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or referenced the essential guide to vehicles and vessels

http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Guide-Vehicles-Vessels-Star/...
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There are many viable solutions right now for carbon offsetting. Financing electricity projects in the third world can decrease their carbon emissions significantly. This is quite often just financing powerlines and water network. Or just a small dam and generator somewhere.

You don't need research for ethical progress. And this would help the whole world economy as it creates and promotes wealth.
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Yes, it's 4.815162, Lost numbers are 4 8 15 16 2[3 42].
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"I never let my schooling interfere with my education."

- Mark Twain
If by "data" you mean "anecdotes", then you are spot-on.
Yep. The problem with carbon tax is to get it implemented widely enough, so that you just don't displace the pollution to somewhere else. We have something similar today. In China it is nearly free to pollute, to have jobs with shitty work conditions. You could probably not run a factory in a country where the high tech goods (like iPhones) are being bought, the way you can in China. Because we don't have similar requirements for pollution, work environment etc. we have essentially pushed all the "unacceptable" behaviour to somewhere where it isn't "taxed" the same where as we would have. Maybe we just have to do it anyway, but it is going to be a problem.
I also "dropped out" to go to college. If that's what you're doing, then great! But I think the earlier poster was referring to students who drop out and just get a low-end job somewhere. I suppose that's fine if that's really what you want to do, but how many high-school drop-outs really quit school out of strong desire to enter the food service industry?
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Going into business is sort of like a marriage. There is no right or wrong - just people's expectations, their individual effort and willingness/determination to get along.

Aside from when people are being ludicrous (it happens) there is no point in asking "should I be annoyed at this?". The company is something you are building together and you together get to decide how it works and looks.

Just tell them you find this unusual, you want to discuss - ask what their view is. They might have a quite reasonable interpretation - of they might be jerks about it - or you might find out you're being a jerk about it... just start a rational dialogue first.
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Also see http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/friendfeed_nails_im_int... http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/07/friendfeed-goes-where-twit... http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/07/friendfeed-over-im-kill... and http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10086467-2.html
It's a bad thing if those in the "low-skilled service jobs" are there because they gave up on something bigger.

It's a good thing if they are in those "low-skilled service jobs" because that's where they are happy.

Likewise, it would have been bad for the likes of Steve Wozniak to have lived his life as a cubicle-dwelling random engineer, rather than to have blessed the world with his bigger ideas. We should all aim for what we really want to do in life... our highest potential. If that's food service, then great! Do it with gusto! But don't settle for food service out of giving up on something else.
Gladwell is successful because he relays a great anecdote. Anecdotes lend themselves well to re-telling, thus his books are popularised by word of mouth. "Man, I read this great piece by this guy called Gladwell about a policeman who could ready body language so well he held fire when facing off a kid with a gun."
"We should keep in mind that every dollar we loan to GM is a dollar we don't loan or invest in something else."

Don't pretend this is true, because it isn't, and to say otherwise is to be complicit in covering up a problem that's way bigger than whether or not we throw a couple bucks at GM.
At its heart, the "just in time mentoring" or "rent-a-mentor" aspect is interesting and might be popular.

I think the injection of impossible-to-value equity into the payment model confuses things. The kind of talent looking to pick up semi-anonymous part-time piecework over the internet wants cash, not promises of shares in some unknown startup. What you're proposing is freelancing more than founding/investing.
I was trying to explain why people are hating on Alaska. Politicians aren't why Ted Stevens got reelected. The people of Alaska did that themselves.
Two words: health insurance.
It's death by 1000 cuts. The unions aren't the problem, but they definitely contribute, along side inflexible plants that can't be reassigned, never laying off white collar workers (until last month? wtf), not building cars people want, complete marque mismanagement (Pontiac and Chevy cars were virtually indistinguishable for 30 years), equating small cars with low quality (geo metro of the 90s, chevette of the 80s), abusive partnerships with other manufacturers (Daewoo), divesting themselves of key component manufacturing resources (Delphi) creating incentives for the independent company to attempt to squeeze for profit, a lack of commitment to quality, failure to tend successful brands (Ford's especially bad about this), fighting ecological and safety regulation instead of embracing it as a feature, coasting on their performance brands instead of cultivating new markets, and lukewarm attempts at innovation when they actually did something new.

Fixing any one of those problems leaves all the rest. GM is facing downward pressure on production costs (among everything else) and the unions stand in the way. You can't blame the unions for trying, but as a disinterested bystander you have to wonder why GM wasn't firmer in their bargaining -- everybody's losing now.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Bailey
"Seek out complex work to avoid boredom and repetition."

