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Most of my reading is in google reader. Part of my work involves following a number of blogs and news sources, which are rolled together with the feeds I follow for fun. So even when I'm wasting time on the Internet, 50% of my time is productive.

Of course, there are times when you just have to get shit done. When I'm sufficiently motivated about my code, my brain automatically shuts everything else out. I don't force myself, I just wait until motivation/inspiration hits. Sometimes takes a day or two, but it's worth it, because then I'll have (say) a week-long burst of creative output that I couldn't have gotten any other way.
Sure he's trying to publicly discredit them, but the point is he's doing a terrible job of it. By saying things that are obviously false, he discredits himself and Microsoft. Here's a realistic option you didn't mention: _reposition the competition_.

For example, he could say, "We've had a look, and it certainly has its niche, but ultimately it's just another Google Labs experiment in Perpetual Beta. Anybody remember ___ or ___ or ___ (he names some Google Labs has-beens), experiments that didn't turn into anything?

We'll have more to say when they release a version with fewer bugs and rough corners in a year or two."

Then he smiles and shuts up, refusing to say exactly what the bugs and rough corners are. This is a lot more believable, and it positions the phone as an experiment. That would be close enough to the truth to raise some doubts. And even fans might be reminded to wait for a faster, cheaper, better version down the road, which would undermine their sales.

Or he could reposition the phone as being hard-to-use, which some of his market believes is the case about Linux. Or "incompatible." Or any of half a dozen reasonable quasi-objections that spread Uncertainty and Doubt. But a bald-faced dismissal runs smack against reality.
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I don't see your concern as an issue. The game has to be fun. If it's fun, people either don't care about the side-effects, or are only turned off if those side-effects are extremely detrimental: look at World of Warcraft. It's really just that simple

Even then, you'd be surprised how much people like the idea of, you know, helping someone else out. Maybe you are pointing out that most of us are so gree-, err..., industrious, that if we imagine we are contributing value to someone, we feel like we shouldn't be giving away that value for free. Thus, playing such a game just makes us feel cheated.
True. The link is http://www.1800gotjunk.com/us_en/
It's a very nice web page, and a cool idea for an app.

He's right: Java is sputtering. There is an advantage for desktop apps, however. When I pitch the product, I can load it right on the customer's desktop without a clearance from an IT person, assuming Java is installed. I don't know how to distribute a flash app as a desktop app.
Obviously Ballmer doesn't see the big picture.

Android is not free! (It is but they have a revenue model)

Google pays out 1$ for every Firefox install for a search box. Android bundles all google services...

Also, Google is very interested in the mobile networks and this is a good way to develop relationship with carriers.
I tracked one of them down (from the signs in my town) to Aventura, Florida.
"Create a National Network of Public-Private Business Incubators: Barack Obama and Joe Biden will support entrepreneurship and spur job growth by creating a national network of public-private business incubators. Business incubators facilitate the critical work of entrepreneurs in creating start-up companies. Obama and Biden will invest $250 million per year to increase the number and size of incubators in disadvantaged communities throughout the country."

Does this mean incubators like yc? Obviously it isn't limited to hightech, but is that the sort of thing they speak of?
Dunno. I'm pretty sure there's some magic numbers out there for certain industries. I think it's one of those variables you argue about during negotiations.
What if your class is online?
http://www.smartcard.gov/thurston_bio.cfm

This guy did it. :)

Saw his name as Author in the Word HTML that used to be there ("Keith Thurston GSA"). Glad Word does that, so we know who to blame.
Surely would have - shudder
I hope they change that soon.
I think this is the same crack, they're just ramping up the hype slowly, as publicity for whatever conference at which the details will be presented. Like lots of the high-profile "OMG h4x" stories this year. :-/
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"Partial crack".
"They have not, however, managed to crack the encryption keys used to secure data that goes from the PC to the router in this particular attack."

Is that a trivial next step, or is the headline misleading?
Obama & Biden create YC clone?

I wonder if there will be news.change.gov for entrepreneurs to post links and hang out.
I comprehend more deeply when I just listen, but remember better when I take notes. If I'm the only one listening, I'll often absorb one concept, then ask the speaker to pause for 30-60 seconds while I scribble down some notes.
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The Samsung SGH-F300 Ultra Music has a unique dual-face design. On one side it has dedicated music player controls and a large 2.1" 262K color TFT display with a resolution of 176 x 220 pixels. The dedicated music keys are in fact touch-sensitive with a single normal Play/Pause key in the middle and are called Sweeping touch UI.
Article:
http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/abstract/S1934-5909(08)00455-4
this fits nicely with test-driven development.

writing a unit test is a small task completion, as is passing it in a non-brain-dead manner.
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And don't like running but I do it it anyway.

