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what I don't understand is why email isn't enough. Why in this day and age do you need the phone # and address? That just tells me that you'll use my information to do high pressure sales calls, and not just to "inform" or "customize" my quote

sure it does...it allows him to exit with his head held high, and allows to add another acquisition to his resume. And frees up his time to start up another idea that he thinks has a lot more chance of success.

nowhere is safe...if you become a problem they'll eventually come for you

how exactly do you personalize an email to an angel investor.

Dropping blog posts etc just seems very superficial...and actually saying how they'd be the person to help you just makes you come off as needy.

Multiply that by 30-40 people, and it's no wonder it takes people months to raise funds.

I don't see why that would affect anything.

You can always link to the framework, so at worst your user will find the site a few seconds slower to load.

Then if there is adoption, you can always be included in the next build of the browser. All these frameworks tend to be tiny(i.e. jquery is huge, but is something like 30 kb), so nothing is stopping the browser from including all the possible frameworks on the harddrive.

what I don't understand, is why browsers don't just include the core stuff like that in the actual build.

There are like a dozen javascript frameworks that people use...so why not keep the latest copy of jquery and YUI for example on the user's harddrive? Surely there is space for say, 2-3mb of different javascript libraries.

Then all you have to do is simply ignore the jquery/yui inclusion code when you render the page, and just load it from the harddrive instead.

No sweat for you, but your users and developers might actually find that when they use your browser they get a slightly faster experience.

looks like they are on the ball, just got the email

I'm questioning the service, because I had to read about the outage on HN...and not through a warning email from jotform.

At the very least, they should have sent an email, telling people to switch the urls so the forms would work.

agreed..it's like people never dealt with anyone from a big corporation before...it always takes a while to get a response...and something like would require decision making from multiple executives...they probably just waited till the next meeting to bring it up

not really, car dealers make most of their money on their service department.

That new Civic might net the dealer a $500 profit....but if that car comes in for a single service, they'll net more than that from the repair. And yes you aren't paying any cash for warranty work...but the dealer gets paid by the manufacturer, so they don't care.

yeah my firefox experience have been pretty subpar...it's just not stable.

It crashes all the time with like 30 tabs open...freezes up...and it uses 900mb of ram just by simply browsing....and can spike up to 2.3-2.4 GB ram if you do visit any intensive site.

The only reason I don't switch to Chrome, is because it doesn't support a lot of plugins that I use.

right now it's more of a case of each side getting someone who'll come out and say they agree with them.

agreed, it doesn't seem like it should be a jury trial, but instead should be just a hearing in front of matter experts.

What does joe schmoe know about the nuances around patent law? There is a reason there are lawyers who specialize their entire practice just around patent law.

perhaps the culture change because of the challenger disaster...nothing like having the shuttle blow up, to make you reevaluate your priorities for safety

yeah, those are some terrible domain names...not even worth the reg fee. Now, if it was something like rideshare.com it might be worth something.

well the cars have a pretty decent aftermarket, so if you needed a new exhaust you could have just gotten an aftermarket one...or bought a used one on the forums for a few hundred

changing coilpacks isn't that hard...here is a DIY for the A4:

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/364601-DIY-1-8T...

better yet, take the loan, then pay it off the next day.

that's partly because in Europe your insurance is through the roof so people throw away perfectly fine cars since they don't want to pay $6K/yr for a civic

to be honest, I was in your boat. I always bought Hondas/Acuras since I was afraid of maintenance issues. So for the last car I decided to take a gamble and buy an Audi. An A4 quattro for winter driving. Figure, worst case scenario, I'll just drive the other car.

Maintenance isn't too bad, I mean yes, a lot of things need a few extra steps compared to other cars...but there are plenty of forums with step by step DIY instructions on how to do everything.

Basically a good rule of thumb is that a Toyota/Honda will cost you $500/yr to keep running. And an Audi will cost you $1,000/yr.

