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That's a little bit of a stretch. MMOs aren't characterized by the game itself, but by the community. That's like saying Facebook is susceptible to piracy because there are clones of it.
Ok, that's just not cool... It's 8:30 in the morning, and now I _really_ want a steak...
Sounds a lot like the Semantic Web that Tim Berners-Lee has been talking about for the past several years.
I used gmail for maybe a year many years ago, Google Buzz ended up following people I've never talked to, including someone who spammed me once.
ah yes, the mythical inexperienced college student working on their third system...
>openness always wins

What do you mean? If we take OS'es the most open one is the least used.
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I like to buy local simply because I like Dwight (my Angus beef farmer), Steve (my lamb guy) and the chicken lady down the street (I forget her name). Seriously, these are interesting people who work hard at their craft and have to perform some serious "hacks" to get their work done (how do you keep coyotes out of the hen house?). I like them, I like them in the neighborhood, and they inspire me for my own work. I'm willing to pay more for that ... but in reality only the chickens are more expensive. Everything else is cheaper ... but you can't just go to Dwight at 6:30pm nad pick up a steak for dinner. You have to plan around the slaughter and freeze stuff.
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I call shenanigans on the $4000 SV rig stuff. Commercial kitchens will spend $4000 on an immersion circulator alone, and that's before the cryovac or whatever they're doing to seal food.

If you want to (a) make watermelons with the texture of a strip steak or (b) cook SV in huge volume, you need to investigate high end equipment.

Otherwise, the concept behind SV is extremely simple. Precisely controlled temperature over long cooking time. The $120 PID controllers do that job just fine.

What have you read that says you need a cryovac to do SV well? The Baldwin guide actively endorses the ghetto setup, and there are numerous blogs of people succeeding with it. The Keller sous vide book isn't a home cookbook any more than the Alinea cookbook is. You're not making French Laundry food at home no matter how you equip your kitchen.
Computer noise is a function of hardware design. It's true that lower-power hardware is easier to cool, but on a laptop space constraints prevent you from implementing proper (quiet) cooling solutions. There, you really are trading performance against noise.

My homebuilt desktop is an overclocked 4GHz 8500 with a 4870 video card. It uses over 300W when pushed, but is still practically inaudible due to its water cooling and 250mm fan radiator tucked away in the corner under the desk.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/ is an excellent resource for finding low-noise hardware and designs.
"leverage out-of-the-box infrastructures"
Used this for years. Key to my success.
Working for a global company, my use of this website has led to many, many, many promotions.
"Bandcamp"?

Are they targeting the nerd market with that name?
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This is my venture by my friend. and actually this thread was to just to let people know there is this firm if Indian start up need investment.
Why don't you build Skin Cancer detector and sell it as Image Viewer? The end result will be someone telling the customer to go to doctor or not. It's a hack but if you are sure about the end result why not?
Feedback : I would like to know the team behind "I am starting" before I can trust you with my ideas. It's exactly as you say : "people & ideas, in that order". First, I need to know who you are, and then whether "I am starting" is for me or not.
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Good point raised in one of the comments: why not have a giant wind platform out at sea to generate the hydrogen, and have tankers come and offload/replace the hydrogen tanks on a continuous basis ?
Liberally salting your steak is a fine idea, but where is this person finding choice ribeye for $5? Choice isn't "cheap". The $15/lb ribeye at Whole Foods is choice, as is pretty much every other steak you buy outside a specialty store. There's nothing at all wrong with it.

This article never gets specific, but I get the impression the author doesn't really know what "prime" means: how well marbled the cut is with fat. Salt isn't going to change that (although, again, it will improve your steak).

If tenderness is all you're after, you can use a jaccard on the meat; Google it, they're cheap. They put tiny little cuts in the meat to break up the fibers.

When people say "cheap steak" they usually mean skirt or flank. Can you even get prime skirt steak?
Gladwell is successful because he tells so many people what they want to hear: your lack of talent doesn't matter.

I always lol when I hear the Bill Gates example. The guy is a freaking genius. He had to go through Math 50 at Harvard to figure out there were people smarter than he was. Somebody else sneaking into the computer lab to learn programming (I'm sure there were many) wouldn't have been as good.
Can you turn Buzz off?
It's good that someone is trying a YC like format in India and I hope you don't have crappy rules like iaccelerator. However, you seriously don't inspire any confidence or trust with that website and I would never take funding from someone who can't get me to trust him.
That kind of thinking is a great way to bring up children who remain irresponsible for their own behavior. Growing up I was responsible for everything I did, and now I'm quite tired of college classmates who still haven't learned to take accountability for basic things.
How is that even remotely similar. Because they both have contact lists? You can chat in both?
Totally not sold on the value of the circulator for a home rig (although, don't spent $1000 on an IC, since the price circulation is about to drop radically). Unless you want to make a poster of eggs cooked to every degree between 130 and 150, the ghetto PID controller setup is plenty precise enough.
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Design can be overhauled later, and this is not a priority.