P.S.

Linus is a big baby.
Sometimes it's just surprising what people will pay for.

I remember talking to a guy ~10 years ago who had bought a bunch of public-access (but hard to find) government databases and set up a service doing people searches. Long-lost friends, loves, etc.

At first he thought he was extortionate charging $10/search. But every time he raised the price he got significantly more business. I think he settled out at ~$80/search.

Today that very same business could very well start as a VC-funded free service, when in fact people are more than willing to pay for it.
These signs are litter. The losers who post these signs are littering on public property and they can and should be fined for littering. Anyone who finds these signs can and should dispose of them.
The simplest way to do it with standard 802.11 equipment would be to transmit at high gain on channels 2 or 3, 6 or 7, and 9 or 10. But there's lots of devices that cover that spectrum; it'd be cheaper to rip the transformer and magnetron out of an old microwave oven and energize that in the middle of the classroom. Use a pulse width modulator to step down the power by a few orders of magnitude if you're feeling generous enough to not cook your students.

*note: Do not actually do this.
Yup your correct. The WPA crack has been about for a while.

The older WPA algo's can be broken totally given time (mostly to collect a LOT of data - something like 4 to 20 million packets sometimes).

We couple a small laptop used for collections & injection (to generate data) with our cracking cluster back at our office. Given about 3 or 4 days of activity on a WPA network it is usually possible to get in :)
Most monopolies are caused by government, though. Mostly through barriers to entry for competition..
I'm genuinely curious to see how the Obama administration will use the web. If his campaign is any indication, the whitehouse tech game will no doubt be cutting edge.
Did they just change the website? It looks nice and modern to me.
It is definitely heavy. Can do.
I consciously quit being such a 'victim', own my actions, set my intention, and work.

Stop embracing weakness. Empower yourself.
Looks like he squandered his opportunity to be more evil.
If MS ends up buying Yahoo, what will happen to Zimbra?
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Paul Graham recommended Peter Norvig. That surprised me.

If the CTO delegates projects and money, then the job is ill-suited for Norvig; The problems he'd be solving aren't abstract enough.

Besides, Peter is smart enough to come up with his own projects. And you shouldn't be recommending jobs to anybody smarter than you.

But it depends on the job description. And I realize this is just in jest and speculation. :)
awesome to see such a pro creative commons stance! http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2008/faq.html
I wrote up my experience with Overnightprints here: http://geekstack.com/blog/quick-and-easy-do-it-yourself-busi...

Hint: It was great!
Overnightprints did great for me. I wrote up the experience here:

http://geekstack.com/blog/quick-and-easy-do-it-yourself-busi...
It'll die a slow and horrible death? They'll probably convert Zimbra users to some flavor of Exchange Online. If they're smart, they'll find someway to incorporate Zimbra into their Exchange suite.
Load balancer fail: "No suitable nodes are available to serve your request."
When I worked in Network Engineering at my university, one of the capabilities being added to the classroom access points was the ability to disable the wireless network. Each classroom had a lectern with PC and monitor built in which offered access to control the various room facilities.
Nine Web 2.0 startups beating the odds in down economy
It was big bright yellow "www.change.com / Coming Soon" text on bright blue background. The website seems to be down now.
6 or 9 are from YC (Wufoo, DropBox, RescueTime, PollAnywhere, Posterous, Disqus)
How about AIR? Does that need IT approval?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Integrated_Runtime
But, government isn't going anywhere. Wouldn't you rather have an efficient government over a non-efficient government given that Free Markets don't eliminate the need for government? As the latest crisis has taught us Free Markets can't solve everything, and sometimes the only answer is government intervention. Like it or not the free markets couldn't correct their mistakes. They tried before requesting government intervention. The only answer is to find the balance between free markets and government. Right now we're out of whack.
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i think some of them are in the 'too small to fail' category... in which case, there are too many of them to list.
I just passed this along to the tech editors at Slate, who, I think, will appreciate a nice piece when they see one.

Great work!
I'm not a game dev, but I'd say that besides the technical issues of development, (non-action) RPGs depend particularly on three things:

1. story line / script

2. character development (stats and items)

3. careful balancing of rules to keep the level of challenge in an engaging range

To start out, I'd start with a graphically trivial game that manages to engage by the three factors mentioned above, and then think about "painting" the game (graphics) later. The rules engine, items, etc. will all all be the same.
just wondering, how old is the site? Is the income from membership sales?
I'm embarrassed to admit that I hadn't checked into AIR before this post. It looks like if approval has been given for flash (and it probably has), then it's a snap to deploy using AIR. Adobe charges for this, don't they?
Looking at her linkedin profile it doesn't look like she's very "tech", she mainly has a background in strategy at non-profits.

http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1729119
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I think that this aspect is actually the unsung hero of TDD.. it provides immediate consistent salient feedback delivered frequently, which is pretty much textbook key to accommodating ADHD.
Or it could be that Kleiner hired Bill Joy because John Doerr thinks he's a swell guy, and that John Doerr is recommending him for national CTO because he's a swell guy. Given that Joy only recently joined Kleiner (2005), I think this is more likely.

