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Just remember that there is a NSA location in Denver, Colorado.
Re:WebHosting on Monday May 02, 2011 @09:28PM (#2508627)
Am I crazy or did they actually spell Perl as Pearl under software and scripts? Their hosting may be fine, but that seems like a major oversight.
Re:Matt Cutts' blog labeled as low quality on Thursday April 21, 2011 @07:44PM (#2472813)
I'm guessing because people who are citing Cutts' article are appearing in the search ranking ahead of him.
This is exactly my issue with the At Bat app. I already pay for MLB.tv which plays video in Flash and I have a flash capable Android phone. I don't understand why I should have to pay extra for the app just to watch video. However, last time I checked I was blocked from watching content on my phone.
Re:What should I do with http://snort.co.ke? on Wednesday March 30, 2011 @08:44PM (#2389935)
co.ke isn't a domain name it's a country code like in bbc.co.uk.
Re:Ask HN: Do you email your best friends? on Sunday March 20, 2011 @11:40PM (#2348349)
I definitely text my friends a lot but not email at all. I think it's kind of odd not to be friends with your best friends on facebook but that being said, I don't actually communicate with my best friends that much on facebook.
Re:Poll: What OS do you currently use? on Tuesday March 08, 2011 @11:19PM (#2303774)
I use Windows 7 on my home computer but Open Suse a lot at work.
Re:Ask HN: sort comments by time posted? on Sunday February 13, 2011 @07:20PM (#2214633)
I think it has something to do with the number of up votes a comment has as well as the karma of the commenter perhaps.
Re:Towards Better Online Dating on Thursday February 10, 2011 @08:44PM (#2204795)
I think it depends on what you mean by spamming. If you mean getting a bunch of bad messages from people, guys typically don't have that problem. A lot of girls on dating sites do though, which is one of the biggest ways they are broken. However, I've personally started to notice a lot of fake profiles on OkCupid. I know they're fake because I keep seeing the same pictures of girls with different written profiles or the same profile description (word for word) on profiles with different pictures. In my mind, this is a form of spam too, and it could get to be a problem that OkCupid needs to solve.
Ah, ok. That makes a lot more sense.
Are you talking about the friends on chat feature? I was under the impression that it's just a list of your friends who are on facebook at that time and signed in to facebook chat.
Re:Ask HN: going offline for a long time? on Monday February 07, 2011 @09:28PM (#2191667)
If it were for vacation, say I'm backpacking through Europe with a couple friends for a month or more, I could(and willingly would) handle it.
Re:Craigslist suit against eBay will continue, for now on Monday February 07, 2011 @09:27PM (#2191666)
No, I got the same message. Probably didn't realize it was a premium article when the submitter submitted it.
Re:A little Hackernews hack on Monday February 07, 2011 @01:04PM (#2189938)
I really like this idea so I was going to give you an up vote, but I guess you don't care? Haha
Re:Poll: what is your BMI (body mass index )? on Sunday February 06, 2011 @11:39AM (#2185869)
Yep, BMI is horrible especially if you have any muscle on you. My BMI is 27 which is in the overweight range which I definitely am not. Edit: Really what you should be concerned with if you are trying to judge fitness level is body fat %.

Pictures for a Website

I have an idea for a website but it is predicated on the use of celebrity photographs. From what I've seen online it isn't legal to do such things. So my question is if anyone knows a way to purchase a large database of photographs. I'm certainly willing to pay(depending on how much it would cost) Thanks

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Re:Poll: How do you get physical exercise? on Thursday February 03, 2011 @09:53PM (#2178128)
I've been doing P90x, and I love it. It's not your typical exercise from an infomercial.

Website Hosting

I've been teaching myself web programming and I'm interested in working on a website to launch. My question is this: What is the best hosting company to go with? I want as much control as possible. What do most startups use as their first hosting/web server solution?

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