As for spelling mistakes @colinplamondon, seriously. I give you a venture firm and all you can see it spellings, brilliant?

The purpose of this site is to serve as a 2/3 para about the idea, not in for the webby folks.
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Thanks @Debug point taken will work on that section today.
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He's using the supposedly humorous "say the opposite to what you mean" method of blogging. He should just have dropped that right off the bat:

My edit: "My experiences with Adwords shows people don't click an advert unless it's relevant to their search. For example, people searching for '747 seating plan' don't click ads for 'wedding seating plans'. People are not surfing the web, rather they are reading. Clicking an irrelevant ad is rare [...] thus I have '747' set up as a negative keyword."

Where it says "clicking an irrelevant ad is rare" I'd probably say "following an irrelevant ad leads to virtually zero conversion rate". But I tried not to change the meaning with my edit.

FTFY: how did I do?

Edit: re-reading the original I can see now that he may not have been continuing his negative voice. He may have posted this para in the positive. It does work either way. So, is he saying people click irrelevant ads, or is he saying they don't?
I haven't looked into buying local beef (I'm in Chicago and have good sources for high-quality beef), but I have done the legwork on pork, and all of the farms I can order from outsource "processing" and add a couple bucks per pound to the cost of the meat to cover it. I don't think slaughterhouse ownership is any kind of smoking gun.
Its a website you don't inspire trust from a web-page, trust is usually a function of a human interaction.
I wonder if most of the VCs, lawyers, and accountants who generally participate in this sort of thing realize the effect it has on their reputation.

For example, Goodwin Procter's supposed to be a reputable firm, but not only do they host the youngStartup events in New York, the one time I was at their office it was because they were providing space for 'award committee interviews' that turned out to be a thinly-veiled attempt to sell pricey conference tickets to the 'winners'.

On the other hand, the law firm I used for my startup has a history of sponsoring interesting talks by experienced entrepreneurs, which are free to attend. I didn't pick that firm because of this, but it certainly made me feel better about my choice.
Not for me, my buzz is empty, and I've conversed with others using gmail before. My gmail address book, however, is probably empty, since I don't use that.
You leveraged best-of-breed portals.
These scenarios are best examples, why I wouldn't want such a system. If I have to think about a birthday gift for my girlfriend, that IS actually life.
And usually, whenever I update my facebook profile picture, I'd choose a picture about which I can say:"Hey, that's a nice picture of mine" and certainly not:"I need a party picture of myself, let's arrange a party just to get that picture."

I guess the problem I'm having with such a system is that it looks for PATTERNS and in my opinion, a good life is all about BREAKING patterns in order to feel alive.
So is an update needed? s/read mail/\0 and\/or chat/
It does, but it also (in my experience) comes down to those "in the middle" working hard to better educate designers and back-end developers about the kind of thing you need from them (whether that's a design that can actually be implemented in HTML, or ensuring that HTTP semantics are correctly preserved by application code).
Filet is more expensive than hanger, and often better.

Dry-aged is more expensive than fresh, and always better.

Prime is more expensive than choice, and always better.

These things all matter. You're right, but I still want to stomp on the confusion about what "prime" means.

I heartily endorse Ruhlman's "too stupid to cook" chicken recipe. Buy two chickens when you do it, save the other for leftovers. Whole chicken is much more economical than breasts.
I'm not sure that's true if you look at growth instead of market share.

Also, how many open source components are used in other OS'es besides windows (which I'm assuming you're referring to here)? If you think of it that way, then most of OSX is open source too. And that goes for a lot of other platforms like mobile etc.

Also, in the server world open source wins by a far wack I think. All the different flavors of open source unix out there I'm sure dominate the web server market.
Folks we are not looking for any more comments on the design and how it can be improved. This just works for us.

If there are more ideas/feedack on rest of the content you are welcome.

Thanks.
and what is your friend name/profile ?
what part do you struggle with? seems like you just type in a box and submit to me, maybe I'm missing something?
This is 2010. How come you think image/brand is not important and expect someone to take you seriously if you don't invest a few dollars in some professional graphic design?