The reason we can't take Doerr's word at face value is just another application of Buchheit's Law: "Advice = Limited Life Experience + Overgeneralization". John Doerr does not know every highly-qualified technopreneur in the country. He knows a lot of them, but remember Joy's Law: "No matter who you are, the majority of smart people do not work for you." Personally, I think Bill Gates or Marc Andreesen may have a more relevant, feet-on-the-ground perspective, while being just as qualified technically.
I don't know much about AIR, myself, which was partly why I asked. The impression I get is that the runtime and Flex SDK are free, so you can theoretically put together applications without paying Adobe. Adobe charges money for the Flex Builder IDE, though, which is supposed to make development easier, and it looks like other Adobe products can output AIR applications.
if you are just blocking, your hosts file is an easier solution (though it doesnt have the 3 minute timeout)
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Interesting. I did buy SimCity 4 and attempted to get a city going. However, it was so different from SimCity 2000 that I had some problems with infrastruture not working right and other stuff. Mostly I think I was just burned out!

I do like the idea of narrower streets to slow people down rather than using stoplights and stop signs. This also increases the ability for pedestrians and cyclists to feel that they are welcome, rather than an afterthought.
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Can someone here who happens to be enthusiastic about this idea enlighten us and explain why the federal government would be a better investor than private entities?
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Looks like they changed it already, now it just says "No suitable nodes are available to serve your request.".
Not to belabor the point unnecessarily, but Social Security checks are generally injected immediately back into the economy as well, and Medicare-while it does help prop up the least fiscally efficient medical system in the world--does, at least, get spent in the US. Defense and Homeland Security spending benefit some companies at the expense of others; that's an effect with debatable benefit. The debt interest supports the GP's other point, that the money would be taxed or inflated away eventually, anyway.
The current crisis reminded us that it's still a bad idea for the government to distort prices on a so massive scale (through fake interest rates), because truth has to eventually emerge through the price system anyway, and corrections have to happen.

Failure can happen in the free market (that's how progress is made, through trial and error). But when governments decide that failure should never happen ("too big to fail", etc.) they make the free market itself fail, which is much bigger problem.
Yeah, it took half an hour to load, and none of the links worked, but it looks pretty good.
"So perhaps before you try to be better than your competitor as a startup, you might try being just as good--because just as good can mean revenues and next gen can sometimes mean too early. What you'll likely find is that a focused startup's attempt to be just as good actually results in a much better product that people might even be willing to pay for."

I took this advice and it worked for me. Do things that people will pay for today. Choose something that makes money and try to scale it. The challenge and excitement is in scaling a proven business idea better than the competition. Google did not invent AdWords, but they did execute better than Overture. There will be plenty of time to be original in retirement.
There is no one. But that doesn't mean Bruce is qualified. An English prof could start writing about security, but it doesn't mean he's qualified.
Well, it won't look pretty, but have you thought about getting started in MUD programming?

Text based RPGs have always held a certain charm for me personally; I can remember drawing out maps as I played Zork.

Some quick googling found this: http://www.gignews.com/morrow1.htm
Thanks. They automatically detected me as "Linux" so I couldn't find the non-beta info (although I didn't spend a lot of time on their site looking).
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Well for one the government can take a longer term view than a typical VC. As an example, imagine if the government focused on alternate energy years ago. Then when oil increased in price we'd be in better shape to make a transition.

Also, a lot of technology comes as a by product of working on something for the long term.

Just my 2 cents.
Am I Too Old for the Valley?
Having never been there, I'm quite thrilled to actually have the opportunity or the chance to move there in a year but no more than two years from now. At this time, I am exactly 30 years of age. I worked in a high tech field outside of Information Technology(without going into details) for four years before returning back to school making the switch to Computer Science. Planning to graduate in a year, I have enough money to make the move and possibly get lined up with a job pretty quickly due to my current connections with my present place of employment - ie: they have offices in the Bay and Valley too, as well as other parts of Cali(this would be a worst case scenario where the best case would be working on something new and fun and full of potential). I've visited Cali before but not specifically the Valley... I've been planning this move for about three years now, but this week I picked up a book on the Valley and I'm loving it and it has really peaked my motivation, if it wasn't already peaked; but there seems to be one central theme - every character in the book is younger than me, by an average of 5-7 years of age.

