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Listen, Obama is just the messenger, fine. But please, know your history. America is no innocent player in this affair (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/nov/24/theobserver).

Thirst for death only perpetuates further violence and hatred which will lead to more grieving families. I never implied to let the guy go but we should be maintaining the moral higher ground here.

“An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” -Gandi

Please, allow me to express the following opinion without reprise and then I am finished: He should have been taken alive at all costs. I think my kids would have been safer if we had.

But on the list of people the planet is better off without, OBL was close to the top.

This mentality is purely what makes man appear so primitive in his nature and is exactly what got us into this mess in the first place.

Bin Laden: On the list of countries the planet is better off without, the US is close to the top.

I'm going to offer a healthy bit of skepticism here but it frightens me the way this is being reported.

Specifically: "...justice has been done". American military and C.I.A. operatives had ...shot him to death.

Obama: "I authorized an operation to get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice."

Obama: "His demise should be welcome by all who believe in peace and human dignity."

Is that how we conduct justice now? I am not satisfied by this outcome. I would rather have had him in custody showing we hold the higher ground when it pertains to morality and justice. Its no surprise to me now that our morality and judgment is an illusion which I thought, ever since I was a kid, was what made America great. The fact that Obama plays off people's emotions in his speech to gain support for this outcome is purely disgusting.

And lastly, you believe this because the media and Obama says its so?

Sounds like you're doing it. You are looking for a way to make yourself a better developer and this never ends. I found eventually, that no one every really knew a good design. It seems like we always invented that along the way. Yeah, we all knew patterns etc, and were bound to certain ways of doing things, but somehow we seemed to always get lucky on most designs. It quite possibly may have been that the problems solved themselves eventually. And after we saw the code we wrote we looked at it made it better on the last few days creating, in most cases, an elegant design. The designs were more apparent after the project was done which were never consistent from project to project.

One way to learn good software design is to look at other peoples code who are good at what they do. For me those people are John Resig, Douglas Crockford, etc.

I actually filled out the form for more info (http://sfcube.com/apply.php)...the terms and conditions link didn't go anywhere and after 10 attempts to get the captcha right I gave up. When I got the captcha wrong it posted back and deleted the entire form which only the back button fixed. Get a clue guys! After browsing the site some more though I was glad they didn't get a hold of my info.

Good article...seems to come down to visual preference for the author.

But...

To use BING because its not something else (Because It's Not Google) makes my anti-anti self kick in and makes me not want to use it for the simple fact I'm not 12 years old anymore. MS needs to grow up and just release good groundbreaking innovative products like they've done for the development world.

YAWN - yet another web2.0 network

Here is the Chinese equivalent to Twitter: http://fanfou.com

Great work...I'll bookmark for future reference!

You know...bullshit...make your shit happen...you depend on these people like a little puppy, it pathetic. Grow a set of balls and make your dreams come true...work a real job while you do it if you have to. I came here for real info...and you pissed me off.

Quote: MightyQuiz ...The site is very sticky: the average session lasts 8 minutes (or 19 questions). As a comparison, the founders claim that Slate has an average session length of 4:22 and Wired has 3:34.

Are 3-8 minute sessions any indication of success? My site gets over 10 minutes right now.

Well, I appreciate your opinion about 'interestingness' but whats the point of google when there was yahoo?

This might be the brightest idea as of late, but I just have a feeling it won't work. Thats just my 2 cents...now tip that.

Well the original idea came from me...so at this point the original concept has been on my own. And unlike you I didn't feel overloaded after one month. Actually at this point things are progressing very smoothly and to be honest I actually don't need the help. I know what I want it to be, I've created that, and thus far my testers have really loved it. So yes, I feel that I don't want to veer to much from that. If I had a new guy try to change all that and now say, great work...now let me drive...that would be bothersome to me. What I really need is someone to task out to...and if during that time I get some good ideas I want to have the final say.

Let me put it to you in these terms. Unlike you I did spend 6 months alone working an additional 4-5 hour/days on top of 8 at work day job, and about 8 more on the weekend. So lets say thats 30hrs/week * 50/hr (just an estimate...I actually charge over $80 at my day job)...but just for argument sake I've invested in time and effort 6mo * 4wks * 30hrs/wk * $50/hr = $36,000. So just in time alone that how much I've invested. Now why would I want to just give that away to someone who sat on the sideline and waited until it was a good enough idea to just jump in when the product is almost complete?

Points well taken...and as I see you are talking from experience...exactly what I was looking for to put my mind at ease. We are planning to meet in a few weeks...if all goes well I'll have a new member on the team that seems as enthusiastic as I am about the project.

I like what you said exploratory programming because with a new cofounder I can sit down and say, "look this is what I've found will work, this needs help, this needs someone to just start outright, and do you have any ideas how the hell to make this work." Thanks for replying...I'm glad you did.

This is definitely a valid point.

Points well taken

Starbucks is a monopoly IMO...but is McDonalds a real threat? I can't see myself going to McD's for a latte and a NY Times :)!

Hey cool...only if windows had a backbutton. But I like that I know javascript,css, and html

Its hard to do. It took me 2 months to settle on fotoblur for my project. Try combining different words together and you'll find something unique. The other day I just thought of the url linkolicious.com ...and guess what, It was available.

Nice try...I already registered it :)!

Yes...I saw this article a few days ago and immediately thought of my project. The psychologica reasons people do the things they do is fascinating...and I think if you want to have a successful website/startup/etc you need to understand the human spirit and what makes it tick. I know I've thought a lot about incentives and what gets people hooked on a process...what rewards are available if a user follows a particular behavior. If you look at successful social networking sites you can see how these factors contribute to its success.

Google and Yahoo are not strange?

A startup built on the idea of tracking startups...what will they think of next.

Looked good though.

Here is my personal opinion:

I've been working on a project now for almost 5 months. I've been more free to discuss my project lately because I think to myself that most are not going to be as motivated as I've been nor are they going to sacrifice the long hours and weekends I've poured into it.

I commend the creator of Pageflakes...if you read this guy's blog or articles the guy practically hands it to you on a plate...yet I haven't seen many take advantage of it. Except maybe Yahoo :).

I also believe that if your passionate about your idea you don't want it contaminated with others ideas and views. Now, this definitely plays a role in the future phases, but in the beginning you want to create your own idea...not someone elses. We all want the credit, so we keep it under wraps until the time is right.