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It's not very standard. The standard text in a UGC site's terms is to grant a non-exclusive license to the submitted content, and does not grant the sole rights to enforce the copyright in that content. This text on the submission form is both new and non-standard; it doesn't even agree with what's in their TOS document.

An exclusive license means landlords themselves are giving up their right to post the same listing on other rental listing sites, for example, by using a tool that would post the exact same listing to multiple sites.
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I'm curious: On which platforms can I buy links targeted to "late at night"?
The confusing part is them announcing something that was so bad that it wasn't worth releasing. Why waste the marketing opportunity? Why take it so far along the production path? Why give themselves all of the bad press?
I did not mean to change the subject. This measure just seems ineffective at stopping PadMapper. But it seems like it will stop people from posting their ads elsewhere.
Nice, you take the time to craft your listing on craigslist and now you've lost the right to repost your listing ANYWHERE else. I think we can safely assume that craigslist has a monopoly in (free) online classifieds and this reeks of very anti-competitive behavior. Wonder what the DOJ thinks of this.
"And that cologne could burn on your hand without hurting you.*"

Perhaps only as a kid with no significant hand hair:
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~eggplant/feynman/6.html
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From Wikipedia: "In December 2006, at the UBS Global Media Conference in New York, Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster told Wall Street analysts that Craigslist has little interest in maximizing profit, instead it prefers to help users find cars, apartments, jobs, and dates."
That depends on what do you seek. I never seriously used GR social functions (though I miss "share" a bit but I can just copy the URL, not a big deal), I use it as information source, not communication medium.
I usually know what I need and I am capable of choosing my sources. I would never trust the Reddit crowd to curate my news intake (if anything, any mass internet forum like that makes phrase "wisdom of crowds" sound like an oxymoron) and while I do read and enjoy HN, I would never limit myself to it as the only source.

I have literally dozens of content sites I read (or skim, depending on value) via Google Reader, and RSS is still the best way to do it. I haven't heard about anything being even close to it by utility for me. That's why I was surprised reading the claim that "RSS is passe".
> Your post is complaining about paying for unused data, and why can't you just pay for the data you're actually using - in short, you want a plan that you saturate and just want to pay for that.

Nope. Sorry. Didn't say that. This is your interpretation and nothing more. And that's OK.

All I am saying is that I a starting to think that we are over-paying for connectivity. I don't know exactly where or how, but something about it just feels wrong. I can't point to it directly because in order to do that I'd have to know more about the internal numbers of a telco. I don't have that data. For all I know we are getting a deal. I am more than willing to concede that. But I need data.

Right now, without said data it feels very much that paying $250 per month for connectivity when most of the data is going over DSL is not quite a good fit.

Obviously we all (or most) have a need for cellular data outside WiFi zones. The question is how much and whether or not pricing is fair. I don't have the answers, just an overall feeling of rotten tomatoes somewhere.

Your suggestion that I personally drop cellular data has nothing whatsoever to do with the idea that cellular data might not be priced correctly in the context of multiple devices and the availability (and payment for) parallel connectivity over DSL/WiFi.

In other words, whether I personally drop cellular data service or not has no effect over whether or not cellular data is correctly priced.

So, I guess I am not getting your point. Does cellular data service become fairly priced for everyone else if I -single handedly- drop my service?
Most people do more than 1 pageview-

Also, multiple ads per page = multiple ad impressions.

So while he only has 1m uniques a day, that could be 1.5 visits per user (a unique could covert 10 videos and would only be counted once) so guesstimate 1.5 visits per unique

So now we are at 1.5m impressions a day.

Now, lets count in we assume 3-5 pageviews per visit. So, on the low end thats 4.5m impressions a day.

He has multiple ad units, you counted two. So now we are at 9m impressions per day / 270m per month

Makes things much more sane. Also, I went on the low end of numbers. Its more likely he does well over those numbers.
Samsung clearly wants to interoperate with iPhone/Pod/Pad enabled docking devices by using the same usb/docking port. Accusing them for using it is like accusing laptop manufacturers for using mini-displayport.
Not every article has to be a profound, life-changing one :)
> There's nothing wrong with not releasing something you don't feel is up to par.

