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Miss World 2011 this time in LONDON
After the shining moments of Miss Universe in Sao Paolo, Brazil last September 12, 2011. This time another beauty pageant and another new sets of contestants from all over the world will going to showcase their talents into another historical event that will definitely catch the attention of the people all over the world. Miss World 2011, the 61st edition of the Miss World pageant is scheduled to take place at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre on November 6, 2011 in London, England where in the first Miss World event was created by Eric Morley in 1951 as part of his promotion of the Festival of Britain, which took place on the South Bank of the River Thames. This special event will feature winners from the past and the present, and they will be re-living some of the special moments and star names that have been a part of the 60 year history. The celebrations will take contestants across the United Kingdom in the run-up to the final.
I doubt this is Quake in 1995. Maybe WinQuake / QuakeWorld / GLQuake, or even Quake2.

* It looks like Visual Studio on a post-Windows-3.x GUI, which means Windows 95 (unlikely) or Windows NT 4+ (1996 or later)

* Quake was developed on NeXTSTEP and DOS.

* John Carmack blogged (well, as close as you'd come to it in those days) that he was going to start looking at Win32 in the "near future" on Jul 1, 1996: http://www.team5150.com/~andrew/carmack/johnc_plan_1996.html...
Everyone wasn't saying that, just all the people trying to get the big air time and push an agenda. Heck even the wikipedia article even says different. Judicial Watch was the organization that filed the FIA to get the alternatives (17 pages released out of slightly over 200 that pertained). Plus, look at the history of the Eisonhower administration.

"quoting the constitution is a common symptom of this"

Forgive me for quoting the actual section of the document when you raised the "unconstitutional" claim. I would expect a programmer to quote the actual language standard when claiming a compiler didn't implement a feature correctly. You sound like a priest from the middle ages who is mad that someone has actually read the bible.

My only agenda is that I think the American people are getting well and truly screwed by pundits on TV and in office. Everything is a drama and not one statement is checked or even questioned. Heck, no national news network actually talked about the actual text of the health care bill when it was available. The reporting on the new jobs bill might as well be propoganda compared to what the thing actualy says (not much fun to read, but the gaps show). I am well and truly sick of Fox, CNN, and MSNBC. Scream and demonize are everything, ignore history, ignore the actual documents (yes, the constitution too), and see which pundit looks best while we ask none of the hard questions.
On the one hand, this comment gave me an epiphany (about how some people think) so thanks for putting this here. One the other hand, I can't wait to have downvotes for comments like yours.

The epiphany is as follows:

1. There are a lot of people with very negative views of corporations roaming around the internet

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias will cause them to view goodhearted actions in a negative light, and genuinely think they're right

3. Therefore an important goal of PR is to include falsification ammunition alongside announcements that are likely to be misunderstood

Less abstract breakdown:

It's pretty clear that most people would prefer a car that instead of just saying "please find someone to fix my xyz" says "please find someone to fix my xyz, and fyi Foo Dealership will likely be the most convenient" -- maybe my friends and I are just lazier than average, but that actually sounds great for me, and I could see several friends really appreciate not having to spend the time picking out a repair shop. This is especially true if they handle figuring out who is certified to do warranty covered repair work.

So GM likely thinks of this sort of application as a small to medium win: GM cars are somewhat less hassle to own, and maybe last a bit longer on average / get a higher average resell value because people are getting things repaired sooner rather than later.

However, because people will think "oh, they're just doing it for the sale" (which they are in this case, just not the one-shot-sale but instead the generations long brand building approach), GM should announce both at the same time, and include a few points that obviously invalidate the fly-by-night opinion -- Do they recommend places based on Yelp reviews + distance? Do they even take money from repair shops when recommending? Do they use wait times and the urgency of the repair as the primary criteria?

Basically if GM included some answers to questions like the above as ammunition, then when journalists / analysts / online message board readers get in to arguments about this question, GM is significantly less likely to come out looking evil.
Perhaps so, but the point is that manufacturing receivers is already fairly trivial compared to the rest of a firearm since it's a low stress part

I still don't really agree with that. A stamping machine isn't particularly easier to come by than a good boring machine, in my opinion. The whole process of creating a rifle isn't terribly high-tech, as demonstrated by the vast number of cheap AK-variants flooding the world. It is still, however, beyond the skill and motivation of most people.

Even if 3D printing reaches the ubiquity of everyone having the equipment at home, 3D printers will not be capable of producing full, functional firearms.

