phdmageddon

il y a 17 ansdiscuss

When I clicked to go to opentable.com, I immediately clicked back because something in my brain yelled "DOMAIN SQUATTER". Then I went forward again and looked closer, I guess it isn't a domain squatter, but it might as well be. They need to de-domainsquatter-ize the look of their site.

phdmageddon

il y a 17 ansdiscuss

Seems like the question should by "What bad habits led you to programming (instead of physics/math/astronomy/academic CS/the things you dreamed of doing)", but that could just be me!

phdmageddon

il y a 17 ansdiscuss

VPS hosting (at first, I like linode, slicehost, or vpsfarm), some kind of project management (bug tracking, Trac is fine for most things probably).

The main thing to pay for is Adwords, a small investment that only attempts to bottom feed can be worth far more than you pay for it.

phdmageddon

il y a 17 ansdiscuss

While older books may be interesting, they are totally archaic. I would read things by communist revolutionaries and other practitioners of asymmetric warfare. There are going to be very few 'real' wars in the future, because the countries that could engage in them all have nuclear weapons, which basically precludes a full scale engagement of any kind. However, large countries still have belligerents that are too small or close to have to worry about being nuked, or are intermixed with 'friendly' populations, or the state is precluded by international pressure/bribery from engaging in anything overt (ex: Israel).

phdmageddon

il y a 17 ansdiscuss

While I suspect they could have done a lot of good, the market is going to start making $100 netbooks with long battery life real soon now. It won't have the feel good emphasis on education, but the important part is the kids get access to computers, and Acer can build them much cheaper than a OLPC I suspect.

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