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I was using the question to illustrate a point, but thank you for that wonderful explanation :)

I simply meant to point out that there are things that are not immediately obvious to people who are not actively involved in this area, and it may take several dozen well-written paragraphs such as yours to bring people up to speed.
A lot of people use internet cafes, especially outside north america, some of which don't do the best job of wiping data after use.
Duly agreed - Macbook here too ;)
Please explain. Do adult ad models require long-lived cookies?
I don't like the "after a couple of rounds, 7s are allowed". It undermines part of the randomness. Our 'house game' simply had the problem that the robber arrives too quickly. So we made the rule that the robber can't advance until Player 1 is rolling for the third time. From that point forward, the robber advances. This gives the advantage of allowing more development, but without obviating the 'randomness' of robber landing.

Also: Free settlers-like multiplayer: http://games.asobrain.com/
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300 atomic bombs requires 300 flights. 1.3 million tons of bombs require at least 130,000 flights [1]. Conventional bombs haven't scaled as nuclear bombs have, and I believe a single B-52 can haul about 1.3 megatons in its belly.

In addition, normal bombing actually didn't kill many people. (Though some of the firebombing runs did. That's what happened at Tokyo and Dresden.) As long as the air raid system and the fire depts function, the cities usually aren't that damaged.

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it's the interface layer in Flex/AIR too. i don't think it's that unique to Mozilla.
The webkit implementation of <canvas> is excellent, which fills most of the need for SVG, especially with separate processes for tabs.
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Think of library computers, or the "Telecentros" in São Paulo.

Even more important. With the browser being a true OS and more and more applications living in the cloud, there is a slight chance that people would have less of a need to carry their own laptop around, and just work on someone else's. Incognito mode could be a way to make that easy and worry-free.
Good. I'm glad to see Microsoft actually trying new things. I dislike their design team as-is, but I at least like remembering that they're talented, if disagreeable.
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Question:

Is there any/much value in controlling the browser or owning the most popular browser in itself?

*By 'in itself' I mean ignoring advantages such as Google's: 'We need web-apps to work' or Microsoft's: 'We need web-apps not to work'

If default Search Engine settings are actually worth what Google paid ($55m for 15% of the market X 3 yrs) & no other revenue sources exist, the market's worth about $120m p/y. is that it?
a look at internal and external social media - even if a company doesn't participate externally does not mean they shouldn't participate internally
The upstream plumbing and wiring could be automated in a 2nd step by adopting a standard for conduit tunnels. Then human supervised robots could quickly thread PEX tubing for the upstream water and wires. Downstream plumbing is always going to take a bit of planning, however.
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Yes there is. The balkanization of marketing didn't come with Web 2.0 when web designers suddenly started blogging and calling themselves marketing gurus on Twitter..it started when companies began posting videos on YouTube, creating Facebook accounts and Facebook pages, and shoving their names down people's throats and calling it marketing.

I'm not saying DON'T get involved with social media, I'm saying get involved with social media because you want to interact and help your audience become more familiar with your brand. Not because you want to see how many people are going to come back to your site after you suddenly appear on Twitter, hoping they'll regurgitate XYZ Widgets and thinking about nothing more than corporate rhetoric and bottom lines.

The excuse: doing it because it because you think with your wallet instead of with your heart.

Companies, get involved in social media for the social interaction, and nothing else.
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Before you say this isn't hacker news, remember this: what you eat drastically effects your work habits and your effectiveness at work.

I'm going to make a few spreadsheets and pass them out to my crew for them to fill out, and at the start of the next week we're going to turn the tables and eat something completely different and see how our work habits change.

A good little experiment just for fun around the office that also works as an excellent little management procedure.
As one far wiser than I once must have said, Nobody with a decent map needs rainbows.

Once must have said? Sounds to me like he just made it up, included it because he thought it sounded cool, and then tried to give it a little legitimacy by couching it in that "wise old saying" meme.

Ostensibly, one concludes that you don't need the rainbow because the map shows you where the gold is... that's actually kind of dumb when you think about it. Opposite of most wise old sayings.
Agreed. I wouldn't be surprised if this derived from some pissed-off (at the general state of web browsers esp. wrt slowness) Google engineer.
Hell, just set up some webspace and try to start a webcomic, and you can probably learn basic art skills "on the job" as it were.
A lot of people are concerned about privacy on the internet in general without understanding any technical details. So there will probably be some people that browse with "incognito" on all the time, just to feel safer.

