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by unalone 17y ago
Remember that book costs slide downward over time. I got me the complete Sherlock Holmes for a dollar, and a bit of Austen and Dickens for free. I think Neuromancer was about seven dollars, too. So it's not a flat price eating away at you.
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by unalone 17y ago
There are other methods of judgment, though. Sometimes the judgment is of the product itself. Nobody who's seen me with a Kindle has gone away thinking anything other than "This is somebody who reads hardcore." They don't get an idea of wh
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by unalone 17y ago
I'm sure you can make a better book if you try. The Kindle isn't, though. It's just very, very good. Today I'm buying the new Dan Brown book because it's so convenient to purchase via Kindle. I'd never buy Dan Brown books physically. They'r
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by unalone 17y ago
I'd need to see that in writing. Bee Movie after something as monumental as the Seinfeld show? That's a wash-out. Reminds me of the scene in Extras where Ricky Gervais goes to work for Doctor Who.
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by unalone 17y ago
I'm excited about Windows 7. I just wish there were better ads. The Seinfeld ads weren't hideous, but I can't imagine Crispin thought it would give Microsoft a better name. And Seinfeld's washed out after Bee Movie. My ad prof suggested yes
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by unalone 17y ago
Problem with Freedom is I have to manually activate it. I never do.
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by unalone 17y ago
Apple's most recent ads are definitely pushing it, but they're working. They've taken every attack Microsoft has attempted and reversed it. They're starting to get really obnoxious, but that's because Microsoft got obnoxious first. Are you
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by unalone 17y ago
If you don't know, other people don't know either, and that means you have a potential market of people. Research is always hard. Nothing exists to tell you exactly what you want to know because your idea is to some degree unique, and the r
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by unalone 17y ago
One of my professors is the creative director of an ad firm. I asked him what CP+B's plan has been with Microsoft, since their route has really been baffling me. He said that in his mind they're making a mistake by trying to address Apple,
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by unalone 17y ago
There is, but I want something automated. I lack self-control.
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by unalone 17y ago
That works for those of us with two computers. I wish there was a way of routinely disabling the Internet, rather than having me manually do it.
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by unalone 17y ago
Fair enough.
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by unalone 17y ago
"Facebook allows behavior that users will later regret." What doesn't ? If I wanted to, I could post on Hacker News right now detailed stories about my sex life, and I'd regret it later. That doesn't make "negative feelings toward the bran
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by unalone 17y ago
What the hell are you talking about? Adding dinosaur names isn't an argument.
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by unalone 17y ago
The Flip is already in HD. They're much more flexible than Apple because they have only the one product focus. So far Apple doesn't have a camera good enough to detract from the Flip, and the people who get nanos for the camera won't be in
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by unalone 17y ago
And the discussion thread, in which I ask this question for the first of many times: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=542291 Half a year ago, jeez. It feels much longer ago than that. It's one of those cyclical HN debates that I always
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by unalone 17y ago
I'm sure they'll work on a solution. Knowing Facebook, they'll have two solutions that utterly bomb and then one will catch on and look ugly, before they fix it up.
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by unalone 17y ago
Jesus, you think Facebook will be forgotten for fucking Posterous ? I think the Posterous team is terrific. They add shitloads of features, work hard, and Garry gave me a ton of useful advice when I applied to YC. But you're comparing a fa
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by unalone 17y ago
We have asked that many times. Paul still doesn't answer, probably because he thinks that signing multiple deals with phone companies speaks for itself. (I've asked repeatedly why PG focuses on sama rather than Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook f
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by unalone 17y ago
Agreed agreed agreed. I'm a huge Apple fan, I root for them loudly and occasionally drunkenly, but they don't rule video. The nano release was a backstep for them in that it doesn't unify their product category. If they'd released a camera
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by unalone 17y ago
I will respond to you how I respond to everybody that claims Linux runs smoothly: When I do a default install of Ubuntu to VMware on my Macbook, which is possibly the most standards-set computer out there, the sound doesn't work, and I need
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by unalone 17y ago
Is it anything that you could post a video of?
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by unalone 17y ago
So your argument is that you like broken software so that you can go fix it? That sounds exactly like what Godin's asking for.
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by unalone 17y ago
I don't read much. My childhood was a childhood of literature: For me, there's more joy in undiscovered mediums than there is in one that I mined. So I'm more frequently following RSS feeds while listening to new music, or I'm watching movi
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by unalone 17y ago
Maybe they don't? Felton's a professional graphic designer who makes money as-is. Not every web service needs a business model.
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by unalone 17y ago
That's one of the most adorable Internet photos by far. EDIT: http://i.thefairest.info/cutest_thumbs/sP3GqA.jpeg
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by unalone 17y ago
Apple's not exactly on the defensive, but I do think their Get A Mac campaign is nearly at an end. They're sniping with those. I much prefer their industrial design commercials. This ad was unexpectedly great.
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by unalone 17y ago
I get what you're saying. Felton's primarily a print designer; his report is designed for print purchase. I didn't have the same problem with this site, though—what did you find jarring?
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by unalone 17y ago
I'm sorry. I will never use an adjective again. For the record, I don't think the design is sparse or stark. For me, sparse is something like NowDoThis, and stark is something like Daring Fireball. But if it conforms to your particular idea
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by unalone 17y ago
I wish there were more LPs available out the door: I don't like the current selection, but I'd kill for a Tubular Bells LP done in this vein. I can't wait till this catches on and there are thousands of LPs to pick from. This is the sort

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