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Re:Two tiered SSL certificates on Monday July 21, 2008 @07:06PM (#252776)
@iigs

Very true. I don't think this is the silver bullet that will end all attacks but it's one additional step to something better.

With Firefox 3, a huge error is displayed if I use a self-signed certificate which makes the user think this is not secure and they may leave.

Graphs and charts for the web

Anyone have any nifty methods for creating nice looking charts and graphs dynamically on the web?I'm currently using .png files created in Photoshop that I stretch via the width element to the desired size based on a variable.I have some data I'd like to plot using a line graph but I haven't liked what I saw so far. Google has an option but they have some weird size restrictions.I also found...

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Re:Investing in a Quality Programming Chair on Sunday July 06, 2008 @12:52AM (#237600)
I think breaks are more important than a nice chair. I set a timer to go off every hour. I get up, refill my water and/or coffee mug, and take a walk around the office to check in on the junior staff.

Many of my best ideas came just after stretching and human interaction.

Re:Ask YC: Shared hosting providers that don't suck? on Friday May 30, 2008 @09:50PM (#205015)
I've been using http://www.websitesource.com for several years now. Uptime is good for a shared host. I would actually recommend hosting your mail elsewhere though. I use the free version of Google Apps which works perfectly.
Re:FreeBSD the most distributed Linux in the World on Saturday May 24, 2008 @04:05PM (#199007)
Did you RTFA? BSD isn't Linux.

I think the reason it's used in a lot of hardware and OS X is because of the licensing. They don't need to release the source code after they've used other people's work for their own product.

I suppose that's OK since the developer agreed to the license but the rapid explosion of Linux is in my opinion indicative that developers prefer the GPL even with its flaws.

Re:Ask YC: What's the most hacker-friendly keyboard? on Friday May 09, 2008 @04:40PM (#185876)
I use one every day and am typing this on one right now. I actually like it so much, I bought 2 more. One for work and one for home plus and extra on in my closet in case the company goes out of business.

The blank aspect is kinda cool but I really like the feel and sound of the thing. I don't know if I type any faster with it and finding some characters like % and ^ can be difficult at first.

I also know of several former co-workers that use them.

Use Awk or Perl. They are available on every Linux system already so it's highly portable and very powerful.
Re:What naming convention do you use for S3 keys? on Thursday April 03, 2008 @02:07AM (#153689)
I think this is dependant on what you're doing with S3. I'm only using it for backup and use the tarball name and date/timestamp as the key name. This ensures that it's unique and easy to understand when you need to restore.

If I were going to use them for hosting my videos or something, I'd probably just use the GUID without the need for the MD5. Just make sure there's not chance of duplicates in the database schema and it should work.

I use Bacula for network backups and it does the same thing. All paths and filenames are stored as unique ID numbers.

Re:Where does a wannabe hacker begin? on Saturday March 29, 2008 @01:02PM (#149494)
I think putting together a startup and becoming a hacker are completely different things.

A hacker is someone who likes to play with the world around them. I don't even know if it's possible to become a hacker. If you've never been inclined to take apart your VCR or walkman then I'm not sure if hacking is for you.

If you just want to start something up, learn PHP and MySQL. It's easy and can run on just about any hosting account. Actually depending on what you're looking to do, a CMS like Drupal could work if your startup was just a news and review site or something.

Re:Learn PHP from Scratch or outsource? on Wednesday March 26, 2008 @03:38AM (#146656)
But he needs blow to the head. I'm pretty sure Edison didn't walk around asking people similar questions.

People are surprising similar in all walks of life. People will read tons of articles about working out and never set foot in a gym. I know people with dozens of books on programming but don't know what a pointer is.

It's procrastination plain and simple. If you don't have the get up and go, you'll be a loser asking others for assistance in getting your business going.

Re:Learn PHP from Scratch or outsource? on Wednesday March 26, 2008 @03:24AM (#146650)
Give it up, you're going to fail. If you have to ask something like that you've already lost. It's obvious you're just in it for the cash.

You can get a loan and have someone do it for you which would just make you a VC or make it yourself. For the latter to work you need to be a geek with talent and tenacity. The sort of person who wouldn't need to ask that question for support.

In the end, less than %1 will make it and you will probably not fall into that 1%. If you really wanted to create something you would be coding, reading, and getting your hands dirty.

Re:Most sites still hack-able on Monday March 24, 2008 @10:57PM (#145370)
All dynamic sites are hack-able.
Re:In-browser command line interface on Monday March 24, 2008 @12:59AM (#144339)
This thing is pretty sick. Not sure if it has any real world applications though. Maybe training?
Re:Warning: Do you protect your web statistics? on Sunday March 16, 2008 @09:03PM (#138561)
I secure mine but I don't think most people do. Here are some more stats

http://www.google.com/search?q=inurl%3Awebalizer+%2Binurl%3A...

Of course it's not that big of a hole and some sites actually like showing it off.

Re:What would you consider most about joining a startup? on Friday March 14, 2008 @07:48PM (#137252)
I recently interviewed for a startup and decided to pass. They had a cool project and what seemed like cool people but their business model was prone to lawsuits and were still not generating money. I don't want to work for a company that relies only on VC funding.