Over doing it leads to Duke Nuken Forever like situation.
What kind of anonymous and untraceable system do you imagine where the files are visible to be blocked by other nodes? I've spotted a small bug...
The NYTimes coverage mentioned that the entire $3 million prize was immediately wired to the bank account of a surprised winner (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/31/science/9-scientists-win-y...). Just imagine the email leading up to that:

I represent Russian billionaire holding $3 million in unclaimed physics prizes for you. Please provide your bank and identity details to receive funds.
This is a bit knee-jerk, no? I highly doubt you waive the right to repost your listing ANYWHERE; rather, this is legalese allowing them to sue anyone using their listings without consent.
How does that work? If I write a book and then sell it to a book publisher and want to transfer all rights and copyrights? I can't?
Most DSPs offer so-called "time parting" functionality, where you set your ads to run only during specific hours (and/or days). For example our product http://www.direct-ads.com/ or our competitor http://rtb.sitescout.com/ offer this.
I think your reasoning is flawed, to be honest. If a person (and let's pretend companies are people, just for now) does something amoral, it would take a lot of deliberate effort to rebuild trust in said person. Especially so if the deeds were done in a situation where the person was in power and that power has since dwindled. Of course, companies aren't people, but even then - The actual people who lead the company are, and those are the same people now as then. For comparison, I think mr. Gates has actually done his part to "repay" his debt to the world, but that's him personally - not something that reflects back on Microsoft.

In any case, the topic wasn't about which is fair or not, but rather about what the public image of Google vs. Microsoft is and I strongly disagree with your sentiment that Google generally appear more corrupt than Microsoft does. At least if we're talking the tech-savvy part of this worlds population.
Now my most spectacular and explosive mishaps involved Mg, vinegar, and fire. Now, there is some fun to be had.

Vinegar + Mg + dish soap makes a foam that can explode under certain circumstances, That;s not dangerous, but it can make an amusing mess.

You can also make torches whose flames are invisible in daylight or cause small explosions of you know what you are doing.
Good bye craiglist!
There's a big gap between "little interest in maximizing profit" and "little interest in fending off existential threats," no?
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This assumes that Facebook is something like a dating site, where people are seeking others with a common interest.

But are people seeking anyone on Facebook?

I would claim that Facebook is essentially the "end of point" of a friendship. You are not going to become close to someone through Facebook, just avoid the complete lack of contact that otherwise accompanies having met someone two years ago - where short-term interests can still watch each other long-term.

If people aren't seeking new contact on Facebook, all the algorithms in the world won't help them achieve it.
I think starting out, every potential pageview is worth fighting for. Facebook provides the potential for broader distribution, as does Twitter, email and other socially connected technology. Plus its free to use and startup founders generally already hav a network to leverage in those places.

For option C - you could already have an auto reply email all set to go and trigger as soon as people sign up (drip campaign) style. I tried to pick things I knew companies could do for the first time around, but maybe I need to raise the bar with regard to having email already working and a lead processing flow in place. Do you think that is really crucial at this early point?

I agree - this isn't high quality traffic, its transient registrations
When I was in college we did some thing like that for practising qualitative analysis before going into the lab (the computer was not the primary learning tool but a supplement). This of course helped me to go into the lab and perform all the right operations.... on all the wrong samples.....
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IANAL, of course, but before we all bring out the pitchforks, what does the word "content" mean in

Clicking "Continue" confirms that craigslist is the exclusive licensee of this content

Does it refer, as many posters suggest below, to the item sold in the listing? Or does it only refer to the contents of the listing? If it's the former, I question its legal defensibility (oh man I'm not a lawyer, but I think that's right). If it's the latter, this is a clear pre-emptive move against future PadMapper-type problems.
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Saying you have something doesn't really mean you have something - I'm not sure that would stand in court. IANAL, of course, and anything can happen, especially in bizarro world of computerized information where there's no legal practice refined by hundreds of years of common sense applications, so such thing may probably be useful for Craigslist to go after some content scrappers. But I seriously doubt they would ever go after the post owner for reporting his own content.
There is not support in the referenced Wikipedia article (or its talk page) for the strong allegation which directly precedes it.
OK then.. this is serious.
Well, hopefully this helps to fix the issues with EBS that are cause for complaint....

Looks interesting, looking forward to trying it put to see how it performs.
The most annoying part is the disingenuous email we all received tonight.

