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chopsueyaron Poll: HN readers, where's your residence?

Amazon sells them:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00007MII1/ref=as_li_qf_sp_...

chopsueyaron How to Make Wealth

Give them anything but money.

chopsueyaron Knitting machine from the 80s hacked to "print" digital images

Brother kh-930e

They are $700 to $900 on eBay.

You use a Python proggy to emulate a Tandy floppy drive with the design from a 1-bit bitmap.

chopsueyaron The case for piracy

On a personal note, I suspect that once the world's internet infrastructure comes up to speed, we'll all be using on-demand subscription models and the notion of buying content to keep will feel archaic. Even so, more needs to be done to protect the public from ham-fisted copyright industries demanding payment for everything.

By the time the infrastructure is in place, high-capacity media will be so much more affordable that one can cram hundreds, if not thousands of shows/movies/music and view them locally, without requiring a network streaming connection.

It is all about distribution.

chopsueyaron Startup Ideas We'd Be Willing To Pay For

I believe Limor Fried did something similar for her master's thesis.

http://www.ladyada.net/make/wavebubble/index.html

chopsueyaron 24 year old student lights match: Europe versus Facebook

facebook-is-building-shadow-profiles-of-non-users

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/18/1429223/facebook-is-b...

chopsueyaron Ask HN: Screwed out of $12.8 million. Being Extorted. No Money for attorneys.

As most others here have said, find a lawyer who will do this on contingency.

Google ip attorney contingency and go from there.

I am in a similar situation, but probably around 1/10 of the amount.

As you already know, it is fairly easy to send a letter.

I am surprised they did not also accuse you of libel. That is my favorite.

Do you happen to know the federal law regarding the accusation of crime unless given consideration. Is it simply extortion or is there some other statute?

Best of luck, you have justice on your side!

Try to get some lump sum cash AND a yearly/quarterly/monthly licensing fee out of this.

chopsueyaron Dean Kamen’s Inflatable Wind Turbine Doubles As Digital Billboard

http://www.ibotnow.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBOT

As of 2006 the iBOT retailed for approximately US$26,100 and required a prescription in the U.S. As of 2009, it is no longer available for sale from Independence Technology, but support for existing units will be available until the end of 2013.

chopsueyaron Dean Kamen’s Inflatable Wind Turbine Doubles As Digital Billboard

How about the balancing electric wheelchair that is no longer being produced because Johnson & Johnson cannot find a way to profit of off it, yet many people with MS want one?

chopsueyaron Show HN: The users behind Hacker News

I don't like this.

chopsueyaron Who killed videogames?

Can you list the games you enjoy, please?

chopsueyaron Amazon kindle source code

I have the 1st gen Kindle and it always had the capability to play mp3s, as well as a removable memory card slot.

chopsueyaron One year old thinks magazine is a broken iPad

When I was her age, I knew that grilled cheese sandwiches worked in VHS players.

chopsueyaron Start-ups hit Cash Crunch in Silicon Valley

George Santayana?

chopsueyaron Photoshop 'unblur' leaves MAX audience gasping for air

Does it make a difference on the technique used if the image is out-of-focus versus blurred by camera motion?

chopsueyaron In Honor Of Steve Jobs Salesforce Will Match $500K In Donations To College Track

Yar, would you rather it be for psylocibes?

Perhaps it will be for ethnobotany majors.

chopsueyaron Jewish problems

5,772 years so far.

Happy New Year.

chopsueyaron Photoshop 'unblur' leaves MAX audience gasping for air

I assume the RedLaser barcode app uses something similar from captured video frames combined with data from the accelerometer, no?

chopsueyaron Early payouts to startup execs a troubling trend

I watch all my games on Broadcast.com and pay my local taxes with govWorks website.

chopsueyaron Early payouts to startup execs a troubling trend

But a few million is not nearly enough to buy everything I want

Do you have a list?

chopsueyaron Early payouts to startup execs a troubling trend

Excuse my ignornce, but what is Twitter's business model?

I can understand Groupon and Airbnb, but what about Twitter?

chopsueyaron Bravo now casting Silicon Valley reality show

...and the bubble goes -pop-.

Like eDreams or Startup.com?

chopsueyaron About 400 arrested in Wall Street protest

Link please?

chopsueyaron About 400 arrested in Wall Street protest

They should spray the protestors with firehouses and have them attacked by police dogs.

Oh wait...

chopsueyaron Learning the hard way: Moving from NYC to Palo Alto and back in 1.5 months

...or give her more coke?

chopsueyaron The world economy is heading towards a black hole unless bold action taken

You mean like a free market economy?

chopsueyaron Turn an ATX Power Supply into a Bench Power Supply

Make sure the ATX power supply is actually outputting 5v and 12v first!

chopsueyaron Hit by a Google -50 penalty

It is more fun when you are banned from AdWords and have no recourse.

Google will actually refuse to take your money.

At least with the organic stuff, you can modify your site.

chopsueyaron Netflix Secures Streaming Deal With DreamWorks

Ever been here to Canal Street?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_Street_%28Manhattan%29 ' Many vendors there are not bothered by licensing costs.

chopsueyaron They’re Watching. And They Can Bring You Down.

V for Vendetta came out in March, 2006. The above link states the meme came about in late 2006.