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Re:Facebook's fail is going to be epic on Thursday February 21, 2008 @05:23PM (#120788)
Many of the people I know are withdrawing their profiles from Facebook. Not deleting them, but removing 80% of the information.

Facebook is a LOUSY ad platform because users are interested in interacting with friends, not watching ads.

The subject is bang-on: Facebook's fall will be EPIC

Re:Chevy Volt: Batteries aren't the problem on Wednesday February 20, 2008 @01:36AM (#119500)
I think the problem is that the auto industry is so entrenched in gas-based cars, and the system has been running for so many decades that it's hard to start producing an entirely new product. A car has thousands of pieces, many coming from different suppliers.
Re:News.YC statistics - community cohesion on Tuesday February 19, 2008 @06:50PM (#119296)
Interesting, thanks!
Re:Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (And some... on Tuesday February 19, 2008 @05:55PM (#119257)
You can't blame Microsoft for awful Office file formats. Remember, they wrote this stuff before the web came along, and before they generally started sucking really bad. It's just the accumulation of decades of feature creep, add-ons, re-dos, compatibility hacks, bug fixes, and workarounds.

Eventually, all software needs a rewrite. Not just MS's.

Re:The Wealthy Use Google, The Poor Use Yahoo on Tuesday February 19, 2008 @02:23PM (#119113)
IMO it's also about education, not just wealth. On the sites I manage, the quality of Google traffic is significantly higher than from others. I'd rather have one hit from Google than two hits from another source.
Re:Joe Hewitt may harm your computer on Monday February 18, 2008 @08:17PM (#118574)
Oh, I get it now! :-)
Re:Alienware Android Cell Phone, First Pictures on Monday February 18, 2008 @07:42PM (#118548)
The thing looks like a monster.. or, I know! An ANDROID! <G>
Re:News.YC statistics - community cohesion on Monday February 18, 2008 @07:39PM (#118544)
Is it even possible to vote something down? I don't see any down arrows. Maybe I don't have enough karma?
Re:Joe Hewitt may harm your computer on Monday February 18, 2008 @07:12PM (#118512)
What is this?
Re:Alienware Android Cell Phone, First Pictures on Monday February 18, 2008 @06:59PM (#118504)
No offense to the designers, but I'd be embarrassed to carry around something like that. Hopefully they're listening to early feedback!
Re:The most important thing to understand about new products and startups on Monday February 18, 2008 @06:54PM (#118500)
My first startup made that mistake. We built the entire product before getting any customers. Since then, I've always started new projects as pseudo-consulting gigs. That way, the product is designed around a real need.
Re:Toshiba expected to announce death of HD DVD tomorrow on Monday February 18, 2008 @04:37PM (#118408)
This will probably have a positive effect on PS3 sales. For me, HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray was my main reason for holding back thus far.
Re:Startup that Predicts Success of Other Startups on Monday February 18, 2008 @04:32PM (#118401)
At best, they'll have 20/20 hindsight. These guys haven't been to the School of Hard Knocks yet!
Re:10 web trends that should die - article is from 2005 but could have... on Monday February 18, 2008 @04:30PM (#118400)
A friend of mine recently discovered that his most lucrative customer base is age 50+. The next day he doubled all his font sizes!
Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Year Old Wo... on Monday February 18, 2008 @04:28PM (#118396)
For some people (not me) it depends on whether you're in Thailand or not.
Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Year Old Wo... on Monday February 18, 2008 @04:27PM (#118395)
"I didn't have time to write you a short letter, so I wrote you a long one."

- Mark Twain

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