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this has kicked my butt so many times. You would think I'd have learned by now.

I just love dwolla

good point. but this means that step 1 has to immediately be appetizing to be of evolutionary benefit. (arguably it could be). It also conflicts a little bit with the observed behavior that the spider is shaking the web, trying to get attention to the bigger spider. If the true benefit was escape, I would think not-attracting attention would be the resultant behavior.

Just my opinion. I guess we don't know for sure. There's probably a way for some biologist to figure that out for certain - would make an interesting postdoc.

so seriously, how does behavior like this evolve?

step 1. less-evolved spider builds random clump on web

step 2. spider achieves benefit of scaring off more predators

step 3. spider with clump-building ability becomes dominant species as it outperforms and outcompetes non-talented spiders

step 4. spider with clump-building ability builds less-random clump

step 5. repeat step 2 thru 4 until spider-like clump achieved

my question with this hypothesis is, why does the clump-building behavior end up with something that looks like a spider and not something that would give the spider an even greater evolutionary edge, like say, a tiger's face?

I tried g00gle but didn't think of goog1e. good thought!

The house is free for startups. We're putting the last room of the house on airbnb in an attempt to help pay the bills to let the everyone else stay there. We would need to rent out that room about 16 nights a month to break even. It's not realistic to expect anything as close as that, but every little bit helps.

If there's no demand on airbnb for the last room, we'll simply let another startup take it.

Yeah I posted the link. (shameless self plug) the desk in that room is admittedly pretty small, but we have better desk space for about 8 people to work at throughout the living room and side room (although the city will only let us have up to 5 ppl).

yeah no idea why not but it specifically won't let you use the word google or Google Fiber anywhere. It switches the text to (website hidden) in the description and completely removes it from the title. So a description like this: "One of the first houses with Google Fiber!" becomes "One of the first houses with (website hidden)!"

FAIL

I'm open to any ideas. So far:

1) rent one of the rooms on airbnb? Need 16+ days a month rented to break even. Maybe push Fiber tourism? 2) get corporate sponsorship. Ask 10 small-mid businesses to sponsor $100/month for the house. Stick their logo all over the walls and the website 3) when google comes out with the business plan, install a new fiber drop and host a mini data center in the home for non-production clients (I imagine I'd have to compete with a bunch of ppl in KC for this service, once Google opens those doors).

Not exactly. You can check out the details at www.homesForHackers.com. It's more of a good faith 'pay it forward' effort to the community, somehow.

It's all speculation, but the rumor is that on Sept 9th Google does the following: - Officially ends the first fiber rally - Begins immediately wiring up fiberhoods, highest-demand neighborhoods first - Announces business fiber plans

My best guess is that the highest-demand neighborhoods are fully wired by end of October.

Mr Lee - just left you a VM about the program. I'm trying to get in touch with everyone personally that signed up to give a run down of the program and give you a chance for any questions. Thanks for your interest! Ben

Fixed. Thanks!

What you'll get: and potentially Google Fiber!