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Vopium launches in Spain with greater cost savings of 40-90% on international calls & SMS
Get 30 minutes trial offer along with 100 SMS free on Vopium, now available in Spain.

Vopium, the upcoming mVoIP service launches itself in Spain with an unbeatable offer of 30 minutes trial and 100 SMS free. Vopium is practically now available on all latest phones, where it allows the users to directly install the software on their phones instead of depending on computer or monthly subscription of operators.

After downloading the free software of Vopium either over the web or text message, users can enjoy low priced calls and SMS where ever they want. It is far more economical to call through Vopium because the user pays the mobile provider for a local call and Vopium for the international add-on. Vopium is also available in local languages which can be selected automatically based on the language settings on your phone.

Making calls through VoIP service is far cheaper than paying heavy tariffs to operators’ world wide. To prove our product in this competitive market of VoIP, we are offering 30 minutes free international call to Vopium users which will enable them to experience the improved voice quality at affordable rates.”, says Tanveer Sharif, CEO of Vopium.

Vopium works on more than 500 different mobile handsets supporting Symbian, Windows Mobile, Java and Blackberry. Register yourself on Vopium now and stay close to your friends, family and colleagues by reducing the cost of talking on the go via mobile communication.
I don't see how this list is going to be helping a "beginner" at all. It's "89" items that all boil down to "Read code, write code, study techniques for abstraction", which in turn boils down (roughly) to "practice" - which is the same thing you need to do to get better at, or master, any activity.
Mechanical Zoo Gets $6 Million To Build Aardvark Social Search Product
Summary of the 2008 GitTogether
ActiveMQ + Ruby Stomp Client: How to process elements one by one
OpenID is sufficiently complex and most consumers have no idea how to use it. Whoever manages to make it easy for consumers to use it might win. I say might because most people will still prefer creating separate accounts on sites to preserve their privacy.

And don't forget FB... if they execute fbConnect right, they'll dwarf all these other ones and make OpenID, or whatever it will evolve into, obsolete.
The plan changed: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=348328

Presumably they decided to use the email addresses entered into the YC application itself, rather than waiting for all main applicants to complete their HN profiles (which would surely have meant delaying the mailout).
Windows to Chrome - The Transition, very funny.
If someone sued me and then wanted me to voluntarily enter into a contract with them, I'd assign a very large figure to goodwill regardless of the appraised price of the asset.

If your friend is taking a mercenary approach, a good starting point is estimating what the potential buyer is already paying in the way of legal expenses, adding his own and then applying a multiplier.
The Algorithm Design Manual - Skiena

Purely Functional Data Structures - Okasaki

Algorithmics - Harel

The Practice of Programming - Kernighan & Pike

Concurrency Control and Recovery in Database Systems - Bernstein, Hadzilacos, Goodman.

Recovery in Parallel Database Systems - Hvasshovd

ACM Turing Award Lectures
Andreessen’s newspaper advice echoes Grove’s, a decade ago
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He is simply looking at what the candidates say they will do. Based on their actions, Obama has one of the most partisan voting records in Congress. He does whatever the Democratic Party does. As President, he will be driven by Congress, he will sign any legislation written by the blue team.

Surveillance laws will not be repealed. Non-farmers will be screwed over to benefit farmers. Young people will be screwed over to pay off elderly voters. Consumers will be screwed over to benefit unions. School children will be screwed over to benefit the NEA. Future generations will be screwed over to benefit current generations. Funding for new programs to make Americans more dependent on government will be piled on top of a deficit fast approaching $1 trillion.

His speech might be sparkling, but his record does not fill me with Hope. I miss gridlock.
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The demo at http://lisbakken.com/lang.html works perfectly - served me an English language page even though I am using a French ISP (Google keeps getting confused and gives me pages in French as it uses the TCP/IP address)
Seems like Time is gunning for the Wired mag subscriber demographic.
Cool products, but I would expect a little different from Time. But times change, maybe this is the new hipper, cooler Time mag ;).
Installing Scribe For Log Collection
Wow this is a pretty awesome startup. I'm totally going to get a room for my site when we launch.
For me, literature is defined by aesthetic quality,

Ah, see, this is where we diverge. I too am a wordsmith, but to me, literature is defined by what it is that it leads the reader to. A fantastically written piece of poetry that has no deeper meaning is, to me, not literature. A piece of vogon poetry with a deeper meaning is also not literature, mind you - there has to be some basic level of craft. In either case, I consider the meaning to be more important than the form.

