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I am in process of determining which registrar to choose for some startups I am setting up..HN users thoughts on past registrars that you have used?
I doubt if Lazaridis response would have been any different, since he is quite defensive these days, but BBC could have framed it as a privacy issue which is a more accurate description.
Neat. Do the columns/wording ("92b more than Microsoft") change dynamically if the order changes (not that it's happening anytime soon)?
Every iPhone tariff in the UK has unlimited texts. Most non-iPhone tariffs as well...
> yes, there are going to be real rights associated with them.

what's a real right?
The problem with VR was simulation sickness: the goggles and your balance system were telling you two different things. It probably won't really take off until we can construct hi-res hi-def simulated worlds with visual, audio, tactile, and orientation components and pump that data directly into our nervous systems (as in The Matrix).

Robots, however, are practical. And the smarter they are, the more practical they become. Think self-driving automobiles, or robots that interact safely with humans on a factory or warehouse floor. They just won't look like Rosie from The Jetsons, or any sort of fanciful 20th-century-science-fiction robot, for some decades yet.

(Or will they? Anyone else see the BigDog videos and immediately think "Metal Gear"?)

Full disclosure: I work in robotics.
Demand For Zipcar’s “Cultlike” IPO May Be “Massive”
Since Google hasn't bothered to resurrect Gizmo5 in any real way (no, calling from gmail isn't the same), does anyone know of a real competitor? I would like to replace my Vonage line with something much cheaper, seeing as how we use it about 60 minutes per month. And it needs to be a "real" home line -- that is, plug voice adapter into wall, plug home phone into wall, voila.
Google admits Android 'both open and closed'
I've used name.com for many years and have always been satisfied with their service. The advertising the author is complaining about only shows up if you do not configure the DNS records or name servers after buying the domain. Usually I spend 30 seconds setting this up as soon as I buy the domain, so the advertising doesn't even cross my mind.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought this practice was pretty standard across the industry. The "unscrupulous" registrar tactics that I'm more concerned about are registrars that take domains when they sense demand (such as from searching or whois lookups) and hold it from you until you pay a premium. I've never had this issue with name.com and have found it very easy to transfer domains with them as well.
The problem is that (something most HR firms have known for decades) people inflate their salaries pretty consistently.

If you want to know what people are making, you don't ask them, you ask their employers.
Well, I don't confuse the two issues. I'm glad that is out of the way.

Let me try a different tactic: what is your specific problem with this article? Do you object out of hand to non-peer reviewed science articles regardless of quality? Do you have specific objections to the quality of this article?

From my point of view, there has been a long standing public health problem in the US with obesity and related pathologies. The public has been understandably interested in the outcome, and so there is demand for press coverage. The scientific progress in identifying the cause of the problem has been uneven and there have been some incorrect conclusions about the root cause, even among experts in the field. As a result, the media coverage has also been incorrect. However, this article seems reasonable. It makes clear references to current scientific work, presents the subject evenly (barring the title), and the author makes efforts to explain to an educated but non-scientific audience.
Amusingly enough, Professor Roberts was one of the two professors in charge of IHUM 58, my fall quarter "Introduction to the Humanities" class at Stanford. He was quite clear in stating that writing and being able to communicate your ideas was pivotally important, even to someone majoring in a technical field. While an English major may not lead to vast riches, everyone (including CS majors) can benefit from the analytical writing skills taught in "fuzzy" classes.
Here's a link to just the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFIgs8WkTSY

There was another tune called "Blackberry Swipe" about mugging people for their mobile phones. Can't remember who did it though. The grime scene really is like a musical version of 4chan when it comes to memetics.

They take it seriously too, people have been hospitalised over meme ownership: http://njaithewriter.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/itsalot-gate-g...
As an anecdotal counterpoint, I'm an extremely happy Name.com customer. I transfered several domains to them a year or so ago from GoDaddy. They support two-factor authentication, their interface is uncluttered, I pay them less money than I paid GoDaddy, and I haven't had a single issue. I would highly recommend them to anyone looking for a registrar.

That being said, I don't use them for DNS. If this is a feature of their nameservers, I do find it strange that they don't offer a way to opt out (other than using alternative nameservers).
Here's a better question: what will you do when the project that you liked when you joined has changed?

New management doesn't see things they way the old did; the project has morphed into something completely different; the users decided they didn't need something quite so world-changing; all the fun stuff is done and only the boring tedious last 5% (that now takes 95% of the time...) is left to do.

How will you respond to that?
It looks like an entry about what Java can learn from Erlang.

It's not about learning Erlang.

I am pretty sure Java guys know quite well about various memory models. But early Java was kind of experimental, so backward compatibility affects what they can change now.
These days it isn't just about making sure you have good passwords and a decent firewall.

