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previous discussion and link to the original paper here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3876695

As I used Win in 2002 I was wondering why you consider IE the worst browser at that time. Is there a reason for that? What were the better alternatives?

At that time, I found IE to be superior, actually.

Also, do you have more information on the infected-within-15min claim? I'd like to know more about it...

As you said, secure VIRTUAL memory refers to swapped memory. Meaning it is encrypted when it is written to disk. Seeing as the password is probably in near constant use, it will never be written to disk and therefore stays UNENCRYPTED in ram...

Seeing as dropbox stores the file local, you will not have any problem with mounting it simultaneously. You couldn't merge the changes, though.

The bigger problem would be to access it e.g. on your iphone/from the web. For that reason, the webservice should be able to serve an unencrypted part if you enable that functionality. upon providing the passphrase, of course and waiting for the decryption. that could be a special feature which costs more, but would definitely add something special, which others do not provide as of now.

previous discussion and link to the original paper here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3876695

I am sorry, but skydrive has basically ms office build in. you can easily create/edit files. although it is obviously not the complete office suite, it is definitely very decent.

What Browser are you on? I tried FF12. For me, once I clicked the thing, not matter what I do, it will unzip, even if pulled up all the way again.

It looks like a neat feat, but it is not really interactive, I think. When I pull it somewhat down and then all the way up again, all while keeping mouse1 pressed, it will still unzip.

Not sure if that is a good or a bad thing. Would really really annoy me, tough. If I reinstall an OS, I do it because I want a clean plate, everything back to "standard". Opening my old tabs in my browser tells me, that it kept various config/temp files, which is probably what I wanted to get rid of.

While I agree with you to some extend, there also was a student edition of PS for I think around 200bucks, which offered a reasonable alternative and was regularly subject to various discounts.

I think the subscription model may be good for businesses, because they could always be on the latest version without having to go through a new approval process etc.

However, for private users the barrier to entry will generally not be lowered I believe. At least not for the occasional amateur photographer/graphic designer/video guy. Many people buy PS once and are on e.g. version 'CS' and stay there for a rather long time. They might try the new thing out, but can always fall back because they "own" a copy and can use it as they please. People do not think as rational about it, the security to always have a fallback is worth a lot apparently.

The thing which would really annoy me about having to use a car everyday and, in total, spending a considerable time of my life driving it, is that you're doing just that, driving.

On public transport, you can read the news, write mails, write docs, read a book, do other things as you please, while still arriving at the location you want to go to, albeit probably a little slower (as you have to wait for the train/bus/tram and possibly have to walk to/from the station etc.).

I have never been to the US, so i cannot comment on the comparative part, though.

While it is officially advised, as many things in japan are, they are by no means mandatory. In japan you might just as well see a sign saying "don't go out in the rain, it's dangerous".

in japan, i've been to plenty of dark alleys during night time, visibly carrying cameras etc. and i've yet to be encounter anything bad. i think it is fairly safe to say, that japan is a LOT saver than most parts of the world.

Indeed!

It wouldn't be too much to ask to cache what has been loaded WHILE the app is running, is it? Or even maybe keep it cached w/o the pictures. Hell, they could maybe poll 50 entries instead of 25 and cache it with no problem (excluding graphics).

While I am at this, WHY does mobile safari have to reload a page every time i switch tabs/press the home button and instantly power it up again? It's not only hugely annoying on a non 3g device, it also makes no sense, you should at least be able to set an interval/turn it off...

Yes, you are obviously right. They obviously didn't want to put up with error handling, as you can tell by the crappy error messages they implemented. Basically, they said "fck it, just reboot".

Well, they are probably replacing a file which is currently in use on which other files depend on. While there may be other solutions to that problem, rebooting is the least error prone one and people are already used to having to reboot their computer after updates.

You'd have to be able to manage it like a git repo, though I think.

You could fork a track, make pull requests to add you own stuff and so forth. I'd love to see if that'd work out!

Exactly!

