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1951.
by trotsky 16y ago
Thanks for explaining. By oversimplifying the process that article really doesn't do you any favors.
1952.
by trotsky 16y ago
How appropriate do you think it is to run a split test for a charitable campaign where the bulk of the donations will happen quickly and the opportunity for longer term optimization is low? Did the fund approach you because they were intere
1953.
by trotsky 16y ago
You're confusing competition with cloning. Look at the products the article lists as iPhone competitors - the galaxy, the desire, the incredible and the nexus one. It would seem like your standard for competition would discard them all.
1954.
by trotsky 16y ago
Engadget quoted $300 for the 10" but it seems to have come out a more expensive - The 8gb is on the shelves in singapore for S$499 which is about $390, and the 16gb for S$599. Other commenters should note that these devices are in retail (t
1955.
by trotsky 16y ago
Should an article about laptop hardware component pricing only compare hardware costs of machines that come pre-installed with office? He doesn't seem to think so as he compares pc's and macs on average hardware costs but they can't all run
1956.
by trotsky 16y ago
Well, I had the archos 10" tablet in mind when I made that post. Archos clearly intends the 4.3" device to compete in the ipod touch space. The fact that it lacks a capacitive screen means it really doesn't, and seems like a mistake. But gi
1957.
by trotsky 16y ago
The claim of the article is that apple can price their mobile devices lower than the competition because they benefit from superior supply chains and manufacturing. The fact that google chooses to restrict the market application to OHA memb
1958.
by trotsky 16y ago
various quotes: Now, even putting quality aside, competitors can’t match Apple’s prices. no one else can afford to match the iPad’s price with a comparably sized touchscreen display iPods, iPhones, iPads. Across all of them, Apple’s pr
1959.
by trotsky 16y ago
I see daring fireball has never heard of archos. http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/31/archos-unleashes-five-fiv...
1960.
by trotsky 16y ago
Release early and often is a highly useful mantra. It's too bad the message is so bogged down in one infinite loop religious zeal. You don't have to follow apple closely at all to know that they clearly plan and break launch dates regularly
1961.
by trotsky 16y ago
It really doesn't cost that much money, there are probably more substantial reasons for procrastination. Besides, the kids mostly call it "E" these days.
1962.
by trotsky 16y ago
Matthew/Chicago: Srini did you skip everything that was not working and just mark it passed? Srinivasanu/India: Yes Matt Overseas QA: Same results as domestic, now with 70% more honesty.
1963.
by trotsky 16y ago
The main difference would be enforcement. Someone running firesheep has a chance of being detected, investigated and arrested if the crime is reported (even if that chance might be rather low). If someone is already breaking the law they ge
1964.
by trotsky 16y ago
Considering the environmental impact of door to door shipping and the low chance the items will get any significant use, it's almost like the program is optimized to promote global warming over any other goals.
1965.
by trotsky 16y ago
Presumably Bruce is envisioning a world where airlines refrain from providing internet service on a plane to prevent a device from being triggered remotely, not one where they provide wireless service but instruct you not to connect to it.
1966.
by trotsky 16y ago
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/09/30/rice-university-study... quoting: "The Rice study found that 66% of the 150 merchants responding found the program profitable, while 32% said they were unprofitable. Forty percent of the respondents
1967.
by trotsky 16y ago
Accel Partners is obviously a top shelf group but they are still in the venture capital game. The industry in general relies on a minority of investments paying well enough to cover a majority of investments that never recoup. Since a decis
1968.
by trotsky 16y ago
Obviously I'm just expressing my personal opinion. If you ever trade public equities you're betting your money that you can value a company more effectively than the analysts and institutional investors that hold any opposing outlook. Peopl
1969.
by trotsky 16y ago
$3B is an outlandish valuation, especially considering they were valued at less than half that ($1.3B) in a round a mere 6 months ago. Sure the 50% revenue split makes it look like a cash cow on paper, but that kind of division seems unsust
1970.
by trotsky 16y ago
From your blog: "Sending out lots of random data, especially over a wireless network, can disturb everyone else on the network and result in their connections becoming slow and/or unreliable. In addition, FireShepherd by default sends all t
1971.
by trotsky 16y ago
The bounty is nothing but a PR stunt - they might as well offer $50k, it's very unlikely anyone will ever claim it. The XBOX 360 and their official(ly licensed) peripherals are protected by TPM style infineon chips that do cryptographically
1972.
by trotsky 16y ago
That something like this is a security threat is without question - in addition to the defcon presentations, a variety designed to attack has been featured on the popular usb interface site users projects list for some time. Odds are the te