Kind of ironic coming from the guy who invented formulaic non-fiction.
Pricing between two similar products doesn't necessarily reflect difference in impact on the environment. It can also indicate scarcity in resources, an advantage in being the first (which may include setting your own price), protection by patent, or monopoly. Also, scale is another variable. While a rural area may have less-expensive housing and transportation costs than a major city, the city may have more efficient delivery methods and transportation (which could include the upkeep of having lit and paved roads to encourage walking), when accounted for on a per-person basis. However, with some refinement, I think your theory could be potent.
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Sorry but this is a fungus, not a mushroom. A mushroom is only the reproductive body of certain fungi.
the messed up part is that GM may be down in the crapper and begging for a hand out, but they are still looking to buy Chrysler. Why? Wouldn't you want to buy a successful car company? There is not one car that Chrysler makes that doesn't have a similar vehicle in the GM line up.

Instead of pissing away billions on a crappy Chrysler brand that has been passed like a hot potato from one brand to the next, invest that money into getting the Volt out to the public sooner. Invest that money into expanding the line up to a whole line of Volt vehicles, Volt Sedan, Volt Convertible, Volt Pickup, Volt small SUV. Then spend some more cash to update the current models the new Camaro/Volt front/rear end.
Wow... that's pretty bad. I just tried it and it works.

I hope they roll out a fix soon -- it's a little scary to think that each keystroke is going to both the current application and an invisible, root-level command prompt.
Thoughts in no particular order:

() a 'working vacation' isn't really a vacation

() make sure there aren't other personal matters which make his indefinite presence in San Diego more important -- an ill family member, crucial relationship to be maintained, etc.

() is he still being highly productive, even though not at the level of personal interaction you desire? If so, it's at least plausible that he thinks he's doing his role properly, until he's clued-in otherwise.

() physical presence always helps but it's now very possible and even common for key contributors to be remote, and indeed sometimes that better fits a person's most productive workstyle. So don't get hung up on location if everything else is OK (or can be made OK).

() speak directly with the 'CTO' about your desire for more interaction/mentoring before going to the 'CEO'.

() There are many ways to be 'present' besides physically; give him a chance to deliver the closer involvement/mentoring you think that you and business need those other ways, too -- don't make physically "being there" the only litmus test of commitment.

You concern is legitimate but focus solely on productivity (his, yours, and team's), not symbolism, and express your concern in a way that gives him many ways to address it without making it an ultimatum about returning by a certain date or otherwise making him defensive.
What? What "free education" are you talking about? Maybe you should go to your state gov't website and figure out how much taxes everyone is paying for "free education". The gov't doesn't "give" you anything, the money the gov't has, comes form the pockets of the taxpayers.
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Also see http://www.inquisitr.com/7625/friendfeed-gains-im-support/ http://www.louisgray.com/live/2008/11/friendfeed-launches-in... http://www.costpernews.com/archives/friendfeed-via-im-twitte...
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The actual unemployment rate in America is higher because we stop counting people after their unemployment insurance runs out.
But I hope that they don't cut off root access!
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It is not a random comment and I did read your comment. You wrote "additional dollars down the road pegged to revenue growth" and I referred to revenue promises. If it doesn't correspond to the plan you exposed, it is along the line, just a bit further away with the same logic.

Ok, I shouldn't have post it as a reply to your comment. Sorry.
I'm curious: What would you do with root access that you can't already do with the phone itself?
Co-founder questions.
After reading PG's articles, and similar advice on the OnStartups blog, I am convinced of the value of a co-founder. But having a co-founder raises some questions, and I am wondering how other people have dealt with these issues.

1) I came up with the initial idea for my startup, and even did some ground work. Should I still give my co-founder a 50% share of the company? If not, what's a good way to think about allocating shares to a co-founder?

2) With two co-founders, should all decisions related to product development, funding, exit strategy etc., be consensus decisions, or can I assert a special decision-making privilege, by virtue of being the 'first' co-founder.
I waited to graduate highschool... I had an equivalency in 10th grade, though. I regret not leaving highschool as soon as possible. I would have had another year working during the .com boom. as it is, I only got in on the tail end.
Luckily I don't type "sudo rm -rf /" or similar things in normal conversation very often...
(not so) humorously... You should at LEAST spend as much time working each day as you're paid to work. If you work for the man, you know the total. If you work for yourself, it's gonna be bigger, but at least you've got control of it.
Ah, I see what you're saying. If you judge a people based on their elected leaders, then the Bush administration reflects pretty negatively on Americans in general. But I don't judge a people on these terms: Otherwise, I'd think very poorly of Russians.
Mistitled. Why not just call it "Love-Hate: Why iPod chief Tony Fadell is really leaving Apple" like Cringely did?
Their "progress"? Their progress at what? I went to school at 16, and it's a mistake. Most people, certainly myself, are not socially prepared to deal with the environment at 16. Hell, if people are being coddled today, there's no way in God's green earth that they can self-organize on their own at that age.

