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Just because something doesn't work the way you want it to doesn't mean it's a bug.
I'm aware of the DMCA takedown stuff, but I didn't think it required a website to allow content creators to instantly take down content. Surely Youtube would still be in compliance with the DMCA if they moderated takedown requests and acted within a "reasonable" time.
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Sorry for the horribly off topic comment, but it's awesome that the Megaupload founder's last name is Dotcom.
Indeed so. They were named as such not because they didn't know anything, but because of their habit of saying 'I know nothing' if questioned about their political activities. Immigration is kind of my specialty knowledge domain, actually :-)

As for the Berlin Wall crack in the grandparent, of course I know the Berlin Wall was meant to keep people in. That doesn't stop people who want to militarize the border with Mexico from explicitly holding it up as a model. Read the comments on any Wall Street Journal story about immigration and you can be pretty sure of seeing it cited approvingly within a few pages.
We are looking into running our API on HipHop, but not until the load justifies the effort to migrate. Currently running on lighttpd with PHP-FPM.
I think they want to make sure the labels continue to post official content on youtube, so will do what they can to make sure that relationship stays friendly.
My 2 cents: stick with 2.7, it works well with all libraries and it's well supported everywhere. 3.0 provides nothing worth wasting million dollars on. The current mentality is "Avoid adding new feature to P3.0 to give time for people to port to it". What's happening? "Why would I switch to P3 if there's nothing worth switching for."
I don't think it is by coincidence. He seems like quite the character: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Schmitz
Criminally speaking, probably the most you could get them for is perjury. But as a civil matter, you could sue them for damages. It might not be a bad idea to look into getting a "class action" lawsuit, representing all of the individuals and organizations that UMG has harmed. Then instead of money, the settlement could maybe get a restraining order placed? That way, if UMG screws up again, we'd have more ammo against them.
Totaly, its not a "song", its more like a 4 minutes commercial. I feel dirty now
The feeling that you might be running a bit of malware that is newer than your virus definitions.
> I see very little to support this at all other than extremely vague inferences....

It's not about vague inferences, it's about clear policy decisions.

1. We floated our currency before that became the norm.

2. We have an open and totally independent central bank which telegraphs its intentions to avoid mysticism.

3. We have very low or no tariffs on almost all trade, including agriculture.

4. Compulsory superannuation means we will not face a pensions crisis in future, unlike almost every other developed economy.

5. A long series of microeconomic reform and deregulation.

6. Low sovereign debt. It got down to zero for a few years. The electorate has no appetite for debt and out debt levels are rounding errors by international standards.

The argument that it's all down to geography is demonstrably false. 100 years ago Australia had the same relative wealth as Argentina. Similar economic profiles, comparable population and so on. Today our countries are very different.

Policies and institutions matter.
Youtube isn't allowed to "moderate" takedowns. As long as the paperwork has been filed correctly, the takedown has the force of federal law.
Karma-whoring is a very hit-or-miss proposition, so I would say deliberate but also lucky. Thanks! I'm here all week...
Um...what constitutional right is being violated there? You're not being forced to fly. You're free to rent a car, board a bus, take a train.
Exactly, I think the media should recognize that the MPAA/RIAA consists of companies, and actually attribute things said to the companies that participate in the MPAA/RIAA. That way the people can see what these companies really think about the world.
I said severe because there are clear complications for severe deficiencies (rickets, scurvy, etc.). The science surrounding correct levels and consequences of not quite correct levels of such nutrients is much less settled.

So among the group of people that are not basically falling apart from a nutrient deficit, the ones that eat about the right amount of calories tend to be (quite a lot!) healthier than the ones that eat far more or far less calories.
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Is it considered a common practice when the management of the software company is asking all existing employees take an IQ test? I am working almost 20 years in the industry and I’ve never seen or heard anything like that before. And yes, we have been acquired recently by some venture firm.
It is when vendors lock out the public app store in favor of their own (Kindle Fire).
This entire bug report is confusing to me. What is your expected behavior?

From what I can gather, you do (or did) not have group messaging enabled. You were on the receiving end of a group message. Replies to that group message also came to you, a recipient of the initial group message. Because you do not have group messaging enabled, the messages which were in response to the group message were not grouped.

