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peg_legon But why can't I send people their passwords?

You shouldn't be able to see their passwords in the first place, let alone send it to them. You should only store a one-way encrypted string based on the password they typed.

peg_legon U.S. Patent Office Cancels Trademark For Redskins Football Team

They should change their image to one of a peanut. Problem solved.

peg_legon Ask HN: How much to charge for first website?

Here's what I would do:

$400 for the template $200 for variation of template $50-$75 per page, depending on complexity

If the template is super fancy you may need to charge more. Special application coding (custom PHP, ASP, C#, etc.) code at hourly $75 or more per hour.

peg_legon Hexagon 16384

This isn't any fun any more...I CAN'T STOP PLAYING!

peg_legon 2048 in bash

Are we TRYING to bring the world economy to a screeching halt? this is almost as bad as tetris!

peg_legon Flappy 2048 in HTML5 Canvas

This will end western civilization

peg_legon Streetpong [video]

We need video games at all street corners? Look up and view life!

peg_legon Ask HN: What's the worst you've ever screwed up at work?

This was some time ago. I've learned a lot since. I mkfs'd the main disk on our email server. There was no redundancy. There was a new volume that needed to be formatted, my superior told me to do it. I protested that I didn't quite know how. He pushed it. So, I would up wiping it by mistake. since then I've made it a mission to make the entire stack at that place resilient and redundant. Now, it's virtualized, failover file and DB systems, NLB web servers, redundant storage, proper backups. It would take a hell of a lot more than what I did to make the same mistake again.

peg_legon Yahoo's COO Walks Out With $20M Stock Bonus, Plus $40M For 15 Months' Work

This is nothing more than legalized theft, nothing more.

peg_legon Algae to crude oil: Million-year natural process takes minutes in the lab

I'm still against it. Burning caloric mass for energy when so much energy is around us is just plain ignorant. We need to move to solar and wind power.

peg_legon George Orwell: Politics and the English Language (1946)

This has always been one of my favorite essays.

peg_legon New lithium-ion battery design – 2,000x more powerful, recharges 1,000x faster

Oh good, I can play Angry Birds longer.

peg_legon Ask HN: Can you recommend a mouse?

I use a Logitech Marble Mouse.

peg_legon Anybody fed up of those php frameworks?

Frameworks are for those of us tired of reinventing the wheel.

peg_legon Why Chicago Doesn't Produce Innovative Startups: Midwest Mentality

I can sum it up in three words: Prarie Home Companion. Listen to that and you'll understand. Especially the part where Garrison has a fake phone conversation with his mom. We aren't raised to be innovators, we aren't raised to be on the edge. We're raised to do well in school, help our family, and just be good people. Can't say that about Zuckerberg. He dropped out of school. Not supposed to do that. Mom? Mom?....

peg_legon NASA, Rovia take Angry Birds battle into space

The way your Dad looked at it, the two eggs were your birthright. He'd be damned if any slopes were gonna put their greasy yellow hands on his boy's birthright. So he hid it in the one place he knew he could hide something. His ass.