PaulMorgan

The government picks winners all the time when awarding contracts and has a lot of experience doing so (when the process is done right). For Arpanet they picked a winner with BBN.

Guess Arpanet was a huge mistake because it was government funded.

It's complicated (I work with Medicare Part D prescription transactions).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_medical_record http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_health_record http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Portability_an... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_Prescription_Drug,_Imp...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is-a versus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Has-a. Usually the "perfect" tree isn't really all that perfect.

Have you thought about other sales channels - Mail Order Catalog, Physical Stores, Licensing or Distribution to other Retailers?

$800/day or $300K/year isn't limping - it's a nice little business which might or might not have growth potential. Do some market research and answer those questions CyberFonic asked.

If you're in the USA contact the SBA. The SBA SCORE program is great for getting help with growing a business.

The client wants the new part done in Flex.

The Customer is always right - use Flex.

Why pick one or two? All of them are a joy. I get paid to play with software and computers.

Trilogy hasn't set the world on fire (insurance subsidiary?): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilogy_(company)

Epiphany got acquired: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany,_Inc.

Byron Krug moved on: http://www.linkedin.com/ppl/webprofile?action=vmi&id=318...

Chris Ostroot appears to still be recruiting for Trilogy and 'successfully tapped 33 students from Carnegie Mellon's Class of 1998 -- more than any other technical employer recruited from that university this year. In August, at Trilogy's annual awards banquet (which Trilogians call "prom"), she was named the company's "Superstar" and was awarded a 1999 Saab convertible.' from http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/21/insanity.html?page=0%...

In light years Alpha Centauri is right next door, just down the street, within spitting distance...nearby.

I once worked with a manager who was very up front about using performance reviews to retaliate against any subordinate who crossed her. Luckily she wasn't my boss.

Nope. It's Windows 2000 which is locked for admin and can't be updated. I have trouble even getting Acrobat and Flash updated.

They SHOULD be low-paid if all they do is act as a stenographer and just repeat verbatim what is said by the anonymous sources of power.

Look for any book on Finite Mathematics.

I'm required to use IE6 as this is a work computer and the company's standard is IE6 which can't/won't be changed. This web site won't allow me to view the content as I'm using the IE6 browser.

"It is a scientific fact that, statistically, bug density does not change with programming language. So, a denser language means fewer bugs."

I don't agree based on my experience coding APL which is a very dense language. Maybe you get fewer coding bugs with a denser langugage but you encounter other much worse problems. Code you can't understand. Code that doesn't match the requirements. Code you have to rewrite if you ever want to change it. I prefer verbose code.

His premise that the further down the list the closer you are to a problem doesn't apply to all problems. I'm not closer to the problem of Global Warming that the President - probably the opposite.

You can buy 8x4 white panelboard at Lowes or Home Depot for about $15 a panel. The surface can get burned off if you use some caustic cleaners but it's cheap to replace.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&prod...

How about a retainer agreement? They purchase some of your time each month. This limits your time devoted to their concerns but could also be a distraction from the startup. The rest of your time is devoted to your startup with the retainer giving you more runway.

Any chance your current employer could become a paying customer? Starting off with a customer gives you credibility for capital and other customers.

Zend framework also agrees with the PEAR PHP standard - 4 spaces for indentation with no tabs allowed:

http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/coding-standard.php-file...

Try one of these libraries:

http://www.uspto.gov/go/ptdl/ptdlib_1.html

Seeing as I'm at work and can't upgrade from IE 6.0 I can't view this site. Ahh Well.

Actually, buggy whip manufacturers are still in business:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip

I like to read my newspaper while eating lunch. Don't want to use a WiFi laptop for the same purpose. It doesn't fit very well on the table.

Mother Jones Magazine: http://www.motherjones.com/

Sorry, I put this in as a submitted question.

Could you add a media type categorization to the submit page? I'm on a work computer without sound. Would be great if I could pass over the video and podcast links and only go to the blog/news stories. Nothing fancy like a filter - maybe just some radio buttons on the submit page for text|video|sound| that would appear in the listing.

This is a copy of:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tao_of_Programming

with another online version:

http://www.canonical.org/~kragen/tao-of-programming.html

http://www.dice.com for US tech jobs.

Answered my own question. He's still in business:

http://www.thegreatzucchini.com/index.html

I'm curious where this guy is now after three years. Is he still doing this gig or have his flaws caught up with him?

They don't seem to want information about their service to get out to the masses. It's stuck in PDFs behind some marketing sign up forms.