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The difference is that the Holocaust is something that really happened, with eyewitnesses and documents to prove it. The stuff in the Bible or the Koran is a matter of faith, and can't be proven by the scientific method. Personally, I think that the Bible and the Koran are a bunch of fairy tales written a long time ago to frighten people into doing things that will keep them from going to hell.
This was my sister's take when my Dad would prepare the rabbits he hunted for dinner. Some how, she had no problem eating an ugly old cow (or deer, for that matter).

Just further demonstrates the benefits of being cute.
This is the third day in a row that I've visited Hacker News and the top story has basically been a fluff story with next to nothing to do with technology or startups.

Find me an article in Nature about how animal mass burns and can be used as a fuel source and I'll let it pass. This one has virtually all information in the article contained in its silly title. Please don't submit this junk here.
I was a professional programmer in PHP for just under 10 years so I'm not just bandwagon jumping. I don't get paid by yahoo to post here so I'm free to be as sloppy as I like.
I was going to say the same thing...

I expected a scan to go through the site looking at every possible bug, not just that 200/300 checks.

Looking at the full disclosure archives, lots of users mentioned that it is actually common for web scans to be that simple. I guess the technology is still new and most people don't care (as long as the result is a BIG GREEN - no bugs found).
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Not sure having one mobile provider will result in a reduction of price. It's free now but you will pay later.
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Humourless maybe, but if North Face didn't exist, the guy wouldn't be making money right now.

I don't see a problem with being satirical, but surely after making $5,000 and receiving the notice from North Face you should be prepared to stop trading?
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Yeah, I have a flaky host, unfortunately. I'm going to try to move some or all of that site elsewhere soon. For now though, it should come up after refreshing(s).
If we aren't willing to stand up for unpleasant and offensive things then we aren't willing to stand up for freedom of speech at all.

And frankly, having seen the cartoons, anyone who thinks the cartoonists deserve to either die or face attempts on their lives is a nutcase who we should be willing to stand up to.
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They need all of our support against those who are actively threatening violence as an appropriate response. Such people need to hear in no uncertain terms that we in the West will not tolerate violence in response to expression, even if it is a troll.

If they want to condemn and denounce in no uncertain terms those cartoons or any other kind of expression, fine. But we must never tolerate acts of violence as an acceptable response to an act of speech.
Not to mention that the acquiring company's core business is making and running big multiplayer games, not maintaining a payment platform for game authors. It's possible they just wanted the technology for their own games, which opens the middleware space for competitors -- sort of like EA's acquisition of RenderWare.
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Germany violates the human right to free speech. So do Cuba, Zimbabwe, China and Canada (not an exclusive list). What's your point?
I'm not trying to be nasty here but really equating denial of the holocaust (an event that actually happened and we have extensive proof and documentation of) with religious beliefs (which have no evidence and need to be taken on faith) is somewhat offensive.
And if anything that should be a great motivator. A few years ago Chegg was in your shoes against EFollett and the bookstores. :-). Good luck, you can do it!
There has to be some fault laid on the people who installed this app too. If I download an Adobe AIR application that is suppose to tie to my bank accounts, and that app turns out to be a phishing app, who's fault is that?

When you download the Bank of America app, you click on the link on the Bank of America website and it goes directly to the Android App Market where I can download the application. That is all the vetting I need.

There is obviously going to be some issues with the Android App Market since it is completely open, but I would rather take the risk, vet claims myself and not be limited to the apps I am offered.
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I sort of agree; though I find the opening tag requirement to be the crazy one :) (though I see the reasoning).

Disgusting is a bit strong though ;)
This reminds me of the artist(s) TrustoCorp that put up parodies of street signs http://www.flickr.com/photos/45644444@N05/ although I'm sure their's are way more likely to be taken down.
I think a lot of hackers are interested in free speech issues. Myself included
Agreed. Comments should be voted according to how much they add to the discussion, not by whether you agree with the author's opinion.
Sorry, but no. Freedom of speech is a really important thing and someone who says "Fuck freedom of speech" is not someone I can reasonably agree with.

Also, the fact that he's created a new account just to post this discredits his arguments further. "I disagree with this article but not enough to lose a couple of points of karma".
Trademarks must be aggressively defended if you want to keep them.

The South Butt logo is very similar to The North Face logo. The design is almost identical except the curves are upside down and one is missing. This is hilarious. But, it's not subtle at all and it would be easy to assume clothes bearing that logo are actually a North Face brand.

On the other hand, I probably never would have heard of South Butt if it weren't for the lawsuit.
Sure. I was being facetious. 1000s of humans die everyday of preventable disease. There are greater tragedies on my book than 3,000 wild rabbits in a crematorium...
And that's why patents are broken.
"Would I be offended if they were about Christ"

That is not the point.

Even if you were supremely offended, you still do not have the right to kill the person who offended you. You can draw attention to the offenders insensitivity, decry their judgement, and comprehensively denounce what was said as vile, uncivilized, and hateful. You can even call for people to boycott the publisher or for the dismissal of the person responsible for the offense.

