padmanabhan01

This episode, I guess is the best thing that could have happened to plurk. For all the publicity I mean.

So, how does this work? Will everything be fine if they maintained the same look and feel and intentionally obfuscated/added more junk to their code to make the code look different?

What is wrong with trade secrets anyway? It's not like someone who discovered something is obligated to reveal it to the world. If he chooses to do so out of his good will, fine. But if trade secrets remain despite patent system, that can only mean patent system is not fully enforceable yet.

Not sure if this is just me, but Google autoupdate is just broken for mac. It pops up even when the program is not running and the update only works if the current user is an admin. It does not prompt for admin password like all other updates do. And there was no way to not have autoupdate. That led me uninstall all Google software a while back.

economies of scale and fixed costs apply for most products that involve manufacturing. Not only for cutting edge ones

If you have no product, you wont make a single penny, Sure. But, if you have no marketers, you will not be able to sell enough units to make up for the fixed costs involved, and you would end up with a loss, which is even worse.

I believe the world would be a better place if there were no special sale events. That way you can buy what you want whenever you want without having to worry about someone else buying it for 30% less a week later. Also saves that useless hassle of searching for deals!

If it is serious, why aren't those benefits available in US?

'Even Microsoft’s online version of Outlook called Outlook Web Access is far better than Gmail'

Even according to the standards of marketers/evengelists, this is so overboard.

From a pure business perspective, who is losing out here?

I mean, a web developer may hate IE, but what would be the outcome if he designs the site as firefox/safari alone. or a software developer for that matter with windows.

If the project is a hobby, sure. anything and everything goes. But what about the business perspective?

Gosh! I didn't realize I was being charged each and every time I pressed that stupid button accidentally. I don't even remember how many times I would have done that!

I don't think anyone else even comes close.

From the point of view of the management - this is someone who wrote an article about the company having big time bureaucracy, lot of teams that don't talk to each other and hinting that the company culture is all messed up. well, what can one expect.

So basically the Govt blocks free western sites so that these entrepreneurs can make money. Nice.

One good thing however is that there is less clutter in apps than their corresponding websites. In some cases, I find using the app more convenient than going to the site in computer browser. Lack of screen space maybe forced them to include just the important part and skip the clutter and made the whole thing better, in my opinion.

Wondering why it doesn't have 3/4 finger gestures, like the trackpad does

Until I read this, I didn't actually believe in Einstein's quote of human stupidity being infinite.

If it isn't obvious, convenience to customers or end users is what is more important than that of developers.having less hassle for users is far more important than having more freedom for developers. That is how it works in all other industries and that is how it is supposed to work logically based on mere # of devs VS # of users. In that perspective, I think App store is just Great! It does eliminate a lot of hassles for the end user.

I mean, how many articles have we read when a user complains about the App store. Isn't it always some developer that has issues with it?

One benefit is I no longer have to use my minutes to call 1800 #s. like cust service etc

Well, if different networks can charge different amounts for access, why not charge different amounts for different networks based on what they charge?

Why block? why not just tell the user he is calling an expensive line and charge him more for it?

That is what makes it even worse. Those benefiting from that would be those who get to spend the extra money first and those affected are those that save. That would defeat the whole point of money as a store of value, since it would be losing its value.

This is basically taxing the citizens to pay for the expenses of a private company. High time someone defines how and how not a Government can use/abuse tax payer's money.

"when we’re talking about ISPs that are near-monopolies built in large part on the basis of government subsidy or exclusive federal licensing,"

Isn't that the real problem? Govt first helps create monopolies and then worries about how to deal with them with antitrust and what not and starts lecturing about the flaws of free market or capitalism. Why create those monopolies in the first place? Why not have free market all along? This is the same story in telecom, healthcare, etc etc

This is the worst idea I have ever heard in my life!

There is huge difference between saying

1. Smart parents -> Give their kids more exposure -> More Exposure and guidance make the kids smart

2. Smart parents -> kids inherit their smartness.

Greg was talking about genes , or case 2, and not case 1. which is what I think is unsubstantiated.

wth. If I read that right, he just stated that intelligence is something inherited.

I am just curious to see the ones that are better than the iPhone. Care to post any links to them?

How does Apple belong to that group? They (also) sell hardware and people pay for them. Unlike url shorteners or twitter etc..

what if one of his class mate had thrown away his homework notebook. Would he be still be able to sue the other kid? Courts aren't setup to deal with this kind of issues.