what software/hardware did you use for your telephony interface? sure sounds interesting, i have been thinking about buildingsomething like that too, but those dialogic boards are so damn expensive.
Oh my gawd. SAP is horrible. The worst programming I've seen. I wasted a several hundred (thousand?) hours of my life debugging their messy code. It's a geek's nightmare.
What a bullshit. Stockholm maybe *used* to be a leader, now Europe is lagging far behind the U.S. in wireless communications - partly because u messed up things by betting on this awful WAP thingie. Anyways, I strongly recommend Berlin as a geek-friendly city. We have an almost insatiable demand for techies, living is affordable, and there is lots of entertainment. (if you are an Oracle DBA, a telephony or streaming media expert, send me your resume and share the dream of a geek life in Berlin - hehe)
We do already have a product (or a prototype, at least) before the (re-)launch of our website. The reason is secrecy. The cumulative IQ of an internet start-up can be measured by how much they give away of their trade secrets on their website. That's why I did a rm * in that directory after I figured that out (or did I get it all wrong?). We got screwed once and I'll do everything to prevent this from happening again. The issue here is about BRANDING. We already have a working prototype ready, it just deserves a better name that it has now. It's not about taking away a word or derivation from that word from the community that owns it (that would be, the community of people who speak english, for instance) and selling it for a profit. I am currently switching hosting companies and my personal domain name (last name +.com, it's of advantage to have a somewhat unique last name, hehe) points into nirvana. What you need, however, is a DNS record to make NSI happy.
I really hate the fact that all the seemingly "good" domain names are already taken. In fact, I would not mind if people had developed a business around most of them. However, most are just "parked". Can I park a trademark? No, I can't. And that's good the way it is. In my opinion, the same rules should apply to domain names that do apply for trademarks. I am currently in the process of starting an internet business (yeah, like everyone else, duh - but our idea is unique, hehe! - i digress) and have been researching names for MONTHS (really!) and every single one of the ones I came up with was already registered! About 90% of the names pointed to an "under construction" site or to a company that sells off these names. I understand that it is in the self-interest of NSI & other registrars to sell as many domains as possible - but does it make sense? I do not think so, especially since there can only be so-and-so many names that make sense. In my opinion, people should NOT be allowed to make a windfall profit just because they were the fastest to browse through their dictionaries and enter their credit card number a thousand times at netsol.com Now, if anyone came up with a decent name for my business that is still available, I'd consider giving you an appropriate share of our equity in return. Don't expect to get half of our company, though.. hehe - but imagine owning 0.001% of Microsoft or Sun Microsystems. What I'm looking for is an artificial but "naturally" sounding word with 6-10 letters that does not infringe any existing trademark rights. Plus the word should not provoke any negative associations in foreign languages. I don't want to later find out that my company name means "assholes" in portugese. Any suggestions?
Forgot to mention: Many companies in Austria modify the contract for their salaried employees when they get too expensive, so they don't have to be paid overtime. That's won't happen to someone who works on an hourly wage.
I'm from Austria as well. When I worked in the US, I did 40 hours at an hourly rate. In fact, an hourly rate gives you much more control over the time you actually work, because you employer knows that every hour will cost extra. I'd actually prefer to own a share of the company I am working for instead of getting ripped of with a salary or hourly wage or whatever. (That's what I will be doing soon, anyways)
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what software/hardware did you use for your telephony interface? sure sounds interesting, i have been thinking about buildingsomething like that too, but those dialogic boards are so damn expensive.
Oh my gawd. SAP is horrible. The worst programming I've seen. I wasted a several hundred (thousand?) hours of my life debugging their messy code. It's a geek's nightmare.
What a bullshit. Stockholm maybe *used* to be a leader, now Europe is lagging far behind the U.S. in wireless communications - partly because u messed up things by betting on this awful WAP thingie. Anyways, I strongly recommend Berlin as a geek-friendly city. We have an almost insatiable demand for techies, living is affordable, and there is lots of entertainment. (if you are an Oracle DBA, a telephony or streaming media expert, send me your resume and share the dream of a geek life in Berlin - hehe)
I suggest that we extend the alphabet beyond the usual 26 characters and add a few kanji characters every week to satisfy the demand in names.
Registrant:
D Blow Inc (EBULLSHIT-DOM)
PO Box 342
Lack, NY 14218
US
Domain Name: EBULLSHIT.COM
[..]
Record last updated on 12-May-1999.
Record created on 02-Mar-1999.
I wonder how much it will be worth in a few years!
We do already have a product (or a prototype, at least) before the (re-)launch of our website. The reason is secrecy. The cumulative IQ of an internet start-up can be measured by how much they give away of their trade secrets on their website. That's why I did a rm * in that directory after I figured that out (or did I get it all wrong?). We got screwed once and I'll do everything to prevent this from happening again. The issue here is about BRANDING. We already have a working prototype ready, it just deserves a better name that it has now. It's not about taking away a word or derivation from that word from the community that owns it (that would be, the community of people who speak english, for instance) and selling it for a profit. I am currently switching hosting companies and my personal domain name (last name + .com, it's of advantage to have a somewhat unique last name, hehe) points into nirvana. What you need, however, is a DNS record to make NSI happy.
All the news coverage (worldwide!) and free publicity he is going to get for this purchase might easily be worth the equivalent of $7.5m
The rules are probably all the same for European domain names, since they are all coordinated by RIPE (www.ripe.net).
I really hate the fact that all the seemingly "good" domain names are already taken. In fact, I would not mind if people had developed a business around most of them. However, most are just "parked". Can I park a trademark? No, I can't. And that's good the way it is. In my opinion, the same rules should apply to domain names that do apply for trademarks. I am currently in the process of starting an internet business (yeah, like everyone else, duh - but our idea is unique, hehe! - i digress) and have been researching names for MONTHS (really!) and every single one of the ones I came up with was already registered! About 90% of the names pointed to an "under construction" site or to a company that sells off these names. I understand that it is in the self-interest of NSI & other registrars to sell as many domains as possible - but does it make sense? I do not think so, especially since there can only be so-and-so many names that make sense. In my opinion, people should NOT be allowed to make a windfall profit just because they were the fastest to browse through their dictionaries and enter their credit card number a thousand times at netsol.com Now, if anyone came up with a decent name for my business that is still available, I'd consider giving you an appropriate share of our equity in return. Don't expect to get half of our company, though .. hehe - but imagine owning 0.001% of Microsoft or Sun Microsystems. What I'm looking for is an artificial but "naturally" sounding word with 6-10 letters that does not infringe any existing trademark rights. Plus the word should not provoke any negative associations in foreign languages. I don't want to later find out that my company name means "assholes" in portugese. Any suggestions?
If Bill could code a basic interpreter in assembler he can probably compile a kernel, too, don't ya think?
Forgot to mention: Many companies in Austria modify the contract for their salaried employees when they get too expensive, so they don't have to be paid overtime. That's won't happen to someone who works on an hourly wage.
I'm from Austria as well. When I worked in the US, I did 40 hours at an hourly rate. In fact, an hourly rate gives you much more control over the time you actually work, because you employer knows that every hour will cost extra. I'd actually prefer to own a share of the company I am working for instead of getting ripped of with a salary or hourly wage or whatever. (That's what I will be doing soon, anyways)
~ Florian
Just tell them you are from Europe and you will in most instances get away with 8 hours/ day. Worked for me! (Ok, it was work for the Government but the pay was great)