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ScottMFisher

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ScottMFisher··on London traffic lights rigged to win International Olympic Committee's favor
>Well UK is the country that has just passed a porn ban

Excuse me?

ScottMFisher··on Google thinks Jim Doyle is still governor of Wisconsin
https://www.google.com/search?q=french+president
ScottMFisher··on Show HN: Favicon alert bubbles
Brilliant! One problem I've found is that it can't handle icons larger than 16x16 (it crops them).
ScottMFisher··on Google logo blacked out on all search results (in US)
http://www.google.com/logos/2012/sopa12_hp.png
ScottMFisher··on Sinatra::Synchrony - Evented, fast, concurrent Ruby web apps with no callbacks
That's just plain old Sinatra.
ScottMFisher··on Kindle Fire demand surpasses iPad ahead of launch, could be a threat
The tablet market was very different before the iPad was released so I don't think it's a very fair comparison. Are there figures from the iPad 2 launch?
ScottMFisher··on The iPhone / Android cost difference is getting large
You can use an AT&T iPad sim and get a $25/month data-only plan. This is what I do with my 3GS when I visit the US, otherwise the costs are extortionate. Don't tell anyone though. I'd like it to still work the next time I'm in the US...
ScottMFisher··on Show HN: Learn iPhone and iPad development in less than an hour
$50 is too high. I'm pretty sure you'd more than double the sales if you halved the price. Try doing some A/B testing on this.
ScottMFisher··on Promising HIV vaccine passes phase one human trials with 90% success rate
It says they used 30 people.
ScottMFisher··on Lifepath.me on eBay
I think Facebook plans on finishing it for him.