But you still are not justified to respond with violence.
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Haha, I love that this got downvoted so much. It shows the mentality of some of the people here. Apparently thirst for knowledge and clever ingenuity can be "learned".
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Heh, I wonder if trademark lawyers are ever tempted to claim confusion on grounds like: "Yes sir, the average man on the street might think we suddenly developed a sense of humour and then be confused when he learned that this was not the case!"
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> * No, you don't, as slander is illegal*

Slander is only illegal when the statements are said to be true (and can be proven that they are false) ... humor and satire newspapers and magazines can publish whatever they want ... both in the US and the EU.

> The point is, as you conceded, that everyone would agree I was stupid and had it coming.

No, there's no justification for violence. Ever.

If you're a rambling idiot that can't hold it together ... people will punish you anyway by ignoring you. You can lose your friends, your wife, even your job. And this form of social punishment is more just for the kind of situation you're referring to ... especially since it all goes away when you learn to behave well in society.

> Stop making me responsible for the actions and opinions of people I don't know or have anything to do with.

And yet, you're identifying yourself as a Muslim, and defend those that issued death threats, fucking freedom of speech to the detriment of those that fought for it and society as a whole.

Of course you are responsible.
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Uh, btw. Can I just remind people that the FAQ deliberately talks about avoiding common flame topics (such as religion)

Just to be aware; don't get too "involved" :)
I am.
Yeah but you have to prove it.
Trolling is a good detector for the maturity of your victims. Sensible people ignore it or are amused. Others respond seriously or go mental.

Trick question: am I a troll or not?
Except that these particular bunnies are culled from parks in Stockholm - probably not the sort of place that game hunters would like to go, nor somewhere that people using the parks would like to come across hunters doing their thing.
Thats a particularly easy question to answer, and the answer is convenience. Most people would rather call tech-support than figure out a problem themselves. Which is not unreasonable in this fast-paced results-oriented world we live in.
You’re right.

Mark-Jason Dominus’s 1998 essay “Why it’s stupid to ‘use a variable as a variable name’” seems to be apropos here:

http://perl.plover.com/varvarname.html
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I see where this argument comes from. It's a bit of a chestnut but this probably applies:

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Indeed it could be argued that allowing him to be persecuted for his trolling in such an excessive way is doing a dis-service to those who died protecting this freedom.
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Can I ask how you sold some of your webapps? I mean, did some company bought them or you used such websites like flippa?
Anyone know of a reliable site that provides state-by-state information on the legality of recording the police at work?

Seems like this would be a good topic for a little cheat-sheet notecard in someone's wallet.
"The Jewish faith encourages a belief in progress and personal accountability."

I don't think this is the case. But as he has given no evidence for such claims I will not bother giving any evidence.

Is not much of Israel's success not from economic assistance from the US and the Jewish diaspora? As a welfare state, Israel hasn't done too bad but I don't think it has excelled at all in any measurable way in technology. Most of these startups are based on contingencies set by military aid given by the US to Israel. As others have stated, speaking about start up companies (are they even successful?) per capita doesn't make much sense when you're comparing countries that are as diversified as much as the US and as large.

"It ranks second behind the U.S. in the number of companies listed on the Nasdaq."

And?

"Israel, with seven million people, attracts as much venture capital as France and Germany combined."

Well, France and Germany don't have large groups of people living outside sending money into the country for whatever reason.

"Some oil-rich states spend billions trying to build science centers. But places like Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv are created by a confluence of cultural forces, not money."

So now Tel Aviv should be comparable to Silicon Valley? Isn't the article supposed to be persuading us to believe this?

"The surrounding nations do not have the tradition of free intellectual exchange and technical creativity."

I guess he's never read a history book. Is he speaking about recent history?

"For example, between 1980 and 2000, Egyptians registered 77 patents in the U.S. Saudis registered 171. Israelis registered 7,652."

How many of those patents are military related? Yes, we know that Egypt and Saudi Arabia are not the pinnacle of innovation. Wow, look how many more patents Israel has compared to the whole of Africa.
In my opinion, people unwilling to live in a society with true freedom of speech are cowards.

Here in the U.S., we allowed Ahmadinejad to come here and spout his Holocaust denial nonsense. Then we mock him mercilessly, and are glad that he shows us so clearly the kind of person we are dealing with.

Don't be afraid of speech. Use better, more persuasive speech to win over those who disagree with you. Anything else is a form of coercion.
Why, if he can prove he's not infringing on their trademark, he should absolutely continue to make money selling his merchandise.

If IBM didn't exist you probably wouldn't have Microsoft - doesn't mean they shouldn't compete with each other.
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>> but surely after making $5,000 and receiving the notice from North Face you should be prepared to stop trading

It's somewhat puzzling to see this opinion posted on a news site that caters to entrepreneurs.
How much the consumers have gotten screwed on the phones is peanuts compared to how much the consumers have gotten screwed on voice charges. Really, there is no such thing as circuit switched networks anymore, so there is no technical reason to charge people by the minute. Google, get Skype/Google Talk/whatever on there, let us buy flat fee data plans, and put the bastards out of business already.
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He has a funny disclaimer too, calling North Face's customers stupid:

We are not in any fashion related to nor do we want to be confused with The North Face Apparel Corp. or its products sold under "The North Face" brand. If you are unable to discern the difference between a face and a butt, we encourage you to buy North Face products.
Isn't a valuable part of being an entrepreneur knowing when to quit?
Just to clarify, I deleted the parent before your response as I have already said my piece and it doesn't really add anything.
Stuff like this really annoys me–because I work in the photo industry and love to take pictures (especially in public). The privacy argument is a joke if you are in a public place. It only applies if you are in a place where you should expect privacy (i.e. in your home).