If you run a site that has valuable information you will end up being a target. That's just a fact. How you respond to these types of security incidents is what will set you apart from the pack. Sadly most breaches are covered up. They are bad for PR and most people don't understand them.

Always make sure you have a plan in place. Even if it is just shutting down a list of servers incident response can go a long way.
well they tested it on rats...
Yes, I have looked at it, and I agree that it is very convenient that it is a superset of CSS. The problem still remains once I become deeply entrenched in SCSS it will have drifted pretty far from plain CSS.

The argument about rails vs struts may have been similar, but I don't think the comparison holds water. Web development frameworks are different than markup and stylesheet standards. We have standards that define HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc. There is no one standard that governs MVC frameworks.

So while I would expect any competent web developer to know HTML, CSS, and Javascript, I would not expect them to be competent in my particular choice of web framework since there is necessarily less standardization in that area.

My core point is that you need to exercise some caution before jumping into all these different technologies with both feet. There are considerations that extend beyond your personal coding pleasure.
My next registration will be with these guys: http://www.gandi.net/

I can't speak from experience but I've heard good things about them.
This is disheartening to read because I have been using name.com for over year now and over, I had been happy. I did check one of my domains and found this issue, but since for most of my domains, I don't have DNS managed by the registrar, it doesn't affect me that much.

I guess I have to mull this over.
I use Name.com too and have never had issues. You're right, the advertising is only there if you don't set up your nameservers. The whole TOS thing is not a big deal anyway. I don't understand what he's complaining about.
1. We all agree there is conclusive evidence of a problem with diet and obesity.
2. Author inconclusively argues that sugar is the cause of the problem.
3. Someone says this is irresponsible journalism (scaremongering).
4. In response, you say that that this is not irresponsible journalism because doing nothing in a crisis is irresponsible, even if doing something involves a little bit of misdirection.

As someone that believes in accurate science and honest journalism, I would call that irresponsible.
Two that I've liked: nearlyfreespeech.net (low cost and strong ethics) and gandi.net (more comprehensive).
It's a simple case of the company lawyer(s) overdoing a CYA clause and standing by it. However, the company seems to have gladly taken your call to discuss it with you, and then consult their lawyers regarding the potential for a change. While you didn't get what you want, it seems like they were fairly considerate.

So, just change the nameservers after registration and move on. I understand if you disagree with their policy, but there is nothing forcing you to keep their nameservers beyond the 5 minutes it takes you to change them post-registration.
The Windows 7 "to the cloud!" commercials enrage me. Remoting to your home PC from the airport is not "the cloud."
The first version of Greplin was actually built on Solr!

Eventually, we needed more flexibility than Solr easily offered though. For example, we've added far more efficient sharding, document modifications (updates and deletions), flushing, and near real time search than either Lucene or Solr support out of the box (and they were much easier to add to Lucene than Solr, since Lucene makes fewer assumptions about your dataset/use).

I think Solr is a great tool if your needs happen to fit into their model - but if they diverge a lot, it sometimes makes more sense to build your own custom framework on top of Lucene.
Looks like you missed the previous thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2436147
I know that GoDaddy and Network Solutions both do the same thing or at least have in the past. I've never really given it much thought because I didn't figure the 20 or so ad impressions that a brand new domain was going to provide wasn't really worth much.

I'm far more bothered by the huge variance in pricing from one registrar to another for the same domain.
I configured the DNS immediately. However, one thing I'm not willing to do is set up a wildcard A record for my hosted zone when the request should be returning an nxdomain instead. There is no way in name.com's setting to enable that.

On an ethical level this is closer to typo-squatting, something that there are rules against.
Yes, the stock price, market caps, difference in value and other numbers all update dynamically (approximately every 5 seconds) when the stock market is open.
I only experience them on government and bank websites.

I can see how some naïve users might want the extra-confirmation that they are cancelling this action – but I there's not reason for them to be visually similar and positioned almost next to each other.
You likely need to go (or stay) in finance to get that.

Atlanta (BofA needs C++ guys), NY or Raleigh are good bets.
Considering you can easily change the default nameserver settings, I don't see how this is an issue. Really, your just trying to imagine problems. Maybe you'd be so kind as to direct our attention to when this specific issue has caused problems for Name.com customers in the past?
"In response, you say that that this is not irresponsible journalism because doing nothing in a crisis is irresponsible, even if doing something involves a little bit of misdirection."

Did I say that?
My criteria is when someone mentions a right, can I meaningfully append the question 'At whose expense'? If I can, it's bogus.

These are rights: Right to liberty, to own property, to your life, to the pursuit of happiness, to freedom of speech.

These are not: Right to a job, to a 'fair' wage, to an education, to internet access, to clean water, to a pig every month.