I completely disagree with that. Given sufficient time, it seems inevitable that we will have 3D printer medium capable of containing the high pressure of even a rifle.
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I haven't used QuickCheck, but read about it. So take this with a grain of salt, but it seems to me that specifying properties that should hold for your functions and then letting QuickCheck throw all kinds of data at them would be more efficient at least, if not more effective, than manually writing a bunch of unit tests and coming up with your own test data.
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Any advice on Twitter Marketing Campaigns for a brand new start up?
I've read plenty of articles on Twitter marketing campaigns and how they are so effective and such. I've tried following it as much as possible, with not very good results. Can anyone advise on some things that may not be obvious, or of past start ups without much brand value at the start but with successful twitter marketing campaigns? The help is greatly appreciated!
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There's an option to do server-side receipt validation. That should prevent a hack like that.
> Thus licensing a patent portfolio reduces costs for the consumer...

Maybe if you consider just one company, but in aggregate, isn't it just a tax passed on to the consumer?
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Here is why Facebook will not lose any momentum over Google+. They are too agile, well-run and nimble at the moment. That and google+ architecture is too similar to Facebook.

Facebook is doing a good job matching Circles, improving photos on the feed, improving chat, etc. Almost every unique features of G+ are now competing with a 'good enough' counterpart on Facebook. Expect Facebook to match any new ones popping up from Google's camp all the while rolling out more new stuff around music, videos and photos.
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I've never had a problem hiring great programmers, and it's not difficult at all really. It's insanely difficult though for common companies when they are not a good or interesting place to work, or they don't want to pay competitively for the people they need, or they have incorrect ideas about what sort of talent they really need. There is no shortage of great developers out there. The shortage is in companies that have management with any clue. These companies obviously are unable to understand or correct this though.
We did this at my first startup and it worked really well. However, it's also really useful to be able to just pimp out one of your teammates. For instance, on our team, one of the guys had much more serious of a resume than the rest and could easily bill at $150/hr. That supported 2 of us full time and himself part time... Adding individual contracts would be great as well for that purpose.
That reminds me of this: http://xkcd.com/732/

Speaking of which, what is the highest resolution monitor available today that isn't outrageously expensive? Apple's 2560x1440 Thunderbolt/Cinema display is nice. Any WQUXGA (3840x2400) monitors available like Toshiba's $18000 one[0] but that don't come with a "medical imaging" price tag?

[0] http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1032529/toshiba-lau...
How do you source your gigs?

Having quality clients is as important as having quality developers.
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I had some made a few years ago. Got like 500 cards for $10 or thereabouts. I think I've handed out around three of them. But no matter, it's very conceivably a useful thing to have, and it costs so little that it's hard for me to justify not having cards.
It's not a statement, it's a clause.
You lose some competitive advantage with the rush style, mainly in reading your opponents tendencies in betting patterns, hands played, etc., so win-rates don't scale entirely with hands/hour.
FWIW, the language comes from the DOJ attorney, so I don't think you can blame the headline writers.
I don't fault you! Your plan is admirable. I just don't know if I can actually pay that much for a t-shirt. :->
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So, I read the title and it looks AWESOME. Perfect! I thought. Just what I needed. A platform that obviates the need for me to seek funding.

Just to be taken through the application to be told on the last screen that they will be prioritizing startups that have gone through incubator programs.

That's very annoying and misleading.

Had I known that, I wouldn't have spent the time it took to fill out the 4 pages of application.

You guys should have been more upfront with that.

Other than that, this looks very promising - but you need to clearly articulate who you are looking for. Is it 'premium accelerated' startups? Or TRULY bootstrapped startups?

Not to poo poo on anyone's parade, but if you go through a startup accelerator that can be hardly considered 'bootstrapping'.

Edit: Also, do you guys pair up people? For instance, I am a single founder and I can do all the development - but I am not a designer. Can you guys supply a designer for me to work with?

Edit 2: Kudos on not adding (YC class number) to the title. I prolly wouldn't have clicked it, to be honest.
Compare this slideshow to the basic S5 slideshow at http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/s5-intro.html . A simple CSS template could solve the usability problem here.
I purposely left it vauge because although minor thraffic offenses are civil (covering most speeding tickets) Other more serious traffic charges can be levied (driving with a suspended license, reckless driving, drunk driving)are considered criminal offenses. However the point remains that the burden in either instance is still in fact on law enforcement or the plaintiff in the civil proceedings most people are familiar with (i.e. johnson v pfizer)I know you know that already, but i just wanted to clarify for anyone else that have been mislead by my earlier post.
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Microsoft could lose those cases even if its patents were valid.
Yes, that's true - and I think in this case Google benefits from that.

