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Again, in theory it works that way. But in practice, the accusations are front page news and the exoneration is not, if it even gets a mention at all.

In the days before google that may have been ok, but now a reputation is damaged for a lifetime for prospective employers, spouses, business partners and so on that have no knowledge of the case as it happened.

Every year there are more indications that prospective employers will google the names of job applicants, if something negative comes up about you there is a good chance you'll be turned down without so much as the benefit of a chance to tell your story.

It also depends very much on the crime the person is accused for, being accused of some crimes is more easily 'forgiven' than others even if the person was exonerated.

But try finding a job as a teacher once you've been accused of child molestation charges, even after you've been exonerated.

And then there is the problem that even if you are found guilty, there may be a miscarriage of justice or, after you've paid your debt to society you are supposed to be able to start with a clean slate.

If your mug is all over the internet with a juicy story attached to it then you might as well forget about starting over, which in turn might lead to recidivism.
As the article points out, these firms provide liquidity which makes trading faster and cheaper. Theoretically, more liquidity should also make it easier to move capital to the most profitable enterprises.

Actually, the article suggests that the firms pulled out of the market, and that their actions amplified the crash. HFT is a zero sum game, and these firms just demonstrated that they exist to extract value from the market, not provide it liquidity.

[edit]:Though there are obvious differences, I feel like HFT in general is just another form of side betting, alarmingly similar, in principle to CDOs and other derivatives, in at least a few ways. They're exotic, and theirfore unregulated, they dwarf and therefore distort "real" market activity, and they appear to provide value, but the geniuses behind them underestimate the risk because they can never account for all the possible black swan events.

When "real" markets depend on these educated guesses, and the guesses turn out to be wrong, the real markets suffer. Sure we know how to create fancy new financial products to back up these guesses, and exploit the leverage provided by developments in math and computer science, but the fact remains that we still can't even identify, let alone account for what we don't know.

The good news is that because these particular bets are shorter term, in this case the immediate damage is reversible, though their were definitely consequences that were irreversible, and if we keep allowing our equity markets get pushed around by HFT, the next time the system hiccups, the irreversible consequences may spiral out of control.

But I don't have a very deep finance background. I'd love to hear thoughts from some people who do.
In other words, HF traders are a cludgey hack around stock exchanges that were designed on principles that were developed in Victorian era trading floors. Removing them won't fix the underlying problems.
For the nature of business service you are going to offer, a reliable online presence is not an option - it's a requisite.
I like the interface and design. Once it populates more, I'm sure it will be more fulfilling.
The ethics are clearly in your favor, but it's highly unlikely that formal legal actions will result in any net dollar gains on your part. I'll explain.

Assuming you've completely exhausted casual diplomatic channels, I would firstly send out a formal "letter of demand" (registered return receipt) which includes an itemized list of your expenses, copies of your receipts, the relevant correspondence, and "pay-by" date (usually 30 calendar days from post-mark). Think of it as if you're formally presenting your case to a judge, but that judge is pre-disposed to rule against you. Be thorough.

Legally, assuming you have documentation to back-up their $750 budget, their request for your physical presence, and your $700 of expenses, it looks like a clear case of "breach of contract".

The only flimsy legal leg the company might have to stand on is if the particular HR representative didn't have "agency" to represent the company in your travel reimbursement negotiations (highly unlikely since it seems as if you've already spoken directly with someone who's post-facto implied such an agency by haggling).

I live in Northern Virginia just south of Herndon. FWIW, IANAL, but as a business owner, home owner, and investor, I have more than a passing personal expertise in VA commercial contract law at both the small-claims and general district court level.

If, after the formal demand letter, they don't pay-up and you still wish to pursue formal channels, the amount falls under small-claims statutes. Technically, you'll be filing for a "warrant in debt" [PDF] http://tinyurl.com/2fk54ce rather than "breach of contract". This is both good and bad. It's good since the current general case docket in VA right now is about 10 months.

It's bad in that, as a person, you MUST represent yourself in small claims court in VA. Only a company has the "luxury" of formal in-court legal counsel under small claims in VA. At the minimum, you're going to incur a risk that your additional filing and travel expenses to/from the hearing itself may not be included in the final judgment (most of the time they aren't). Nevertheless, you'll want to include them for possible liens, etc. Much like taxes, don't be afraid to itemize. Since it seems that some time has past already, don't forget to include interest.

If the company is not properly registered in VA (check here https://sccefile.scc.virginia.gov/ ) you'll have to file suits against its owners. One other "gotcha" that particularly litigious companies will often try to do is opt for a formal transfer of your case to the normal civil docket. If they're already paying retainers for legal representation, it costs them essentially nothing to try.

