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I'm not trying to 'discount' serious discussion, I'm suggesting that comparing DDOS attacks on commercial websites to the French Revolution is not serious discussion.

Reaching for a Nazi analogy or a French Revolution analogy should be done sparingly and with careful consideration.

Now you are suggesting that I'm arguing that 20th-century history is off limits. This sort of wild over-generalization is the antithesis of 'serious discussion'.
I guess users need to be anonymous then. I'm not sure I like this idea much; it really undermines our only defense against speeding.
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Price inflation hurts savers and helps those with debt. Unless you're saying the poor have savings and the rich are in debt this would seem to help the poor and hurt the rich.
How about, "I care so little that I can't even be bothered to properly pronounce that I couldn't care less."

or

"I could care less" is actually sarcasm which implicates that caring is obviously unlikely.

Both statements display a stronger degree of uncaring than "I couldn't care less" which is actually a pretty boring and to the point statement. Therefore I find "I could care less" to be the clear winner to indicate how little I actually care.

In summary, "I could care less".
The trouble is that there is a duopoly in the financial services industry, especially in credit card processing. Cardholders want to pay Wikileaks, Wikileaks wants to receive the money, but they are being restrained by the actions of the duopoly members, and Wikileaks is left with no alternative.

The US has anti-trust laws (15USC1 - see http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode15/usc_sec_15_0...) which cover similar conduct:
"Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared to be illegal".

It sounds like the companies have not admitted a conspiracy with Joe Lieberman to stop Wikileaks from receiving donations - the companies seem to claim to have all come to the conclusion independently - but if such a conspiracy did exist, and was considered unreasonable by the courts, it could be illegal.
Of course it's just history, but you can't deny that there are points of inflection with regards to certain aspects, rather than interminable gradual change.
I struggled with this too. Just be honest--don't hide anything and don't pretend to be something you're not. If you sell they'll find out anyway.

Negotiating is all about the ability to walk away. Focus on your product. If a sale doesn't happen you shouldn't be crushed. Just continue growing as you planned.
C -- It's the classic. I've only learnt Java in the C-style languages, and I'm interested in all of the code written in C.

Emacs Lisp -- I love using Emacs and I've always been interested in Lisp from what I've heard online. Sounds like a useful way to do it.

Haskell -- The idea of a functional language intrigues me... I'd love to try it.

And spoken languages? I'm interested in Latin and Ancient Greek because I already read a lot of works written in those languages, in translations. Thirdly, probably German.
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Raising children can be tough, but 60 hours of housework per week? In my house there's maybe 1-2 hours of cooking for dinner everyday and maybe 5 hours of cleanup on Saturday morning (this includes cleaning bathrooms, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, etc.). Laundry takes 10 minutes to separate, then the machines pretty much do the rest of the job. Laundry gets done once a week for a family of four here for another 2-3 hours.

Maxing all those values, that's what, 22 hours? Where are the other 38 coming from?

ETA: I'm not being facetious here, I genuinely want to know what those hours are being spent on. When you have very young children, sure, but by 6/7 kids in my family are expected to start being self-sufficient (in the ways they can, such as picking up their toys, brushing their own teeth). By the time you hit 10, you've been doing some serious work around the house. I also got my first job at 14...
Out of curiousity, are people with these jobs considered high status in Brazil? Is the profession held in high esteem in the sense that being a Doctor in the US is? That seems like a lot of money compared to the median salary, and I'm trying to imagine what impact salary discrepancies like that would cause.
What I did would be best classified as adventure travel.

The two people I was talking about in the quote you took out of context, however, were serious explorers and mountaineers. One had a few dozen first ascents under his belt, and the other had summited Everest 19 times.
why was this downvoted?!
I once worked for a company that was absolutely bulldog fanatically obsessive about the licenses of the very expensive software they sold -- and used pirated copies of MS Word and some other software.

Yeah, I left there pretty quickly. (The owner was an incredibly unethical person.)
So, this is about HotOrNot, except that.... Well, except nothing.
It's wonderful. The documentation is very light, so don't be too turned off by that when evaluating it.
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No. Just moot, but he's got nothing to do with it.
Congrats. I can imagine a hell worse than being acquired!:)
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Have you seen http://www.trapster.com? Same idea, without the automatic reporting though. And if they know who's reporting them, so what? It's completely legal.
People who disrupt business operations are bad people and shouldn't be propped up on shoulders. Preventing processing of high risk 3DS transactions and preventing busses from getting people home are both good examples of this.

People give Anon and Parks too much credit in my book.
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I work for a payment company and that simply isn't true. We do in-depth checks on every customer. Risk assessment is a major part of our business.
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There's a hitch in your logic: The US IS the good guys: Freedom-loving, freedom-protecting, doing what's right good guys.
China is an oppressive murderous communist regime.
The US is good, China is evil.