I'd like to make the big time but I'm realistic, however at the same time, I'm optimistic and enthusiastic which is what I believe has led to my small success in my present location about 2000 miles away. I'm hard working and upbeat and I think I have a great attitude and I'm always willing to try something new... At this stage, when I make the move, I'd like to plan to be there for about five years tops and possibly move on to another area of the world. But I'd like to know if my aspirations are a pipe dream or not from those who actually know what it's like there.

Honest opinions and viewpoints, no matter how harsh or flattering are welcome.
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Government can take a longer term investment.

Example: Space exploration
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The problem isn't necessarily that the estimates could be off by an infinite amount in this case. Weather is a chaotic system, so any models that don't get it (almost?) exactly right are going to be WAY off. That's just how it goes :(
It does dictate the membership of your address book--and for a member of a "transition team", that's fairly meaningful. I don't really care, as the pooch has already been screwed, but the rest of y'all should prepare to drop certain one-word slogans.
We really (or at least I) don't know enough about her to judge her...yet.

Always ready to swear :).
Undoubtedly. The reason Timeline held (and does hold) such an attraction for me is that it helped me realize that the people in the past weren't stupid or maybe even misguided compared to our current selves. They were just working with different sets of information.

A professional historian would not find something like this new at all, so your perspective does matter.
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Well perhaps the article doesn't put it in quite the right way, but to put it another way: if you were Russian or Chinese intelligence and you had the opportunity to read, say, the Obama camp's internal memos, wouldn't you want to do so?

As an example, presumably Obama has various advisors on foreign policy, and they'll disagree. Some of them will advocate taking a harder line with (say) Russia, while others will advocate a softer line. If I were Russian intelligence I'd want to know who was who, so I could keep track of those advisors if and when they move into positions within the next administration.
It's crossover affiliate marketing, and I've done it before. Pretty decent margins.

One example: you've got companies that do zip and email submits for $1-2 a lead, and their incentive is a free $500 gas card. So make a website that redirects to the offer and print out stickers or other physical media with the offer and the site. Then pay someone to go around to gas stations and put the stickers on the gas pump handles.
It'll be slightly strange entering any field at 31 when many others are getting started at 21. Other people your age will have ten years of experience and you'll be still getting the hang of the ropes for the first time, but unless you have a problem with that, no one else should either. :) The reason people in the book are 5-7 years younger is that it paints a more romantic picture, not because there aren't older people there getting equally successful. To the extent that young people succeed where older people don't, it's because younger people tend to have fewer obligations and a work-life balance more stilted towards work.

If you're going out to work as an employee, even at a startup, it's unlikely that you're going to make it big time, but it's fairly likely that you can make it an interesting, positive and lucrative five to seven years. (If 10% of startups are successful and it takes 2-3 years to figure out if a startup has succeeded or failed, then you'd only get a 20-40% chance of being in a successful startup, and even then employees are unlikely to cash out in a big way in a short timeframe.)

In this case, with low risk comes medium reward. :)
Ummm, how do you propose that the executive branch should "get rid of" a senator?
Yes, libc++. And it has plenty of new features like OpenMP templates.

http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.3/changes.html
Woof, can we fix this once and for all? Changing protocols every couple years is exhausting.
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Flex is pretty cool. It allows you to publish applications to the web or to the desktop via AIR without many changes at all. If Java is approved, then I can't see why AIR applications wouldn't be. The security model is a bit more strict than Java.
Seeing as JG is part of Obama's tech team, it probably does. He's part of the crew behind launchbox digital.
I always enjoyed running around in the woods like an 8 year old. That burns most of my junk food diet, so i don't have any weight problems. Recently i started some other types of exercises, till now everything i tried, except running, got boring, but we'll see if i can actually stick to a regime or not. Apparently Linus has the same problem, but i at least found one thing that doesn't bore/frustrate me. He could try soccer, that kept my interest for the whole summer until it got boring last month.
I don't know much about this topic, but wouldn't it be prudent to be signed up for another service as a hedge and have a way to switch/share as a failsafe against outages?

Or should there be a company that provides this service?
Most geeks feel that way? I think you're generalizing your own feelings onto a group that you self-identify, assuming that if you have this in common, you probably have that in common.

If you've ever gotten satisfaction out of improving your skills in a videogame, or from a team-based multiplayer game, then you have the "enjoys self-improvement and team based competition" part of the brain. It's just the physical aspect you don't enjoy.
Do you really think the government created and funded the NASA, the DARPA, the Manhattan Project and the NSA for the love of science? (I certainly won't deny all the really cool side effects they created, though.)