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I'm not sure I buy it, or at least that reasoning doesn't match Apple's apparent position on this. For example, at the iPhone 4 launch, the retinal display was the big topic. It would seem hard for them to then turn around and say that the better resolution of the XOOM is irrelevant.

This is the first product version launch I can remember where Apple wasn't on the leading edge in terms of specs. If they launched months after the XOOM and are as far behind spec-wise as the article suggests, that seems like a big win for the XOOM (even though specs obviously probably aren't the most important factor for most potential customers).
Just installed it, played the tutorial and first couple of levels and it's a great game, certainly one I'd consider paying for - good idea and great execution of it.
I'm pretty sure there's room for a distinction between iPad-style media/web tablets and the simpler "reader" type ones like the Kindle and Nook.
I don't think a monthly "update" email would be bad. Actually it would probably keep people interested so they know a little about what is going on behind the scenes and keep them reminded about the company.
Apple's misquote was probably more truthful than the actual quote.
Exactly, knowing that Mongo isn't one of these (or at least doesn't appear to be so far) is a comfort :)
"The exception is somebody who is excellent, but stuck inside one company and not producing any publicly-available code. If she isn't actively promoting herself, it's possible nobody will ever notice her talent."

Their boss will.. and their coworkers (above and below) will. There have been a number of times that I've been asked for a recommendation and referred someone that was a past supervisor, team lead, etc.
People have answered you question well enough here but for general questions about web application security I recommend OWASP. Here's the section on SQL injection:

http://www.owasp.org/index.php/SQL_Injection
Target a different set of users, who heard of crushnotifier? The majority of tech people. Who hasn't heard of crushnotifier? The rest of Facebook!

Aim at those people, be creative.
ThreadedThreadTester!? My brain just got Kickpunchered.
oops, thought that was handled properly. fixing now (if you don't want to wait you can change your name from the "Dashboard" page). Thanks for the heads up!
Be prepared for Roman fire brigades.
Possibly. In the current crop of browsers, it's a complete mess.

IE surprisingly has the best implementation, measured by how often you have to write specific code to insert/remove/re-insert/manually move the caret, etc. just to make a simple command work on a piece of selected text. Actually, it might not be such a surprise since they had it working back in IE5.

Webkit is quirky, but at least you can generally hack things into working.

Firefox seems like they simply stubbed out the functions so that they could check off the box on their "HTML5 Compatibility Chart", then never implemented them. It's completely unusable, and many trivial things simply throw non-catchable exceptions at you and refuse to work. Bugzilla is full of open bugs on the most basic things, with comments from, for instance, the Google Docs team about how they simply can't support certain features until Firefox finishes implementing ContentEditable.
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Which numbers were outright wrong?
Native vs. Web Apps
I see that explanation when this happens but really whatever the reason, it's weird, I still find it odd to do such a thing for news articles, cars or whatever. [This comment was taken from July 2012]
Absolutely. Regulation can kill an emerging industry in its infancy. But, now I wonder - is that assumption still true? The internet has been mainstream (and I use the word loosely) for the last 10 years or so. Hell, I'm in my mid-20s and I remember using Internet when I was eight (hi Prodigy...haven't seen you around in a while!).

I was wondering if the internet has become so widespread that some regulation (but very little, since it is indeed very difficult to regulate). For example, last October, Congress passed the 21st Centry Video Accessibility Act, which among other things, requires pass-through captioning for videos on the internet (http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2010/db1207...).

I'm undecided on the matter. More than any other industries, internet-based companies seem to respond to privacy and security concerns. Of course, the issue is that there are usually big screw-ups inspire such responses, such as leaking personal data by mistake.

Well, I do think some regulation is inevitable though - considering how important the internet is becoming. Once something becomes crucial to a segment of America's economy, the government wants to step in and protect people's interests (or at least what they perceive to be people's interests). I would prefer such regulation be limited to requiring open standards/access and net neutrality.
I can sort of see it. Smooth is a bit of a strange word choice. And in context she was trying to say sales were OK but not blockbuster, so small was primed in the listener's head. Especially in a blink and you'll miss it sale call. Of course, reporters should have double checked the recording, but that is understandably difficult to do in the current fast paced tech news landscape.
The iPad 2 hardware was shown at CES?
Excellent use of preterition -- "I'm not saying these are equivalent," but you do use the imagery associated with horrific events to influence the reader's gut reaction to the original situation.

I happen to agree with your exact point, but I think it would be better served by just stating,

>"Mere legality does not convey morality or even social acceptability. Patent trolling perverts patents for an unintended purpose and usually depends on duping the Patent Office to do so."
Thanks, kfullert! Question, when you played through the tutorial, were you able to go straight through or did you find yourself clicking the "back" button at all?
Interesting... Does Google Docs address this problem on iOS?