Real rights prevent someone from doing awful things to you, basically "No one will harm you, or interfere with you doing this" (where this might be living, owning property, speaking, etc). The bogus rights are basically promises of free stuff.
It really shouldn't, building a kick ass product is anything that matters. But certainly being based at the core of the biggest market helps.

I'm curious on how american investors look at the outside market. If a big name like Spotify comes looking for founding, they will get it. But what about accelerator-level startups? would you invest on them even if they're not based on SV?
Actually, this isn't just if you don't setup DNS records for your domain name. If you configure some subdomains with name.com, then all other subdomains for that domain go to a parked page.

For example, my wife's website is jesleephotos.com. The subdomains store and www (along with some others that I don't wish to advertise :) go to the correct destination. The subdomain stuff, x, random, mail, etc all go to parked domain.

I might end up adding an A record for *.jesleephotos.com as a catchall and point it to some IP address I can get that will forward everything to www.
It is the predatory behavior that basically amounts typo-squatting a domain that I find most repulsive. I'm completely technically capable and yet I was serving ads on my domain without being aware of it because they aren't respecting the way in which DNS is supposed to work.
Maybe I'm mistaken, but I think this is the wrong forum.

I'd start the conversation with Hobbes, Locke, and Mill. I wouldn't start the conversation with "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," which is where we seem to be starting.

Apologies, not trying to blow you off. I think the key to the discussion is twofold: creation criteria for rights and acceptance criteria for rights. There's a lot in both of those branches of thought. For purposes of my comment, however, I think it's just a matter of whether you generally feel I'm bringing up something serious or just pointlessly posturing. There are a lot of ways to argue what's a "real" right, and even if I screwed up the defense of my position it wouldn't matter. The point is whether you feel the generalization is mostly true or not, ie, is there more foundational material required to make the case. Some folks are perfectly happy with any plea for something desperately-needed that comes out of an emotionally upset person's mouth as being a right. I am not one of them. To each his own.

Links for those interested in further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill
Virtualization startup hiring systems hackers in Toronto
We (GridCentric) are expanding our technical operations to include 1-2 more systems hackers - i.e. folks with a good grasp of C, operating systems, networking and file systems. Any amount of knowledge of or familiarity with x86 virtualization (Xen, KVM, or ESX) is a plus.

We're located in downtown Toronto - currently at Dundas and Spadina but likely moving soon.

AMA in the thread, and if you're interested in coming by for a coffee, e-mail me at tsmith@gridcentric.com.
From the comments on his article:

Some days I code for an hour or two, some days none, but sometimes all day long. Actually last weekend I pretty much never left the house. I coded the entire Friday-Sunday basically.
From the comments on the article:

Some days I code for an hour or two, some days none, but sometimes all day long. Actually last weekend I pretty much never left the house. I coded the entire Friday-Sunday basically.
I just assumed that family lives in Cloud City
Those icons are actually pretty slick.
So, don't use name.com's name servers if you don't like what they are offering?
Does Quantcast properly measure traffic for the newly ajaxified design?
The numbers which really surprise me are the +74% in CS107 enrollment and +78% in CS109. CS107 is viewed as the "don't declare CS until you take it" class, and a 74% increase definitely indicates a larger number of CS majors.

That said, I do feel that some of the reason they're seeing these numbers is because these classes are all exceptionally well taught and administered. The introductory classes they offer are designed to cater to those who might be undecided as to their major. Within a few weeks of learning what "Java" is, students are playing around with GUI apps, and do things like write breakout (with sound!). All the while, the course manages to introduce the key concepts of computer programming.
> Other improvements include a new file browser

Oh thank god. I want to tear my hair out whenever I use Blender just to view or convert a file. The file browser is nearly unusable.
Now the current employer will say sure we are happy to give a raise. You decline the good job offer. One week later your manager fires you....
That's what actually happened with one guy in my previous job.
He actually came to an office party in the new company but then his previous manager asked him to come back with higher salary offer. He came back and was fired . He was very lucky that our company agreed to re-offer and accept him back
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Agreed. After all, remember that it also defaults to using sqlite.
This is what initially drew me to name.com, they seemed to have their act together. Unfortunately there just isn't a way to fully evaluate a situation without trying it first.

Just as I don't give GoDaddy business any longer due to their poor corporate ethics, I can't recommend name.com as a registrar because I must take into account the way in which they run the rest of their business. I will be ceasing my relationship with name.com as soon as reasonably possible.
The IT community is telling the IT community to stop saying "cloud" because the marketing community says it too much.

Yes, this will work.