I know I sound pedantic, but I do QA. If we're calling it a bug, let's get some expected results and steps to reproduce.
Are DNS domains really up to 255 bytes?
It's funny that they mention BeOS because I think it had a nice solution to keyboard app switching: Alt-tab switched programs (it had the same Mac-like app-centric design), and it looked somewhat like the traditional Windows. With Alt still pressed, you could use the up/down arrow keys to move within windows for that app. I wish I could find a screenshot of it.
Thanks for the correction; I've had that wrong in my brain for decades. And, incidentally, he patented it. Interestingly it looks like xerox parc's mice were not much different – apple's design was a considerable improvement.
You mean ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ testing?
True, but an interface that you tend to use for messaging to one person should give an indication that you are, instead, messaging to several.
The red case is a smart cover.
Ask what their cut-off point is. Then do the math to see if their firm is bigger than all of the people on earth who could possibly have that value. It might be illuminating.
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This whole discussion of the US in general has got me thinking but your comment specifically really stood out to me. I know that these measures suck and all but is the US government really becoming as evil as people say?

If you at things historically you'll find people worrying that the US government is/was becoming tyrannical since the year our constitution was adopted. While I agree that the current Internet censorship debate should be taken seriously and I don't want any of these proposed laws to pass, if you take the long view you'll find that the history of the US is all about a series of battles for freedom. Some we win, some we lose but overall we've been heading in the right direction for a long time. It sounds silly but this can be likened to the posts that pop up on HN from time to time about how it's getting diluted and becoming lame. Some days trolls and idiots rule the day, others the smart folks take control and in general the community and their contributions have remained high quality since its inception.

So let's fight the good fight but maybe not go down the whole "this country is becoming the next [insert unpopular regime here]" road. Yesterday always seems like it was better than today, hindsight is 20/20, the grass is always greener, and all that.
That's not what "design patent" means in US law.
True, a buddy of mine posted something as a Facebook message instead of a wall post and every reply went to everyone on his buddy list. Soon it was people complaining about getting messages at late hours. Apparently you could 'unsubscribe' from messages on the website but not on the mobile app.

To this day I'm tempted to try replying to the thread to see if will still go out to everyone.
I'd have to agree with sp332, since I don't see how a bot would be able to legally sign a document - the legal backlash could be significant if a bot signed a document and that document was submitted without any human checks. Then again, it doesn't always seem like the media has regard for the law unless it is benefitting them, so it wouldn't surprise me.
Also Canada has dramatically less ethnic diversity, at least if I'm reading Wikipedia correctly.
I find it surprising that a nicotine receptor-related gene would have anything to do with lung cancer risk, since it's supposed to be the tar in cigarette smoke that causes most of the carcinogenic effect, not the nicotine. I wonder if that means smokeless e-cigarettes aren't much healthier than normal cigarettes.
For some reason I thought they were transitioning off of PHP. Guess I heard wrong.
Yes, those are absolutely the first words that cross my mind when I read about the patent lawsuit of the week...
Oh this will be fun to watch if you know the history of Kim Schmitz aka Kimble aka Kim Dotcom [1].
He has quite a talent to get into the spotlight if he needs too and it looks like that he is able to legally re-appear in public again.

But i would love to know how a trickster like him got this video together. Maybe he is running out of money again and needs some publicity.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Schmitz
Printing is an improvement over email?
I assume it would have to be a prosecutor at some level in government.

Google, or any other corporation or citizen, cannot bring criminal charges... we can only file civil actions and report crimes to authorities in the appropriate jurisdiction (the police or FBI for example) who then report to prosecutors who decide whether to bring charges. Perjury is not just an offense at some specific person or organization, it's an offense to society, and society punishes through criminal prosecution (United States v. You, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. You, etc.).

At least that's my "Civics 101" level understanding.
StarOffice/OpenOffice is a major example as well. Java, WebKit, Reddit, Tornado, Cassandra, and probably tons of other projects began as closed source releases/deployments.
Megaupload/megavideo is such a scummy site. It may have it's uses but it's covered in garbage. You can't even watch a video without clicking 2 or 3 ads. It's terrible.

I know that Universal is doing something illegal but I guess I just don't mind that much because of how terrible megaupload is.
One partial solution for me: Buy a netbook that won't run any of my favorite games. Work on this netbook, from a location that has no internet access, if necessary.

If you need internet access to do your work, go to a public location (say, Starbucks) where you'd be embarrassed to be caught Youtubing.
The entire concept of 2to3, however, was stupid... what you need is 3to2. You want to be encouraging people to write new code, and support old versions as best as possible, not write old code and support new versions as best as possible. 2to3 should be used as a one-off migration tool, but it is seriously suggested to use it as part of people's builds.
Well at least the anti-SOPA people now have a high profile, clear cut example of why giving these companies more power is a bad idea. These numb nuts very well have just shot themselves in the foot over a silly video.
I just despise the condescending stereotype.

