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Jim Saunders Developer

TheFounder — Mon, 13 May 2013 02:18:39 +0000

What will Jim Saunders, Developer, come up with next? The answer is
Obviously Tree Armor, a new tree guard that expands as the tree grows,
protecting the bark from deer, lawn mower and weed wackers.

Everybody knows Jim Saunders, Developer, school choice advocate, disc
jockey and public school teacher. Now he’s an inventor and Tree Armor is
everywhere.

There are few lawn and garden products that stores carry year round. Tree
Armor is one of them. While fertilizer, herbicides, seeds & lawn equipment
are pulled off the shelves for shovels and snow blowers, you find the
familiar Tree Armor dispensers everywhere.

Tree Armor is one of the only lawn and garden products that homeowners
depend on year round. Tree Armor protects trees from rutting bucks that try to
use young trees as scratching boards for their antlers. During October,
November, December, January and February, the testosterone levels in buck
cause deer to seek out tree trunks to rub off the velvet like material that
surfaces on antlers during the gestation or pregnancy period of doe. Hungry
deer are turned away, by the firm gripping Tree Armor, in January, February
and March, when snowy fields offer no food for winter animals.

A conspiracy theory on why Bitcoins exploded in price

TheFounder — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:13:19 +0000

Here’s the most wild, yet most believable conspiracy theory on what made Bitcoins explode in price.

Bitcoins showed up in 2009 … and had a run up in 2011 to about $35 dollars, then crashed to about $4 to $8. This was supposed to be the end of the story, but it wasn’t… after a year or so of hovering post crash dollars it started to explode around July of 2012. Now trading at at roughly $140

Those are the facts.

This is the most wild but compelling conspiracy theory that might have legs, all in a single chart.

In a nutshell, Bitcoins are backed by oil. Literally weeks after the European Union implemented sanctions against Iran, the price of Bitcoins started to explode.

Until that point, the Iranians were able to sell their oil to Europe as only the United States had the hard hitting sanctions. However you’ll notice almost immediately after those sanctions were implemented the price of Bitcoin went up.

The price started to rise within weeks of the Sanctions being implemented. It looks from that chart that they started requiring payment in bitcoins the second the sanctions started, and increased the program size and demanded more payment for oil in bitcoins as time progressed, finally flipping the big switch just this month.

As far as the Iranians are concerned, getting paid in bitcoin has two fold advantages

1- It provides “hard” currency that can be exchanged for any other currency.

2 – using Bitcoin as a transaction medium disrupts the US dollar which oil is traditionally settled in, this is a form of an economic counter-attack from the sanctions. Large multi-national state to state transactions are generally done in US dollars, this completely bypasses that established system and if it starts to catch on becomes a currency of reserve. Which is something that becomes a problem for Central Bankers and Sanctions.

There is no proof other than this article published last year on BusinessWeek which noted that Iranians were adopting bitcoin in large numbers. Well, if their citizens did, most likely their government took notice.

New Bitcoin Useage – DRM for Video Games

TheFounder — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:02:13 +0000

Before you read into this article, we would like to state the following:

THIS IS NOT WHAT BITCOIN WAS MADE FOR!

This most likely will inflame people as DRM is all the headlines recently, especially with the recent launch of SimCity.

We like investments in Bitcoin, in fact we embrace it as it’s our sole income here. However some VC money is going to areas of Bitcoin investments that we are not that happy about.

We heard it on Good Authority (from the CEO of the DRM bitcoin startup) that at least 5 game makers, including LucasArts and EA are or at least were prior to the SimCity launch intending to fund his Video Game DRM company based on Bitcoin Technology.

What’s not clear is if it will be using bitcoins themselves, or if they will be using a fork of the bitcoin technology adapted for DRM purposes.

The concept is simple, each game will be assigned X numbers of micro bitcoins (or something similar) each time the game is installed, it will send X automatically to the game maker. When the balance is zero, the game will start asking for money or will be crippled.

