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Re:SQL Slammer’s mysterious disappearance on Monday April 04, 2011 @10:10AM (#2406448)
Probably a bug, since I am still getting hit byt SQL slammer on our IDS.

*edit, maybe an April fools joke? Article is from april 1st.

Are you applying to YC again? (for the 2011 summer batch)?
Re:Sun.com Will Disappear After June 1 on Saturday March 12, 2011 @06:18PM (#2317732)
Not unexpected from Oracle... I wonder if their management == Yahoo's ?
How do you plan to make money? Annoying ads in the emails or some other idea?
That's what I would call sharing. The problem with physical goods is that if you share it with someone, you don't have it anymore.

With digital goods, you can share and still own the product, so both are happy.

This works perfect for consumers, but not so good for the companies....

Re:"WTF, [rms] can't maintain his own damn website?" on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @05:17PM (#2277452)
And what an ugly web site that he has.

I remember reading somewhere that he can't type anymore (or barely write) because of some problems with his hand. That's why he charges for autographs too...

Raising money is not hard, what is hard is make money :/
Re:Facebook Acquires Beluga on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @01:52PM (#2276666)
Never heard of Beluga before, but checking it out now and I sure hope they don't die after the acquisition is completed. Congrats.
Re:Ask HN: Who Is Hiring Remote Workers? (March 2011 Edition) on Monday February 28, 2011 @01:49PM (#2272309)
Depending where you are at, it might be March already :)
That's what I thought. But I couldn't find a simple way to report... From the other comments I guess I will have to fax/mail a complain to them.
Common practice? I did a lot of search for popular companies / domains and didn't see such an add.

I really thought it wasn't allowed, but I guess I will try to fax/mail a complain...

We don't own the trademark (I mean, we never registered it officially). Since we are small, we are putting our money on things that we thought mattered more.

I guess we will have to register it.

thanks for the tips.

For Linux/Unix systems, definetely shell scripts (or perl for more complicates tasks).

Those are everywhere by default.

Btw, that company is actually bigger than ours and has been in business longer.

Ask HN: Competitor putting Google ads against my company name

I have a startup that has been in business for about a year. In the last few days I started to notice that a competitor put some Google ads when you search for my company name (or company domain).What is worse is that those ads are a bit agressive. Like "the truth about company X" or "why X is a not the best solution for you", all linking to their pages where they try to sell their stuff.Is...

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