Agree that (b) is almost certain. Google had the decision to jump-start their social network in a big way at a cost of annoying maybe 1 in 100 gmail users who are conscious about this sort of thing. Seems like an…
I did not claim that Apple would be more successful if I called the shots instead of Steve Jobs. I think that not one in a million could have staged such a successful resurgence as Steve Jobs has. However, I believe…
There are most certainly those who have paid attention to this and recognized this mess was coming. The poster indicating he lived in the 1 bedroom apartment clearly recognized this as the difference between his…
An NDA being in place is a bit of an abstract concept for people and can seem relatively harmless until you hear of concrete examples of how that has impacted participants. The reason this example is worthwhile is to…
The author did take a risk here, but the risk looked to be minimal upfront. It is amazing to that Apple continues to take this stance with their NDA. Any artificial barrier that cuts down on developer freedom and…
Agree dkokelly, and it also gets worse. In your example, $5000/year interest is under the standard deduction. Unless you already have other deductions to itemize, you are getting no tax write-off for the $5000. For…
The thing that makes me say that a lot of people don't even realize this software is installed is due to two main scenarios: 1. When downloading other software, I have seen several instances where the Google toolbar is…
Where it becomes a problem for people who own a website is when this behavior causes additional support calls due to a more informative 404 page being masked. It will likely result in incidences where support staff have…
That is true, not many companies can deliver on a Google scale, and there was a good amount of risk that Google wouldn't have been able to deliver. Maybe the risks that Google would not have been able to deliver on the…
Average share price over the last year is meaningless. Yes, the economy in general was taking a beating, but Yahoo had also come out with disappointing earning and outlook. At any given time, the market does a pretty…
"Massively Undervalues" huh... Let's see, a stock price of under $20/share previous to the $31/share offer being made. A greater than 50% premium is massively undervaluing the company? Granted the market is not a…
Like their $1800 laptop that has about as much utility as the $300 ASUS EEE PC? (ducks) Steve Jobs has done an amazing job turning around the company and much of this enthusiasm is warranted. However, the stock got way…
What I have a hard time understanding is why the XO laptops are not sold in the US and other industrialized nations as well as the developing world. The only reason I have heard is that they don't want to get too…
The notion that "I know exactly what people need and my ideas are all rational and brilliant while other's are stupid and irrational" in one that people are absolutely entitled to. Arrogant, yes - wrong, I don't think…
Agree that she takes the message to an extreme that isn't realistic in many cases. It's hard for me to imagine a person being able to live a happy life taking the message to the extreme Rand does in AS. Also, Atlas…
PG, this is a very interesting comment to me. The reason I say this is that I cite your article 'Mind the Gap' at www.paulgraham.com/gap.html as a an excellent distillation of the key points of Atlas Shrugged with a bit…
Agree that (b) is almost certain. Google had the decision to jump-start their social network in a big way at a cost of annoying maybe 1 in 100 gmail users who are conscious about this sort of thing. Seems like an…
I did not claim that Apple would be more successful if I called the shots instead of Steve Jobs. I think that not one in a million could have staged such a successful resurgence as Steve Jobs has. However, I believe…
There are most certainly those who have paid attention to this and recognized this mess was coming. The poster indicating he lived in the 1 bedroom apartment clearly recognized this as the difference between his…
An NDA being in place is a bit of an abstract concept for people and can seem relatively harmless until you hear of concrete examples of how that has impacted participants. The reason this example is worthwhile is to…
The author did take a risk here, but the risk looked to be minimal upfront. It is amazing to that Apple continues to take this stance with their NDA. Any artificial barrier that cuts down on developer freedom and…
Agree dkokelly, and it also gets worse. In your example, $5000/year interest is under the standard deduction. Unless you already have other deductions to itemize, you are getting no tax write-off for the $5000. For…
The thing that makes me say that a lot of people don't even realize this software is installed is due to two main scenarios: 1. When downloading other software, I have seen several instances where the Google toolbar is…
Where it becomes a problem for people who own a website is when this behavior causes additional support calls due to a more informative 404 page being masked. It will likely result in incidences where support staff have…
That is true, not many companies can deliver on a Google scale, and there was a good amount of risk that Google wouldn't have been able to deliver. Maybe the risks that Google would not have been able to deliver on the…
Average share price over the last year is meaningless. Yes, the economy in general was taking a beating, but Yahoo had also come out with disappointing earning and outlook. At any given time, the market does a pretty…
"Massively Undervalues" huh... Let's see, a stock price of under $20/share previous to the $31/share offer being made. A greater than 50% premium is massively undervaluing the company? Granted the market is not a…
Like their $1800 laptop that has about as much utility as the $300 ASUS EEE PC? (ducks) Steve Jobs has done an amazing job turning around the company and much of this enthusiasm is warranted. However, the stock got way…
What I have a hard time understanding is why the XO laptops are not sold in the US and other industrialized nations as well as the developing world. The only reason I have heard is that they don't want to get too…
The notion that "I know exactly what people need and my ideas are all rational and brilliant while other's are stupid and irrational" in one that people are absolutely entitled to. Arrogant, yes - wrong, I don't think…
Agree that she takes the message to an extreme that isn't realistic in many cases. It's hard for me to imagine a person being able to live a happy life taking the message to the extreme Rand does in AS. Also, Atlas…
PG, this is a very interesting comment to me. The reason I say this is that I cite your article 'Mind the Gap' at www.paulgraham.com/gap.html as a an excellent distillation of the key points of Atlas Shrugged with a bit…