If web users associate the +1 buttons with Google+ then it is free advertising for Google+.
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congrats on getting it "launched". It's great you are giving exposure to the startups that Techcrunch started off giving, bu then stopped.
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Correct, the plan was for that money to get me through the rest of my tuition. I got it by doing several years of labor before even considering starting.
Kamikaze programming.
Yeah, the internet sure sucked before Facebook came along and added... nothing.
Careful what you wish for. Once Congress is involved, they might just make it a mandatory safety feature.
What does it say ?
I like it and I agree that there are other niches you could target - weddings, baby showers, graduation, confirmation, retirement, etc. Anything that's sort of a life-changing event or entering a new stage in life would be a good time for this as a gift.

I've see us do a similar thing (but low-tech) at church. A bunch of parents contribute stories or advice and then copies are handed out to each graduating student. Or I think we've done something similar with a collection of a bunch of favorite Christmas traditions, then copies were handed out to the whole congregation. Or it's similar to recipe books where a couple dozen families contribute their favorite recipe then copies are sold as a fund-raiser. Not quite the same as what you're doing but it could be an easy follow-on product.

Curious why ePub is 50% more than PDF.
I think the real question is, does the startup have to be registered in the US?

For instance, I live in Jamaica, but my startup is registered in Delaware (with a full blown US presence - bank account and all).

Would I 'qualify' given that I could be considered remote (i.e. use Skype and communicate via email)?

I can understand why you would want the Projects to be US-based (quite frankly, that's what I am looking for), but I don't see why the team would have to be US-based.
100% agree about them clarifying who the program is for. They say bootstrappers, but then prioritize for those in incubators which I generally don't call bootstrappers.
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Article was originally posted by reidbradford here:
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Pretty sure Wolfram Research made money for its founders and early investors (if there were any early investors).
This seems to be in the same vein, kayhi :

http://www.slideshare.net/ijstokes/wide-search-molecular-rep...

Will be used for my next project!
There doesn't need to be a series of failures to predict the future. Both RIM and Nokia were very successful two years ago but anyone could see there were troubles ahead.

With MS it's no different. PC growth is declining rapidly in favor of tablets and the consumer market is becoming far more important than the enterprise market. It's a direct attack on MS's core strengths.
Most of the gigs we've gathered thus far have been through industry connections and relationships through previous agencies (many from the northwest). We manually evaluate and screen every employer/project submitted, as we know it's a pain in the ass to sift through crappy projects.
ANAL but AFAIK the sad thing is, if you are infringing a patent the responsibility is less if you didn't knowingly infringe.

That means as a programmer YOU SHOULDN'T READ PATENTS!

:-(
House revenue and rake, not player winrates.

Edit as an ex midstakes amateur, frankly I speculate rush is unbeaatable after rake bc the nash equilibrium style is ez and widely known, good players have no edge, bot wet dream. Sent from mobile
They may be the lesser evil, but I would still say they are nothing close to what NYTimes is. (If you are looking for reputation on that scale.)

Moreover I've often seen the Times of India publishing most of BBC (India region) stories from the day before. Might as well follow that.
How about emacs?

I was only half-way serious when suggesting postscript. Postscript is a nice format that you can write by hand. And it does meet your "need [for] more print-specific control."

Since you are sensible you don't want to write postscript by hand, but I don't know of any tools that help you produce better postscript than pdf.

(For technical reasons postscript is the superior format though. PDF is a prematurely optimized postscript. pdf-files usually have a smaller file size than ps files, but .ps.gz easily beats pdf, and you can change it with your favorite editor if you want.)
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Fair, but from houses perspective they just don't care what happens above 1/2nlrake wise, high stakes is just marketing. I speculate. Kinda like how trump males his money from penny slots. Sent from mobile
There's lots of parts you can buy that get you in a world of hurt if you make them. Say, trigger kits to turn a AR-15 in to select fire...
patio11 explained it best here, I think.

http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/01/24/startup-seo/

That said, we really need to at least put up the git browser so you can browse on the site. Thanks for the reminder.
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One more thought...going through the application process it seems like you guys might be going for an hourly rate.

As a single founder, I would much rather flat-rate projects. I don't have the time, nor interest, in tracking time.

I know what I want to make every month, based on the scope of the project I can generally tell how long that will take. So I can budget my monthly income that way.

