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Where do you live? In SFBA, the Palo Alto University Ave store has consistently been amazing; if you get a business account, service is globally even better.

The PA-U store has done fixes up to basically replacing entire just-out-of-warranty machines for me. I've had same-day repairs, and at worst, 3 day mail away, but usually overnight fixes. A lot of it comes down to how you engage the staff -- being an easy customer (having done all the checks, being really polite, etc.) helps. One big plus is having everything already backed up, so it's ok for them to wipe/replace drives if they need to.

My only complaint is that some markets don't have Apple Stores yet, especially internationally.

Thinkpad service is the one other kind of service which is good; their contract support outside the US is superior to the Apple international support. Unfortunately they don't sell a full line, only laptops (at least, their desktop products are pretty weak in comparison).

On the purchasing side, though, Apple wins hands down. Lenovo is painful because there are 25-50% discounts periodically, so you feel you're being ripped off if you don't buy during those times. And, website without a lot of the options (e.g. you couldn't order a QXGA R51 online, only through the phone), etc. And no good retailer stocking anything but ideapads in person.
Then, for these users you describe, it could be that every google search is preceded by a bing search (from the browser search bar, for "google").
His book on Fortran was the first programming book that I read in depth. I had 8 hours before the Empire Builder left Union Station in Chicago for Montana on my way home for Christmas. The book was for the next quarter.

I did not realize that he also started out in Montana in a small town that is small even by Montana standards.

My relationship with Fortran deteriorated over the years, however. It was a welcome introduction.
I'm dubious about this analysis. You seem to be saying that prices were low when Amazon had a monopoly and prices have risen as competition entered the market. That's counterintuitive so perhaps I've missed something.
This is very hard to play in the current state. Things that I feel are needed:

- a dot where x and y integers intersect ( like the intersections of the lines on a math notebook ).

- ability to preview the trajectory;

- larger font for the formula box

- ability to choose direction to shoot in

The concept is very interesting, and this could be quite useful for people who want to improve their knowledge of function graphs.
This was worth it for me for the reminder about siege alone, as 'ab' seems to have some serious issues in Lion.
I'm not so sure based on their public response to the experiment:

"We think Jonathan’s project is really interesting and we are flattered he chose Starbucks for his social experiment."
I use "we" and bring in people as needed for skills that I don't have in high enough levels

I explain THAT I do this all, but not exactly when for many clients
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The same applies to older discussions that were popular, but have fallen off the front page. The solution, IMO, is to comment where you want to comment, and don't worry too much about your average.
Think Windows is insecure? You're wrong, says security firm Kaspersky.
Yes, although it isn't the fastest possible. I don't notice a huge difference between the SSD in the primary PC and my 10k RPM Raptor I used to have as the OS disk.

I am not aware of the specs of the SSD in the Macbook.

This is exactly what I suspected was causing the perceived boost though.
From a business persepctive, Sam Odio's action was fantastic. He made one of the best answers ever seen for the YC application question "when have you hacked a system?"

He walked up to a pile of money just sitting their being used for a suboptimal purpose, and he took it and put it to good use.
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I also love softlayer; they have a variety of datacenters now (including san jose), great pricing (except for RAM, but you can negotiate that), and their service, while a lot smaller team than rackspace, is still very good.

Their cloud product isn't as good as Rackspace and nowhere near as good as EC2, but maybe that will improve. I still like rackspace too; I wouldn't switch from one to the other, but I would definitely evaluate both whenever making a decision about hosting for a new project.
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Ask HN: Voice over IP solutions?
I know a lot of you are traveling more than me, and this topic came up a couple of times in connection with Skype. I'm looking for advice for a voip solution that allows me to call landlines (Europe, mostly) with affordable rates. I'd prefer going with an open solution (i.e. using open protocols if possible).

Bonus points:

- Android client
- Video support (yeah.. I guess no luck here)

GTalk doesn't seem to be available. Google Voice of course isn't either (Yay for fragmentation). I'm stuck with Skype for now, but I've to count to ten every time I start it, because it cannot be forced to stop pushing bullsh*t into my face. It wants me to buy a subscription for a phone number usually, today it told me 'The wait is over - You can now make video calls with Skype on your Android phone.'.

Guess what, Skype? No, I cannot. My phone is more powerful than most handsets you DO support, but - still. That's a lie [1].

Please, got about 1 EUR left on Skype, top out is disabled, after that I want to move. HN, save me from this crapware, once and for all.

1: http://ben.sh/SkypeYouSuck.png
"We have two ears and one mouth for a reason."

