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Why not, it seem to be a great business model, that's what America is all about lately.
Not in the world of startups it's not.
As long as there can be great exits, the VC will fund it.
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It's funny, I was thinking literally the exact same thing. I just put some money onto Watsi, and I think I'll keep doing that every time we get 'grellas top-post.
Or startups could just hire him as their lawyer. Parse did and they are happy customers.
The point of non-mandatory tipping though is that it feels good for both the sender and the receiver. It gives the sender the warm fuzzies for giving even a trivial amount, and the receiver gets a concrete demonstration that their efforts are appreciated. Hiring someone to do a job certainly pays better, but its transactional nature negates the mutual emotional benefit of a token of appreciation freely given.
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I'd throw in .01 or .02 BTC (what are we to call these, Bitcents?) for that, I tried to read the complaint but simply don't know enough about law, especially CA law, to interpret this until I read his comment. HN's greatest attribute is the wealth of experts in different fields that are here to help elucidate these complicated things for we the confused.
I believe the preferred naming for 0.01 BTC is a Satoshi [1]. They were named such to honour the author of the original paper. [1] Third sentence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
A Satoshi is defined as 10 ^ -8 BTC. Actually, it's more accurate to say that a Bitcoin is defined as 10^8 Satoshis, as the Satoshi is the actual atomic unit of exchange.
Re: Aaron Greenspan sues Facebook, Sequoia, Andreesen, YC, others
#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's funny, I was thinking literally the exact same thing. I just put some money onto Watsi, and I think I'll keep doing that every time we get 'grellas top-post.
Or startups could just hire him as their lawyer. Parse did and they are happy customers.
Those of us now shackled to a different team of lawyers will have to make due with tokens of our appreciation. :)
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#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's funny, I was thinking literally the exact same thing. I just put some money onto Watsi, and I think I'll keep doing that every time we get 'grellas top-post.
Or startups could just hire him as their lawyer. Parse did and they are happy customers.
PlanGrid did as well! Highly recommended.
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Unfortunately this change didn't help. I thought it said "Alan Greenspan" until I started reading the lawsuit, saw "Think Corp", and went back to re-read the HN headline. I agree with pedalpete, the headline really should just say "Think Corp".
That would have helped me out a bit... I have no effin' clue who Aaron Greenspan is. Well, except that now I know he's the guy who is suing YC and a bunch of others.
He's been making the same rants in the comments here for a long time... and he hasn't found many sympathetic to his cause. I can't imagine suing YC (frivolously) will gain many friends.
His username is thinkcomp.
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#147The key to understanding this lawsuit lies in a technical point having nothing to do with the merits of the claims and which appears at pages 35 through 37 of the complaint. In that section, the plaintiff, Think Computer Corporation, "respectfully requests that Civil Local Rule 3-9(b) be retired, or that Plaintiff be exempted from the Rule given its particular ownership [i.e., owned 100% by one individual] and tax st…
Qui tam? but that would be more like he was convincing the govt to take up a criminal case and not "I was personally damaged here and here's why I deserve relief"
My first though was this appears to be Pro Se. When that was confirmed I thought this guy needs an attorney because he is in way over his head. Finally, I thought a smart attorney could amend this Complaint to be a Qui Tam and actually give the Defendants cause for concern.
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#148The key to understanding this lawsuit lies in a technical point having nothing to do with the merits of the claims and which appears at pages 35 through 37 of the complaint. In that section, the plaintiff, Think Computer Corporation, "respectfully requests that Civil Local Rule 3-9(b) be retired, or that Plaintiff be exempted from the Rule given its particular ownership [i.e., owned 100% by one individual] and tax st…
The complaint read more like a screed about everything that's wrong with America than a sincere attempt at obtaining relief. That said, I'm a little bit sympathetic to the Rule 3-9(b) thing in this context. Even if he was serious, who would take the plaintiff's side of this case on contingency? As an aside, I think Aaron would make a great plaintiff's lawyer. Combative, self-righteous, with a ton of "burn things down…
>Even if he was serious, who would take the plaintiff's side of this case on contingency?
I know I would take this case on contingency if the Plaintiff would agree to Amend the Complaint to Qui Tam. I could not just do it though, I would have to be admitted Pro Hac Vice. I imagine any other Plaintiff's attorney with experience in Qui Tam cases is thinking the same thing.
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Or startups could just hire him as their lawyer. Parse did and they are happy customers.
The point of non-mandatory tipping though is that it feels good for both the sender and the receiver. It gives the sender the warm fuzzies for giving even a trivial amount, and the receiver gets a concrete demonstration that their efforts are appreciated. Hiring someone to do a job certainly pays better, but its transactional nature negates the mutual emotional benefit of a token of appreciation freely given.
I don't have the reference (or a link) but I remember pretty clearly that (might have been Cialdini or similar) a principal where attorneys would do for free what they wouldn't do for, say, $50 per hour.
As an example I serve on the board of a condo and I'm paid $0. Most likely if I was told I would be given $25 for every meeting I would think "my time is worth more than that" and it would actually be a negative (figures arbitrary.)
Re: Aaron Greenspan sues Facebook, Sequoia, Andreesen, YC, others
#150The key to understanding this lawsuit lies in a technical point having nothing to do with the merits of the claims and which appears at pages 35 through 37 of the complaint. In that section, the plaintiff, Think Computer Corporation, "respectfully requests that Civil Local Rule 3-9(b) be retired, or that Plaintiff be exempted from the Rule given its particular ownership [i.e., owned 100% by one individual] and tax st…
"a corporation cannot represent itself in a lawsuit of this type"
Had that happen a few years ago in a different state. Cost us about $2000 in legal fees and the case was dismissed.