Amortize these formal efforts over time. I suspect that your individual attention is worth far more than the resulting hourly rate.
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You're not taking into account that what he has now is just outright bad (in his opinion), or he just doesn't like the choices available to him. I've bought plenty of shitty products and have gone out looking for something better.

And you're also equating dollar value with quality and personal value, which isn't always the case. I've had plenty of wine lovers tell me which cheap wines taste the same as expensive ones, and spent enough time in garage sales and thrift shops looking for interesting things.

Sometimes a desk is more than just a desk.
You just summed up the point I've been trying to articulate for a few days now.

When I watched Conan O'Brien speaking at Google he was talking about how amazing it was that his show sold out in record time with one tweet… how old media took notice of that. But he is a product of old media. He had hundreds of thousands of followers on day 1.

No doubt, many people can build up a huge following through twitter or whatever social tools they use. Many people I follow have done it. But it's not a walk in the park.
Multi-tasking will be here soon. What about just plain web browsing? All of my non-workday HN posting is now on the iPad. I've also finished the Honor Harrington books on the iPad as well as Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
I hate most banks. I put up with my current one. I don't know -- this is an area that could stand some innovation. Whether the old guard will stand for it: that's another question.
Disclaimer: This is going to sound like a sales pitch, but I don't have any affiliation with Kinesis.

I'm only 25, but I've dealt with tendinitis in both wrists since I was 18 (me and computers have a love/hate going on.) The only real downside to the Contour keyboard is the cost. Effin' $300? Are you kidding me? On the flip side, they're so good that I actually own 2 (1 for home, 1 for work). They're amazingly comfortable, and have become the only keyboard that I can use for more than 20 minutes. I have a single footswitch at work, and a triple at home. Honestly, I wish the triple at home was just a single, as I only use one switch on it. That switch is the shift key, and saves my hands lots of "acrobatics" and time, especially when coding (special characters). A hardward Dvorak mode is just icing on the cake.

On the flip side, for a $300 keyboard, their support department sucks. One of the keyboards was exhibiting some really funky behavior out of the box, and they made me pay return shipping on the faulty keyboard. Obnoxious given that you assume a premium product like that would just work, and if not then they don't stick you with the bill. That just sounds like sloppy management, but the product is excellent.

Pair it up with a Kensington Expert Mouse (actually a trackball) and I can work away for hours on end with far less of the pain and fatigue I used to deal with.
I thought this was going to be about Facebook at first...
Or maybe (and this is a crazy thought), he bought it because he either thought it would be useful or was just curious, and is actually getting some utility and fun out of the device? Could it be...

Do you have an iPad?
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I've also noticed that most "mainstream" startup discussions are skewed towards a "classic" web startup world view. That's what everyone imagines when the word startup comes to mind. So I think what you are saying makes sense, but at the same time you could argue that if your first real customer contact comes 6 years down the road, then your investors ARE your customers, and you just happened to hook one without a pivot.
I usually have never found vertical splits to be helpful, though others may disagree.
I prefer to keep several horizontal splits (in your case above). Just use C-j or C-k, your current file is maximized.

Remember, you have other options too, such as tabs, and just opening aux files as buffers and C-n or C-p to get to them.
I think more than that he wants a search engine that projects confidence. Newegg does something I think is brilliant, and somewhat related--it watches what you browse, and if you browse enough without buying anything, it sends you an email the next day basically saying "hey, we noticed you spent six hours last night looking at cheap point and shoots. Here are some cheap point and shoots."

Now, in my case, it didn't work exactly--I had a pretty good idea what camera I wanted, and was just browsing options while I waited for Newegg to get it in stock. But if the email had been a bit more direct and assertive, I might have pulled the trigger right then. ("Hey, we noticed you were looking at cheap point and shoots, here's our one top seller, and the three most recommended reviews for it. Oh, and hey, if you buy now, we'll give you free shipping or a cheapo card or whatever.")

Confidence counts for a lot. My friends come up to me when they buy computer equipment because they know I'll weigh their likely use cases against my own personal preferences, ask a few questions, and then give them a link to exactly the product I think they should buy. Knowledge is important, but tailored knowledge is invaluable.

To continue with the Newegg example--instead of presenting me with a few dozen options when I click on video cards, maybe it would be more pleasing if they looked at my buying history, noticed I generally only buy cheap, last gen nVidia stuff, and make sure my first four items fit that general profile. And then maybe one more row with outliers--slightly more expensive cards or an ATI card. Partner up with a content provider and add a link if that particular card was featured in, say, an AnandTech system build. Link to the 50 page forum post about that case on HardOCP.

