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   by themenace 18y ago

   Apple's "botched" shortages get it access to the scarcest medium of all: TV news. All of the TV news broadcasts here in Toronto had a big story about the Canadian iPhone launch because long lines with ecstatic and dejected fans are perfect
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   by themenace 18y ago

   Vonnegut's writing about writing is good, but PG's essay about essays is better: http://www.paulgraham.com/essay.html I also recommended: http://www.paulgraham.com/writing44.html
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   by themenace 18y ago

   The rationale is discussed here: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-07/msg00037.html
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   by themenace 18y ago

   Let me try to explain the idea with a very concrete example (it should be then clear why EC2 would not accomplish the same thing): Imagine a company called Online-Spreadsheets.com that makes a spreadsheet as a web application. Suppose a big
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   Ask HN: Idea for privacy-enhanced web apps

   2 points by themenace 18y ago|5 comments