The intent is to make sure that you only can install the game X number of times, otherwise you’re subjected to possible copyright infringement.

The encryption and validation of the clients will ensure that it is extremely difficult to be “hacked” as it’s based on bitcoin technology. Look at it this way, the same reason you can’t double spend bitcoins is the same reason you can’t double install a bitcoin protected video game.

Again we love bitcoins, but this… this is just wrong.

We are user supported, by bitcoins. Show your support that one can make a living from bitcoins.
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Google : Blonde women are not hot

TheFounder — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:18:35 +0000

Image Search in Google for “Hot Looking Women” and you get zero blonds, in fact you get zero Asians as well. We’re somewhat perplexed on why Google refuses to list these gorgeous women under that search query.

So we’re going to try to fix it for them.

1 – This is a hot looking women

2 – This is a hot looking women

Google fix your algo …

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Comcast – Everything is as it should be

TheFounder — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:09:07 +0000

analyst Winbird has entered room

Winbird: Hello Roger, Thank you for contacting Comcast Live Chat Support. My name is Winbird. Please give me one moment to review your information.

Roger: My Issue: Just confused at my billing — evidently everyone else is paying less than I am in the area and I wanted to know why

Winbird: As your analyst, I am here to provide you with excellent customer service. Please be assured I will do my best to help you with your concern. I hope your day is doing just fine.

Roger: it’s a good day

Roger: but I wanted to know why everyone else is getting HBO, high speed internet from comcast and paying 40% less than I am

Winbird: Oh! We apologize but we can’t also explain why other customers in your area is paying less than what you have because we also need to consider what services they have, roger

Winbird: *Roger

Roger: I have a very old comcast box upstairs (dosn’t do HD) , a cable modem from comcast and a DVR machine

Roger: I have 2 TV’s in the house

Winbird: That we can find out if we can check their account and compare it with yours

Roger: I need high speed internet, and my fiancee needs the DVR and Bravo

Winbird: And unfortunately, we can discuss what is in their account for security reasons

Winbird: Let me check that on the account first.

Winbird: For security purposes, may I please have the last 4 digits of your Social Security Number?

Roger: XXXXXX (the only part of this that I edited)

Winbird: Thank you.

Winbird: Please give me 2-3 minutes to pull up your account information. Would that be alright with you?

Roger: yes

Winbird: Thank you.

Roger: the performance package for example is 24/month

Roger: i’m evidently paying much more than that 48.95

Winbird: You can downgrade your service to have a lower rate, Roger

Roger: hold 1 second

Winbird: sure thing

Roger: ok it’s advertised as 24/month for the same thing I am paying 48 a month for

Roger: why?

Roger: https://www.comcast.com/shop/buyflow2/customer/offers.cspx?mode=PASMODE&&Inflow=1

Winbird: Can you please post all details about that offer you are referring to, Roger? Please include the “Details and Restrictions”

Roger: Performance Get download speeds up to 20 Mbps and upload speeds up to 4 Mbps with PowerBoost®! Share photos, book travel, watch online videos – at super fast speeds. Constant Guard® – The most comprehensive online protection of any major Internet provider at home and now on your mobile devices. XFINITY Connect with 7 e-mail accounts, each with 10GB of storage. Backed by the 30-Day Money-Back Comcast Customer Guarantee. This special price is for customers who currently subscribe to XFINITY Digital TV or XFINITY Voice® service. Minimum System Requirements Details and Restrictions Learn More Special Offer! $24.99 per month for the first 6 months

Roger: that’s about the speed I am getting here, but it’s 24.99 a month, i’m paying much more than that

Winbird: Can you click on the “Details and Restrictions”

Winbird: Then post here what is in there?