Plus the obvious.
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Yes, really. I've heard from one of the Webkit JS guys(hey, cpst!) and I think it's because of all the C(++) code you have to interface with it's all conservative.
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Vocabulary for just about anything is going to work best in his method. And I can't help but think that something without its own vocabulary must be mighty superficial.
IMO your "pretty simple formula" expires in five months. Not to be caustic or merely clever, but I personally feel that "off the cuff" advice is better than "off the shelf" advice. Thus, be awesome and have a soul. Make people STOP wanting to gnaw their arms off because of your work :-)
I like the idea pretty well and I think the interface is well-executed. The markup is a bit heavy, but that should not be top of your list.
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I checked your profile. It would help to submit an application, provide your email address, and the like. . .
It's about time. Houses cost too much. I mean, compared to my SUV or my laptop, there's just not that much technology there. And most of the improvements in house-building in recent years seem to just reduce the quality of the structure. Where's the innovation?
Thanks qhoxie, the site is still in beta and design is always under question..
Abstract Base Classes will finally allow us some semblance of an interface. Glad that this is one less reason to look to java when teaching the principals and benefits of OO-programming.
Where is the browser == eyeballs?

BTW, I think that the big success of Google is in realising that's really true. Web Searches == money. But not inherently.
Well in modern times ICBMs are (I think) multiple warhead systems, so < 300 flights if you allow ballistic missiles to be included.
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I would recommend it to most people but not this crowd. I think state-side orders (like those you would get in the Coast Guard and Air Force) would jive well with starting a small business, but I think the military requires more sacrifices than most free-thinking hackers would be willing to make.
With the feature set of WebKit + Gears + faster Javascript, as a developer, I'm much more likely to write apps against this platform. I am thinking specifically of distributing the Chrome browser with my app:

User goes to the site and already has Chrome. My site automatically detects that, and they can download my Gears app.

User goes to the site and has Firefox. My site detects that and gives them an option of the "lite" and the "full" version of my Gears app. The "full" version just happens to come with an install of the Chrome.

User goes to the site and has IE. My site detects that and gives them the download link to my app that comes with a Chrome installer.

In all three cases, I get what I want -- users use my app, and preferably running on a platform that runs fast enough. If I'm targeting "mom and pop", I doubt they'd notice that it happens to come with Chrome.

Because I can write a Gears app that doesn't have the URL links or the menu links, as far as the user is concerned, they are simply running my app. I can easily see Google pushing an "office suite", which simply consists of a gears version of Gmail, GDoc, etc.

Personally, I liked Firefox 1 and 1.5. I thought Firefox 2 was horrible, and all the IEs worse. When Firefox 3 release candidates came out, I switched to it immediately. Reading through those feature lists, as soon as Chrome is available for Linux, I'm getting a copy of it. Maybe I won't have to keep disabling Javascript by default with Chrome.
Hi,

This is Nick, and if you want to see it the link to our semi-recent project journal is here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dg88r9d8_17fnhc36

My background in the project is basically the same as Paras', and I started working on it nearly the same age as he did... I tried to focus on working with NN's because they seemed like the way to go, but eventually our theories started getting so hard to do from a programming view.

I have really thought a lot about how the brain (mind) actually works and creativity is what most interested me... How to make something be creative, and create ideas (as the cognitive side always interest me) was always the big question when working on the project.

Anyways, I am lucky to have a bit more background than Paras' did at my age with having the opportunity to go to Duke and take psychology (and abnormal psychology) college classes as a freshman and 8th grader.

Anyways the problem is the project needs a creative push, which will come relatively soon.

Nick
I know just programmer stuff about NN's and GA's and the sort, and theoretical stuff (which you would learn in an introductory Psych 101 course).
This isn't really for you or the submitter, but for others reading: the Air Force can guarantee you certain jobs (if you pass certain easy tests) and you do get a "wish list" of 8 bases that the AF will do their best to fulfill one of.
...and to remind people that military == self sacrifice. As rms said, if you aren't prepared to sacrifice many areas of your life, don't do it.
For those reading, everything jjguy said is true except the "engineers don't get deployed". Engineers and Engineering USAF officers have a very low rate of deployment, but it absolutely happens. However, as jjguy said, don't be scared of deployments either, most non-Marines have enjoyed their deployments as incredible learning experiences and a chance to get in shape.
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I'm returning (in good faith) to this post because I think it's important for applicants to view "winning" YC funds as an obligation, rather than a "repeating prize." The more we view owing someone a piece of our bottom line as a prize, the shorter we will last, moreover YC. It's good for YC, for the short term for us to feel they're doing a "great" thing, however in lieu of their trust and subsequent validation, what we win is an obligation. Taking choices does not equal making decisions. Failing to know that will bankrupt you by any means possible.
webwright offers some great insight here. mcotton, just wanted to say best of luck to you. And if the others aren't willing to commit, give them an ultimatum and then part ways if things don't work out. Definitely go it alone though if you've got the drive.
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Out of all the ycombinator apps so far, which would you say satisfy number 1? The only one that falls into that category for me, amusingly, is this site.
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"... That means Google is slowly but surely working to erode Microsoft's monopoly. If browsers provide a high-quality, universally popular, OS-independent platform for applications, OS vendors no longer have any particular advantage in the desktop applications market. ..."