Amateurish as it might be, this piece had a Truth to tell, and to me, that makes it literature. Your point of view is just as valid as mine, so I think we'll just have to agree to disagree :-)
I think it needs to be a crime to analyze someone's genes without their permission. I can see the potential for abuse. The article mentions that a significant other might ask for genetic testing before marriage. Why would they need to ask? They could just steal some genetic material during the night.

Also, these gene companies don't seem to be forthcoming about genetics. There is a lot that we still don't understand. Even if you inherit a gene that is linked to a disease, you may not necessarily express that gene. Genetic expression is very poorly understood right now.
Silverlight 2.0 runs C# code (any MSIL compiled code, really) on OS X quite well... It also includes a significant portion of the base class libraries.
"four core Git developers trying to figure out how to use git send-email for 10 minutes"

Heh, that sounds about right.
I have a hunch that you may be worried about scaling problems since you are looking at SimpleDB instead of MySQL. For an app in its infancy you shouldn't be too worried about scaling problems. Just use a MySQL database for now. Thousands of webapps can't be wrong!
Just when we were contemplating the loss of our beloved linux hater...comes this one.
Let's give the guy a warm welcome, shall we? ;-)
Customer Retention - the Unseen Community in Software & SaaS
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Yes, also waiting for a response. My best wishes to those who didn't make the cut, you know you'll succeed anyway!.
I a lot of interesting info that I haven't seen linked yet:

From 11/24/06, via Google cache: http://is.gd/5cvU

"How much profit does DropSend bring in each month?

* Revenue: $9,041.81 per month (and growing by 8.6% per month)

* Costs: $2,100 per month (Servers at 365main.com + maintenance)

* Profit: $6,941.81 per month"
Guys, remember, Ycombinator is a great resource but you'll see that some of the ventures they've backed are either completely stupid, already invented by google or simply not existing today because even they failed. Ycombinator seems to be seeking a very specific set of ideas and type of team. My personal opinion is that this lack of diversity in type of ideas and teams doesn't contribute much to the growth of their endeavor. Why just programmers? The real value is in the vision and outsourcing is easier than ever today. Overall, keep at it! I guarantee that many of the ventures Ycombinator didn't accept are going to do well. Good luck.
if speed of execution is relevant, just use echo (which takes any number of arguments), and single quoted strings (concatenating, or parsing double quoted strings is slower):

function user_profile_link ($user) {
echo '<a href="/user/',
$user->profile,
'">', $user->name,
'</a>';
}
I don't think your last point is very fair. See e.g.:

https://www.23andme.com/gen101/

as well as the very long disclaimer you're given before you can actually sign up for a 23andme screening.
Liberal politics in the United States is driven largely by unionism. I don't see how the economic protectionism and populism of US liberals develops from high education and cultural melting-pots.
That's probably one of the nicest and most humble rejection emails.
Onenote is great indeed. Possibly underrated because it is a MS product, but it is great for note taking and syncing those notes to pda or mobile phone.
Widgetplus: Server side Ajax widgets
Court rules hash analysis is a Fourth Amendment "search"
My main PC is currently an eeePC, which is not all that far from that! I predict another generation which is even lighter, lower wattage and cheaper.

Those dime-sized java devices appealed to me - can't find the one I mean, but here's similar: http://www.jopdesign.com/cyclone/index.jsp and http://wireless.sensorsmag.com/sensorswireless/Wireless+News...
In my personal experience, the biggest problem I had with UML is tool support. Most modelling tools are terrible and/or very expensive.

Modelling is very tool dependent, without a good tool that help you view, edit, print and manage your models; you will just quit it.

A mature, FOSS tool, can take UML a long way!
WARNING: RAVE

It's the simplicity of the ZX81 that appeals to me - especially the small number of commands available, in BASIC and Z-80 machine code. It's concrete and graspable, and possible to get on top of to master some of it perfectly - a toy world, a tiny playground to play in. The small universe makes it easier to be sure you've got the best solution, and limited options make choices clearer and easier to evaluate.

I've managed to get some of that feeling from Java and discrete mathematics - though that essential thrill of efficiency and certainty is missing...

In my current project, I'm trying to create that kind of playground for users, where the choices are concrete and combine orthogonally. I'm aiming for it to appeal to "my people" (i.e. who appreciate what I do), instead of to the naysayers, or opinions about how you "should" do things.

