have noted, that depends

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