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After being so upset with his cheating class, why does the professor offer a large time period to re-take the test? It seems like he is baiting the students to cheat again. Can't h…

You act like TSA agents came up with the idea to grope and body scan everyone in the airport. This is a huge pain the in ass for them, and they know that it poses a health risk for…

"There is no point having the optimal colo between TSE and NYSE because they have no overlapping hours nor do they have anything that trades on both and is fungible." There is trem…

Quantitative trading companies are spending more and more money to trade faster, because the barrier to entry continues to plummet. For example, they used to install software progr…

Automated trading is almost to an equilibrium, where the costs will begin outweighing the profits.

Not only do the supporters not vote, but they have very little political power nor do they provide monetary support.

The users are not at fault here. Even a SSH or VPN will leave them vulnerable to attacks. Companies (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) have to increase their own security, because they are …

It's all relative.

Let's say I go to the mechanic with a light on in the dashboard, and he'll immediately notice the gas cap isn't tightly secured so it set off a car sensor. He probably went back to…

Arrington loves writing link-bait articles. The WSJ just published an article on My Space leaking user date to advertisers: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527023037385045…

An IPO for Facebook would mean losing all of their top engineers who are hanging around until they can cash out. Everyone will leave for the next hot startup and to work on their o…

Three points: 1. Sounds like UberCab should look into licensing out their platform to existing cab companies. It would mean lower margins, but they can quickly scale throughout the…

What are your thoughts the two founders being identical twin brothers?

This is way off topic, but I believe we met at the Founders and Cocktails event last month that was held at the lounge across the street from Santana Row. We chatted for a while ab…

Apple is one of the best companies at cannibalizing it's own products, which is mandatory to stay ahead of the competition. Example: Apple crushed iPod sales by releasing the iPhon…

It's called an LBO.

This article is very relevant to our company as we redesign our social product to better achieve the network effect and reduce this exact issue. Thanks for the great insights.

http://alpha.patterntap.com/collections/Tabs I always start at PatternTap.com when I'm stumped on a design solution.

If payday loans are really as secure as you make them sound, the interest rates wouldn't be so high on the loans. It's pure economics.

I wrote this in the TC comments, and will echo it here: "This article was not very well written IMHO. The big exit was for the Tech Coast Angels investors who had over 100x. Critic…

Paul was interviewed at CrunchUp this summer, and he briefly talked about what they have learned works and doesn't work. The video can be found on TechCrunch. - 2 founders is best …

There's nothing wrong with being a pay day loan company. Their interest rates (500% or more) are through the roof for making high risk loans that no other bank will touch. high ris…