Recently, passwords have been stolen from some internet services. We've reset your password.

I'd have been shocked, but ultimately more respectful of:

We've had a security violation. You can read about it here. Your account wasn't affected, but we're resetting everyone's password just in case. So sorry about this.
You end up with a much more powerful product? ;)
I know something - and that's how little you know. For one, if you did know, you'd be admitting to a crime.

But more-over, even if you investigated Tor exit-node traffic you can't know if any porn you might see was actually being traded or merely continually transferred by repressive regimes to have an excuse to ban anonymity providing services.

You suspect a lot, and have reached some conclusions, but you don't know what it is, let alone who if anyone is doing it.
The ability to run Android apps would be the key. Plus, for an HTPC, Android (tablet UI or Google TV, take your pick) has a much better interface than XBMC, IMO.
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This is not a photoshop clone, not even close. At best, it's an attempt to clone MS Paint.

Photoshop is an insanely complex tool that has very important things like

- Color management, color profiles

- RAW file support

- 16-bit-per-channel images (as opposed to 8-bit)

- Plugins (as filters, import, etc)

- Scanner support

- Retouching tools (clone, various selection tools)

- Blending modes

You also majorly failed at:

1) The brush tool: http://i.imgur.com/WLu0T.png

2) The layers window displays the layers in the reverse order (the top one is at the bottom)

3) No blending modes for the layers

4) Your fill tool stupidly fills the whole image, not what's in the boundaries.

5) Your text tool is so primitive, forget about any serious typography.
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There is some information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_Germany#Transf...

It looks like you can't transfer copyright but you can exclusively licence it.
Thanks for pointing this out Dan, I updated the post to include snippets of other popular terms. You're absolutely right.
What's up with their recent change in behavior? Craig's public statements are basically, "Hey, I'm just a customer service guy; talk to the CEO." And as far as I've seen, the CEO has stayed quiet.

If they're worried about losing relevancy to innovators, why not try innovating rather than legal maneuvering?
Read the text. Exclusive license. That means you may not license your post to any other site; giving someone else permission to display your listing is a grant of a license, and such a license is explicitly mentioned in the terms of any UGC site, including Craigslist. The difference is those other terms always say NON-exclusive. Go ahead and stop by YouTube and do a search for the word.

This isn't boilerplate legalese.
Yes, you should certainly be sending folks a welcome email, but additive to the welcome email there are probably some high value targets signing up who would justify a personal contact, right?

"james.smith@example.com" <-- automatic welcome email

"james.smith@nytimes.com" <-- automatic welcome email + CEO quickly tells James that he enjoyed that article on the whatever and that if James has any questions he'd, oh, be happy to hop on a call or whatnot.

You can even heuristically figure out who the high-value targets are likely to be and forward that directly to the people who would be writing that email. That's also five minutes of work if you know names, email addresses, or domains corresponding to folks you know you'd like to talk to.

But, since you're unlikely to get a bazillion registrations on day one, simply tailing (or having someone sitting in MailChimp and refreshing every 5 / 15 minutes) with a visual inspection is likely to catch enough value to make it worthwhile.
I recently discovered an old chemistry book that is supposedly banned from publication, but since it's not under any copyright anymore we can download it with breaking any rules : http://openmaterials.org/2010/03/18/banned-the-golden-book-o... -- I am finding it really cool to read and learn from.
The similarity is striking: Nobel donated his prizes to combat his bad conscious about the horrible "side effects" of his invention, the dynamite. I would not be surprised if Millner has a similar motivation. If so, he should be open about it up front (like Nobel was).
Like others I grew up on that machine. Downloading thousands of games from BBSes, learning to program, trying to figure out what a hex editor does.

.. and now I've just spent far too much time looking through old issues of commodore magazine.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/54503219/Commodore-Microcomputer-I...
I would buy your argument if we were talking about a gradient. But this isn't a gradient, it's an anti-aliased line.

The CSS describes a step transition from #eee to transparent, but because it's on a diagonal, the browser is anti-aliasing the line.

Note that the reason it looks right in Chrome is because Chrome doesn't anti-alias the line.
"Exclusive licensee" is exactly what it says -- you agree not to use the same content anywhere else.
Which is just what I did. Nothing wrong with that.
That news story specific landing page idea is gold, I'm going to play with that soon
I thought that was exactly what I said in my comment.
I don't believe Facebook set up this contest in order to find solutions to a problem they have. The biggest clue is that the graph given to contenders was a directed graph, unlike Facebook's social graph.