Your about section doesn't even have a link who is backing up this.
My favorite one is Bullshit Job Title Generator (http://www.bullshitjob.com/title/)

Here are few examples:

* Direct Tactics Analyst

* Senior Infrastructure Producer

* Regional Communications Manager

* Global Functionality Analyst

* Legacy Usability Specialist
Heh, but a few items later is "Treat everyone you hire like a co-founder." So overall he's saying "You don't need any [fill in the blank] Bitch." (And it's implied that the Engineering Non-Bitch is experienced.)

To echo others, this is an exceptionally good version of the standard "I've been there" startup advice.
This has nothing to do with the article. Whatever you think of his books, Gladwell is demonstrably a talented public speaker, and this article explains his basic method.
> Gladwell is successful because he tells so many people what they want to hear: your lack of talent doesn't matter.

Actually, I thought he told people something they really don't want to hear: your superb talents don't mean a thing unless you straighten up and put in your 10k hours. It's a matter of perspective ;)
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Ops, I overlooked that he has fallen out of contact ... yea then it's different.
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you don't inspire trust from a web-page

You do, actually. It is one of the core skills in building B2C websites, since a) you'll typically want your user to take some action that requires trusting you, like putting in their private information or paying you money and b) at B2C scales, one-on-one human interaction with all users is typically neither possible nor really desired. If the website doesn't inspire trust, the business is pretty much doomed.

For example, for my site, I take pains to make sure the language I use matches the language my customers use, that the graphical design communicates professionalism, etc. If I don't do this, they'll lump me in with all the "scam artists and viruses on the Internet."

This fundamental truth might be a good thing to learn prior to investing in or advising Internet businesses. Just my two cents from a very, very small B2C business.
I'm sure there are some out there. You'll probably have to pay them a bit more, but if you can find any of them....
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The problem for me is that I don't spend that much time socializing online, so the simpler the product the better it for me, same for many people I know. Buzz in that respect is just another layer of complexity over email, that is what I find difficult.

EDIT: I know how to switch it off, but now I have to decide about that too :)
Those users generally don't pay, they are interested in wasting the rest of their time on the Internet and will run quickly from your site.

However, developers and techies have the money and will pay for great services you build (if it makes them more productive or help them handle awkward tasks).
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If you could choose any computer available today, but you had to live with it for the rest of your life, what would you pick?
I grew up on a cattle farm. Is 3,000 head a "plant"? Was it evil because there was an "Inc" on the end of the name?

A happy animal is indeed a tasty animal. That's why we raise cattle in dry pens (away from predators) with abundant fresh water and feed them carefully formulated food twice a day. Our cattle get better dietary planning than I do; they don't eat pure corn (as the term "corn-fed" might lead you to believe), they eat a mix including alfalfa, grass hay, corn, barley, silage, cannery surplus apples, oats, molasses, and other ingredients. The fact is, big or small, any cattleman is going to try and keep the conditions as good as possible. If your animals are standing in 2 feet of mud and eating moldy hay, they're not going to produce and you're not going to make money. Also, nobody goes into the livestock business hating the animals--we who grew up on farms probably have a better understanding and empathy for livestock than your average city-dweller, and we want to act kindly toward them.

As for grass feeding, you want to know something? One of the biggest grass-fed beef producers back home only eats corn-fed beef. Corn-fed beef is more extensively marbled and more tender. Like organic produce, grass-fed beef is a niche market for people who think something tastes better because it has a crunchy image and damn the price/scalability/sustainability.
Color me unimpressed, but this is just another surface level analysis of very rudimentary ideas. I think it was in preschool where I learned ideas like "green is the color of leafs and grass", and "yellow is the color of the sun".

To say that a site looks professional because it employs a deep blue is fundamentally misleading, because all the examples they give are sites that would look just as professional with a red layout. Don't believe me? Try changing the hue of one of those screenshots. The composition of a design as a whole creates our impression of it, and I feel giving out reductionist and simplistic advice like SmashingMagazine so often does just makes things worse for people who were lost to begin with.
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Yes. Working solely from online sources might seem complete, but the result is impoverished research. It's like a fish in a fishbowl assuming it's got the full depths of the ocean at its fin-tips.
Seriously, if a user has only an email and Skype account(it's true for me, and in my experience, it's true for many other people) and doesn't have FB, Twitter, etc., does it mean he/she won't be able to use this feature?

I know there was always a lot of potential in technology that incorporates the "don't make them think". But honestly, do you really want a software to choose a gift for your girl friend? I want my personal stuff to be private and personal.