I think one of the big reasons this is effective is because when you're not talking, you're listening, and this lets you figure out which stuff actually matters.
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Interesting:
Apple is also looking to decrease its reliance on electricity provided by the city power grid by building its on-site Central Plant.
What are the benefits of having a dedicated power plant I wonder?
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and the iBook Store is probably much large now than the kindle store

Maybe it is, but the iBook store is sorely lacking in programming books compared to Amazon (from my experience). I'm guessing there's a lot of other technical books they're missing, too. Perhaps they're targeting the kinds of books "the masses" would purchase.

Also, iBooks is not available outside of iOS.

Those two points are keeping me away from iBooks. (I want to at least read my books on my Macbook Air. Come on, Apple!)
It's $510 here.
Right, but the thing you don't test is the transfer switch/sync gear.

Powering up the generator and dumping the output as heat weekly is pretty standard practice.
Ah, I didn't know that.

Makes sense.
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Not much to share at the moment :D

I think I timed and titled this post a little badly, maybe that's why it doesn't have that strong of a reception. Perhaps I'll resubmit later or do it as a poll or survey on Wufoo.
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Well, It is quite possibly scalable to allow impoverished to take free bread, if there is a defined poverty level and an insurance safety net provided by the not impoverished. This is the principle behind Social Security
I am saying the prices where lower then they are now. When Amazon had a almost all the market share they were able to bully the publishers to the pricing they wanted. When Apple entered the market publishers stood strong and got together and got Apple to the prices on there ebook store.

Amazon then was forced to raise there prices if they wanted to get the same books that Apple got. So yes as the market has grown and there are more choices the prices have gone up. The publishing industry conspired with each other to get hire prices.
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The three reasons that jump out at me would be:
1) Redundancy.
2) Cupertino wants them off their grid.
3) Or they're going to have a unique power footprint that they don't want to share with the world.
It's actually 66.67% and 33.33%.
Angry Birds vs. Netflix at Chrome Web Store?
Finally, a joke attempt on HN that was actually funny!
The thing I wonder about is wtf they didn't manually switch to generator when their automatic controls failed. They had presumably ~5 minutes of UPS; it took them 40 minutes to do this. This probably isn't directly Amazon's fault, but whatever contract datacenter they are using in Europe (probably a PTT, or possibly an international carrier; really curious what facility)

I'm wary of using >1 generators to back up loads, thus requiring sync on generators for backup anyway -- much more comfortable with splitting the load up by room and having one generator per, with some kind of switch to allow for pulling generators out for maintenance. This pretty much limits you to 2-3MW per room (the largest economical diesel gensets), but that's not horrible.

Really high reliability sites actually run onsite generation as PRIMARY (since it's less reliable to start), and then utility as backup. With the right onsite generation equipment, it can be cheaper/more efficient than the grid, too (by using combined cycle; use heat output to run cooling directly).

Still, the 365 Main power outages take the cake; they used rotational UPSes (generators with huge flywheels) which had software bugs such that if input power got turned off and on several times (a common utility failure mode), the unit shut itself off entirely. Doh.
Actually some of the issues extended to the entire East region. In particular, for quite some time I couldn't create a new instance in any East zone. At all.
The thing about computer security flaws is that unless someone makes a point of publicly exploiting them, others will go around quietly exploiting them. It is almost certain that someone was quietly siphoning Jonathan's card. Would all the donors really prefer to have their donations be embezzled like they are at a skeezy charity front like Palotta or Komen? Why, just for smug satisfaction of feeling good about giving, without any concern or accountability regarding whether the gift is doing the good you give yourself credit for?

There is no use in condemning Odio unless you have a plan to fix the security hole he highlighted. Otherwise you are going to shutdown the open and honest takers and willfully ignore the quiet and dishonest takers.
On a per sample basis it is very difficult to distinguish between signal and noise. So your lack of definition as to what 'per unit time' means leaves me very confused.
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If you exclude services, then 35% of consumer spending is on imports. I think that number matches up more closely with peoples expectations. That said, oil really distorts that number.
I don't understand why in Windows Vista the security escalation dialog box has several different appearances depending on the context.
Can't read it. First, I get the message:

FT.com articles are only available to registered users and subscribers.

Register FREE now for increased access

It's quick, easy and you'll be able to read up to 10 articles per 30 days.

Wow, that's great! 10 articles in 30 days? What a bargain!

They want my email, a password, my country of origin, zip code, position (job title), job responsibility, and industry, they default the checkboxes of "I would like to receive details of products and services from other parts of FT group or third parties by post" and "I would like to receive occasional FT updates about new features and special offers" to ON.

