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Marc Andreessen's Social Platform: Ning

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the someone-doing-something-interesting dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As reported on SiliconBeat, Marc Andreessen has finally lifted the covers off his latest project: an applications structure called Ning, which makes the development of social websites like thefacebook.com and match.com more accessible. See TheGlu and Dating for examples of Ning in action."

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  1. Ning ning! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You forgot your bling bling!

  2. dating.ning.com very popular... by Ritz_Just_Ritz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "You searched for 18 - 99 year old females.

    No matching profiles."

    8-)

  3. Lniux Sucks because its too hard to use by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Linux is *not* user friendly, and until it is linux will stay with >1% marketshare.

    Take installation. Linux zealots are now saying "oh installing is so easy, just do apt-get install package or emerge package": Yes, because typing in "apt-get" or "emerge" makes so much more sense to new users than double-clicking an icon that says "setup".

    Linux zealots are far too forgiving when judging the difficultly of Linux configuration issues and far too harsh when judging the difficulty of Windows configuration issues. Example comments:

    User: "How do I get Quake 3 to run in Linux?"
    Zealot: "Oh that's easy! If you have Redhat, you have to download quake_3_rh_8_i686_010203_glibc.bin, then do chmod +x on the file. Then you have to su to root, make sure you type export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 but ONLY if you have that latest libc6 installed. If you don't, don't set that environment variable or the installer will dump core. Before you run the installer, make sure you have the GL drivers for X installed. Get them at [some obscure web address], chmod +x the binary, then run it, but make sure you have at least 10MB free in /tmp or the installer will dump core. After the installer is done, edit /etc/X11/XF86Config and add a section called "GL" and put "driver nv" in it. Make sure you have the latest version of X and Linux kernel 2.6 or else X will segfault when you start. OK, run the Quake 3 installer and make sure you set the proper group and setuid permissions on quake3.bin. If you want sound, look here [link to another obscure web site], which is a short HOWTO on how to get sound in Quake 3. That's all there is to it!"

    User: "How do I get Quake 3 to run in Windows?"
    Zealot: "Oh God, I had to install Quake 3 in Windoze for some lamer friend of mine! God, what a fucking mess! I put in the CD and it took about 3 minutes to copy everything, and then I had to reboot the fucking computer! Jesus Christ! What a retarded operating system!"

    So, I guess the point I'm trying to make is that what seems easy and natural to Linux geeks is definitely not what regular people consider easy and natural. Hence, the preference towards Windows.

  4. Re:Is "ning" slang for "genitals" in Chinese? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What is your obsession with Chinese men's genitals??

  5. Re:Interesting concept by crschmidt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I know at *least* 2 females on Slashdot.

    But I considered just making the choices "male" or "CowboyNeal". Since those two females wouldn't want to date anyone from here anyway.

    --
    -- Christopher Schmidt YouTube Quality of Experience
  6. YES! Fofp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OpenBSD. How many sux0r status, *BSD of its core w9hich don't use the