I believe I read that Google Docs does not use contentEditable, but emulates it by catching keyboard events directly.
I think this is a sign that they're running scared a lot more than they're letting on.

It's only a matter of time before the iPad style tablet becomes commoditized. Quite a few years ago, Apple was one of the design leaders in the laptop space, then others caught up, more or less. The same thing happened in the smartphone space. The same thing will happen to tablets. In a way, they are subject to the same forces that Nokia is desperately trying to escape, except Apple has been smart and positioned themselves on the forefront of each wave, where it will lift them up. Nokia rode their wave too long.

Will Apple become a victim of their own success? Yes.

For the record, though, I think Steve Job's "reality distortion field" is sometimes actually an anti-distortion field. I think the consensus reality has some significant distortions, which he's good at seeing through. Then again, everyone who isn't Steve might have a hard time knowing which polarity the field is set to at any given moment.
scholarships are pretty plentiful, if you're willing to do the application hustle.
If having a single competitor who happened to get press coverage before you is enough to deter you from pursuing your idea, you aren't cut out for start ups.

Iphone wasn't the first phone, Kindle wasn't the first ebook reader, google wasn't the first search engine.

You get the picture. Go fight for your customers.
I would like a feature that makes it impossible to comment more than twice a day, giving me an error message that says, "You're submitting too fast!"
I think you should launch any ways. Just because TC featured them (or anyone for that matter) doesn't mean they are better than you.It just means they will get a spike of traffic early on.

HN is one resource to tap into and next are your non-techie friend. They are the real-users and they don't read TC. I am just trying to say that TC and all the "techie" sources put together just equals a SXSW maybe? But there is a whole wide world out there - try with high school teens? I bet they can get it viral!

Text one of them!
The only people I saw with a WP7 (3 of them in total) got theirs because it came with a free XBOX 360 at purchase.

If this is any indication it could imply that people with WP7 are not attached to the platform like iOS or Android users are.
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There are other search engines than Google, other car manufacturers than Ford, other operating systems than Windows, other phones than the iPhone.

Just because there is already one of something doesn't mean it has to be the only thing.
I'm aware that criminal and illegal aren't the same thing but in both the US and the UK copyright infringement can be a criminal matter (these things aren't mutually exclusive - things aren't either or, many are both).

Under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/contents) copyright law in UK allows for criminal prosecution where there is deliberate intent or passing-off in a commercial context. Section 107 (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/107) outlines both the detail of the criminal liability (and it is expressly criminal liability) and the punishments that can result, including prison and fines.

The reason it's more commonly treated as a civil matter is that for the injured party to recover damages they'd need to pursue a civil case as well as the criminal case so they don't normally bother.

Someone else has pasted a link supporting that this is the same in the USA and, as it was a condition of the WTOs Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) that laws be passed making copyright infringement a criminal offence, this is almost certainly true for any signatory (153 member states including the UK, USA, India, most (if not all) of Western Europe and anyone who is anyone except, for some reason, Russia.
Not to be critical of your idea, but Orkut the social network from Google had this as an inbuilt feature from start. So my take is that you have done a good job of turning an idea into a live product. So definitely try marketing it, but if it doesnt pan out, dont lose heart since this is just the beginning !
I completely agree with the other comments, spread it around you; The market is huge !
Try to have article on teenagers blogs and news sources.
There's also that for techcrunch-like coverage : http://blog.traindom.com/places-where-to-submit-your-startup...
Agreed, it is the system that is the problem. However, when entities take advantage of a system for their own gain at the expense of everyone else, I feel justified in calling them unethical/immoral/worthy of disdain.

I just happen to hate the player as well as the game (and think the system is hosed as well).
I find it hilarious that the caption under the right side image reads: “You could see 50 to 100 sizable defaults,” Meredith Whitney, a prominent doomsayer, said on “60 Minutes.”

How does one rise through the ranks of the doomsaying profession?
The idea isn't original by any count (you can find hundreds of existing versions of it). The real thing CrushNotifier had going for it was that it brought with it the attention that BreakupNotifier had.

You're still definitely in the running but you will need a cunning plan to get to critical mass in such a crowded place. Afaik the reason CrushNotifier asks for email addresses is to email the crushes you select letting them know they were selected by someone (viral growth); without that you're going to have a hard time getting anyone on dates.

If you set it up to email Molly and let her know one of her friends crushed on her, theres a much, much (much!) higher change she'll sign up and like you back.
IDE announcement generated enthusiasm on HN a few days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2271511
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I want to know the best, non-technical interview questions you've ever been asked.