The author isn't wrong... but "nerd," IMO, is still derogatory in the way it's used. There's a prevailing idea amongst non-technical business people that developers are replaceable cogs and will jump at the chance to work on the next big idea for the smallest portion the business person thinks they can get away with.

This kind of wishful thinking, I find, is offensive. I don't work 8 - 10 hours a day; spend 2 hours a night hacking, reading, and practicing; and spend good money to attend conferences just so that I can work on your idea. Worse, many business people expect me to work for half of nothing. They think that their idea has some sort of inherent value. That it is actually so unique and innovative that it is actually worth something.

Newsflash: you probably didn't think of it yourself.

Anyway.. my advice if you need a technical co-founder: don't call them nerds. If someone doesn't mind being called a nerd they'll let you know. You sound like a clueless douche when you say, "I need a nerd to build this project." You sound like you don't even care about what we "nerds" put our heart and souls into doing. If it was so easy you wouldn't need people with our skills and experience... so be nice and come to the realization that if you want to start a tech company with no tech experience you're going to have to take the smaller portion of the equity and have a good amount of cash on hand.

Otherwise make good friends and wish for the best.
Those others are lying to impress you. That's the point.
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Do you think there's any other way to run the site, at least in 2011?

There's no other reasonable way they could make enough money to cover the expenses. The audience for these sites is, by design, children/teens with no access to money and adults who are there explicitly to avoid spending money. By the nature of the content they host, they're not going to get any first tier advertisers, so they have to make up for it in volume.
When profit motives meet user-generated content, you're going to see SEO.
Because you are content in your surroundings and more energy efficient.
honest answer - was china not a good one to you?
That's like not minding that your fat ugly annoying neighbour is being mugged. Wrong is wrong.
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They'll probably rely on whomever adopts it -- which will probably (and hopefully) be Apache Foundation. Once that happens, then the conditions of the licensing can be decided by people who have a better understanding of what is going on. Ideally the community will want a GPL or BSD, but HP will probably want a GPLv3, LGPL or Apache.
A commenter on the blog post summarized it well. Not necessarily a bug; just bad design:

Group Messaging = OFF
Expectation: Messages NOT sent to the Group

Group Messaging = ON
Expectation: Messages sent to the Group

But Apple has it wrong ... reversed ... because message sent with GM OFF are sent to the entire Group, and those sent with GM ON are not.

How can that possibly be intuitive/logical/intentional? It's a bug. Crappy design.
I’m guessing that depends on the kind of agreement Universal has with Google. Google can allow Universal to do whatever they want, there don’t have to be any takedown requests involved anywhere in this story.

Maybe Universal merely broke their contract with Google.
eggbrain - First off, thank you for taking the time to write a well-thought response (that is not intended to be sarcastic). Nearly everything in your reply is true. I had started the project a while back and quit on it. I then decided to launch what I had and see what happened.
jholman is correct when he says that I did not really expect people to like the site. I honestly had no idea what people would think. That being said, it got lots of hits today. Way way more than I expected. I had to shut it down because of the spam.
I was hoping to get a few hits (maybe 50-100) and see if I should resurrect the project. Unfortunately, it got so many hits that I think you pointed out the problem, "I hated it my first time there." Now, I am not sure what to do with it?

Thanks again.
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My understanding (though I'm not a lawyer) is that under the DMCA, Megavideo can sue. [edit: like dangrossman says, I don't think they can bring perjury charges, but the DMCA does allow them to sue]

Some information here: http://targetlaw.com/consequences-of-filing-a-false-dmca-tak...
You know, that's the beauty of Linux: you can have your computer however you want it. Not only do you have more options--Unity, Gnome, KDE, LXDE, XMonad...etc--but they are also all more configurable. I really think most people would benefit from switching to Linux.
I am not the one who needs convincing. Anyhow, a headline that reads 'New internet law will make us just like China' sounds so ridiculous most people wouldn't think it was true, even though it is. But 'Record label shuts down song by P Diddy, Will.i.am, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, The Game and Mary J Blige.' grabs attention.
Did her lifestyle choices contribute to her getting breast cancer(being overweight, not active, etc)? it would really help to know if it was simply bad luck or if her life decisions were risk factors.
Thanks jholman. I was sharing a low-investment project.
But was there a DMCA takedown?
Just imagine what would've happened to the Web if everyone ever making a technology for the Web would've thought like Apple.
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China's far away. This example hits closer and is therefore much easier to consume.

