gizmomagico

So all you need is $1k and you're in business? But what would I be paying an accountant or lawyer for - handling the registration? Couldn't I just do that myself, and/or did the "secretary" requirement not exist after all?

I suppose $5k is the bank's only requirement for starting a business account then?

> If you have the money, Hong Kong will accommodate all your wishes.

Would "having the money" mean being rich, or just being able to pay whatever fees you come across?

Could you outline the steps necessary to start a business in Hong Kong? IIRC there was a requirement for a local "secretary", which sounded confusing.

They probably don't feel like they're resigning their fate to an abusive relationship.

For example, being lonely causes depression, bad parents cause a huge variety of problems, and so on. Human nature, our insecurities, our egos, our selfishness & greed, and so on - they're the same for everyone.

If you've got a problem, you can be pretty sure you're not the first one to have it, and that the way to treat you is no different from the way all the others with the same problem were treated.

So, I wouldn't think of it in terms of neurons, but in terms of humans.

This means that the means to treating most of your problems apply to everyone.

Even if it's your startup selling it?

Yep. Nothing happens without a member of some good old boys' club benefiting from it somehow.

Gruber isn't a blind fanboy. Daniel Eran Dilger, on the other hand, while really insightful, can't seem to find anything wrong with anything Apple does.

But yes, I've felt like you do.

There are people here that make me feel inadequate as a programmer. I realize that many - if not most of them happen to be people who live & breathe programming, and solving problems and quenching their thirst for knowledge. This means they're world-class programmers, and used to actually using their brains, but it doesn't mean that they're guaranteed to be considerably more intelligent than I am.

Then there are people like patio11, for example. Whenever this guy says anything, it's always brimming with insight & razor-sharp wit. Now, he's kind of a bummer :)

Doesn't the same apply to Android as well?

So, maybe something like:

  1) Capture incoming packet
  2) Store its MAC address
  3) Discard packet data
  4) Repeat

A few years ago, IDEA was even more the-best than now, because the gap with Eclipse was wider. Nowadays Eclipse probably has most of the functionality, but there's still the difference that usually exists between open-source and commercial software. The commercial software tends to be better to use.

Pro-tip: This time, you were looking for the word "then". But "than" really exists too, and is even used sometimes (when comparing things)!

Yeah, downvote away.

Really? Every day? I'm curious, why do people call you names? Is it because of domain squatting, and if so, don't you think they might have a point?

> What irritates me is those preaching about how bad something is without ever being able to offer a better solution other than one that would suit them.

Would it make sense for someone to offer a solution that didn't suit them? There could be lots of potential solutions, but I'm not sure we agree on what the problem is.

They could release all obviously squatted/parked domains, for example, and prevent or limit their programmatic reservation. I wouldn't mind an increase in price either, if it made squatting unprofitable, or there could be some requirements for reserving a domain.

> They all simply want more for themselves, it's not this perceived injustice that you couldn't get the domain you wanted is a bigger issue. It's not. It's simply your greed.

Heh. So now wanting a domain is the same as being greedy? Or is it greedy to want a domain that happens to be squatted? Either way, your comment didn't make any sense.

> Of course you will want to turn that around and say it's me being greedy.

Greedy? Most people are, but greed is not really the problem here - it's what you do.

> I've paid large sums for domain names and guess what... I know how to earn more money from it.

I'm sure you do. It's much easier to make money when you have no shame or morals.

> Welcome to capitalism, quit your bitching and play the game or shut up.

Yes, I'm sure you'll continue doing what you do.

Likewise, there's no reason to assume you know what you're talking about, this time, so why did you quote that post as if it's the ultimate truth on deficits, and why are you speaking as if with a voice of authority on the matter?

A lot of the people talking about the economy in the media say things that are aligned with their personal interests, and there's an endless supply of commentary that sounds plausible when you don't understand/know enough yourself, happens to be something you want to believe in, and is still nonsense, bullshit/lies, or just detached from reality.

All of your self-centered squealing here has been the result of your fragile little ego getting hurt from being called a scumbag. But that's like me getting upset about someone calling me a person. That's what I am. Scum is what you are.

Your price is not based on supply & demand or market value, but just how bad someone wants the domain you're holding, which happens to be a perfect fit for his product or service.

I've actually managed to personally come up with, and get two perfectly fitting .com's for (two of) the products I'm going to make.

Those two domains consist only of words in English too. One of them is cutesy, and the other is clever. I won't tell you the names, though, because that would reveal my real name. But it really was difficult to come up with the names, because of human scum like you.

If you're a "doer", then I don't even want to be one.

Thanks for playing.

If you reserve lots of domains and wait for someone to want one of them so bad that he's willing to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars, that makes you a scumbag.

It's that simple, and it doesn't matter if this specifically falls under whatever definition of "cybersquatting" you want to use.

> As far as doing nothing, they 'do' something. Most have nameservers and resolve to something.

You can't be talking about "parked" domains that resolve to a page full of shit, right? Please tell me that wasn't what you meant.

> As far as demanding payments. That's funny, you want something but don't feel obligated to pay.

Seriously? We do want to pay. We just want to pay the normal price for a domain, and not whatever outrageous amount you feel like demanding for it. Feel entitled?! What the.. Yes, most of us feel "entitled" to being able to buy a domain at market value.

> I think first-come, first-serve is the least worst option and also is in line with the spirit the internet was created. Allowing anyone to compete at minimal cost.

By "compete", do you mean allowing anyone to compete in an auction for a domain you have, and others want?

> If you really cannot come up with a name or put up some money and buy a decent name perhaps you need to rethink what you're doing.

As I said, it's really freaking difficult. An ideal domain name is a .com that's somehow related to your product/service and consists of one or two words in English, maybe with a clever twist. These are the ones that have practically all been taken by scumbags like you.

Have you tried to come up with a good domain name that's not already taken? It's really freaking difficult, because squatter scumbags have taken practically all of them.

There's not much left besides names like "heroku" or "meebo" that are basically just strings of random characters, and working around squatters by concatenating the name you'd actually want with "-ly", "get-" or "-app" is not really a solution.

Your business model is extortion.

He's saying that because KHTML's LGPL was going to force them to open source WebKit in any case, it's either nonsensical or misleading for Steve to say that Apple "put it into open source".

I didn't remember that LGPL wasn't commercially "safe".