So your premise doesn't hold up.
It more than undermines it, it encourages speeding in areas that don't show radar. Turn on an inverse of the map and it gives you speeding zones rather than radar zones.

The marketing attempt at "... RadarLoc encourages law-abiding behavior." is patently false. It encourages the opposite, speeding outside radar enforced zones.
> No due process

There is some poetic justice in the symbols of American finance the world over being taken down without 'due process' after America has done lots of things without 'due process' the world over.

That said I feel sorry for those that depend on VISA/Mastercard for a living.

For every person that has been killed in Illegal wars, been subjected to torture, extradited without so much as a hearing or simply snatched off the street in Europe or other places in the world 'due process' would have mattered a lot, and that's people we're talking about, whose lives were utterly ruined at the call of a 'small group of politicians' not websites.
i think rackspace is quite good, they seem to have good reputation and experience in datacenters and hosting. personally my experience with them has been with cloud servers and i think they're making lots of investments in this space, overall the price and ease of use for their cloud server is quite impressive. i think they use xen for server virtualization, which is a negative in my opinion, but the management interface is quite good, i had my debian lenny image running with ip in less than 5 minutes.
Are you serious? "No due process, no rule book, no accountability, just naked use of force." You defined the terms, and were supplied with the French Revolution as an example.

You were the one who ran that horse into the ground, trying to insert gravitas that was never intended, so stop with the "Godwin's Law" rolling-of-the-eyes.
That is darn impressive. What sort of network interface and protocol is it using?
Inflation does lessen the burden of debt, but you would have to have huge of debts for the payoff of inflation to be worth it (which is true for the government). Lets say a poor person has $3k in debt, if the cost of living increases they would be less likely to service the debt, while accruing more interest on the debt.
You're not wrong. It's totally understandable within context.

Bill: "Hey Ted, check out my fancy landing / lead acquisition page for a product that doesn't exist yet".

Ted: "I could care less"

Bill: "Hold up a minute there chief. Are you saying that you do care? I'm so confused..."
Because it's always female. Never beer-loving, or Asian, or bipolar. The whole industry is caught up in this obsession over the lack of women in tech, and I'm so incredibly sick of it.
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Short memory span? You argued that Anon was attacking people causing physical harm (of which I was arguing against).

So, either you agree with me... or you disagree with me. Which is it? Are you suggesting Parks attacked people, or do you agree with me?
I didnt realise there was a market for that sort of software. I wrote a pile of it some time ago for my thesis and never did anything with it. Perhaps I should dust it off like you and try selling it.
I did feel really awkward posting and seeing you had posted almost the same thing at the same time. Hopefully, great mind think alike.
This idea has been done before, see http://radaractive.com/

It attaches to the Valentine 1 RD, which is already known as one of the best out there. I hope this guy doesn't underestimate the engineering that goes into a quality radar detector these days. Belscort, Valentine, and Whistler spend millions of dollars and have decades of experience in the engineering. The ability to detect quick trigger, but also having the necessary DSP to filter out false signals being so important, I don't know if this will be a viable product anytime soon.

Edit: It appears he's using a Cobra radar detector. They are a complete joke. This is a non starter if that's what he's going with.

If you have an interest in radar detectors in general, I suggest you check out http://radardetector.net. Read some of the comments on there about Cobras.
I will just write a program that reports radar everywhere.
Should have been 'we know that he committed in the eyes of the government.'

Sorry for being cryptic.
It's not crazy at all. The natural state of the universe is constant change, and the only things that remain in existence for any amount of time are those that have forces to resist change. The reason all our atoms don't just fly apart is that there are forces pushing them back every time they try. And the reason social systems exist is that they push back every time something tries to fuck with them.

For example, right at the height of the holocaust the Albert Hoffman discovers the psychoactive properties of LSD, a drug that changes the social values of any population that uses it. The fact that LSD took over society right after the holocaust isn't a coincidence; that there were more scientific papers published about LSD than any other topic shows that something was seriously wrong with society and society was pushing back.

In the same way, the very fact that WikiLeaks exists is evidence of the corruption of our current system. And the reason it continues to exist is because WikiLeaks itself is developing the ability to fight back when attacked. What Anonymous is doing is the result of an infinitely complex series calculations that are ultimately being done to maintain social homeostasis.

edit: Newton's first is an inside job. Life is entropy. :-)
Agreed. Step 1 is figure out what you want. If you do want to be acquired, do two things:

1- talk to as many smart people you trust who've been in similar situations. ask one or two if you can rely on them as sounding boards as you go through this process.

2- find a lawyer you trust. remember his job is risk mitigation and to protect you from the downside. he's an advisor, not a referee, so take his advice for what it is.