I think it requires a kind of genius, to make the abstract concrete. To me, it's a worthy goal. Fortunately, you can create a work of genius without actually being a genius - provided that (1) you spend a lot of time and effort; (2) you make definite progress; and (3) can link those pieces of progress together, so you build higher and higher. Well, I sure hope I can. :-)
Bosses should embrace Facebook
Did you miss the part where they say "Google supports the OpenID 2.0 Directed Identity protocol, and provides authentication support as an OpenID provider"?

They're supporting 2.0 which supports discovery requests...
I'd also like to see a credit card (or even PayPal account) attached to an OpenID account so one can also use it to pay for things online with an email address. An email confirmation would occur after each purchase. Thus OpenID becomes a substitute for a CC's number and its other details, which are lodged with the OpenID provider. At present, one can't even sign for an online purchase or show a confirming ID or enter a PIN.
Isn't this just temporary? I mean, shouldn't we wait like a month before complaining?
Check your Spam folder in Gmail
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=348377
This is silly. And by silly I mean moronic. You can't outsource an entire start-up, especially without more than $15,000. Hell, we couldn't manage to successfully get a Wordpress template created when we supplied a full PSD and offered $300 for it. Talk about epic goddamn fail.

You realize the whole "Clone Amazon for me, $100-500" thing doesn't actually work, right? And look at the last batch of YC companies, will you? There's a lot of diversity there.

Maybe the only thing you got right here is that some of the start-ups YC doesn't fund will likely go on to succeed. Since YC themselves admit that, it wasn't much of a point though, was it?
Jesus christ, this isn't 4chan.
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How Yahoo Blew It (Story behind Inktomi and Overture acquisitions, Project Panama)
New Features of Windows 7
Renegotiate any contracts that you can. Everything is negotiable.

If this means that you are no longer viewed as trustworthy the money you save may not amount to much. When everyone is hurting be very careful about the contracts you enter into but be even more cautious about breaking your word. Goodwill and reputation are very hard to recover once lost.
What a stupid idea. The value of open source projects isn't in their code, but in their developers. The code, being GPL, can be picked up by anyone with few restrictions; on the other hand, the developers cannot be copied.

Its not even as if he could make a proprietary fork of the project; being GPL, such a thing is impossible unless you purge all code contributed by all other developers who refuse to go along with such a license.
Maybe better to use http://openid-provider.appspot.com/username which has been available for sometime now..
In addition, I'd add my own time lost do to the hassle, at a reasonable hourly rate.
Tim O'Reilly's piece is "idiotic" and Obama has "never had an original thought".

These political discussions sure bring out the best in people.
I see - that is kind of neat, I suppose, because it simplifies the overall model. Windows does require you to learn and use a new set of concepts for each API.

From your answer and krshultz's below I think I see the complaint. While parts of the windows API are written well, they do not have an overreaching unifying framework. Such a framework would make it easier for developers to follow guidelines and pick up new API's.

I think that's a pretty reasonable complaint. I take it for granted that I have to read MSDN carefully for every API I use, but maybe in Linux/Mac I wouldn't have to. Interesting.
Most/all OpenID libraries already seem to handle identifiers without the http://

If the libraries don't already support the "@" syntax, they should.

If Google's way of doing things requires any proprietary changes, I'd say it's unacceptable, but if that's the only change necessary then it seems like a reasonable way of doing things.
Welcome to the world of startups and investing. Enjoy your stay.

For those that just got rejected: Welcome. If you're seriously getting into the startup world that will be your first of dozens of rejections. Learn to take it in stride.

Investors invest in stuff they get, stuff that's presented well, and stuff that they relate to. That's triply true for early phase where they're going more on a hunch than anything even bothering to be hand-wavey with projections.

Just one kind of cute story, both from successful founders cum angels: We've had meetings with two angels now. One of them thought my co-founder was a turd. The other thought he was the swellest guy on the planet and has been telling all his buddies about us. Are either of them idiots? No. In one case things clicked, and in the other they didn't. All of the business plans and prototypes in the world wouldn't have changed that.

All early phase investors make some dumb investments. In fact, most early stage investments are dumb. YC is a bit ahead of the curve there, but they don't have a crystal ball.
Thanks - the articles are interesting.

Windows has always felt to me like the work of several teams, each in its own area. I never considered this a weakness because that's "just the way it is". However, this thread has helped me see that it could be.

I'll consider taking up some linux programming when I get some free time to get a feel of the difference.
The http:// is not necessarily required, he was just pointing out that it's a valid URI and thus can be used as an OpenID identifier.

