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This reminds me of the kind of people that claim to be movie producers who charge you to read your script. It's a fail/fail scenario from the start.

I see where you're coming from, but it still makes me think of 'incongruous'

I do Movement Meditation in a class run by a seventy year old guy. I'm the youngest at fourty-five. It's an art, no violence or aggression, but intense training. I don't get injured - ever.

Previously kubatan, and some close protection training. I rate Systema very highly, but I still think running away is the best self defence. As I mentioned in a previous post, go surfing for the best exercise of mind and body.

"Instead of dismissing these models as "socialist...." Is 'socialist' such a dirty word to the author, who also describes these countries as "developed democracies" in the same sentence? I actually find this quite shocking. Give me the British NHS any day over the American health care system.

There are many, many flaws in the NHS, but what it does is pretty awesome, even if a lot of the time it's not perfect.

Australians, Google kigo,

Never mind the Ashes,

A season

It seems that the problem is with everybody expecting everything on the web to be free, is just that point, we always 'expect' it to be free. Maybe the key is in changing the mindset of users to expect to have to pay a little for things we need/want, rather than just starting to charge.

Just to contradict myself, if anyone wants to do about a weeks free programming on a Google Maps/Calendar mash-up project that we're going to provide for free to users, we'll swap for a weeks free arts/graphics 2D/3D work. Email in profile if you're interested, hope this isn't against the submission rules.

What has this

got to do with hacking?

I can't see any point in it.

Here's one we're working on to give you an idea: http://www.movix.co.uk/reelsapp.jpg

1. Invent the ultimate url shortner 2. Re-design how news is delivered and monetised 3. Write a commercial model for Twitter type services

These aren't intended to be flippant answers, these are how you'll make $$$.

If you're really, really desperate, you could try something like: www.therichjerk.com (not an affiliate link btw)

..I was going to be a rock legend. Fail

The Ashes Season - does that work?

Sounds mad, but even though we have CS3 and most other graphics/design packages, we use the drawing tools in Powerpoint a lot to do quick web page layouts or site designs, regardless of what PP's actually meant for.

The reasons are this: anyone can use the tools without have to learn anything, it's really quick, the way it works tends to make you keep things simple (very important), you can create a template page and then cmd+V it across all the other pages (slides), you can scroll through the pages (try doing that in Photoshop), easy output to pdf/jpgs etc if you want to share and of course if you want to present the design...well 'nuff said.

If you're designing for Twitter I'm assuming that graphically you're doing something very clean and simple. This method helps you keep it that way.

Interesting difference in the attention spans of the 1930's to now. 1:50 in and still not a word of commentary on what this is about. How many people on HN sat through this whole video?

"Recent studies show that Internet users spend as little as 50 milliseconds scanning a website before deciding whether it is of value to them or not." Source: http://www.messagingtimes.com/blog/2006/03/15/microcontent-m...

I'd say that's EXACTLY what it is.

I'm curious as to how someone starts a site like Newmogul. What's day one like? Do they just have a load of links to news aggregated articles with comments from anyone they can grab around their office, and a lot of empty space on the site? Genuine question - how does it work? How do they drive their traffic in there?

Another confused UK resident... are you saying that there's no system in place in the US to automatically do a direct debit when your rent is due?? Surely not, there must be.

You could always buy a boat an live in it in your garden, I know someone doing that.

Please, please don't go into teaching if it's not something that you feel really driven to do. The education system is full of unmotivated seat warmers just there for the paycheck, and missing the whole point of how crucially important teaching is.

Isn't this just an AR overlay?

Do it now, you won't regret it.

You already have outside contracts to get you 'ramen profitable'. What are you waiting for?

Try something completely mad if you want to get out and interact with the world. What about moobile web development? Pull up next to the burger van at you local car boot sale, in your Mr. Webby trailer and offer 'By one, get one free' websites. IDK, just an idea.

Unity is very cool in that you don't need to restart the browser after installing the plug-in

I'm a geek, but I don't know a line of code to save my life. Does this make me a non-hacker? The wrong kind of poster? I lurk here because the threads, especially anything YC/VC/Start-up, are really informative and genuinely useful. The Erlang thing is a yawn, even though I have no idea what it's about. I'm with the OP, sure it was funny, but maybe time to move on.

Really great demos. Very tempted to rip some 1/8 copper pipe out of the back of the fridge to make the steamboat.

Please God give me the kharma to downvote the erlang.

This is incredibly thought provoking on many different levels. I need to ponder more about it, but I'd recommend anyone to read this fascinating article. The fact that the game starts with a quote from Andre Breton: “The purest surrealist act would be to go into a crowd and fire at random.”, surely puts it in a difference play already.

I'm with you on the hype tip. I think this is more about RB getting on trend, than a serious attempt to find great ideas.

If you're not into the whole brevity thing (quotes The Dude) I'd stick to the standard ways of getting your idea across. This just looks like a painfully difficult way of giving your next business away. 'scuse the cynicism.

Is this serious? It's a movie - you know 'make believe'

As technology, yes of course there are loads of flaws, Dr. Who's Darleks must surely be the classic though. As far as movie design and art direction goes, John Barry the Production Designer spawned an entire new genre of sci-fi style.

If you insist:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/karaandrade/1254260996/in/set-7...

The empty 'Where' page is really disappointing, couldn't they have at least borrowed the 'Under Construction' gif from the new Sequoia site?

I think there's a beta of the haptic inhale API somewhere.

"Quick, someone make an iPhone app"

They already did:

http://www.theisnort.com/isnort.html