P.S. I'm not criticizing or anything - actually, I always admire software that changes to fit to a user's needs, not the opposite. But managing relationships.. No, thank you. :)
Part of the problem with regulated markets in the US (and not just power) is that the ingrained distaste for regulation seems to ensure that when it does happen it's done as badly and obstructively as possible.

It is possible to use regulation to create more efficient markets (such as the UK broadband market - where the distortions caused by the last-mile problem are regulated, enabling smaller players to be competitive) but I think it's only possible because people are more accepting and expectant of government intervention.

If you are willing to let the government do more, they can step in and make as many changes as they need to allow a market to function; if you are really opposed to any sort of government interference then you will only let them do the absolute minimum even if a tiny bit more intervention would make a big difference.

The flip side is that we might be more susceptible to over-regulation. CAP is a good example - although US agricultural subsidies aren't much better.
The argument for books as a medium is a fair one to make, but overshadowing this is just what students end up using. When I was in high school a couple of years ago books were almost never used for research purposes (despite a well stocked library) - we grew up using the internet for research, and as far as I can tell didn't suffer too much for it.

Books being used less means that an enormous school library just doesn't make sense for schools with limited resources.
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Hacking = coding for food.
The article mentions binocular dysphoria quite a bit. The wikipedia article is amusing: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Binocular_Dysphori... . It appears the term was made up.
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Of course, not mentioned by the tech-focused author is the effect of tax law - expenses such as rental (of space or servers) can be written off immediately, while construction of a datacenter, and the purchase of equipment such as servers and switches must follow a depreciation schedule over a number of years.

[simplified] Example: $1 million to outsource to a provider = $1 million that can be written off in that year.

Build a DC, install servers etc. at capital cost of $2 million and yearly operating costs of $250K - you can only write off perhaps $200K of depreciation plus the $250K in operating costs = $450K per year that can be written off.
I remember how once upon a time MIT, along with other participants, proposed making a computer system that would be "just like the electrical system"--you just plug into the wall. The Multicians would probably smile to see this analogy resurrected 40 years later.
Is google actually run by evil geniuses?
Lifeputer? Please.
It's funny how the US feels entitled to do all these things, but when other countries want the US to allow them to do the same, there's no way. The war crimes court comes to mind as the most blatant example of this "one rule for you, another for us" mentality.
A bullst detector would be awesome :). <-- not sarcastic.
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Possible issues:

1.) Some John Edwards ambulance chaser type finds patients who had skin cancer which was not found by the detector. He finds a doctor to say "if they came to see me, I would have spotted it."

2.) The FDA doesn't care about the disclaimer and calls it a medical device. Then you need a doctor's permission to use it.

3.) It isn't a medical device, but the FDA persuades congress to rewrite the law slightly to make it into a medical device.

Incidentally, I'm pretty sure 2 will apply, since that's the same system which applies to other medical imaging devices.
So why don't you use your own server to host your site?

I think he's doing that to mislead websites that track hosts uptime, like that his main site never run down.
I've gotta fall on this side of the argument, despite being an avid internetter myself. There just isn't enough content on the internet in many situations.

Maybe when Google Books finishes scanning everything.

edit: that said, "Bits are brittle." is the lamest pro-book argument I've ever heard. Bring on the e-ink!
The article seemed... confused. China is predicted to surpass the US not in per-capita income/wealth, but in total economic power. China doesn't need to reach a PPP GDP/capita of $46k to surpass us, but of around $15k. China will have a very hard time reaching the US $45k.

The core macroeconomic trend is that communications is getting cheaper. We can talk to people around the world essentially for free. We can ship things pretty darned cheap. Right now, an engineer in the US makes about 10x the salary of an engineer in China or India. Unskilled labor in the US makes 40-100x unskilled labor in China and India. This is unsustainable. US workers are more productive, but not by this large a factor. Wages have to come closer to equalizing. Wages here may be a factor of 2x greater than there, due to better education, infrastructure, more natural resource, etc., but not 10x-100x greater.

This means income disparity in the US will grow, while income disparity in China and India will shrink. The wages will come closer together. With 3x the population, China will pass the US as an economic power in the not-too-distant future, and India will most likely do the same a couple of decades later.

China's government is overstated as a problem. The Chinese are, by and large, happy with its government. Government control of the internet is annoying to human rights, but doesn't impede economic progress in any way. The government errs on the side of less, rather than more, control. The core effect is that getting information on Tienanmen or Taiwan or whatever is annoying, lost in a sea of noise, and practically few people do it. It's much like getting information on the US monetary system, or how lobbyists control the government, or dozens of other issues affecting Americans. They are public scandals that no one knows about; they are not reported by the media, and the information gets lost in a sea of noise of conspiracy theories.