Yeah, people do it successfully, but then some people can remove their own appendices and live. Just don't bet that way.
Although their product line needs a lot of work, killing them would have huge ripple effects (forget about the stockholders, consider the suppliers and debt holders). So, yeah, we could let GM die, but the effects on the economy would be considerable.

Why would Toyota buy GM's factories? Retooling them for a completely different line of cars probably doesn't make sense, and I doubt Toyota would be interested in selling most of what GM has today.

I don't think there is an obvious solution.
True, you wouldn't type a delete command in normal conversation, but you have to feel sorry for the guys in the bug report who were running ssh sessions on their phones... They were typing UNIX commands and thus were at a much higher risk of harm.

You wouldn't need the "sudo" -- it's a root-level prompt.

(Hmm... typing "make me a sandwich" unfortunately has no visible effects...)
It's a bad thing if those in the "low-skilled service jobs" are there because they gave up on something bigger.

Are the people with the drive and ambition to do something bigger the type to give up? It seems like a catch 22 to me.

There are many successful people who grew up poor, uneducated, and even in violent family situations, but are now successful. They may have even had a "low skilled service job" at one point. It's good we have people to work those jobs - we need them, and it appears to be no serious impediment to true ambition and skill.

Likewise, it would have been bad for the likes of Steve Wozniak to have lived his life as a cubicle-dwelling random engineer, rather than to have blessed the world with his bigger ideas.

Without Steve Jobs' endless gusto and encouragement, that might have happened. It's not necessarily that we give up on things and end up with crappy jobs.. it's usually that we have crappy jobs and then things come along and inspire us out of it.
Honestly, the title seems fairly apt. The author starts the article with the sentence, and proceeds to mention a plethora of things which argue that this sentence is accurate.
Because it helps them: most of the IE suckage comes from needing to support IE along with the real browsers, which is proportionally a bigger cost for a smaller competitor than them. IE being so much slower than everything else also helps keep the idea that web apps must be slower than desktop apps alive.
Routing between 3G and 802.11 comes to mind, although I don't know if the kernel has the right modules.
I think you are asking the wrong people here. It might sound scary, but it will be a lot easier than you think to just have an honest and frank conversation with the CTO. Don't go into a blame game, just explain your expectations in an honest, direct, and highly respectful tone. You are not going to make any progress if you do not open up communications and let yourself be heard.
To me these both address the same issue. I have heard a lot of different takes on this situation, and I myself have dealt with it.

1) You should both get 50%. This is just my opinion, but it applies well to most scenarios. Having an unequal allotment causes lots of motivational and mentality issues for founders. This is the last thing a venture needs in the turbulent early stages. It generally leads to better dedication and like minded decisions between to two people.

A positive way to look at it would be this: by giving up, say 10% more than you wanted to, the company has a better shot at success through two absolutely driven founders.

2) This draws from the same motivation as the first. Cofounders lose value quickly if one person always has the final word. You want them there to even things out. Disagreements are to be expected and the process of compromise is what makes the best decisions in many cases. Two minds working toward the same goal are usually helpful, even if they are not always striking a chord.
The difference in a 20 year annuity and a 30 year one is significant, but not that significant. GM could easily cover the difference with the dividends they have irresponsibly paid out in the last 10 years.
Crypto-protectionists would have a field day. Since China hasn't adopted the carbon tax, we have to impose high import duties on all their goods...
Yes. It was a joke. Apparently I struck some sort of chord here!
The whole idea of basing education on age is ridiculous to begin with.

Kids should be able to advance once they demonstrate they have the knowledge to advance. Each level should have an optional test that allows one to advance to the next level, and that test should be available whenever the pupil wants to take it. Combine their performance on the test with observations from teachers of class performance and move the pupil up accordingly.

If this results in some precocious seven year-old graduating, more power to her.

Being 16 doesn't mean you have a 10th grade level of knowledge any more than being 40 means you are responsible. Everyone is different.