I challenge anyone here to try buying electronics like the average person does. Go out to Best Buy and buy the headphones "the guy" recommends. Then go home, use them, read some reviews on one of the bigger boards, and try NOT to feel like an idiot who just wasted at least some of his money. Until you invest either a lot of time learning or a lot of money experimenting, you won't know what you prefer. You won't even know what questions to ask to narrow down your options.

And that's the feeling Rands is trying to avoid with his future shaving cream purchase.

PS - HLGAUGHALUGHALUGHALGUGHALUGHA.
I use my iPad differently than I use my laptop, and my desktop. I use it in instances where I wouldn't have used either the laptop or the desktop. I like it. If I didn't like it, I would've sold it.

I don't really care whether you want one or not. But it's really sad that you can't recognize that the set of things that are worth $x to you is not the same as the set of things that are worth $x to others, and have to instead make better-than-thou proclamations about a reality distortion field.

My car is better than yours, my editor is better than yours, my favorite trilogy is better than yours, and your favorite band sucks.

Get a fucking life.
It's not opinions that Rands or other consumers are looking for. What consumers are looking for is a story to tell. It's the story you tell to a friend about the new desk. Or, the ability to explain to a coworker about why this new shaving cream works way better than the old one. It's stories that people are buying and it's a story that Rands really wants.

A moment in a store with a salesman does not make the sale. It's the countless times he will get to tell the story that is valuable.

The cheap IKEA furniture is cheap, simple, well designed and functional. But almost everyone knows that story. The story of IKEA furniture is always how inexpensive it was. Not a great story and definitely not unique. A vintage desk or a high end pair of speakers however has a whole beautiful story behind it to tell. The rare wood, the kevlar drivers, the quality, the craftsmanship.

Ever ask anyone about where they got a cool vintage T-shirt they were wearing? You will usually get two stories. Either "I got it at a thrift store" which is boring. Or, hopefully you will get something like, "This? I got this Huey Lewis and the News shirt at my very first concert ever. It was 85 and my dad took me..." . They are both wearing the same shirt. The only difference is the story.
What if a product is doing pretty good, but it's not enough to support two founders yet? If they can put all their effort into the company it would accelerate growth (from 25% + 25% to 200% founders). And if that only takes $200k how is that different?
Another prediction: the iPad is going to become a multi-purpose interface device. Look at the interface tools that already exist for programs like Pro Tools. If someone can make a profit on an input device to augment Final Cut that's just a knob with a button, imagine what you can charge to enable a multi-touch adjunct to the same program?

Have gaming interfaces appeared yet? It would be easy to undercut lots of "gaming keyboards." Especially since one has no manufacturing and shipping costs.
Illegal immigrants receive plenty of entitlements.
nice. well, we're not alone here, at least. there are a good number of fencers. mcantor, dkellner, dzlobin, dfranke, nuba, warwick, and others.
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After some failed attempts to get an iPad delivered to Australia early, I finally succeeded, though barely ahead of the Australian release. It arrived yesterday and I've mucked around with it a bit since.

Within the first hour, my wife was entering birthdays in the calendar and I said that I thought the iPad would prove poor at creating information, but great at consuming it (browsing, reading, watching, etc). Nice to see that early thought validated somewhat by your comment.
This applies to me personally, but I'll ask out in the open: Are you interested in advising young startups?
I'm not going to comment on the lady - but there's one thing I wish; to hear the other side of the story.
When I first signed up, their savings accounts were yielding 3% interest, which seemed great considering no minimum balance and no withdrawal fees. With the dip in the economy, they're just barely hovering over 1% now. Even still, if you compare that with the two other banks I've dealt with (5/3 and Chase), they don't really have anything that comes close unless you have massive balances or you want to tie up your money.

I'd love to hear if there are other easily accessible savings accounts out there that can tie into your checking account, with no minimum balances or withdrawal fees, that offer comparable interest rates.

My finances aren't stable enough right now to look into anything like CDs, Bonds, etc - it needs to be an interest bearing savings or checking account.
You can easily configure all the key shortcuts you want.
I use 'q' for quitting, 'w' for fit to width, 'p' for fit to page, 'g' for goto-line, etc...

I love its minimal GUI interface (by default, C-m for toggling menu visibility!), highly customizable navigation panel, and its 'trim margins' view option.
I also find it faster than xpdf after startup. The only thing that i don't like right now is the slow chm rendering.
The reason students are upset is a significant portion of Harvard's "value" is simply the fact that someone got into Harvard. So when people are looking for intelligent and capable people you can easily find people who where at some point above average. (And chances are they stayed that way.)

Granted, it also has value as a secret handshake to get into a club of people who are over payed for what they do. Just like doctors or union workers when you restrict supply you can extract more value.
FWIW, that sort of phone behavior can be construed as "harassment". Additionally, VA is a "one-party" wiretap state so the company could very easily record the content and frequency of these phone calls and have your number blocked, and/or file a criminal complaint against you.