I think might even be bad for children NOT to see naked people. It could indeed have a bad effect on them, I think, e.g. cause self-confidence issues when they grow up, because they wouldn't know what things are going to be like, if it's normal etc. Moreover, it allows for creation of totally unrealistic, photoshopped beauty ideals, because children/teens see (nearly) naked people mostly in some kind of highly altered adverts. Seeing the real thing brings them down to earth...

While the idea sounds good/okay, it wouldn't be ready for prime time yet. That is, because

a) HQ microphones are not a very usual thing to have and they are not cheap and

b) because lag will probably kill the experience, even with a very good connection, a delay of, say, 150ms will be noticeable when playing music relying on reacting to each other.

While it's true that most of them are FPS, I don't think it is 95%. Look at Aion for example (MMORPG)

While I kind of agree with you, I have to add a few things. Especially concerning the startup culture in Japan. Yes, it is looked down upon by most, however, it exists. Compared to SV or London or Berlin it is fairly small, but it is there.

However, the exposure they get is very limited. It seems to be somewhat shut-off, mainly caused by a language barrier. Nearly everything is in Japanese, with little incentive to go international. Also, many people do not understand english well enough to participate in international communities or do not feel the urge to.

For example, look at mixi (it's a social network with roughly 15m members in japan, exists for i think 7 years+, mixi.jp), they had a huge userbase before facebook was popular in japan, even before facebook was really popular anywhere. however, their website is still only in japanese and to sign-up, you have to have a japanese cell phone email-address (for account confirmation). They are artificially locking people out and considering that japanese people increasingly go abroad/have friends outside of Japan, they migrate to facebook. Still, mixi does not move.

What I think is missing, is obviously the acceptance, as you mentioned, but also the incentive to go international(, unless the service involves billing). It's the internet and not a local sweets shop. By the way, there are also Japanese investors looking for startup and there are websites where they exchange ideas and whatnot, but it is all in Japanese.

I totally agree with you, except for the last sentence. Email is great, yes. However, please continue to innovate, because there could be something more awesome than email which would render email redundant.

Well, the baby of Facebook and Basecamp would definitely be online, which makes it impossible for it to even want to compete with email.

If you cannot search, read and write messages OFFLINE it has failed in my eyes. Outside of silicon valley or whereever, there are places where you will not get a connection.

Furthermore, it'd have to be more of a protocol rather than a service itself. many companies will not rely on some third party for hosting their most valuable information and communication network. same goes for individuals, probably <1%, but that is the tech-savy crowd...

Well as it stands, matte screens are:

a) easier on the eyes - you don't have to look through a mirror to be able to see What you want to see.

b) you can actually see something if you are not in your cellar with all lights dimmed (unless your display is really bright, which the mb screens are, or close to, which in exchange burns your battery…)

c) I do not know too much about the polarising effect causing colour shifts, but as far as I can tell, ALL professional monitors use non-glare coating. So I assume that, if anything, matte screens are more colour accurate.

Nice service, I like the idea very much.

One problem I noticed with it though: It does not work correctly with Japanese text. I can input & "save" Japanese, but upon opening that link the text will not be displayed correctly.

Very good Idea I think. Flashblock is one of the most useful plugins to me right now. Although I think that mozilla will definitely have to implement a very easily accessible whitelist to go along. Otherwise, it will become slightly annoying for people with slow internet connections who rely on loading e.g. loading videos while surfing in another tab and the like.

Please back the backdoor claim up, it's the first time I've read that and it does not really make sense (to me), as there would be no reason to do so...

Also, it would probably be possible to use lenses in the glasses with a certain dioptre strength applied, so that people could use those instead of their regular glasses.

Well, you know, you could upload from your browser before, too. While it is definitely a nice feature, it is not like it adds functionality...

I have to admit that I don't know about the situation in the US, but in Europe you generally will not get your full car reimbursed if you drive it against a wall. Unless you have some disgustingly expensive car insurance of course...

While your calculation is correct, you do not include a rather important fact. Owning a car which you intend to sell in a couple years is a risk. Even though the cost of ownership of a $100k car and $40k car might not be much, it will turn out to be significant at the moment you crash it.

Which will then inevitably lose you the full value.