Anyone who keeps a camera with them often (or who is interested in this topic), should read the following:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/andrewkantor/2005-12-...

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/andrewkantor/2006-08-...

http://www.andrewkantor.com/ (check the PDF here)

http://www.rcfp.org/photoguide/

Keep in mind that there is a big difference between taking a picture and publishing a picture.

EDITED:

Here is another great, printable sheet you can keep with you:
http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm
If he can prove he's not infringing on their trademark, it'll be a sad day for every entrepreneur out there.

Actually, no, I'm wrong, scratch that. What I meant to say was: it'll be a sad day for every entrepreneur without Chinese contacts.
If everyone who up-voted your comment also flagged the post...
Nice article. Still a little bit tough to follow though. I actually just finished getting OpenCV face detection working with Core Video in OS X, it's accuracy is very impressive.
Ouch, I generally try to put password files in directories not even in www_root, that way if the web server config gets messed up this stuff isn't even possible.
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> I am a Muslim. I created a new account, as some will hold that against me

I like people that can stand-up for their beliefs.

The others are more or less cowards ... unless they have a good reason for it, like protecting their families. What's your excuse? Losing karma-points?

> You don't have, and never had, the right to slander someone in order to pick a fight

In the US and the EU ... satire and humor are not considered to be slander.

> If I went to a bar, found the biggest and dumbest asshole in there and called his mother a filthy whore

Personally I wouldn't get upset if you called all mothers filthy whores (since sometimes, there's some truth to that) ... at worst I would say that "it's not funny" and move along.

> Treating individuals like this with a bit of sensitivity would be the civilized thing to do

Yes, it would be civilized. But I also think misbehaviors should get some form of social punishment (as so should you, if you're picking fights for no reason at all).

When a woman in some third-world country is beaten to death because she was unfaithful ... I guess, by some people's views, she had it coming also. Should we all be civilized to those that did it, because they are impoverished and uneducated ... and not condemn their actions?

Also satire and humor are healthy ingredients for a healthy society ... if you haven't realized it, those comics may actually help in chilling the usage of those Muslim stereotypes. It's called reverse psychology ;)
Perhaps it's time for another Erlang-nuke.
Unfortunately, posts are not automatically killed by flagging if they already have more than 10 points.
Maybe it could be APL this time? :)
I have never heard anyone pronounce "oriented" by saying "orientated". Maybe if they were 12?
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It actually depends a lot on the type of service that you are considering: will that competitor make your life easier or worst?

A simple example: my brother sells pearls. He considers other pearl sellers as competitors, but actually the more people see pearls being worn, then more they'll assume it is a legitimate jewel — so diamond sellers are his real competitors, and other non-stone gems should help legitimize his business. Therefore, when he can't accomodate a prospect (say, he doesn't have the right color) he should advertize for other pearl providers.

Another similar tech example: e-mail; the more companies used e-mails, the more IMAP became a useful protocol. The complete opposite would be ERPs: it's much easier to share the same ERP as your customer & provider. Therefore, if you are a competitor of SAP (the ERP for BigCorp) trying to specialize towards SMB, you spend a lot of commercial effort to explain the benefits of ERP in general to small businesses, only to pave the way for them switch to SAP——because that's what their customer use, and those are too big to change.

That why you have many e-mail providers, several cell phone makers, but only one dominant search-engine, one dominant ERP provider, one dominant social network, etc. To tell the difference is hard —— for instance, encouraging open standards might help your customer to switch to the leader more than it would help you offer a compatible service.

I'd love to help you (all that is what my PhD is about ;) but I'd need more detail about your specific industry.
The chart is very hard to read. The color palette has too many colors that can be confused.
We interview quite a few developers, and I'd say about 25% of them pronounce it 'orientated'. Maybe it's a British thing? Most are graduates too, fresh out of college.
Claims actually need a legal basis? If only it were that simple...

But seriously, you're absolutely right. It is not the content of the billboards that is at issue. It is the use of the virtual billboard that corresponds to an actual billboard that will almost certainly p-off some billboard owners. Remember, in most cases billboard owners are not the same as the billboard advertisers.

It goes back to something that came up often in Second Life's heyday: If you create a virtual representation of a real-life property, does the real-life property owner have any claim on its use? I would argue absolutely not.
I was thinking the same thing.

I get the feeling the PHP is probably compiled into some C or C++ format. The speed increase would work wonders for the production server, and if you didn't change HPHP too much from regular PHP, you could still run interpreted for development.

For scaling, I wouldn't be surprised if we started seeing hybrid models like this in the future.