Reliability wise, the mechanical bits are pretty reliable. They had a major issue with the coilpacks, but they did a recall on those, and the new ones are supposed to be bulletproof. The electrical bits on the other hand have their fair share of gremlins...but those are an annoyance, not anything serious + Audi has an onboard computer that catches these things...so you'll know when your turn signal burns out.

ah yes, didn't catch what you were saying in the original post...then yes, the redesigns should be accounted...but since they are only looking at E320s, the redesign hit should affect all years.

complicated = harder to work on = takes more time to do ecah tasks = if you go to dealer you pay more

it actually makes sense...take Audi for example.

You'll pay $40K for an A4 2.0T Quattro(once you get a few basic options)

Or you can go used, and buy a 2009 with 36K miles for $25K...a car that looks identical to the 2012 model. Pretty much identical car for $15K less.

Or you can buy one generation older(2005-2008) with 60K miles for $15K...a car that's still modern, and has pretty much identical features.

Both of these options will still be pretty much brand new, and you'll get to save a ton of money. i.e. for the cost of an entry level Civic, you get a $40K car.

E320 is just an E-Class

The 320 just designates engine size. i.e. 3.2L V6

The new 350s, are still the E class, just with a 3.5 V6

another thing is that German cars tend to be a bit more complicated, since they want to screw people on maintenance costs.

For example, I just bought a used Audi a month ago.

1-Bulbs - changing bulbs on regular cars, you just screw them out inside the engine bay and replace them with the new one. Not with Audi...you have to unbolt and remove the entire headlight assembly just to be able to change some bulbs. And the screws aren't normal, they use torx screws that you need a special adapter for(most tool kits don't come with these).

2-Wipers - for that generation, you are required to buy Audi wipers...since no aftermarket manufacturer sells that type of wiper. For that one, I ended up buying new wiper arms from a modern Audi and installing those, so that in the future I can buy aftermarket wiper blades.

3-Plastic bits, to access the engine there are a bunch of minor plastic bits that you need to take off. Sure it's not a big deal, but every minute a mechanic spends taking it off, and putting it on, is more money you are paying for the job at $100+/hr rates.

Because you are paying high maintenance costs, it helps to look for a perfect car, since even minor things will cost you. i.e. I bought my Audi from an ex-audi mechanic, who spent the equivalent of $4,000 worth of maintenance before selling it.

the name is kinda bad

kinda says swollen, which would implicate that you actually get fatter.

I think something like what Goldman Sachs did with Facebook would work.

You create a Startup Mutual Fund...where regular folks can sign up and deposit money into.

The fund then uses that money to invest into companies. i.e. they'd issue a notice that a week from now they'll be investing into Startup Z and each share would cost $X(actual cost per share + 10% fund operating premium)

If the round is limited, the shares would be assigned on first come first serve basis.

Essentially a venture capital company but without requiring huge investments to participate.

Then also create a marketplace where shares can be sold on the secondary market.

Fund's revenue would come from a) fund's fee when purchasing b) fund's fee for secondary sales c) yearly membership fee.

And this way you essentially just have the one investor and those who want to invest small investments won't need to get accredited to get into the game.

and I'm tired of people excusing any and all scrutiny of bad behavior as alarmist

so I'm supposed to pay money to promote some random startup?

in order to get a shirt, that they give away for free at their booths all over the place?

+ $20/mo to get a shirt is way overpriced...at that price, I might as well get a shirt from threadless that I like instead of "randomstartup.com!" one.

The business model should be flipped. Startups should pay you...to distribute shirts for free. And allow them to make it local....i.e. 300 shirts to people in los angeles.

Cost wise just charge them the same $20 per shirt. $10K for a one time marketing cost is nothing really. And getting 500 people to wear shirts would be worth it.

wasn't looking for a specific car, just wanted a good deal on a car that matched my criteria

ended up getting the car 30% below the KBB value