It seems very likely to me they used that problem in order to find good candidates for their data-group, which is exactly what this contest was all about. Either that, or they are trying to expand the social graph of Instagram :)
> one can imagine the massive benefits gained by society at large

One can also imagine a massive drawback: the continuation of sedentary lifestyle status quo and all of its associated ills.

But hey, who wants to walk 10 minutes to transit, maybe you can take the driverless car to the gym.
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The Google WebRTC team argue that differential between encoding and decoding video at web-conferencing rates is negligible compared with having the screen turned on and sending and receiving data so I wouldn't accept that argument from Apple without some numbers.
Same here (also 14.0.1, Win7 x64), the grey line only appears when the triangle scrolls near the top or the bottom of the viewport. In the middle of the viewport it is gone.
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I really, really hope this is not the beginning of an end of Qt. But it probably is.
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Whatever the agenda behind pushing this might be, the "legalese" has real implications IRL. You don't own the content of your listings anymore if you post on craigslist - so you're going to be liable if you're going to use any of the content elsewhere (including pictures).
The device itself plugs into the TV's HDMI slot and looks like an oversize memory stick. I then put in my home wifi details just like you would on a phone. Then with apps like kies you can link to any other android phone or vice versa. The family windows box isn't turned on most days and when it is it just continuously downloads updates and spins the hard disk.
Even if we assume that such crazy shooting attacks could be frequent, it's still not obvious what should we do about them.

Should we ban the weapons or should we allow carry weapons, so law-abiding citizens could protect themselves?
After all, that movie theater was in a gun-free zone.
I would be surprised if an author really wanted to do such a thing. The authors I know would be livid if a publisher, say, changed the ending. Publishers typically get the right to publish, and that's it. Opening a few books from my library randomly, the authors or their heirs all hold the copyright.
For me, Facebook has become the best example of why investing in stocks that don't pay dividends doesn't make sense. That's not to say that investors can't make fortunes in companies that don't - obviously they, the investors, can.

But otherwise what is non-dividend stock but a ponzi/confidence game? The way shares are classed as well now you don't even really "own" a piece of the company. You have limited to no voting privileges, and don't share in the company's profits. No wonder the banks have to push them onto investors!

Basically you are hoping someone comes along who also doesn't mind buying a stake in a company where the only benefit is that there might be a third person in the future who will pay even more, and so on.

Have I got it wrong? I can understand stock when you are expecting your investment to generate returns based on a company's performance, but most stock these days buys you nothing but the ability to sell it to someone else down the road. Ownership itself has no value.
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IME depends on what we're talking about.

I've been at workplaces where we have multiple epic branches that diverge for three or four iterations at a time. In this scenario, it doesn't matter what VCS you happen to be using, integration is going to be painful and error-prone.

More recently the branch and pull-request into master model has been working really nicely on a per-story basis, as long as people are considerate and mergeback from master before initiating the request.

Overall though, I think the only branch that gets deployed anywhere should be master (or trunk if you prefer). Like you say, it's a terrible substitute for a system built of decoupled components.
Google changes Android content policy; intrusive ads now banned
It will be interesting to see what this will do to the push ad craze on Android (http://www.appbrain.com/stats/libraries/ad : the #2 and #3 ad networks in terms of apps are push ad networks. This is measured by total number of apps, these ads do much less well on installs as professional developers know better than to include this in their apps.)
The new terms only say that it's not allowed to imitate system notifications, but it also says that it must be clear to the user from which app an ad is originating. This is currently not the case with most push ads.
From the article:

"You wouldn't guess it," Burt says, "but on each platform, all those products come out of a single codebase. The Windows version is about 80,000 source files, 10+ million lines of C++ code plus a little C# for the .NET parts.
User account data. Not as bad. Still awful.

Hacked is a perfectly valid term to use. Dropbox allowed their employees to have user data just lying around and their policy on how employees have to treat that data seems either ineffective or non-existant.

I don’t really care that a human and not a piece of software written by a human was the point of failure here. Hack seems like the perfectly applicable term.
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