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So prepaid works? They allow it? Also are there any issues with keeping my AT&T phone number with the prepaid plan?

I could do that. I was really hoping there would be something off the shelf I could use (even if I have to install it on a server.)

That would almost work but I'd need a way for the parents to view the spreadsheet without exposing it to the internet or requiring them to have gmail accounts.

So the answer is learning software!

It sucks he didn't put a date on that post. Kind of an egregious oversite, right.

A nuclear reactor uses fission. My idea uses fusion triggered by fission (look up how hydrogen bombs work). Fusion is much more efficient that fission which is why my idea has merit.

I've always wondered why we can't just blow up hydrogen bombs in a giant underground chamber and extract energy from the heat produced.

Hook up a smoke detector to turn off the roaster. If smoke doesn't clear in 1 minute, have it shoot off a fire extinguisher. Problem solved.

So dumb question. How do you make money doing that? Is it that software companies want their security tested so they hire you? (I wouldn't think most companies would be so proactive.)

Ok now that it's hooked up to a computer, how about using a genetic algorithm to find the perfect roasting settings? (As a bonus it could evolve over time to match your gradually changing tastes.)

I just finished reading "Gray Hat Python". It was pretty interesting talking about fuzzers, and injection stuff. Is that what you guys do?

Do a blog post about this. I think it's a question everyone has had at some point. How much of the bezel is really neccessary? Can it be removed DIY?

So you could make a thin stylus if you put a charge on it? I guess otherwise using a conductor it would have to be the size of your finger.

Might be a good idea for a third party product?

sign with your finger? That's probably harder than signing with a mouse.

Counterpoint: my mac stopped seeing my iPhone. There was no advice on the internet on how to fix it. I'm completely lost at what to do. I can't upgrade the phone's software, and can't load new songs, I can't backup my phone :-(

Could I train a robotic hand to catch a ball with this? What would be involved?

Does my browser send all of that stuff on every HTTP request? It seems wasteful.

Were there patents on compression algorithms? Are there any weird things Linux has to do to work around patents?

In theory yes. But let's say 80% of company X shareholders wanted a large one time dividend payout but the executives of company X don't want to do it.

At the next board election they simply choose two candidates but both who agree with what the executives want.

Nice idealistic thoughts, but the board of directors controls a company. Share holders can't do much except for vote for whomever they put on the proxy.

Speaking of reproducibility, my friend getting a PHD in finance told me he was writing a paper using the data from some brokerage. I asked if he would publish the data and he told me it's confidential.

I talked myself blue in the face trying to explain how science doesn't work if you don't give people enough information to reproduce your research! I couldn't get him to understand though. Arggh so frustrating.

So they expire soon? Could we use the patents as specs to build an open source one when they come of age?

Wait a minute, isn't this what cupcake CNC uses? Why haven't reprap been sued?

Yes, besides that one. It seems to completely barf on most PDFs especially multi column ones.

I don't recall the bookmarking working. And annoations and clippings are definately not there.

Can someone make a PDF reader for the Kindle? It would display PDF's somewhat sanely and it would allow bookmarking and annotations.

FDM patents? Explain more please.

That's awesome advice! Thanks. I'm going to try it. Are you available for mentoring :-)

I'd love to try your advice but I've never been able to find such a niche. Everytime I try to think of one, I get "niche block". Any ideas?

What does dl;dr: mean? I couldn't find it in the urban dictionary.

Very interesting points. You could be right.

Wait, so if this oil drop is solving an NP complete problem in N time, couldn't we map other NP complete problems onto a maze, and have the oil drop solve them for us?