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by slapshot 19y ago
Except he's entirely wrong if he's talking about the US. The only thing you don't need a license for is for purely speculative work, generally interpreted as nothing more than idle curiosity. Even research (such as trying to build a new in
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by slapshot 19y ago
You really think any company would ignore the New York market (even just the New York affiliate market) over the extra few lines of code required to add a % sales tax to orders with a NY zip code? If this were Vermont, maybe. But not New Y
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by slapshot 19y ago
The deep web isn't limited to GET requests and forms that don't require passwords.
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by slapshot 19y ago
Most stereos sold these days come with a front auxiliary jack that you can plug an iPod (or any other portable music player) straight into. Many aftermarket stereos come with iPod dock connectors or USB connectors. I've installed one in m
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by slapshot 19y ago
Private equity usually requires actual profits -- their plan usually is to take a profitable (or at least revenue-generating) company, cut costs and increase revenue by good management, then turn it out to another private equity firm or hol
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by slapshot 19y ago
Seems to completely depend: Google -- $0 for a long time. Youtube -- some ad revenues Microsoft -- $$ from IBM Biotech -- nothing for 7 years, then $$$
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The Yahoo!/Microsoft chess match continues: Yahoo! enters trial partnership with Google(techcrunch.com)
7 points by slapshot 19y ago|6 comments
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by slapshot 19y ago
Cute, but according to the article it applies only to attempts to log into an MIT realm.
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by slapshot 19y ago
There are 2 kinds of people in the world: Those behind Door #1 who don't understand the Monty Hall problem, and those behind Doors #2 and 3 who do. It's amazing how many smart people don't get the problem at all.
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by slapshot 19y ago
Seems to vastly over-simplify the problem down to an alleged evil-doer that wants to destroy the world. The markets are a lot more complex than that; short-selling has value as a tool to correct excessively high prices. Correct (as in "re
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by slapshot 19y ago
Not just "easier to get at" but also "locked in so M'soft and Yahoo! can't as easily buy them."
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by slapshot 19y ago
The rebellion example came from the article. It suggested creating an alternate means to drink water that "rebellious" people would use.
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by slapshot 19y ago
This is a very longwinded way to say "sell the sizzle, not the steak." You don't sell water. You sell rebellion.
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by slapshot 19y ago
Great post in that EC2 is essentially a low-risk way for a computation-heavy startup to scale without having to buy thousands of dollars of servers plus co-location fees. The tradeoff is that it's more expensive per CPU cycle, but the abil
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by slapshot 19y ago
I'm perfectly happy having 99% of my photos and media stored offsite. There are a few things I'd want to keep local, but I couldn't care less if Smugmug keeps the originals of my vacation photos. In fact, I'd much prefer that because I ca
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by slapshot 19y ago
From this perspective, there's no way to decide whether it's a bluff or not. Microsoft is no stranger to hardball tactics, but I seriously doubt that it would turn down a good deal 4 weeks from now just because it sent this letter. Corpora
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by slapshot 19y ago
I feel like this story was also run in 1920 with the invention of the steam-shovel. There was once a time when ditches were dug by hand, and the steam-shovel displaced thousands of jobs. This was a major fear at the time -- look at some of