3- enjoy the process - you're gonna learn a lot and life is a marathon, not a sprint.
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I really missed Altavista's NEAR operator, it was an ad-hoc page rank. Now I have new hopes with Google's late operator.
I have a thought. There are already services that attempt to do this, with the exception that they do not automate the reporting: http://www.trapster.com/

Radar detectors are very finicky, and my understanding is that it is difficult to build a reliable one.

Now, my experience is with a specific model (and I think a very very popular one, the Passport 9500), it has an RJ45 connection which plugs into the unit and then the other end plugs into your car cigarette lighter for power. The end which plugs into your car cigarette lighter has a dongle and LED which flashes when radar has been detected (along with a mute button). There is two-way state information transmitted over the line in addition to power.

It would be awesome to build a "man in the middle" device to intercept and interpret the signals from popular device models, then send it's own signal to the iPhone/Android/WP7 phone to share the information.

This has the large benefit of being extremely cheaper to manufacture. Additionally, you're leaving the challenge of building the actual Radar Detection to well established companies who know what they are doing.

Additionally the service could look for patterns in the data. False positives are a huge problem with detectors. When every car is reporting radar 24/7 at this one location, you know it's most likely a false positive. Newer Passport models have this logic built in with GPS.
While I am proud of Anon's resolve, I am ashamed of its foolishness.
I wish this were the case. Most conferences I've been to either don't have a DisplayPort, or DVI, or if they do, they don't have the proper wiring set up, but only VGA. I have to bring a DisplayPort to VGA adapter wherever I go.
I am a gringo that lived in Australia for 6 years. In the state where I lived the police had two kinds of cameras.

Large fixed cameras were well marked a couple of kilometers ahead. You are only at risk for a short time, But you would be amazed how the Aussies drove right smack on the speed limit as soon as they saw the signs. Speeding under the camera netted you big points, double on holidays.

The other kind were unmanned mobile units in white vans. Typically placed in urban areas in plain sight (at the bottom of a hill--bastards!). A fine, but no points however.

Another Aussie state actually had a law that the cops could not hide while operating a radar gun.

I found the Aussies to be extremely aggressive drivers, but only at slow speeds and in parking lots. The only time I saw Mad Max, he was driving with 'P' plates or at Summer Nats.

Bottom line: visible enforcement is strong prevention. Most U.S. departments are really after the revenue.
I hope they are running with swap turned off...
> People who disrupt business operations are bad people and shouldn't be propped up on shoulders.

Exactly right, which is why Paypal shouldn't have disrupted Wikileaks' account. Bullying the little guy is quite cowardly of these multi-national corporations.
It's not binary. Both statements are true. It encourages law-abiding behavior within the zone, and non-law-abiding behavior while outside.
Was the headline edited after this comment? It seems fine to me now?
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Looks like radaractive is doing what I suggested in my comment. It would be awesome to build it out to support more models.

Wonder if there is a monetization method beyond hardware there...
Use FOSS or properly licensed commercial software.

It's as simple as that.
A smear campaign seeding 4chan with fake posts, and orchestrating a LOIC attack?
As of 8:00pm MST, paypal.com appears to be down
Anonymous planned this with much discussion and arguing in IRC. Some wanted to attack secure.authorize.net, others paypal. I don't know how Anon works, power-structure-wise, but somehow the Ops chose paypal and it's done. This group is insane. They argue a lot, but they have the power to take down pretty much anybody on the web. I think the paypal attack is limited (officially) to 30 minutes, but since Anon is somewhat of a disorganized group it might last much longer.
Ahhh the joy I get from seeing these weak, greedy copyright trolls beg for mercy from the innocent people they prey on!
How can I get BestGifty.com viral before people finish Christmas shopping?
I put this MVP together over 4 days using an old code base that I have. It is very basic because I was hoping to get some first movers and be primed for Christmas 2011. So far, not so good. What are some things I can do to find some early adopters?
Sure, but I bet it gets pulled in a lot where projects really aren't JS projects. For example, my python mongoDB library is "25% javascript" but it's all in the generated documentation: https://github.com/jeffjenkins/MongoAlchemy/graphs/languages
Perhaps you think comparisons to something like the French Revolution are unjustified merely because the scope of the current turmoil is nowhere near as wide (yet), but all revolutions have to start somewhere. If the US goes for another two or three presidential elections without significantly affecting the patterns of increasing corporate control over politics and the post-9/11 erosion of civil liberties, we may find it easier to draw such comparisons.

One thing I think we can all agree on: if the next revolution comes any time soon (ie. next few decades), it will start online.
Some definitions of "steal":

From http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/s074.htm:
"the wrongful or willful taking of money or property belonging to someone else with intent to deprive the owner of its use or benefit either temporarily or permanently. No particular type of movement or carrying away is required."

