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In the article, the police claimed to have tried all other methods of 'traditional' policing before resorting to the truck:

"In the summer of 2006, police were brainstorming ways to rattle a suspected drug dealer. They had exhausted traditional strategies, including undercover operations, and were left empty-handed and frustrated. They decided to park a retired police car in front of the suspect's house."

If you choose to disregard the privacy issue, don't get too attached. Their privacy policy states that they plan to charge for the service once it's out of beta:

"Information collected may include: contact information such as your name, phone/cell numbers (during the course of technical support incidences), e-mail address(es), e-mail password(s) (to monitor your mail account for new messages), an identifying question for security check purposes, billing information (if you choose to join our service post Beta) and information related to those of our service(s) in which you have expressed an interest."

Hughes was also in Fast Company today branded as "The Kid Who Made Obama President."

http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/ellen-mcgirt/strike-indicato...

Why are you worried about scalability when you're just learning to program?

Also interested in where you got the database, it seems to be missing a lot of my favorite artists. Bon Iver for example.

Great concept, but you're a little late. The userbase seems small, and the user submitted content is definitely lacking so much so that I can't find anything on the front page (after adjusting sliders) that interests me. Had this site launched pre-Digg/Reddit, I definitely would have jumped on board.

So you'd rather spend four years of your life at a school which stymies your growth rather that nourishes it? I'd much rather make a decision to spend four precious years based on whether or not I feel like I would benefit, not because Bill Gates did.

Whichever college allows YOU to grow creatively, socially, and intellectually. This college is not necessarily Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, or Somestate University.

As far as a degree, whichever you enjoy the most. Don't focus on the product; rather, HOW you reach it.

Programming Python or Core Python. Both from the O'Reilly collection.

Local bank with great customer service, convenient hours, etc.and Quickbooks -- although the software is extremely lacking on the Mac.