It seems most OpenID implementations handle identifiers without the http:// prepended.
there's a huge difference between public company stock and private company stock. public company stock isn't necessarily bad: you can decide to do what you want with it, since it's fairly liquid. if you hold on to it and the price drops, that's a risk you assumed.

private company stock, however, is completely illiquid, and has a very high probability of being worth $0, and that is usually what people mean when they talk about accepting stock vs cash. agreeing to a stock buyout of your company by another private company can be good, but you're essentially trading your risk for theirs.
Some good tips. I learned early on that sticking to a script doesn't work for me though. If I memorize it too well and then make even a 1-word error -> I think "oh crap..." and get more nervous -> more mistakes -> positive-feedback loop repeats.

Now I just make sure I remember the points in all the bullets (and the hidden bullets in notes) well. Many presentations (with the notable exception of conferences) are interactive too -i.e. the audience asks questions even before you get to "Questions?"- so you may not be able to stick to a script anyway.
Nice - I'll check it out. Thanks.
Place to resolve such disputes is WIPO
http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/
That's in fact a very good point.

It is highly possible that the cause for the betta's incredible sadness was the denial of its need to procreate.

The reproductive drive is so fundamental to life, especially in lower organisms that the lack of a mate has have serious consequences.

This has been observed in dogs, elephants (lone elephants - they're basically male elephants doomed to celibacy, which turns them into very violent creatures), and many other animals.

In fact humans are no exception. See the Psychology Today article "Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature" - http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/index.php?term=pto-4...
Interesting... 10X profit would make it an approximately 700K sale. I wouldn't be surprised if that was close to the actual number because Carson wanted around 1M, so after negotiations this seems likely.
The Selective Laser Sintering "rapid" prototyping process can be used with casting wax.
"invention" is a tricky concept. Edison didn't invent the concept of the light bulb - but he did invent a particular version of it that was commercially viable. I don't know the facts, but possibly both 23 and Tesla Corp. developed technological improvements that facilitated commercial viability.
We applied during the last cycle and didn't get accepted. We forged ahead (Were doing this regardless if we are a part of YC or not), started prototyping, networking, and solidified our business vision and plan.

We applied again this cycle and got accepted for an interview. Our YC application has changed a bit since we now have a much more focused direction, but our technology stack has been pretty much the same from day one.

I hope that this can be an encouragement to those of you who didn't get it this time, but I'm sure that if you try again you can only increase your chances. BTW, last time we applied we did it fairly last minute and I missed an email from pg asking us some questions. This time, we applied a month in advance and I checked my YC mail daily so I wouldn't make that mistake again. And yes, he did email us some questions again but this time I replied on time. =).
> people who aren't word people, tend to attribute superlatives to things that they like, and the word "literature" in particular is one that bugs me.

'Literature' is not a superlative.
"But pg did invent the most powerful recent spam fighting technique. "

While it may be the case that PGs essay was many peoples first exposure to baysian spam filters, he didn't invent the technique.

The first time I heard of it was in a paper published in 1998 at Microsoft research. This predates 'A plan for spam' by 4 years.
http://research.microsoft.com/~horvitz/junkfilter.htm
The article sites Wilson Sonsini as an investor in Twiki.net, but they're actually a law firm. I'm confused.
Self-printing Game of Life in C#
Also given that there are competing, comparable, open source/commercial wiki projects (a mindtouch cofounder commented on the article), the developers do have other places to go...
Should be half the time.
I don't think its mentioned in the version of the article you linked (good choice on the printed version to link, though): this article is from February 2007. It also focuses on the failures of ex-CEO Terry Semel, not Jerry Yang's current predicament.

Closing argument for the lazy: "At Yahoo, the marketers rule, and at Google the engineers rule. And for that, Yahoo is finally paying the price."
The results from recent auctions are instructive: http://marketplacepro.moniker.com/auction/index.html

We used an NYC based lawyer who specializes in premium domain acquisitions to secure a domain for USD$400k last year - if your friend is interested interested I can dig up the name.
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That would be over-engineering. You want to keep your buffer full:

if buffer not full:

wait (time for 5 writes);

write to 5 * read_size to buffer;

Sure, you could do it more complex, but then you create fragile code at a spot when a simppler solution would work fine.
The Problem With URLs
I think it would be a better idea to look at an application than a framework. It will likely match your future work better.

MediaWiki has in my experience a very well-written codebase, so I would designate it a good candidate for code-reading.
But that still doesn't imply that Google owns Mozilla, or does it? In fact, does Google own all the websites that make money off Google Adwords? I hope not.
Is Twofish broken, or is the reason to look funny at it's users simply that they should use AES because it is the standard?