DISQUS

I have a G4 Mini that's never had trouble, and that I never got the warranty for, but I can attest that AppleCare may as well be mandatory if you buy a laptop or any first generation product, especially recently. I'd never bought a laptop warranty before because I am very careful with my gear, but some friends told me about problems they'd had. So I bought coverage at the last minute for my MacBook... and it's been in for repairs several times for defects since then. Good news, though: you don't have to pay Apple's retail price for AC. I got mine at A____n for $50 off, and there's other places that will sell it discounted as well. Just be careful to buy the right box for the product you have.

When my parents were both writing their dissertations in the 70s, my dad calculated that the cost of the TRS-80 + daisy wheel printer he bought would be cheaper than sending out his and mom's text to be professionally typed, and they'd save months in turnaround for proofing, etc.

So not only was the front end content creation faster, the overall production costs got cheaper, too. In the publishing world (after retooling to accept discs and not just manuscripts) that meant lesser authors *perhaps* had more of a chance of getting published. Especially as this lowered the barrier to entry for smaller presses...

I don't see how they could sue me for just watching. Unless that puts me in receipt of stolen property somehow?

People who send out Skydeck invites should be required to include their phone numbers, don't you think? :)

A theory put forth on Charlie Rose last night was that her biggest mistake was underestimating the caucus states. She lost the race; she wasn't deprived of it.

I think Plaxo already saves copies of all the pictures I upload to Flickr and other sources, and doesn't demand screen space for a toolbar.

What makes you think the community hasn't always been for sale? What about a certain streaming video startup, for example, that maybe gave away some phones, and now has people saying come see me streaming live from a bar? This move definitely capitalized on the relationships people have. When you join the next big thing, what will you be asked to do almost as soon as you confirm your email address? Import your contacts so they can be brought in, of course. Selling a twitter account directly just serves to show how much some advertisers will pay to get a single shot at a targeted demographic's attention. (Some of you might be flattered to know how much you could be worth as technical tastemakers, if only you'd stop blogging about making money with blogs)