Thanks!
Do any of the Kindles, etc. have touch sensitive main screens? 'Tablet' isn't exactly a new term and has implied a large touchscreen for a long time now. Seems a reasonable distinction considering the difference in how you interact with the devices.
Techmeme's definition of "interesting" is "selected by an algorithm that starts with hubs that Gabe says are interesting". If 65% of the stories are written by women, and only 16% of Techmeme's stories are, then Gabe's algorithm finds women a lot less interesting than men.

If you agree, then yeah, Techmeme's awesome.

If you don't agree, then you need to be conscious that Techmeme's presenting you a skewed view of the world. Unless you're actively working to balance it with sources skewed in the other direction then it's going to mean that your overall information sources aren't giving you an accurate picture of reality.
Well, that's one advantage of being the first mass merket provider, you define the genre, like how Toyota has defined the crossover SUV because they were the first to build one.

But the actual hardware is half the story (or maybe 30%), these things will live and die with their respective app stores, which is a point Scroble made in his blog. Currently iPad is lightyears away.

As for the reader/tablet discussion: this will blur in the future. Amazon is getting their app store ready as we speak.
More to the point, there are 500M+ people on Facebook, even though Facebook got beaten to launch by several years by Friendster and MySpace.
Well, there are 435 US Congressional representatives.
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If you're talking about the 'legal considerations' of when it becomes spam, if they "opted-in", you can send them whatever you feel like as long as you have an unsubscribe at the bottom along with your physical address.

CANN-Spam regulations can be found here with more info --> http://business.ftc.gov/documents/bus61-can-spam-act-complia...

That said, you don't want everyone unsubscribing so you need to focus on making sure your emails are not "perceived" as spam. Perception > Reality.

Basic [very basic] tips.
--Make the emails useful (give people inside tips on places to park, ways to avoid fines, hidden parking gems of the week)
--Don't make the emails all about you. They signed up for your list because they think you can help them with some sort of problem. Help them solve part of their problem in a small way, prove you're an expert and then when you launch you can let them know that you can solve a much bigger portion of their problem
--Segment your list. Find out who's opening up & clicking through your emails and who isn't. Send the people who are opening & clicking more email. Send those who aren't less. There's a lot of talk about sending too often or not sending enough, but that's a bunch of crap. Fuel the fully interested customers with more content. Don't harass those customers who are partially interested with daily emails. Segment, segment, segment.
--Make your news Newsworthy. When you do have something to say, make sure it's worth saying. Just sending something because you think it's newsworthy, doesn't mean it is. Make sure it's something you would actually want to know about the company. Your list's attention is precious. Don't abuse it.
--Have a personality. Get someone to read the next word. That's the name of the game with email/content/copy writing in general. get someone to read the next word, then the next one, then the next one. Personality helps with that. There are people who sign up to groupon and don't even care about the offers, but they'll read every email because they're entertaining.

Hope that helps. Best of luck!
Is it so hard for you fanboys to say something like "Lying is wrong and he shouldn't have done it" and just leave it at that? No bullshit, no qualifications, no Gruber-style excuses, just a simple condemnation of someone doing something wrong.
If you don't have a competitor, chances are you don't have a good idea.

Just keep working on your site, keep telling people about it, and stop worrying about what "the other guys" are doing.
50% of it is having a better app. If you believe in your idea, invest your time to make the best app you possibly can.

50% of it is having better marketing. Just because there is an app with a head start doesn't mean you can't start marketing in your social networks (both real and virtual) and online (not necessarily paid for either)

Quality, will often win out, if you have the better app.

If.

Corollary - it's all about the execution, not the idea.
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I'm not arguing that, but remember the nook-color has internet, wifi, games and an app-store. Is that an e-reader or a tablet?

(Note: that's all if you don't root it, those who do can do pretty much anything on it that android can do)
I came here to say the same thing about Drupal. Any CMS worth its salt has the same features, but I guess maybe the difference is that by leaving all the other features out, this CMS is supposed to be better. Which could be possible in theory, though I doubt it in practice.
This may be a terrible idea, but what about FiestaCC.com? More strongly associates "CC" with the product, keeps the familiar ".com" TLD.

Edit: On WHOIS, I see you've already had this idea...
On a long enough timeline, everyone is an imbecile.
Google referer link so you can read the article:

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/0...
Factual product management interview question - “how tall was Napoleon?"
The Kindle doesn't make for much of a tablet, but I think the Nook is something I'd enjoy owning as a gearhead. Not sure if normal people would get the same thing out of it, though.
The claim about 90% market share.

