smoody

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by smoody 19y ago
Let me add another example. In the film industry, studios sometimes pay large sums of money to buy the option for an unwritten script based solely on a pitch. Granted, the pitch usually has to come from writers that have experience and have
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by smoody 19y ago
Not include prototypes? Why place that restriction on it? I read the other day about a woman who invented and prototyped a bra for use with backless dresses. She sold the idea (all rights to the idea) to one of the bigger bra manufacturers
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by smoody 19y ago
It addresses peoples' need to be "discoverable." Also, like Twitter, blogs, Yahoo Answers, etc., it satisfies peoples' need to be listened to. And, for many, it's a good platform for finding people to date and for hookups. IMHO, it's about
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by smoody 19y ago
I know this is off-topic, but isn't asking for the applicants' ages illegal, as it can be used as a basis for discrimination? -- in the same way that asking if the applicants have children would probably be illegal.
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by smoody 19y ago
Until Amazon adds the ability to sort result sets, then I imagine it won't work very well in scenarios where you have very large result sets and need to present sorted query results to users -- especially when pagination is required. Of cou
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by smoody 19y ago
From a bottom-line perspective, I bet Amazon would be better off if they simply dropped all affiliates based in New York and ban future New Yorkers from being affiliates. It then a) saves them the work of complying and b) eliminates the tax
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Google App Engine Blog: We're up and running(googleappengine.blogspot.com)
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App Engine data migration?
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by smoody 19y ago
One thing I haven't seen anyone mention: How this affects one's ability to be acquired by anyone other than Google in the future! I think it safely rules out being acquired by Microsoft, Yahoo, and the like. But what about other customers w
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Idaho Turns to Chess as Education Strategy(nytimes.com)
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by smoody 19y ago
"The quickest route to describing a seed's output is to sprout it." - Kevin Kelly, 'Out of Control'