mpfefferle

ClamAV might be a good choice for virus detection. It's open source so you can probably configure it to not delete the viruses.

This is a good thing. J2ME is rather useless for real applications. For example, if you're going to write an app for Nokia phones, target Symbian so you can use the features that actually make those phones attractive.

I used to play Space Invaders on a TI-99 my dad got when I was in kindergarten. My first real computer was an IBM PS/1.

Anyone have any idea what this consultant might have been doing to get this kind of productivity?

This may be more of a pipe dream than a viable idea, but I'd like to see someone come up with a new model for an insurance company where everyone's interests are more aligned. For example, a health insurance company that paid doctors a dividend on the long term health of their patients minus costs instead of per procedure. If it worked, doctors and patients would be the ones balancing the effectiveness of treatments vs costs rather than an insurance bureaucracy.

Note that to prevent doctors from working with only healthy patients, they'd be paid out for improvements in health rather than absolute health.

So they're using RF to cause the salt water to release hydrogen, but when you burn hydrogen you get water. Unless there's some other reaction going on in there, all they're doing is converting electromagnetic energy to chemical energy to thermal energy. I don't see how this can even be used for energy storage, let alone energy generation.

The strategic importance of owning the network could be incredibly valuable for any tech company. If the author is correct though, and the business really is a low margin headache, wouldn't it still be in their interest for Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc to set up some kind of joint venture to administer the network while they focus on their individual services?

I know it may be tough for them to work with their competitors like this, but it's better then being squeezed by and independent operator.

It's funny how easy it is to derail a meeting like this. Another good one is to compare yourself to the competition. It's guaranteed to waste time as everyone pulls up the same old arguments on why your better.

Two questions:

1. Why exactly do they care? Isn't their job to enforce policy rather than create it?

2. Other than being a dominant opinion in the department, how does this actually affect net neutrality?

My last job was at a startup (they preferred the term 'early growth faze company') developing mobile security software. I was in charge of all of the development efforts and personally built the first generations of the Anti-Virus, Call Screener, and SMS Spam Filter for SymbianOS. I left because I was dissatisfied with the non-technical management above me.

One of these guys? http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun00/mmbearp.html

IIRC from freshman biology, these guys go into suspended animation when they dry out. I guess that's the post liquidity reference.

I'll give that a try. Something more interactive would be nice though if only to generate conversation and set a hard deadline.

That's true. I've been using it all day though, and my eyes definitely feel better. It's kinda growing on me.

I thought Facebook was getting horrible ad performance. Also, Google adds normally complement information content. Facebook is more about communication and personal connections.

Why not set up regular conference calls so those of us not near a startup hub can participate?

Alt+Shift+Print Screen for those on Windows.

http://www.wikihow.com/Invert-Colors-on-Your-Windows-XP

"The opening of Japan's copper phone lines to DSL competition launched a "virtuous cycle" of ever-increasing speed..."

They got real performance gains when they decoupled the service provider from the infrastructure provider. Of course, this was implemented through regulation, but I wonder what you could do on an open market. Would it be feasible for consumers to buy into a local fiber network so that they "own" the last mile? That would give them leverage when selecting a provider for TV, Internet, and voice service.