You are correct in that emails can be deleted, logs altered, and records "misplaced".

A single written demand letter (sent registered return receipt) by USPS is all the "notification" necessary.
Every time I propose that the web will win out on devices, the argument of inaccessible mobile hardware always comes up. The best counter argument is justin.tv - that runs in a browser, and clearly has no problem finding your camera. Why couldn't a solution arise on mobile devices too?

Thinking even more generally, what makes a mobile device so different than a PC? Why would the evolution we've seen on PCs play out any differently on handsets?
these folks managed faster point to point free space optical links years ago: http://ronja.twibright.com/
I read it as trying to be honest which in my book is always a good basis for a potential paradigm shift.

Financial world desperately needs to be fixed anyhow - I am happy to hear about folks who accept that challenge.
Also, MQ's "qdel" command is the one that led to the data loss mentioned in the original blog post. So it doesn't really answer my concerns. :)
This is not (really) a politics article.

When the story about Steven Chu assembling a "Feynman-studying - the - Challenger - disaster"-style team, one of the news articles pointed out that Katz had a bunch of weird essays on his website.

I read them, and, sure enough, the guy's... uh... pretty impolitic. Particularly about the politics of sexual orientation. (If you care: I think he's a total nutcase, but I'm not a physicist).

Here's what bugs me, and it's obvious: what does this have to do with physics? If this is an epic natural disaster then clearly we can suffer through someone's buffoonish social theories (those being afflictions not unknown to professional scientists) if it gets us ideas to deal with the real problem.
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I don't really do advisory boards. It has different compliance hurdles due to my work situation.

Also, in my experience, startups are bad at fairly compensating their advisors. I'd agreed to seven or so advisories in the past and actually gotten paperwork for shares just a single time. One startup actually had me come in twice for advice and then later told me they decided not to have an advisory board.
This is almost an argument for having open status updates: these are hilarious.

On the other hand, had I not just deleted my FB account, I would have been upset over this. Zuck's gang recklessly opens up whatever they see fit: it could easily and quite possibly be photos tomorrow and your wall the next day, and (as before: http://cl.ly/16wW) your "private" chats the day after that.

Irresponsible and disrespectful.
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Illegal immigrants pay plenty of taxes as well. However, unless he would have given money to their endowment I don't think Harvard would have benefited from letting him graduate.

PS: Still I can't help but wonder what would have happened if he had showed up to that "disciplinary action".
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If $200k is good but $500k is not as good, it smells like a lifestyle business. That's not bad, but it's not a good investment for me.
For what its worth, I remember reading something like this about the English language in "The Marriage of Figaro".

“The English, in truth, do add here and there some other words when speaking; but it is obvious that ‘God-damn’ is the foundation of their language”

Read more: Goddam/Goddamn http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/701/Goddam-Godd...
How much equity does that usually get you?
50 mm f/1.8 should be your first lens. Learn how to take great pictures with that, after that I'd suggest:

28 mm f/2.0 (anything below 35 mm would do)

Once you've got the basics down with prime lenses, I'd suggest a good walk around lense with image stabilization (I am a Nikon guy and I like my 18-200 VRII). 85 mm f/1.8 is another good lens for portraiture (VR isn't great for everything).
Gotcha, thanks.

What's a fair equity share for an advisor, btw?
> Why do we need to rationalize this device?

Part of learning from decisions, for me, involves attempting to rationalize them. If I have a hard time rationalizing something, I might avoid deciding in favor of something that sounds similar in the future.

It's a fancy way of talking. I enjoyed it, but I can see why it's not the most effective way of getting a point across to a large number of people.
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> apparently her idea of a happy marriage was giving up everything I have, selling all my furniture, and buying whatever she fancied

Of course! That's how it works. You're just there to provide her money and status, nothing else. [/sarcastic frustration with some women]
I think there is something powerfully motivating about having such a limited amount of time and money to build your product.

There probably is no ideal solution, different teams flourish under different conditions.
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hows this? delete *.exe in an automatic download to the power co.
I dunno that one. It's typically not much.
I'd wonder how the lag time would compare for a straight FPS.. But if you loaded it up with Macros..

I agree with the point - the iPad makes a great input/interface device..
Valuations are often in the $2mm-$5mm range. Sometimes much higher. Never lower. Calculate it out.
if the trades that violate the price time rule cease, how different would the performance of the traders be?

"Empirically there is a 1.7 cps difference in profitability for a posted share that is first in line vs one which is last in line" (pg 17 from the document linked above. You have read, that, right?)

There's what sounds like a reasonable proposal in that document too.