No, thank you.
Amazon chose to meet the publishers' terms because publishers began to withdraw books from Amazon:

> Macmillan CEO John Sargent had been meeting with Amazon to discuss getting full control over e-book prices, but Amazon refused to budge and all Macmillan's books were temporarily removed from Amazon—including the print versions. Amazon eventually relented and is allowing the books back on site, and is going along with Macmillan's demands for higher e-book prices.

> At issue is Amazon's practice of setting nearly all new e-book releases at $9.99 no matter what it's paying the publisher. This means Amazon may be paying the publisher $14 per title, for example, but is intentionally taking a loss on sales in order to push cheap e-books to Kindle users.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/02/publishers-conti...

Amazon was paying the publishers the full price they demanded -- the issue was not about publisher profit. Instead, Amazon intentionally took losses to promote ebooks as loss leaders. Publishers threatened to remove their books unless Amazon only sold their books at pre-specified minimum prices.
Well I'm not sure who to believe, but leading off their rebuttal with, "I am not going to begin to decipher their convoluted logic" does not inspire confidence.
Some misspellings are better than others. Google and Googol work together phonetically. Momment and moment don't.
Im not a security expert but saying something isn't in the top 10 worst anymore isn't the same as saying its now better, Flash & Java may have become more insecure.
I used a silence technique when tutoring (class size about 20): if you want students to answer a question, give them space. 10 seconds of silence is quite uncomfortable - 30 seconds is extraordinary, unbearable. Don't elaborate, or coach; just ask the question, then total silence.

Nature deplores a vacuum, and silence will draw someone out. Counter-intuitively, it also gives permission for people to speak who otherwise would be too shy.
The following is not necessarily commentary on the poster's method of handling meetings:

I had a manager who would do the say-something-then-sit-in-silence thing. It was absolutely horrible. Basically, you had to be a sociopath in order to not feel perpetually uncomfortable around her. Every 'normal' person working for her was absolutely miserable. I'm sure she thought she was being very clever.
Perhaps lowering its priority would help.

nice s3cmd ...
It is better to shut up and give the impression that you are stupid than to talk and remove all doubts of it
People who say Windows is insecure aren't comparing it to Flash or Java, they are comparing it to OS X, Linux, or *BSD. Without addressing that comparison, this article is useless.
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"BART, which has its own police force, must be held to constitutional standards."

This sounds nice, but do you actually know what those Constitutional standards are?

First, as you seem to recognize, the area in which cell phone service was disrupted is what is considered a "nonpublic forum." The government has significant latitude to restrict speech in nonpublic forums, especially when the restriction is related to the function of that forum. Here, BART shut down cell phone service because it was informed that a group of "protesters", which had caused disruption to BART service in the past, was going to use cell phones to organize another disruption. According to reports, cell phones were to be used to communicate the locations of BART police officers to maximize the mob's ability to disrupt service.

Second, not all speech is due protection under the First Amendment. There is protected speech, and unprotected speech.Speech designed to incite violence or create a breach of the peace is not protected. There is substantial case law on this. Here, based on tweets like "We are going to show BART (@SFBART) how to prevent a riot #OpBART" and the past actions of this particular group of "protesters", it is clear that BART had a compelling reason to temporarily shut down cell phone service in its stations.

Finally, in this case, BART did not prevent this group of "protesters" from expressing ideas. It simply restricted, temporarily, a particular mode of delivery.

What about those who weren't planning to use their cell phones to incite a riot? Again, there is more latitude to restrict speech in nonpublic forums, and any restrictions here were content-neutral, narrowly drawn in terms of time, place and manner, and were for a compelling purpose (protecting public safety).

Bottom line: this is only a Constitutional issue if you have no understanding of the Constitution and First Amendment case law.
A couple of ideas:
1. They may feel they can generate it more efficiently (aka cheaply) or with fewer disruptions in service
2. Maybe they're looking at alternative energy sources to further control their environmental footprint
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"While the service is in beta, anyone can try a maximum of 100 tasks for free for any of the products built on MobileWorks: form digitization, web scraping, or tasks that new app developers build on the API. The idea is to get developers started working with crowd as easily as possible."

Wait, I don't understand. If I build an application on the API am I limited to 100 hours for now? If so, that severely disincentivizes me to build on the platform.

"For community-built applications, prices are set depending on the complexity of the task and how long it takes workers to do them."