From Merriam-Webster:
intransitive verb:
"to take the property of another wrongfully and especially as a habitual or regular practice"

transitive verb:
"to take or appropriate without right or leave and with intent to keep or make use of wrongfully <stole a car>"
Wow, I don't normally disparage comments, but if OP you read the above, I really hope you ignore this advice. There is no evidence in the above comment supporting any of it. Take a look at rates charged on independent contracting websites (e.g., Freelance, ELance, etc.) and you will see that consultants raise prices over time as they develop establish relationships and solid references.

Anecdotally, I spent 2 years 'flipping burgers', and then started out charging $20/hr doing consulting work. I was happy and my clients were happy. Over time, I slowly raised rates and haven't looked back since.
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Cheap shot... but I guess that means she's ruling out people that she would click with. Or she has already decided she doesn't want to work or click with anyone.
That is impossible. No one can agree more than one hundred percent, which by definition is the most that anyone can agree.
most open source software are tools, not products.
A DDoS is nothing like a sit in. Its more like forming a human chain around the restaurant.

The crux of civil disobedience is that moral men have a duty to break unjust laws. This is not civil disobedience.
The French Revolution wasn't exactly an orderly process aimed at any coherent attempt to overthrow any particular thing in favor of any other particular thing. In fact, it was a huge mess. Much of the early French Revolution seemed a lot like an attempt to force a constitutional monarchy (like the English Magna Carta did), and a lot of the late French Revolution consisted of self-appointed dictators having people summarily executed, or trying to conquer Europe.
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$ ln -s javac javac

Not like that.
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A few comments regarding the product.

- What if I am deciding between more than 2 things? I might have 3 watches I'm choosing between.

- I don't want random strangers to vote on this, I want people I trust. What about private swayables?

- Not everything has a picture. I'm deciding between a vacation to Africa or China, do I need to go looking for pictures to use the product?

- The use cases that make using this product "natural and easy" are very few. Sure, there are a ton of ways you could use this, but then it doesn't become easy anymore for most of the use cases I can think of - it's easier to just google the info or ask a friend. Do you really expect people to use this to decide which movie to see? Or what restaurant to go to?

- The captcha you use to register is insane. I don't even want to give you my full name to register, why would I watch a 15-30 second video clip to find the captcha text. I quit at this step. (Also, I assume you're getting some money from those captcha video ads - makes the product seem "cheaper".)

- Some decisions are time-sensitive, how do you handle those decisions? Time-sensitive swayables would need to be more likely to appear than regular swayables. Can you guarantee I'll get X number of responses within Y minutes? It's going to be a chicken-and-egg type problem in getting people to use it for use cases like "where to go for dinner".

- Also, I'd suggest making the swayable viewer ajax and pre-loading the next few items. If I click next, I don't want to wait a few seconds for the page to load, I just want the next item.

Good luck! It's an interesting idea.
> It's hard to think of a plausible way that Rosa Parks hurt anyone but it's very easy to think of plausible ways that having your credit card denied could hurt you.

No. I can't think of a way having my CC being denied online is going to physically hurt me. Maybe you can give an example.

Seriously though, your logic is flawed.

> I didn't say "violent" so don't complain about me calling stuff "violent".

Sorry, but what would you call an attack that causes physical harm? Peaceful?

You don't have to say the word violent, but you can still describe it.

> All I said is that economic harm can cause physical harm

And a butterflies wing could flap because of it can cause a hurricane causing the deaths of millions. Yes, everything is connected. I can create all sorts of crazy scenarios. Let's stick to reality.

Anon is doing a DDoS. Twisting that round and saying "Anon is attacking people causing physical harm" is dumb.

> Factual, literal-minded minor corrections are no threat to your side unless your side is mistaken.

I'm fine with factual, logical minded corrections. Your comment was void of that. You should remember context.

Until you can show anon attacking people causing physical harm, your actually not saying anything.
I think your original title is much better.
Actually, I never thought I'd find one, but DuckDuckGo is a search engine that every programmer should use. In fact, I've found that DuckDuckGo can be better than Google in a lot of cases.
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Ask HN: Using financial options in airline booking process
This research paper was published in the Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management in 2007 and we've yet to see an online attempt despite the following conclusion, "Results obtained from the ... study suggest that ... options creates significantly higher revenues in comparison to ... the traditional overbooking-based revenue management (RM) approach... One potential area ... of the suggested RM approach is the internet-based booking and bidding systems."

Is this a viable solution for the airline industry to increase revenues?
Grellas, any idea how a "SLAPP-back" suit would fare for any of these defendants?
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I have a few Django projects on github, and they're all considered to be js projects solely because of JQuery.
It's a lot easier to classify what wikileaks does as "exercising first amendment rights" than to classify campaign donations as free speech.