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Reading RIM's reply: "I want you to know that we are absolutely listening.", "Our development teams here at RIM have been working hard to get our tools ready for PlayBook launch." ...

I can't help myself thinking of a saying: Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.

If that's beginning of learning php+js just keep on. Probably you can't expect to win the world with what you've just build, but learn as much as you can and polish UX - like sorting books, pre-load next results so you get new book instantly when you press "more results" or whatever comes up to your mind.

Take it as a first step, use it as a reference and go for next step and so on.

I agree that majority of managers are attracted by large sums of cash and other perks and were probably even more just a few years ago, but not all. JAL's CEO cut his own wage (from article it seems like that only his wife didn't like idea too much;) ), he's Japanese and I don't know their culture and values good enough to understand if that's normal or not for them.

However founders don't work 24/7 for the reason of cash primarily. I do work to show my talent, to create great work, perhaps even change the world for better. Can't do it for nothing as I need some cash for living, but you get the idea.

Keep in mind that JAL is under chapter 11 bankruptcy, so it's not like JAL is full of cash.

I like his attitude more than those bank executives that got bailed out and paid themselves multi millions at the same time.

True, but hackers are smart people and don't like dumb rules.

In real physical rolodex you can understand the limit, because it really exists. In Gmail it's hardcoded "OK <= 10000" and that's hard to understand, specially when there's upgrade for 20,000 contacts - so 10,000 is just an artificial dumb rule.

Congrats!

I really like when Brian's grandfather (Brian is CEO and founder) found idea just fine, as that's the way people were "travelling" 60+ years ago - they just stayed at someone's house. Like history reinvented.

All OK, but I'm European.

I've worked in USA, so I have social-security, but don't have permanent US address. World is a little bigger than USA afterall.

I kind of understand why (this one and many others):

"My cousin who is 8yrs old proceeded to make nearly AUD$1500 worth of purchases of these gold coins within the app, without any need for password or any warnings. Remember this game is designed for children." http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2589575...

In 1848 people were just tired and full of anger for the "world" they were living in.

In 2011 people are not just tired and full of anger for the countries they're living in, but they also have communication they never had before, which means they can work with each other, and organize efficiently as they never could in past (anyone watched 300 movie how small but coordinated army defeated big one?).

I wouldn't dare to predict what will happened in those countries after revolutions, but I dare to predict many more countries where people are tired of same bullshit years over years will take same path.

Even barcodes are not good for unique IDs in stores, since you can have same product eg. CHocolate produced in two different plants.

Basic rule is: never use any data as unique ID, always use an abstract field for that.

Me neither, but he made a point!

"Readability’s business model is to charge a subscription fee, keep 30 percent, and pass 70 percent along to the writers/publishers of the articles being read by Readability users. Sound familiar?"

Not too wise.

Google for "787 Dreamliner outsourcing". It was costly experience for Boeing.

"Five years from now, Mr. Wadhwa said he believes Indian workers will be developing software on par with programmers in Silicon Valley."

Russian/Estonian/[insert any country] are doing that for a while. Just not in their own country, but in Silicon Valley (50% of Silicon Valley startup has at least one founder that's not from USA). For creme de la creme products you need more than just good Indian "worker".

Horses were replaced not by faster horses, but by cars.

Trains were not replaced by faster trains, but by airplanes.

Good First class travel experience from Europe to Australia will not be replaced by Excelent First class experience, but rather by Suborbital flight (even without meal) which will bring you there in 2hours.

Will not miss it on PC as I always press F6 to get to the Address Bar so I'll be happy to gain extra 20px or so vertically.

I'm not sure if average users of Chrome and majority of new Chrome users is thinking that way.

Flash is a technology that had it's best days in PC era.

Probably noone can imagine YouTube or banner ads without Flash technology nowdays, but new devices are coming to market where Flash isn't best choice anymore. Just as floppy disks served world in it's days but are now replaced with USB keys or broadband connections and clouds storages so it looks like Flash had it's days and will be replaced by other solutons (like H.264 codec).

Putting Flash on Android tablets seems like they want to compete "has flash" VS. iPad's "does not have Flash", but that doesn't really serve to users.

It goes the way nature has invented long time ago and it's called evolution - where old dies (even very best of it's time) away and new takes over.

He is no different than guys at Wall street or Hedge funds. All they care is money money money.

What he does barely benefits anyone but him.

Nevertheless he get's 10 points for execution, for exploring every loophole, for perfecting the system, but 0 points for the value he's creating with his "business".