Winbird: Sorry, I can’t open the link from here

Roger: Offer ends 3/21/13, and is limited to new XFINITY Internet residential customers. Not all services and features available in all areas. Offer limited to Performance Internet service to a single outlet and requires subscription to either XFINITY Digital TV or Voice service at regular rates. After first 6 months, monthly service charge goes to $39.99 for months

Roger: so everyone is paying either 24 or 39.99 … yet I am paying for the Performance internet $48.95

Winbird: “and is limited to new XFINITY Internet residential customers” <--- this means that the offer is only for New customers, Roger. Those customers who are about to order a Comcast account yet

Winbird: If your neighbor has this offer, it means that they are a New Comcast customer.

Roger: that's fine, but that means that their price will max out at 30% lower than mine for the next 2000 years?

Winbird: Yes, after this promotion expires, the rate will go back to its standard retail rate just as what you have

Roger: should I cancel and sign back up?

Roger: you see my problem with this... just because I have been a loyal customer for years shouldn't mean I get punished for it

Winbird: You can cancel but still you can't have the said offer, because you will wait for 3 months to be considered a new customer in the same address

Roger: this is so messed up. Because I have been a loyal customer I get punished

Winbird: There is nothing messed up in the account.

Roger: it's fine

Winbird: Everything is as it should be

Roger: “as it should” be would imply that existing customers don’t get punished.. that isn’t the case… however it appears that the problem is more widespread than what I suspected.

Roger: thank you for your time

Winbird: You are very welcome.

Winbird: It has been my pleasure to have assisted you and I appreciate your time chatting with me today.

Winbird: Thank you for giving me an opportunity to resolve this.

Winbird: If you need further assistance you can always chat back with us. We are always here to assist 24/7.

Winbird: Roger, thank you for choosing Comcast for your entertainment needs! Our goal is to provide you with a consistently superior customer experience – that’s our guarantee. Learn more about the Comcast Customer Guarantee at http://www.comcast.com/corporate/Customers/CustomerGuarantee.html?fss=customer guarantee

Evidently AT&T doesn’t like Google Glass

TheFounder — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:20:57 +0000

Evidently AT&T doesn’t like Google Glass. According to Adaptive Glass, the news outlet regarding mobile devices AT&T is forcing users to buy a tethering plan, which is pricey for anyone that uses the upcoming Google Glass.

The tethering plan is charged by Mb used on top of a flat rate on top of your normal phone plan. All these additional charges add up to be highly expensive if you use Skype, Youtube, Hulu Plus. You’re talking in the neighborhood of 15 dollars every 250 Mb. You’ll be paying 15 dollars every few minutes watching Youtube.

This is terrible news for the adoption rate of Google Glass, unless Google uses some muscle and pushes AT&T to adopting a more reasonable stance regarding the rollout of a new product. At this high billable rate, no one is going to buy it.

How to take a UFO photo or video in 5 steps

TheFounder — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:57:22 +0000

Step by step instructions on how to photograph or record a UFO.

Step 1 – Find the worst camera possible. If possible try not to use anything that has a higher resolution than .3 mega pixels. Then make sure to crop it and zoom in to the blurry image. If you can get a clear shot, then do your best to shake the camera while shooting.

Step 2 – Insert the photo into a youtube video.

Step 3 – Contact media and individual conspiracy related sites and inform them that you have a ground breaking UFO video/photograph. Let them know that you have an uncropped and unzoomed version of the photo if they will do a story on it.

Step 4 – Submit your UFO video to Reddit, Digg and other social media sites exactly when the media article is published or story is aired to spread the word. Send out a tweet and post it to facebook.

Step 5 – setup a website dedicated to your UFO encounter, include a #hash tag on twitter and also start accepting UFO stories and photos from other individuals. You’ll be known as “a fellow in the know’ and individuals will start sending you their grainy blurry photos and following the same 5 steps.

Good Luck!

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CBS pulls all Star Trek , Star Trek Next Generation, Voyager and DS9 from Hulu Plus

TheFounder — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:44:08 +0000

CBS has pulled all Star Trek, Star Trek Next Generation, Voyager and DS9 from Hulu Plus. All Mobile Devices are banned, Apple TV and other Internet to TV devices are banned. The only thing allowed is a desktop and laptop.

