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Neither, people will eventually figure out how to controvert the block but it will take ages to catch on

No, the gov'ment would effectively implement a system that beats all easy solutions like VPNs etc

Yes, SOPA would force people to learn the dark side

No, people are too sheepish the easy ways to keep getting stuff for free and just start paying for it

No, the gov'ment would effectively implement a system that beats all easy solutions like VPNs etc

Specifically, I think pirating music/movies has become so integral to the culture that if these laws passed, there will be a short time where piracy drops off and then people will learn to use VPNs to get out of the…

No, people are too sheepish to figure out the easy ways to keep getting stuff for free and likely will just start paying for it

Yes, SOPA would force people to learn the dark side

No

http://lesswrong.com/lw/29c/be_a_visiting_fellow_at_the_singularity_institute/ This was recently featured in another post. On a whim, I've decided to apply. A similar whim brought me to apply to startup school, which…

No, they're insane

No, but it's interesting

Yes

Say I have an application I would like to sell, for the sake of argument a war or a jar. I want to sell a license s.t. each registered user can only run on N machines simultaneously. I'm thinking of a call home where…

Apply to seed funding - This is a risk as a solo applier and approaching from a position of weakness makes you vulnerable.

Contact traditional angel sources, like family and friends (if available)

Acquire a second founder and make a more traditional application, but financially the position is still week.

Work in contract work for 6 months or 12 and generate the funding to dig the whole out and provide seed money for the launch.

A lot of the more technical people I know have some idea they are pushing towards complete prototype (often alone). Many people take time off traditional work to build these systems and are often strapped for cash.…

Yes, Erlang is so much faster it will save $$$

No, Java is fast enough so don't pay the price

I don't think I have to extol the virtues of Erlang to this community, but it is probably worth mentioning that Java has a pretty sophisticated concurrency library in 1.5 and 1.6. At my job and in my personal project,…

C - IDEs ! insert clever comment...

C - editors ! but IDEs may make my code readable?

Ruby - IDEs ! I am really out of jokes...