Of course, this isn't a logical argument. But lawmaking isn't fundamentally driven by logic these days anyway.
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I originally started the site because I was planning to add the features it is currently missing. I got side tracked and never finished. So instead of letting the code die, I decided to launch it, as is.

It turned out to not be a very good idea. If I added the missing features, would you find it meaningful?
I had a toy sheep like that as a kid, so it seems like a legitimate app to me, sorry to hear it was rejected. I noticed those fake fingerprint scanners -- at least two of which were consistently in the top 100 -- last year when I was creating an app that performs real 3D scanning. I thought "Surely if a fake fingerprint scanner is so popular, something that actually takes a 3D scan of your face would be even more popular." I was incorrect. (Though my app has done just fine -- it's just that those fake fingerprint scanners are disgustingly successful given what they are.)
That page appears to be empty.

In general you can get flagged by anyone who deems something non-hackerly, which can easily mean >90% of CNN's homepage.
Thanks for the nice comment. Tracking your favorite ideas would be a good feature.
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I think I first read it here on HN actually :)

I think this trick is so great because it's so counter intuitive to a person in the mindset of getting something done. Stopping when you still have momentum seems counter productive, and it is in the short term, but you get more done in the long run.
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I run a few calculations over and over again, and got tired of doing so. So I made a little app, the kicker is that the calculations are expressed in lispy like syntax. I thought HN might enjoy it. It is free and yes needs work. I did the absolute minium to get it out.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/candlestickcalc/id485900364?ls=1&mt=8
155 million dollar investment

Hopefully they'll be able to afford a webdesigner.

Their site would neither tell me if they're available in my country nor could I find any pricing information whatsoever. Instead I was left with motion sickness due to all the flickering and bouncing...
So it should be easy for you to provide a link to one.
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It's all the way from USA when it comes to saving money on goods
Yes, I know the nav is bad.

It is on github:

https://github.com/swGooF/34ideas
considering galaxy might as well be samsung lol
I was going to respond with something along the lines of "how's that working out for you" but really Alan Greenspan is still a staunch capitalist that would more or less agree with the quote above. If anyone has had the benefit of studying the market since that time it would be him.

Edit: After a minute of posting this I've realized I've committed a logical fallacy, Appeal to Authority. Granted I was responded to a comment based on a logical fallacy (Appeal to Time?) but I would like to expand my thoughts.

The best way to allocate resources is to have knowledgeable parties commence in free exchange. The role of government is to ensure that force and fraud are absent from the marketplace. If there is any further goal of the government it could possibly be encouraging the spread of information, although that is rife with conflicts of interest.

Even if Obama's fund nets a positive return, the cost at which it does is unknown. Pumping money into sectors of the economy mis-aligns investment. The free market is the best allocator of wealth.
Exactly! Jobs is great but Gates' work is so much more important then Jobs' iPhone that it's incomparable.
The idea sounded interesting to me as well, but in hindsight it was not such a good idea. It got very spammy very fast.
I can understand how 28 identical apps does seem like overkill.

But what's the difference between this and Colgate releasing hundreds of different variations of toothpastes every year? Or Unilever utilizing multiple brand names to sell thousands of different variations of soap and shampoo. It's all pretty much the same product, just marketed differently. This is just a classic sales technique to increase sales and keep customers coming.
If you've been using it and its comfy, just stick with it. People will just care about the code anyway.
Personally, I just hoped people would vote multiple times on the same idea. Anyhow, you may have seen all the ideas in just a few minutes. When you left this comment there were not many ideas.

Thanks
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> "The bot made me do it" is not a legal defense.

Please re-read my post instead of tearing down a straw man.
Nice hack. I wonder if they could get a court to issue an injunction against UMG from using its takedown tool until they have established a way to prove to Youtube that they do indeed own the copyrights to material. This would seriously limit their tool's usage :-)
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Maybe not for you, but I'm willing to bet "same as Apple and Google" does cut it for Mom.

(Note: I'm talking about the figurative mom, not your biological mother.)
It's impossible to know what you'll need in the future. No one should be wasting too much time trying to figure it out.

How could Zuckerberg -- or anyone, for that matter -- have predicted the kind of rampant success Facebook has had? Who thought in 2005 that Facebook would become the largest photo sharing site on the web? Or that they would need to handle almost 140 million unique visitors per month?

If the largest problem of your business is your application stack, you are in a very good place. Most businesses have much larger problems like, say, cashflow.
Now don't overgeneralize... There are lots of other reasons why enterprise software is crap.