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Hucksters are opportunists.

Conservatives expressing concerns are almost always a turn off.

Touche! :)

This needs Dwolla.com support.

"Don't underestimate the bandwidth of a 1970 Oldsmobile station wagon roaring down the highway at 70MPH, filled with 8 inch tapes."

The context of that is entirely different than a "do we need QA" context. "Think and Analyze" is an abstract philosophy, not a process for engineering. I'd say that if you have a T…

Sorry to hear that! Sounds like time to look for a new job as the best of days are behind you now.

I used to run a QA department for a large e-commerce company and love what this article has to say. Nothing gets executive attention like putting a dollar value on downtime (like $…

A sysadmin knows and loves the OS. Can script to craft utilities for repetitive tasks. Can field strip and installation down to device drives. Can provision identical systems in hi…

Seems to me that Dwolla.com is the way to go. Payment cards online are going away.

Well the tax issue really does add to the likelihood. So what happens, Hastings retires?

If you are starting a technical company you will need more than a passing familiarity with technology. To be successful as a software company you will need to assess the quality of…

Looks like the aerial camera operator stuck his gum in the wrong place. Har har. Or perhaps the home owner was sunbathing and asked Google to obfuscate for the good of mankind.

Also, plan on a long term relationship. "Rent" sounds like you'll toss the sysadmin away and when new work pops up you'll just fetch another one. Don't do that. Establish a relatio…

Without any context about the nature of the start up, the product line and business, this advice is simply nonsense.

I don't think you want to "rent a sysadmin" (that sounds real low brow to me). Instead look for a contact sysadmin but first make a list of the tasks you want to hand off. If it's …

Fair enough. I did continue - while the pedagogy is one thing, I still find the whole idea dubious. See my (slightly) earlier reply in the thread.

"that challenging kids and allowing them to excel is considered child abuse." Actually that's nothing like my sentiment. There is an age and time appropriateness that shouldn't be …

Sounds so much like child abuse I couldn't get very far.

Odd that the article is missing any of Gordon Moore's quotes on mistakes: “One thing a leader does is to remove the stigma of mistakes. People who are afraid of making mistakes all…

Disaster is only one obvious use case. How about "oppressive government threw the kill switch". Or, "profit mongering telco under built facilities". Peer-to-peer relay messaging is…

Humor? Over 60 million victims of World War II and their living ancestors surely would disagree. Use it to teach history. If that's not your bag, give it away.