And that price is WHAT during the beta period? I would really like to build an application. If I make an application and sell it to other people, what is the price? Am I limited to 100 jobs?
Only fools would want a persistent filesystem for their OS! </sarcasm>
That was the first Linux I ever installed, and I did use the Redneck language during the installation. It was hilarious.
I would post a comment, but...
Anyone upvoting this, can you please explain why? This article has numerous issues that would make me hesitate to recommend it to anybody else.

I'm not going to list them all, but here's a start.

- gives the Google AJAX-ified query string without explaining the difference

- perpetuates the 256-char query string limit myth [1]

- totally muddles distinction between POST and GET, e.g., "Therefore, we POST information to a server when we want to give information to us."

- talks about examples that are never shown

- python examples have no error handling

[1] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/get7#myths
You can always redirect stdout/stderr to a file, e.g. nohup someapp > someapp.log
Why is the tech job market so inefficient?
I've used a Sipgate.com account + CSipSimple on the Android, and it's okay. I've only used it over Wifi + Comcast, and it's acceptable but not great.
(I'm not trying to troll the thread, I'm not trying to stir up any trouble, I am asking a sincere question, so please be gentle)

Why is it that whenever someone makes a link between violent video games and violent real life behavior the studies are widely considered to be unfounded, yet folks seem to believe that many of the ills that affect black communities can be directly attributable to aspects of "black culture" (gangsta rap and minstrel media in particular)? There are certainly studies that make the case for the link in both instances, but the conventional wisdom for the two seem to be stark opposites. I've seen these differing beliefs expressed in discussions at Reddit, Ars Technica, and to a lesser extent here.

Why is it that video games can't possibly be a problem, but gangsta rap is most certainly the problem?

(Again, not trying to be a troll, I'm just wondering if there is some fundamental difference that perhaps I've missed. This is your chance to enlighten me.)
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Regarding your TOS:

"Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) on MobileWorks, Inc.'s web site for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only."

I see nowhere in the TOS that if I upload data and pay for some data transformation that I own the copyright to the transformed data. According to the current wording, it seems that YOU own all the output. Could you explain?

Also, what does the following mean:
"Call us toll free at 800 100 4023 from any India phone."

Lastly, do you have a support email address? I prefer that channel, since I can archive support for future reference.

https://sandbox.mobileworks.com/contact/message/
Why did you curve your class? I mean, I know that we expect grades to follow a statistical curve, and I can almost see it justified (although I disagree with it) in a class with more subjective grading (eg history, languages), but questions in freshman calculus have well-defined scores for different answers and parts thereof.
We use EBS, and had machines in the availability zone that went down that were affected. Those machines were out for longer than a day, but we were back up within an hour because we had redundancies built in across other availability zones.

If you're doing anything that matters, you can't rely on a single zone/machine/whatever, no matter who your hosting provider is.
I think it's the same idea as what happened with the online music market. Initially, it was a niche market that reached a turning point when Napster hit the scene and started offering music online for free. At that point, publishers started taking action and we saw the rise of digital music stores and the complete marginalization/destruction of the previous market with low prices/easy access.

In other words, Amazon had a niche market that few people competed in. Hence, price ended up being artificially low (same as the online music market in the 90s). Once people realized they could turn it into another distribution channel, competitors exploded and the price of the good adjusted to a more normalized market value.

In economics, a monopoly can go one of two ways. It can either push prices to an extreme high in order to maximize profit, or it can push prices to a low in order to lock competitors out of the market and incentive the purchase of other goods (Kindles in Amazon's case). Once the monopoly broke, the price of the good normalized--which for us means it increased.
yeah, for the price of a dreamplug you can get a netbook. dreamplug are useless.

btw, did you get video acceleration on yours?
This is great, a great start. But this is an implementation, not a standard.

I think it remains to be seen whether github repos give us anything like the long term stability and stewardship of RFCs. Not to mention the longevity of github.

Yeah I know, you can fork. Everyone can fork.
Free sucks. I want my privacy back.
All of this may be true but none of it puts Apple at fault nor do I think Apple will lose this one.
If there was a "strong public interest" it would be within the bounds of UK law, I believe.
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I use the native SIP functionality in Android 2.3, and it works well. Sipdroid is available in the market if you're looking for a solution for earlier Android phones.

There are literally hundreds of providers to choose from. callwithus.com seems to have really good termination rates (http://www.callwithus.com/showrates) and I use them for calling mobiles in Europe. They don't support inbound calls, but there are other providers for that.

You can get free SIP clients for any other platform: Mac, Linux, or Windows.