david927

I thought the article was spot on except for two comments: > Keep track of all your development and protection costs to help you put a value on your IP No. McDonalds doesn't price its cheeseburge…

I'm a bit shocked. Here's an industry-insider article upset about "trashing Von Neumann machines when there's no alternative". But pensioners who read the New York Times ( http://www.nytimes.com/2007…

I thought of the same thing. I, for one, would be willing to take investment as a loan.

The paper is very interesting and I'm interested in where Ian is headed with this.

> Europe really isn't socialist, at least not the wealthy countries here. Norway and Sweden are tremendously socialist, and Norway is the wealthiest country in the world. > Just because there …

That's a very silly article, and it smacks of envy. How dare socialist Europe have countries much wealthier than the United States? How dare its socialised healthcare provide better healthcare? If t…

http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/07/get-famous-by-not-pr... "Can programming make you rich? Well, let's figure it out: think of all the fantastically rich programmers you know. Not a very long l…

I felt I had a better way to do something, and that it would be wrong not to find out if I was right.

You could have just said: > Actually in classical macro theory, lower interest rates (which amounts to the Fed increasing the money supply) ... hence price inflation. If the money supply is increa…

I think you mean the 'potential' positive effects of a rate drop, because if you remember, Japan dropped their prime rate to 0% for years and it did nothing. It only makes it easier to borrow and the…

By lowering the prime interest rate, they are making it easier to borrow dollars, which lowers the dollar's value, which causes price inflation. If you have a strong dollar, you can lower rates. But …

The wrist bleeding is a poor analogy, but you're right the Fed is pretty ckufing stupid. The Forest Service used to do the same thing with forest fires. They were considered an anathema and each fire…

>Oil does not cause inflation But increased demand often increases prices. You're talking about monetary inflation, but remember there's also price inflation. If some good, x, is more sought aft…

Ok, I'll wait a bit longer before jumping the gun. Granted no one will ever call it a depression. 50 years from now in the history books, sure, but not now.

75 basis points wreaks of desperation.

No, the D word.

We all have a problem. Trust me.

One of the best presentations ever, on any topic.

Sure it is. It has been tremendously popular for the last ten years, and that seems to have been the lifespan of popular languages like COBOL and C++. That it is dying has little to do with the lang…

I'm in the same boat. It would be great to have someone who would be available for the occasional question, to look at the business plan, etc. Is there are place where a startup could match up with …

Nothing is really ever about technology; it's about its application. And no one is willing to pay their time/effort/etc. to a new technology unless it has seriously significant advantages. So what i…

40, and I hope I never stop enjoying new music, learning new concepts, and expanding who I am.

I don't see the future playing out this way, mainly for the same reason that Google has standardized on only four languages: someone after you will probably have to understand it. Most systems are ref…

Stastny Novy Rok! (Czech)

Ok, I'm being dramatic. But that export number includes, for example, when Ford produces a car in Mexico, with Mexican labor, and sells it in Mexico. We've been outsourcing not just blue-collar work,…

I'm an American living in various countries in Europe for the last 12 years, and really, there's a difference. Americans have a wonderful distrust of those claiming authority. But there is also a la…

Yes, because they are clearly not talking in constant dollars and therefore it's meaningless.

Too bad no one wants it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_current_ac...

Huh? An opinion piece from the Cato Institute?

I don't know what you want to discuss, really. Yes, there is a strange element of anti-intellectualism in America. It stems from its form of capitalism and it's a shame really, because America has e…