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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup.com Chronicles the build up and ultimate failure of govworks.com in 2000-2001

I think the point he's trying to make is that we're all so conditioned to accept institutions without question ("we do it that way because we've ALWAYS done it that way"). This is …

Agreed, there are some amazing stories (some horrifying as well) from the early days of the Soviet manned space program.

Not all Silicon Valley companies... Commodore - Westchester, PA Compuserve - Columbus, OH Infocom - Cambridge, MA DEC - Maynard, MA Microsoft - Seattle, WA Tandy - Fort Worth, TX

Wow. Went right over my head. Is San Fernando known for pr0n? The Detroit equivalent would be 8 Mile.

I work in the Detroit area actually. The handful of one hour contract jobs I've done have been pure maintenance coding (i.e. bug fixes on existing applications, reports modificatio…

The high and low ends vary greatly. I've done little one hour wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am gigs and then I've done projects that run 4-6 months and bring in 5 figures. On average I'd s…

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You need to add an iPhone/SmartPhone option too. Never used it on the desktop, just on my phone.

I wouldn't call ASP.NET a 'language'. Framework yes, language no.

What's wrong with a job at a small or medium sized company? I'm guessing you're very, very young (18-22) to have such a myopic view of things. "The career game is just about spinni…