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RobertL

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    Comment #5104081

    Some good thoughts here and as the founder of countless failed startups I can totally relate to the message. However, over the years I've come to the conclusion that "Finding Custo…

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    Comment #5098814

    Spent the last half hour going through "Spree" features. This one has some real potential.

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    Comment #4698641

    Just got my first update from Gallup... Romney 50%.. Obama 47%... This is kind of cool.

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    Comment #4667334

    Real Estate was the last bubble. University of Phoenix and all the other manifestations of academia will be the "next" bubble to burst. And it ain't gonna be pretty.

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    Comment #2936068

    HP better figure out how to get into the smart phone business. That's where it's gonna be at. I personally use a palm.... Get's the job done but I'll be moving on soon. HP made a b…

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    Comment #2633665

    Some good "lessons learned" here. Applicable to anyone using the SAAS revenue model but also applicable to other kinds of web enterprises.

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    Comment #2623717

    USA would be a much better place if it also had the death penalty for drug possession. Singapore is mostly Chinese and their obsession with illegal drugs goes back to the "Opium Wa…

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    Comment #2623710

    This is a very good idea my friend. I may be following soon.

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    Comment #2464957

    Wouldn't it be a lot easier, safer, simpler, more environmentally friendly, more reliable, and less expensive to just build some nuclear power plants?

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    Comment #2461506

    No he's not.

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    Comment #2343095

    GO FOR IT!! Great decision.

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    Comment #2334923

    Chomsky's other problem is he's not an "intellectual". He's just a popular college prof who babbles a lot.

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    Comment #2205540

    I tend to agree that mobile devices are a pain (and that's what the article is about, not "news being the next social revolution). I don't like the darned things but the masses dis…

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    Comment #2196170

    Patriot Act is a bad thing. It kept Islamo Fascists from running airplanes into skyscraper. WooHoo, time to get back to the good ol' days.

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    Comment #2157385

    Pol Pot and Ho Chi Minh knew how to take care of the rich. They just killed them and took all the money. The totally uneducated and illiterate Chingis Khan took a different tact. H…

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    Comment #2080901

    A good reference link. Heroku up to 114k hosted apps now but still lumped into the "other" category for web hosting. It's growing fast though.

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    Comment #2080877

    If you make a living off of your website and that living is dependent on conversions then this subject is always "worth your attention". But I agree with patio11. Get everyone's op…

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    Comment #2010334

    There's gotta be a way to monetize twitter without having to go to display ads or adding to the spam problem. I just haven't figured out how to do it yet. Maybe there's some way to…

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    Comment #1892955

    Sounds good. I've been a firefox user for many years now. Keep all the rest in my dock and run them through the paces a couple times a year or so but always end up coming back to f…

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    Comment #1889224

    Actually it's not "slightly more money".... Dollar is struggling right now. Will probably be devalued by 10 or 20 percent soon. Google execs are just trying to stay ahead of the cu…

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    Comment #1835727

    I checked out their site and services. Not all that impressive. Some useful but very basic stuff. Not seeing where they can even be classified as competition to PayPal.

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    Comment #1818459

    Build things that people really want to use. Build things that people really want to use. This is the only rule. Follow it.

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    Comment #1786046

    Africa's problem isn't it's size.

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    Comment #1749630

    Python rules.

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    Comment #1727594

    Most "technology" that we speak of these days is created by kids who are smart but who were brainwashed by left wing profs and left wing public school instructors. They are good pr…