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My comment applies to the Name Spinner.

Really fun site. I think it is helpful. I did, however, think the list that was returned was too long by default. Maybe leave off the unavailable one?

Those are great questions for all startups, even if you are not applying to YC. Thanks for sharing.

I like it so far. I hope it becomes the best place on the web to promote/find new startups.

If you really think about it, @nickfrost is probably gaining early adopters by posting this. Nearly everyone that reads this post will be interested in http://startupli.st

Plus, no one has all the answers and I am glad that @nickfrost is welcoming other ideas.

Do you have any samples, so that I could see what to expect? I would like to see some examples of how this is better or different than say tumblr/posterous/twitter.

Nice writeup. I used to call passwords with multiple words a "pass-phrase."

Nice summary! I enjoy the Play Framework as well.

I will have to look into the data a bit more, but I am guessing some really helpful data can be mined. This is an interesting idea. I hope it gets a good response.

"The 12-year-old taught himself calculus, algebra and geometry in two weeks..."

That is real smart.

How come I have never heard about this 12 year old before? The world needs more stories like this.

Nice Post. I agree.

Since the site is for all college and NFL teams, it may not be a good idea to put a specific team on the front. Thus, 7 is a more generic football image. Just my thoughts, but 3 and 7 are my favorites.

Congrats DotCloud. Please use the money to keep doing great things.

I would also be interested in something like this.

"achieving 60% of the impossible is better than 100% of the ordinary"

A great quote!

Nice description and congrats.

This is a good initiative for the Midwest. Good work Silicon Prairie News.

A great story. Now you should go make a movie out of it.

You need to solve the puzzle or are you joking?

Kind of wish I was there.

Try the Play Framework

www.playframework.org

What age of kids does it target?

I particularly like the White on Orange

That is a lot of cash. DARPA does do some neat things. Hmm, what would Hacker News readers do with $500M?

Plus many of the new Graph Databases are written in Java. Neo4j and OrientDB

Thanks

I have an app on Heroku that is loading slower than normal. This might be why. Is anyone else seeing a similar problem?