So I hope that if you are going the hourly way, at least you have an alternative to bid on projects individually.
Yes, I work in an open plan office so because they can see me they think it's OK to interrupt me whenever they feel like it. I'm in a room with the support guys and testers so all their phone calls I get to hear. Especially distracting if they're talking to a user about something I've worked on. Sometimes I manage to space out and not hear it but then you look up and people are staring at you "what do you think Bob?"

Headphones only go so far.
I've missed the submission about Thief. Do you have a link?
makes sense, but I thought w1ntermute was distributing using a non-JB channel
Maybe it's like nigger. It's okay when I am one and call myself one, but not when someone else who is not one calls you one?
This is the government fishing for a law to prosecute unrelated behavior that is insufficiently regulated or completely legal. This was not a ponzi scheme as many others have commented. They kept enough cash to pay more than enough of the anticipated withdrawals, and had an operating business that could quickly earn any need for more funds should withdrawals spike. This is standard practice in banking and insurance. I hear Warren Buffet heads a big ponzi scheme too.

If FTP did not segregate finds as advertised, perhaps they committed some sort of fraud, but theft and ponzi this is not.
What does a "pod" have to do with playing music? Less than what being "quick" has to do with a DVD delivery service, in my opinion.

Not saying I like "Qwikster," but it's just not the case that the word "iPod" sounded like a music player before Apple made it famous.
Why? Warren Buffet doesn't need a counterpart after he buys a stock.
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I wonder how 12-core GPU compares with the xbox360's 6 year old GPU? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_hardware#Graphics_proc...)
This strategy will work for the first few projects but how will you attract more quality gigs to feed the army of startups that will knock at your door :)?

You are faced with the same challenge a normal web dev shop faces: how do I get more quality gigs? Except that you have to get enough gigs for a lot of teams or you will end up serving the same teams over and over again.

I sincerely wish you success as I am interested by your concept (although I am based in Australia and my startup is not part of any premium incubator).
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Buy an unlocked GSM phone. When you arrive in-country, buy a prepaid SIM card. Put it in your phone.

It might also be ideal to get a Google Voice # and temporarily forward it to whatever your temp # is.
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This could block Linux from booting, but realistically speaking, does anyone believe that will happen? It seems very, very unlikely to me that you won't be able to disable signing restrictions at the firmware level.
Wadah Khanfar still has more journalistic integrity than anyone at Fox/News Corp. Or really any American media outlet. Our media outlets can't even show pictures of American coffins...
Best to have your hands free: business cards, sketchbook, phone, a couple pens.

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Thanks plasma. I'd held off on describing my startup to get a better sense for whether I got the execution of the idea right. I wanted to know if users coming to the site 'got it' without biasing things too much. But, that said, here is the gist of what we do:

The Wisdom of Others is an online personal publishing service that makes it easy to create book-store quality books filled with the practical advice and useful wisdom of family and friends.

Think of our books like a personalized Life's Little Instruction Book written for someone you care about by everyone that cares about them.

For example, say you have some friends expecting their first child. You could make a book of parent survival tips and how-to’s by asking their family and friends to answer the question, “What do you know now that you wish you did before having kids?”

Or, maybe you’re heading to a wedding and are hunting for the perfect gift. You could make a book for the new bride and groom that asks, “What’s the secret to having a happy marriage?” and fill the pages with answers from everyone invited to the wedding.

Or maybe you know a recent graduate that's getting ready to launch out into the world. You could make a book filled with advice and instructions for succeeding in life written by their family, friends, teachers and coaches.

Hopefully you're getting the idea. Our books make it easy to give the gift of experience and encouragement to someone you care about. Because life, after all, doesn't come with instructions.
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Wikipreneur.com - selling the domain, anyone interested?
I know this is a little spammy but what the heck...

Over the years I've had lots of plans for this domain, ranging from a simple wiki for entrepreneurship to an opensource, transparent business platform for startups and SMEs. But I could really use the cash for other projects (and food).

I already have a buyer willing to pay $7k, but I figured I would see if anyone on HN was interested.

Send me an email nathan-at-nathanwaters-doooot-com

Cheers
I was using a Windows box and spent 3 days trying to get Appcelerator to work! Almost gave up a few times. Finally it started working and was buggy as heck!

None of us could believe a venture backed company would put out such crap s/w. Anywho, we went ahead and developed the app in Obj-C (our issue was we didn't have a Mac and needed to build something for the iPhone).