"It's less a conscious memory being stored and more the raw sensory input."

You mean they've created Arnold Schwarzenegger?

At the risk of using business cliches, I think it's better to focus on your core business than to try and do everything yourself. Otherwise you usually end up doing a lot of things badly.

You say don't rely on other people--that's not only sad, it's impractical. Because eventually, hopefully, he'll have to hire some employees...

"If you can't be responsible for every part of your business, you don't need to be in business, PERIOD."

So a person making widgets should know how to run a server? Bullshit. He said he's creating a web site for his business, not that he's becoming a web site designer/host. He never said what his business was (presumably he thinks he's invented the next mousetrap.) That would have been helpful to give some sort of idea at least if this was a service or a widget you sell out of an online store.

To the question: I don't think you need "the cloud" but I think you do need to find a reliable web site host where you can start small, but have room to grow. Yeah I know you think you have the next hot idea, but it still takes a while for things to catch on. Get someone with experience hosting e-commerce web sites and shops, especially if you're selling a widget. If you're selling a service you'll need something more basic but which can handle a large number of views and basics like email forms for inquires. Point is, if you're expecting "millions of hits" this is not a do-it-yourself project.

Oh and btw make sure you not only pick a good .com .biz, etc. name, but take advantage of the email, i.e., Joe.Blow@mybusiness.com or sales@mybusiness.com. IOW, do not use Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, etc. I work with small suppliers every day and I still see a lot of those crop up--especially one person shops. Those emails are fine for someone looking for a job, but look damn unprofessional on a business.

If you're not a web designer (and you know whether or not you are), either keep it really basic, or get someone (not just your unemployed brother) professional (someone with a portfolio you like) to design it. Doesn't have to be fancy and make sure you budget. Once you decide on a design, don't keep going back and expect them to make changes for free. Start making changes and you will blow your budget.

Good luck.

It would be better if instruction manuals were actually useful...

I'm a long time computer user and not to the old fogie stage yet, but I wouldn't know that a + sign means to add an alarm either. And I continue to be disgusted by incorrect or missing information in instruction manuals. They seem to be more interested in putting them 10 different languages than making sure they are correct and understandable. I would bet that younger people are more willing to just "figure it out" while the first thing a more mature person would do would be to RTFM.

I get irritated that people simply assume older people are dumb. My mother is in her 80s and uses a computer. But when we go to the doctors, you'd be amazed how many times the nurse starts talking to me or my spouse instead of her right off the bat, like she incapable of understanding. Mom usually sets them straight before I do. Maybe the designers should start studying if their designs actually make sense rather than assuming it's all a user problem.

From the article:
"Now Zhang and a trio of Montreal students who took second place for their technique for making sorbet without gelatin move on to compete against U.S. and Australian teams at the International BioGENEius Challenge in Washington, D.C., June 27."

Man, the second place team is looking pretty pathetic now...

What Apple didn't say is it saves all those future keystrokes in a hidden database that syncs up with your iPhone.

FYI, this is not a conspiracy theory unless you've been hiding under a rock.

Several states are testing plans to tax mileage as more people move to green or high mileage vehicles. They have become dependent on gas tax like they did on tobacco tax. When people change their habits, suddenly the government finds itself cash strapped.

And of course this isn't going to replace the gas tax...

And then charge us for how many miles we drive because gas consumption decreases. As discussed yesterday. Move us to clean energy and then tax the wind.

I thought this was something that happened in the line of duty, but the article says, "They were fitted by veterinary dentist David Clarke after Axel shattered his teeth while biting into his bed board."

OK, this dog is seriously all teeth, no brains.

And you never know when they'll try to hack the Pentagon!

I'm sure had you wanted to pay for such they would have made a replacement. It looks like they replaced both canines which would be essential for a guard dog if he need to chomp down on an escapee. NO ONE is going to fuck with his handler now.

He might have been ripping at a fence board to get to someone on the other side. I don't think he was just chewing on it like a bone.

I think the biggest problem is you make a player that is going to be primarily used by children and then warn parents not to let your 6 year-old play it.

So the parents start to think, well what about the children older than 6 or the teen has a little brother and they don't want him picking it up.

Whenever you have to tell parents that a toy is dangerous, you can't be surprised when it doesn't sell.

The heck with private computers--I know a LOT of companies that still use IE6 which was supposedly dead. Why? Legacy systems. There are some programs that have to have a work around because they don't work with IE 7 or 8. We had a planned upgrade to 7 which has been held up because of this. Not to mention if you're using a computer that came with XP, it's likely going to turn into a slug when you load 7, if it can be loaded at all without having to replace it.

Definitely harder. I worked some 8 years at a contract worker before getting brought on board full time where I am no. (Most of these contract jobs were extended periods...6 months to 2 years, and several times I had supervisors who wanted to bring me on-board, but didn't have the final say.) I finally got my current job because 3 supervisors who wanted me hired when my contract time was almost up. (They have a limit of 1 year for temp workers which can be expanded 6 more months...after that they either have to let you go or hire you.) I am certainly well-qualified.

As I understand, a lot of the problem is insurance rates. A company that has an older workforce, pays higher premiums. Then you start to realize why older workers with more experience are targeted for early retirement. Otherwise it makes no sense to hire fresh-outs (college graduates) with almost no experience when you've got experienced workers looking for work who you won't have to hand-hold. But after you get in your 40s, unless you're moving up the management ladder, it gets harder to find full-time, permanent work with benefits.

That being said, if someone tried to get me to wear some damn red came and pose with a cartoon character at the employment office, I probably would have lost it.

You want to know why people want to slash government spending to the bone--there's an example!

That doesn't mean you throw common sense out the door. You've got a convicted sex offender who has a laptop with encrypted files on it. Yeah..BIG red flags.

Now I can see the point that they should have been able to get a warrant. Police do it all the time when they pull a car over and and a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.