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You're right in your point about backups. These cloud services present quite a problem in the sense that they're structured to accommodate massive amounts of data. Often times this…

"The Cove" ( http://www.thecovemovie.com ) I had no idea what it was about when I flipped it on, but it's a great hacker movie. The guy who trained Flipper is trying to save some d…

In a sense, yes, but that's mainly on the books and it depends on which interest rate you're referring to. You're right, much of the bailout money was used to cushion the capital a…

If I got an extra $100 or so on my paycheck, it would have very little economic utility. It would just be added to my pile of savings. Nonsense. That's great that you'd save the $1…

It probably had more to do with the lessons learned from the Tunisia situation.

What happens if you get acquired by Google? Do they still make you go through the interview process?

Where else would you like them to send it?

Yes, that's what the "Scrum of Scrums" idea is meant to solve, in exactly that way: http://www.xqa.com.ar/visualmanagement/2009/08/scrum-of-scru...

I hear about this happening all the time, but what amazes me is that people actually get caught. Days and weeks after the incident. If you're thousands of feet in the air, sure you…

That's essentially what bootstrapping is. How do you define it?

I made the lucky mistake with Pluggio of not charging from day one. Not because I didn’t want to – but because I didn’t have the payment stuff setup and I was too lazy to do it bef…

No joke. As far as I can tell there really is no reward. You get "invited" to D.C. to attend a reception where you have to present your app to a commission. Your app then gets feat…

Completely agree, but my point is that even if you score it from a trusted dealer -- the so-called "pure" ecstasy you're getting is still dangerous to your body and mental state, e…

It's a good point you make about alcohol, but I think the difference is that the "pure/regulated" alcoholic being sold can be consumed in a safe manner without any physical harm. I…

That would get them an extra inch of real estate on the iPhone screen. That's significant.

As an alternative to waiting for this official release, jailbroken iPhones have been able to do this for a while now, with no tethering fees from your carrier.

I don't own one, so I'm not sure -- but couldn't you just reflash it with the downloadable Android?

Maybe, but probably not comfortably. After taxes, that 172K will be about 120K. Even if you were to somehow make 8% interest on your money for the rest of your life, that's still o…

Of getting stolen? What are basing that on? If you look at Google or Amazon, for example, they have teams of people who's only job it is to secure said data. I don't think the aver…

I had a professor that told me it's actually a good strategy to make wild predictions far in the future. If you're right, you look like an oracle. If you're wrong, nobody remembers…

I'm not sure that article convinces me yet. Here is the experience of my employer, which offered 3 different healthcare plans for employees. Healthcare plan costs skyrocketed this …