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Re:Cuil Theory on Sunday November 16, 2008 @04:55PM (#366345)
I don't understand the reason for the viciousness in mocking Cuil. Sure, their search engine is bad but creating a search engine from scratch is hard. If your startup failed would you want the entire Net to be constantly mocking you?
Re:The Peter Thiel Principle on Friday November 07, 2008 @08:47PM (#357353)
Interesting article, but the fact that Peter Thiel didn't bet any money on it was disappointing. It could just be a case of the halo effect. There's just too many stories of "I predicted this too!". A broken clock is right 2 times per day.