On the assumption that most users use this browser.

More browsers, more market split. The question nobody has answered is how is this new Chrome browser going to get on computers? Downloaded by users? Mandated by companies? or shipped on new operating systems?
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Interesting to see the comments. We are in the same boat as well. We are a team of three people but two are on H1-B visas and cannot quit their jobs (otherwise they'll have to leave within 2 weeks). Anyone in a similar boat?
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Lies. There's a plugin API, and it's open source.
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It misses some things:

1) prototype

2) constructor

3) prompt

4) debugger statement i.e. this is must for anyone who want to put breakpoints in code

But this is really short and sweet 1 page Core JS summary for people who want to write their own libraries

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"which is slated for release on Windows tomorrow"

WTF, Google?
How can anyone say we're in a recession with job offers like this?
1. Rerolling the dice is still a faster (and thus better) way of solving this problem.

Ah, but it's not guaranteed to terminate.
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good move google! this has nothing to do with firefox. it has everything to do with webkit and ie. basically if you wanna be a big player you need your own toys. a google browser will be googles entry to to the new app space on an equal footing with ms. this is a place where you can bring in money by sale or subscription - without advertising.

but beyond that, google needs to compete with apples webkit on the mobile front. they need to embed a browser in android - preferably their browser ;) so far mozilla does not have an answer to the mobile webkit.

i dont see this as a dig on mozilla, google is funding them. i see mozilla remaining the best consumer app and goggles chrome becoming standard fair for mobile and desktop app browsing/computing for enterprise.
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After a lot of squinting I ended up with 4. I seem to have trouble in the bluish range. My eyes are hurting now.
"Can a single person develop a website?"

Absolutely! Personally, I've lost track of the number of trivial websites I've created... sites of some value, exactly three.

It can be done.
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You've got a grammatical error in the first sentence -- "people like you and I" should be "people like you and me" -- me is the direct object.
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Thanks for that... you are too excited... any feedback that we can actually use?
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I question whether this is a "startup" or a "hobby with a small revenue stream". The site looks nice, no doubt about that...I think you've executed well (aside from some typos--"sing up" on the story page under the comment box, for example), so I'm not saying you're building an amateurish site. Just that I can't imagine how this can make enough money to support more than one or two people.

I could, of course, be wrong.
Well, that is good to hear, right on.
Hi,
Thanks for the feedback! I think we'll do it as a phase 2!
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Seems like a bad polocy for all users to me. "The new system should only impact some 14,000 customers out of Comcast's 14.1 million users (i.e. the top 0.1%)". That may be true now but as people start to download more movies, videos, photos, etc I can see that percentage going up. I say it's time to start boycotting Comcast if/when this goes into effect.
Good overall analysis of Google's new browser
except that its webkit and not OMG NEW BROWSER RENDERER!
I have a couple comments on the UGC aspects of this site. I honestly don't know how large the 'story' market is, but I've had some experience with UGC sites.

1. You expect a LOT from your users. Writing a story takes a long, long time. It's much less difficult than pressing an up button or making a quick edit. Why will people want to submit stories to the site? Are any of you prolific story writers?

2. Your people are story writers. Where do you find them? This is more of a marketing problem.
Just as much as developing solely for IE.

Good lord did you even think about what you just wrote? Its a browser, not a torture device!
Really really fast Javascript is game changing.

Think about it. People always make fun of how our computers are thousands and millions of times faster than computers of yore and seem to do basically the same thing... except that my word processor has live spell checking, and so on and so forth. Speed is technology enabling. Being able to add features to your site that won't make it pathetically slow when it would have been previously is huge.

Screw buzzwords, infrastructure is king. You are only as good as what lies beneath you.
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I like your idea. However, I don't like the fact that simply by submitting something I automatically grant you a license to do whatever you want with it. In fact, I was going to submit a short story but will not after reading your terms and conditions.

I think that to make the site successful you need high quality stories that people want to read and vote up. I am not sure that authors would be willing to post on your site knowing that they are then granting you a license for their work.
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I don't feel any bit smarter after reading that entire thing. In fact, I just kept wanting to bash my head against my desk.
wow.. this can go a long way...
Feedback: Man i need search on stories and users...