Pulling up any Star Trek episode yields the below result (this was a photo of a TV using Apple TV).

This is terrible news and upsetting for many of us that subscribed to Hulu Plus for the exact purpose to watch Star Trek.

Geeks maybe, but we were sold on the monthly subscription with advertised shows, now those shows don’t exist anymore. I want a refund.

My iPhone 5 exploded

TheFounder — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:40:24 +0000

When I say my My iPhone 5 exploded, I wasn’t kidding. The phone literally started melting from heat. I took it to the apple store, the guy spent 30 seconds with it (after blowing on it trying to allow it to be cool enough to even touch it) … then walked back.. got me a new phone… no questions asked.

Thank you for visiting the Apple Store. Below is a copy of your service record.

Apple Store King of Prussia
09-Feb-13 484.636.5090
Genius Bar Work Authorization & Service Confirmation
*XXXXXXX* Repair No: XXXXXXX
Customer Information Product Information
Roger Wehbe Warranty Status: In Warranty(LP)
Pottsville PA 17901-8735 USA Model: IPHONE 5
Date of Purchase: 21-Sep-12
Serial No: XXXXXXXXXXX

Problem Description/Diagnosis
Issue: Customer states iPhone was seriously hot like it was about to explode and phone will not turn on now
Steps to Reproduce: observed the issue look inside reseat battery still nothing
Proposed Resolution: Replace iPhone under warranty
Cosmetic Condition: Normal

Employee XXXXXXX

Repair Estimate
Item Number Description Price Amount Due
661-6846 iPhone 5, GSM, 16GB, Black
Replacement Serial Id: XXXXXXXXXXXX, IMEI: XXXXXXXXXXX $ 0.00 $ 0.00
S4897Z/A IPHONE 5 FLAT RATE REPAIR RETAIL-INT
Replacement Serial Id: XXXXXXXXXXXX, IMEI: XXXXXXXXXXX $ 229.00 $ 0.00
Total (Tax not included) $ 229.00 $ 0.00

Work Authorization. I agree that the Repair Terms and Conditions on the reverse side of this page will apply to the service of the Product identified above; Apple is not responsible for any loss, corruption, or breach of the data on my product during service; as loss of data may occur as a result of the service, it is my responsibility to make a backup copy of my data before bringing my product to Apple for service; goods presented for repair may be replaced by refurbished goods of the same type rather than being repaired. Refurbished parts may be used to repair the goods.

Parts and Service
Item Number Description Price Amount Due
Same as described above
Total (Tax not included) $ 229.00 $ 0.00

Thank you for choosing AppleCare for the repair of your Apple Product. To ensure the highest level of quality and reliability, all work is performed by AppleCare certified technicians using genuine Apple parts. Additionally, all repairs are backed by Apple’s 90-day service limited warranty, or the original one-year limited warranty, whichever is longer. Note: The items identified above have been exchanged by Apple for new or refurbished parts or products. Any applicable cost is indicated adjacent to the part(s) or product description. Service parts are subject to tax.

If you need any future technical or administrative assistance, please contact AppleCare Support by calling 800-APL-CARE (800-275-2273). Also, answers to many questions regarding the operation of your Apple Product can be found at: http://www.apple.com/support

Repair Terms and Conditions can be found at http://www.apple.com/legal/terms/repair/instantexchange.html.

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James Saunders Developer

TheFounder — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:05:06 +0000

James Saunders Developer … record-breaking salesman

Home sweet home : If you really don’t want to buy a new home, avoid James Saunders international custom-built homes… national Association of homebuilders has verified that Saunders has broken the all-time sales record United States for homes sold in one year. He had net sales of 183 single homes in 1976 totaling more than $4.5 million the old record of 144 homes that stood since 1972, during a boom year in Dade County, Florida

Saunders also broke the all-time record over a three-year period with sales of over 500 homes.

