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I imagine Netbeans will go the way of the Dodo since the Eclipse project is IBM's baby.

An application of this we can all relate to:

"Not all stalls (bathroom) are created equal"

One application of this I can see is to create a page like this to understand what sites your company's (or country's) firewall / proxy might be blocking.

As a former pro-gamer (sponsored by Diamond Multimedia for Counter-Strike... remember them?) turned pro-hacker to pay the bills, the future for pro-gaming seems bright.

Quake-live is a great example of a game that could really become the next "basketball". It can run on almost any computer (10 years old) and the gameplay has stood the test of time which shows how incredibly balanced the game is.

Let's solve the DRM problem right now and stop selling games that aren't tied to digital distribution systems like Valve's steam or the upcoming On-Live distribution model.

Not only does the publisher/developer get great control over their distribution, but the consumer actually wins as well by being able to access their games just by logging in to their account on any box. Not to mention the community aspects that come along with these systems.

Its a no brainer especially when the internet becomes even more ubiquitous.

Just don't feed the bird alka seltzer before sending it off, or you might end up with some "corrupt packets".

Full-screen browsing really helps to stay on task when browsing the web. Usually after 15 minutes of browsing I have 8 tabs open and no idea why I started the browser in the first place :)

Kudos.

View source will only show the state of the HTML before Javascript renders the rest of the HTML. Check out the application using firebug (firefox plugin) and look at the HTML that is actually being rendered. Lots of div's for the layout of course and a few canvas elements (i think those are for the slide rendering).

While it may not be the most readable XHTML in the world - at least it doesn't use a plugin to do that work.

Flex is very nice, but Flex uses a flash plugin as it's runtime. A flex application is compiled binary sent to the browser - doesn't sound very dynamic or open web to me.

Cappucino uses good old XHTML and javascript. If you look at browser advancements in Javascript just in the past few months alone, 2 years from now technologies like flash may only be useful for very niche circumstances.

Lazy developers are something corporations and IT departments have to live with. The good ones leave and end up working for startups or go independent.

The great thing about an IDE like this is that it can be a foundation for RAD projects - it could let IT departments finally move those aging VB6 / Access applications to the web.

This could be a killer app for business applications.

Having the development environment hooked up to the visual mockup designer is a key element for quickly bringing apps that the business likes and IT approves of.

If they can get this right, there is a lot of money here. Especially considering the amount of lazy IT shops out there.

Love is like a TCP connection.

Startup and teardown are expensive, but once you're past that, you're in the butter-zone.

Thinking of driving down from Boston for some shake-shack love.

"Now THAT's a tasty burger!"

I live and work in the route 128 tech sector or the "Route 128 Technomafia" as we like to call it.

The biggest problem is it's image - it's full of large stuffy software / tech companies that cater to business and not the end consumer. These types of businesses are not likely to attract young hackers that will truly innovate. I get the feeling that (for the most part) route 128 is where good hackers go to settle down and live a "normal" life.

Another reason 128 doesn't attract the hacker crowd is the availability of public transportation. Its a pain in the ass to get to any of the major office parks / buildings out there without catching multiple busses or trains. Most young innovators don't have the desire or the money to pay for a car in Boston which is necessary to make it to the area.

So - fix public transportation first, and maybe some startups will decide to make a home out there. Hopefully that can slowly build the hacker brand east coast style :)

The question is: which windows process is most likely to become "the cyberdemon"? --> http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Cyberdemon

I'm going to go ahead and vote for "Outlook.exe"

It is a lot like the lottery.

However, it's a lottery that you can play (for 99 dollars and your time) and learn something in the process. Learning objective c and developing an interface for mobile multi-touch devices is well worth the price of admission.

You never know how that experience will pay off in the future regardless of whether your app was a success.