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bombs | 15 years ago | on: 37signals suite: All 37signals apps for one price

It's strange that pricing is only available to customers (for now?). There are three plans, starter, pro and elite and they all include Basecamp, Highrise, Backpack, Campfire, unlimited employees (users) and e-mail support.

  Starter - $99/month
  * 35GB of file storage
  * 35 Basecamp projects
  * 20,000 Highrise contacts

  Pro - $149/month
  * 100GB of file storage
  * 100 Basecamp projects
  * 50,000 Highrise contacts

  Elite - $249/month
  * 300GB of file storage
  * Unlimited Basecamp projects
  * 100,000 Highrise contacts
There's no mention that I can see whether Basecamp includes time tracking (available only on the $49 and higher Basecamp plans) or how much, if any, conference call minutes are included with Campfire.

bombs | 15 years ago | on: Offer HN: Handbook Freemium

quite |kwʌɪt|

adverb [usu. as submodifier ]

1. to the utmost or most absolute extent or degree; absolutely; completely : it's quite out of the question | are you quite certain about this? | this is quite a different problem | I quite agree | quite frankly, I don't blame you. • very; really (used as an intensifier) : “You've no intention of coming back?” “I'm quite sorry, but no, I have not.”

2. to a certain or fairly significant extent or degree; fairly : it's quite warm outside | I was quite embarrassed, actually | she did quite well at school | he's quite an attractive man.

bombs | 15 years ago | on: What fragmentation? 77% of devices run Android 2.1 or 2.2

I know that Android's OS versions are more fragmented, because they're controlled by Google, handset manufacturers AND carriers (in contrast to the iPhone being solely controlled by Apple), but I always thought hardware, not software, fragmentation was the big issue.

There are about 80 different Android smartphones that have been released according to Wikipedia. That is more than what RIM have released in the last 15 years, including their pagers and carrier-specific versions, and a lot more than the 4 iPhones and 5 webOS smartphones.

I can't speak much about consumer-side of things, but as a developer, I can tell you that developing for iOS and webOS is easier and cheaper because there are less devices. I test on every iOS and webOS device, but on less than 10% of the available Android devices, because of the cost caused by so many devices.

bombs | 15 years ago | on: The Asian domain-name extortion scam

ICANN don't maintain the .cn TLD. If China's attitude to copyright, trademark and other IP infringement is anything to go by, I don't think CNNIC is going to do much.

bombs | 15 years ago | on: The 727 that Vanished

I'd say it's like searching in a needle in a needle stack. The amount of unidentifiable junk that ends up in ocean gyres from planes, boats and cars (!) is astounding.

bombs | 15 years ago | on: The $131M Ford Rollover Death Verdict That Twitter Broke

I read over some of the coverage and it stipulates that Cole was wearing a seatbelt, but due to the give of the seatbelt, he was still ejected.

The Explorer is unsafe, because if it does roll, it will be crushed by its own weight, regardless of speed. 1 in 2,700 Explorers manufactured between 1990 and 2001, has been involved in a fatal rollover. The numbers are worse for its predecessor, the Bronco II, where it is 1 in 500.

I couldn't find a source of truth for Cole's speed at the time, but by all accounts, it didn't sound like he did anything else wrong (he swerved to avoid a car driving on the wrong side of the road).

bombs | 15 years ago | on: Apple's attention to detail

I dont think so. The ambient light sensor is next to the iSight camera. I'd wager the indicator light is most oft on when the lid is closed and the sensor unexposed to ambient light. It's just dimmer.

bombs | 15 years ago | on: The story of round rectangles

It's also available in book form as Revolution in the Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made. It's always better to step away from the computer for a quick, inspirational read!
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