It's a phrase that people, normal people, are somewhat comprehending. That makes it one of the most well-known computer-related terms around. Why should it be abandoned, just because it's vague? The non-geek world (ie, the world) rarely gets this far into comprehending the geek world, why change it underneath them?
So an IT director doesn't want to outsource IT to the cloud? Shocking :-) And I guess they didn't talk about private clouds at the conference.
You don't have to be this rude :)

Some people use Java in spite of the language: they just like the vast libraries.
Just enter a 0$ for now, won't do much harm.
Seriously. Those commercials play a pretty significant role in confusing everyone as to what the cloud is. It's going to become 2011's Web 2.0 buzz word.
yeah somebody should pay that guy to write stuff.
Basically, you were using another aspect of their service without being aware of what that service was. Making assumptions isn't smart, no matter what company is involved.

Personally, I rank using a registrars DNS beside using a registrars hosting service: it's common sense that you don't do it. I mean, do you really feel sympathy for people who stick with GoDaddy's hosting service?
According to the National Soft Drink Association, average daily consumption for U.S. males age 12 to 29 is about half a gallon of soda per day. There was no data on how much of that is diet soda, but even assuming half of the consumption is sugar-free that's about 66 grams of fructose (just the fructose, not all sugars) per day.

That person would have to eat 11 apples every single day to match the fructose intake in soda alone.

I'm curious how much fruit are you referring to?
Can't wait to see how stable this is. The Chrome dev channel has been surprisingly stable for me (usable for day-to-day browsing).
Nothing technical of value here; Just being frank.

At the very least, include P/E, EPS and Beta.
Foundry Group are a great bunch of guys. I think they do so damn well because they genuinely care about helping entrepreneurs and go out of their way even if they aren't invested in your company.
I'm also a happy customer that doesn't use their nameservers.
"The infrastructure required to launch new, global enterprises is getting cheaper by the day, and the rate these companies can grow has skyrocketed."

That's true, but I think the bottleneck for non-US startups is still access to customer use-cases, problems and painpoints and a advanced enough market that will take solutions. That and the capital to build the solution.

For example, where I live we have branches of MS, SAP, Morgan Stanley, etc. but they don't have the power to make tech decisions, those are made at home in the US. So I can't really sell them anything. So in less developed markets here in E.Europe, consumers and SMBs tend to be poor, multis are only local branches, so everyone tries to milk the government or large monopolistic organizations like the energy or telecom sectors (which used to be gov't).
I do not run my own mail servers anymore, but I do run my own DNS servers. Being able to have full control over all the records my system responds with is very nice. Made setting up things like Jabber servers drastically easier, etc.
Yeah, I'm in a similar camp. I like name, and I set my default nameservers to a hosted DNS service run by my friend.

Pretty lame of them to do though.
Have you tried Namecheap? I register all of my domains with them and they've always exceeded my expectations.
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Lucky you, here they skin you alive with the fees
I disagree. I believe MS Project is a much larger/more complicated animal - at least when using Project Server.

How do you handle exceptions when a task update is accepted by a timesheet manager, but rejected by the project manager, all while the data was written to the back-end reporting cube?

Have you ever tried to level a resource on four competing projects? This is much more complicated than scheduling meetings using a single-use resource like a meeting room.
I have nothing bad to say about their support, and I hopefully made that clear in my original post. That doesn't, however, relieve them of their responsibility in my opinion to provide good services.

The problem I have is that it wasn't immediately apparent that I was serving ads on my domain because they weren't respecting the way in which DNS is supposed to work--basically typo-squatting me.
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Quacks selling books certainly want to take money from people wishing they could be thinner (but who are unwilling to eat less and exercise more).

(Another variant is selling books telling you "it's not your fault you are fat." I haven't read it, but the impression I get from people who have is that Gary Taubes book falls into this category.)
Really sparse on the details. Were the servers accessed due to a vulnerability in WordPress, other PHP or world-accessible code, a server misconfiguration, an "inside job", or what? I think it's important to have a bit more information about the nature of the attack, so that we know if independent WordPress installations are vulnerable and if/when we should reset keys and passwords.
Here's the official list from Amazon: https://forums.aws.amazon.com/ann.jspa?annID=986
I always thought it would be cool if CoffeeScript's generated JS code added Closure Compiler annotations, such as @const and @param types. Let the user minify/optimize the generated JS using their favorite tools.

https://code.google.com/closure/compiler/docs/js-for-compile...
The time spent on keeping the code readable is never wasted :)
Obviously, every developer must adopt this habit.
Collect lexicon and build n-gram dataset for NLP in Chinese
Name.com is actually an excellent registrar, and I highly recommend them for that. They provide other services, like DNS and hosting which I can't comment on. However, as a Registrar, I've had no issues for the years I've used them.
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Your life should be a game - something new in geolocation play.

Have you tested it yet?
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