The same problems can be found in undergrad education. Degrees are earned by putting in four years. Why are all degrees four years long? Do all fields have exactly four years worth of knowledge to impart? Degrees should be based on demonstrable knowledge of the subject, however long (or short) that takes.
I just tried it as well and... it works. It's pretty scary but has some good prank-potential until they fix it :)
If I were a malicious person, I'd head to my local T-Mobile store to `rm -rf /`

But I'm not a malicious person, so I'll only reboot it just to check it out.
I thought it was going to call 911.
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I think the difference here is that the money would actually have some sort of return, rather than just fill the pockets of defense contractors. Theoretically, it would get more people into college or help them stay there, improve communities everywhere in small ways that add up to a lot, and maybe, just maybe (doubtful), teach people to care about the people around them.

I agree, though, that big spending plans are things we should be very skeptical of. To be honest, I know some people who do run their personal budget like that.
If you didn't already know Steve Jobs was an ego-centric CEO with a cult-of-personality keeping him going before the article, you're pretty far behind in tech news. However, I had no clue about the reasons behind Fadell's firing, and that's the real point of the article anyway.
I also think you should discuss it with the other two - this can't be good for your productivity - which is essential in such a small team. I've always been pretty good at making sure I'm happy and productive with my work AND learning stuff. Each of those ingredients is important - I think that even if only one is not there to your satisfaction, you should think about moving on. But moving on is not something that should be taken lightly. Because you're going to have lots of really tough times in a startup. Full of doubt and angst. And I mean really. And there will be disagreements. Big time.
Good thing you didn't post this comment from an Android phone... ;-)
Does anyone find the phrase "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country" ominous?

I'm not disagreeing with you, just reminding everyone of something very similar.
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Yeah. The system is at fault. But don't go around suggesting that the system only exists to give hand-outs to teachers. Teachers are worth much more than schools pay them.
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...Of course. That's the whole idea of government. However, the way it works is that taxes come from everybody and get funneled into very specific venues, which you don't need to pay for in particular. So as a child, you don't pay to go to school, and your parents pay taxes, but they don't pay for school in general.

However, the government organizes those schools, for better or for worse, and so my point is that it's within the government's rights to set up a system like the one Obama's proposing, so long as the system exists only for public schools.
it's that he almost perfectly described what the upper class IS. People who have money without having provided any value.
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Germany already requires something like this, or military service, when you turn 18.

Sweden requires compulsory military service, and I don't actually know, but I bet they can choose community service instead.
Under this logic, Ron Paul had much more support from the internet during the primaries than his opponents, and look where that got him.

Hillary had a tough time because of how many people didn't like her when it came down to it. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2008/11/geff...
>My business partner is bitter because he had this idea a year ago and was told by experts in the field that it would never work.

It's described in this post http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47751 and my follow up comment.
*impractical
For example: flash your own image (without root, you can only flash image signed by T-Mobile/Google/HTC; how good is to have access to source code, if you can't build it and run it on real device?), create VPN connections, write useful bluetooth profiles like DUN (tethering done correctly) or A2DP. What you can do with root access is much longer list than what you can do the Google blessed way.
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Nowhere in there does it say "we will stop the use of torture." And that just sucks.
Arrange for your company to house you in San Diego during this critical period and enjoy the winter in California.
That's interesting you say that, because while I feel I've seen this coming (and have annoyed people for years to get into metals), at the same time, I'm not confident at all with exactly how it will all pay out. My gut says that if it's paper, it's worth paper. But really, I don't know.
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From the article:
> "But if Apple fails in that, Steve Jobs will just pick up the phone and choose IBM Microelectronics as the fab to build the next generation of Apple’s PowerPC processors – a contract worth billions, but ONLY if IBM drops all legal action."

Uh, Apple doesn't use PowerPC anymore.
Consumer shopping trips accounted for 48 percent ... of British food miles.

Walk to the supermarket.
Yay.

3826 bookmarks: http://delicious.com/zzzmarcus/

anyone else care to post a link to their profile?
Most of what you could hurt is mounted read-only so... probably wouldn't do much harm, but it's a nice thought anyway :)
Obama also is a much better speaker than Paul, and he had a reputation behind him: after 2004, he was a rock star of a celebrity. So he had some advantages. Paul, meanwhile, was virtually unheard of until after the primaries were underway. Obama had already begun consolidating his base and planning.

Plus, Obama used the Internet. With Ron Paul, fans would plan things for him. Obama actively created a platform (my.BO) that let volunteers operate efficiently.