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What he's saying is that there are plenty of companies who have purchased software from companies that have since folded. Obviously, any support from that defunct company would then also be gone.

I'm more curious why a "secure" PIN is simply left, automated, as a message. A more "secure" option, I would think, would be to require some sort of input from the person who answered (say, "Press 1 for the PIN" where that number is randomized, or something).

I agree - I'm not going to argue that children aren't a lot of work or take a tremendous amount of (what used to be) free time. However, I've found that it really makes me evaluate what I do, put it into the perspective, and maintain focus through to the end. Obviously, I don't have as much time to dilly-dally as I used to, but I can still be very productive with the time I do have (rather - I take much more advantage of that time).

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Of course, the iPhone 3GS was only available on AT&T, which leaves out all Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile customers. The iPhone 4 is still $100 for an "old" phone, where they can get a new one for the same $100, or less.

Among my less technical friends, Android and iPhone devices are more or less equal.

Wow, I have no idea why you have those numbers! I guesssome important details must have been left out?

I have two vehicles less than 5 years old, with two drivers, with way more than $300k coverage for liability and comprehensive, and a $0 deductible by one of the top/largest insurance carriers in the U.S. and I pay $75/mo, total.

Who and/or what defines "good" and "evil" for you?

I see the list of you-may-nots on your site, but those also aren't (a) conclusive and (b) strictly defined (what constitutes an 'extreme' position, etc?).

It's evident when certain articles are posted on Hacker News that even this crowd's diversity in backgrounds, experiences and morals vary over quite a range.

In the spirit of fairness - really?

Communist Germany, USSR, Communist China/Mao, North Korea, Mussolini's Italy, etc.? All of those were or are "religious" governments?

I'm not sure if this is what you're asking about, but the Nokia business-oreinted phones E-series come with SIP capabilites natively (or one can use a third party client). I've used it on my E73.

From the 'About' page:

"What's with the Hebrew?

I've always liked languages (especially Hebrew), and the phrase on this web site translates to a kind of personal ethos: societal longevity through truth and innovation."

I updated my profile to show it, I think.

Absolutely. It fits my usage nicely.

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I'm confused. As I understand it, they are Monthly plans - you can get them online. I just did it two weeks ago:

http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans

Same here. There is a decent community around these parts.

This is what I use, though not as fancy.

mac$ ssh user@remote "some command" | pbcopy

Hmmm, this combination works correctly in Office 2008 on my MacBook Pro (used almost daily in Excel and Word) in Office 2008 [ver. 12.2.3 (091001) on OS X 10.6.4].

I'll concede, it isn't perfect and has quite a few quirks, which I can mostly avoid now. However, in my use case some features outweigh the inconveniences (i.e. exporting data). And it's free while all the alternatives I'm looked at aren't.

Oracle actually maintains it's own Java cross platform application that many of my coworkers use all day, every day (I use it periodically for some very handy features) - SQL Developer. It's actually quite responsive and usable considering.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-develo...

While I haven't followed this situation intently, what I don't understand is: why do they have to provide so much support for free users?

I always thought it is rather common to have free users limited to FAQs and articles/tutorials rather than access to 24/7 phone (and other) support.

(please excuse my ignorance here, but I haven't seen this mentioned)

I would argue that it's hard to tell when someone replies at all.

While I appreciate minimalism I think the comments page is lacking. Let me preface my complaint with the fact that HN is probably the only site I visit frequently, due to the quality of posts and commenters.

My biggest complaint is this: I enjoy reading the comments of submissions, oftentimes more than the submissions themselves. It's really frustrating to read a post with many comments in the morning (lets say, 40), then come back at lunch and browse the same comments when there are more (say, 45 - I often leave interesting posts open in tabs to look at later). Obviously these numbers are arbitrary - think of 10 new comments on a page with 100 or more! Without a clear indication of what is new after a page refresh, I have to re-read every comment and compare post times (or effectively recall reading that comment previously) in order to see what's new. Compounding that is that the post order can change.

Unfortunately, I'm not aware of anything that can be done to fix this. To me, that is a usability defect. Enough for me to stop visiting? No!

I believe another 'cost' is that the vendor gets a cut of payment (a certain percentage). Warning: that's what I've read in the past.

> correction to tip #2: the plus trick (username+foo@example.org) works with many mail systems not just gmail (as stated). its origins predate gmail.

Obligatory note: this doesn't work with all signup forms, unfortunately.

> That's almost a CDROMs' worth of data, each second ;-)

Hmmm, since when does ~ .6 == 1? ;-)

It would be more accurate to say: "That's over half a CD-ROM's worth of data, each second ;-)"

Here's an interesting tidbit I wasn't previously aware of:

  "Mr. Kapuscinski is an amazingly courageous man," McKnight
  said, according to the law firm's news release. "He saw a
  company program out of sync with designated federal 
  guidelines and decided to make it right."

  He is also much richer. Under the False Claims Act, a 
  whistleblower who files a fraud complaint on behalf of the 
  government can share in the recovery. Kapuscinski will 
  receive a 15 percent share, or $19.2 million, according to 
  the law firm.

Best comment from the post:

  Change your name. Not that big of a deal.

I've only visited there from Raleigh and never followed through with finding a job. Probably wouldn't be our cup of tea, overall.

However, the map for Wake County confirms the mass influx of people that have been moving to the area as of late (well, in the past decade):

http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/04/migration-moving-wealthy-in...

In evilduck's case, it's ~$200 more and 2 processor cores less.

I sadly miss a Control key on the right side of my MacBook Pro.

I have to disagree. Most doctors will agree that losing up to two pounds per week for a healthy adult is acceptable and normal during the course of intensive exercise.

Much like matwood, I was ~205 at 6' with an athletic build. I wasn't overly fat, but hefty (ok, kinda fat). Running and working out six mornings/week and basketball in the evenings allowed me to drop 2 lbs/week, to a much leaner 165. Coincidentally, I had a doctor visit or two during that time and the doctors never expressed any concern over it.

Fortunately, and I believe this generally for healthy adults, you will reach a plateau. I did so at 165 and never fell below that, even when I increased my running, lifting and other recreational activity.

I think it's also important to make a distinction about the weight difference between machine and free weight exercises. It's not a 1:1 ratio. It's easy to grunt it out when you don't have to worry about a large, blunt object falling on your face.