Price comparison, while not outright wrong, is still stretching the truth a bit. "Smooth/small" thing too.
The future of payments is here - Dwolla
"noosphere": collective human consciousness affects random number generators
> Quite a few years ago, Apple was one of the design leaders in the laptop space, then others caught up, more or less. The same thing happened in the smartphone space.

Who are these companies? Seriously. Have you used an Apple product side by side with a non Apple equivalent? Does any company come close to the build quality or original design of Apple?

If other companies are almost catching up, it still means they are behind, and, worse, just riding on Apple's success without much idea of why they are successful.
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I wonder how accurate this is given that we don't know what effect the Verizon iPhone has had?
Alright, that concludes the motivational part of my speel :)

For actionable ways to increase your visibility, social media is your best friend. Spread the word on facebook, leverage your friends and family to start talking about your web site on people's walls. Use twitter if at all possible. Tweet celebrities that you have a crush on them on your web site. Put that url every where. Social media is all about shameless self promotion. The idea is good, people won't think of it as spam.
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The Demand for the Uncopyable
It hasn't detered me, that's precisely why I'm here - I want to ask a bunch of creative people ideas on how to uniquely Market something.

We appreciate we will always have competition, we are excited by that as competition leads to a better product. I just want to hear of some creative ways in which I can go after my audience
They aren't talking about data, they are talking about power transmission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_energy_transfer#Electr...
This is what makes me think we're only in phase 1 of the financial meltdown. The article tries to paint a rosy picture saying we just need the "political will" to make changes. But we're a nation where the national debt's risen from 8 Trillion in Oct. 2005 to 14 Trillion a mere 5 years later yet we've chosen to run up a projected 1.6 trillion deficit this year. So where's that political will?

And if cities and states start declaring bankruptcy it will impact the country in two important ways:

1. All the state workers will see their pensions evaporate to the bare minimum which will cause them to cut their spending to the bare minimum.

2. All the 401(k) plans that are filled with supposedly safe muni bonds are going to see their investments evaporate which will cause the holders of those 401(k) plans to cut their spending to the bare minimum.

My argument is the net effect of this is all those people are essentially unemployed as far as the economy's concerned. Because unemployed people are provided the bare minimum by the state so a person who is working but living on a bare minimum budget has the same economic impact.

Suddenly you have a society that consists of people who don't have money and people who have money but put it all in savings which does next to nothing to spur the economy.

Meaning the nation is going to be faced with a scenario that mimics an unemployment rate of 60% or more and I can't imagine what will happen then.
I don't visit TM, mainly because I follow a large swathe of tech publications on Twitter, and that's how I get my breaking tech stories - so have no real need for aggregation on stories I've already read.

Whereas I've found HN to be much more useful for the smaller, less known publications, personal blogs and company articles which I wouldn't pick up on with my traditional web browsing method.
I disagree, I didn't think of the site in poor regard because of the CC but I did understand the Carbon Copy reference right away so that may of had something to do with it.
Excuse me for offtopic. I understand why some would need services like that, but I think they are actually detrimental, not beneficial to your ability to get laid.

See, one of the qualities women appreciate in men more than anything else is self-confidence. If you are not self-confident enough to approach a girl and ask her out or at least start flirting, you are out of luck, most of the time, plain and simple.

So, instead of doing that, create some service that allows guys to build self-confidence. You may use rejection therapy, gamification (points for telling random girls on the street that they look beautiful or whatever), anonymous group support... you name it!

Call it "pivoting" if you want.
That's a good sign, but I am still waiting for it to express in the salary range of companies.
Stay civil.
I suspect there's a difference when the end user is not the entity doing the piracy (Mike copies Garmin's code and puts it in many cars for his customers to use). Involving a 3rd party, and probably involving commerce, feels different to me than personal use.
Don't know much about BBM, but do know I constantly see friends on facebook passing around their BBM PIN. Assume it's some sort of unique ID, but that's not exactly efficient...
That's great thanks!
Yes, I assumed you were speaking of copyright. Copyright gives you a monopoly on your work. Is this what you mean by the "right of control of exploitation?" Is there another law that gives that right or are you speaking from a moral standpoint?

Copyright doesn't prevent copying, it just gives you a way of redress.
Top companies, especially in competitive industries like technology, need to constantly innovate and solve problems better and more efficiently than their competitors. And to do this they need those top 1% because problem solving skills and IQs are not completely stackable - the top 1% can solve problems that no teams of average developers can solve. Most companies need those top 1% if they want to keep up with the lead and not fall behind in the long run.
I would love to hear more about this if you can find a source...
I think the person who titled the link is alluding to passive RFID tags, which have no power source and require an external electromagnetic field to initiate a signal transmission.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-frequency_identification