Saunders sold to many of his customers at the international sample home on route 61, near Deerlake, is a native of Rochester New York and has been with international for five years. He’s a graduate of Muhlenberg College and Lehigh University…

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3dprinter — now there’s a 4DCOPIER

TheFounder — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:44:37 +0000

Evidently there’s a 4Dcopier in development that would make a 3dprinter look primitive. It literally replicates whatever item is placed in it. There’s no 3d Schematics that you have to load to the printer, it just scans whatever is in there, and then makes a replica.

I got this rumor second hand, but from what I am told it will do the following (example)

1 – You put an item in the box, such as a plastic toy.
2 – The 4dcopier then scans the item
3 – The 4dcopier then replicates the item in any quantity you wish.

It’s almost a Xerox machine for 3d printers… hence it’s called a 4d printer.

I have no technical specs, and this is just hearsay until I get verification.

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Star Trek and Today

TheFounder — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:28:19 +0000

Funny things have shown up in the past few years. For one, much of the Star Trek Technology is either being worked on, or already exists.

Star Trek Universe : Replicators

Replicators are machines or mini-factories that can create whatever they are asked to. When they showed up in the Star Trek Universe everyone was in awe as someone could walk up to the Replicator and state “Make me a copy of this key” and within a few seconds it showed up.

2013 : 3d Printers

3d Printers are machines or mini-factories that can create whatever they are asked to. When they showed up in the real world everyone was in awe as someone could walk up to the 3d printer and load the blueprints to make a copy of a key, within minutes the key shows up.

Star Trek Universe : Communicators

2013 : Communicators

Star Trek Universe : Phasers

2013 : Laser shot from C-130

(article)

Star Trek Universe : Tablets

2013 : Tablets

Star Trek Universe : impulse engines

2013 : Ion engines

Star Trek Universe : Photon Torpedo

2013 : Guided Missiles

The list goes on, Theoretically The Alcubierre Drive could be considered a warp drive.

Though the Alcubierre Drive might be more potent as a weapon than an actual Warp Drive, as concerns are raised by Brendan McMonigal, Geraint F. Lewis, and Philip O’Byrne have argued that when an Alcubierre-driven ship decelerates from superluminal speed, the particles that its bubble has gathered would be released in energetic outbursts; in the case of forward-facing particles, energetic enough to destroy anyone at the destination directly in front of the ship.

In other words it might destroy solar systems on arrival.

It’s close people, we’re closer than we can imagine.

LAYERCAKE BUILDER, a unique WYSIWYG tool to create advanced interfaces without coding

TheFounder — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:59:45 +0000

LAYERCAKE BUILDER, a unique WYSIWYG tool to create advanced interfaces without coding

Summary: Layercake builder is an application which can be used to create interactive visual applications which can interact with various devices in the cloud. Layercake builder is a robust application development framework made for designers to build visual applications without having to code a single line. Layercake builder is now on Kickstarter looking to collect funds to speed up the development process and improve on the features of the tool.

Main Article
Touch interfaces are going mainstream: not just tablets and Smartphones but also large interactive walls popping up in malls, hotels, showrooms. Interfaces get connected to the real world through sensors.
But what about the process of creation of advanced interfaces with degrees of connection with the external world? No matter what technology you choose, you need to code or pay someone to do it.
With LAYERCAKE builder you can create interactive visual applications with social sharing functions and use open protocols to talk to devices and the cloud. You can do it without coding a line of software, with freedom from rigid templates, flexibility, getting professional results.

In LAYERCAKE builder you have a number of 2D layers linked between them: spread over the layers you have interactive objects, each one with properties and actions attached. Think about having a camera: your screen size is what the camera sees, then you can move it around the layer, exploring, zooming and rotating to discover the objects.
LAYERCAKE builder is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) authoring tool that doesn’t require coding or scripting. You can see the results of what you are creating in real time. It’s an authoring tool running on Windows 7 and 8 PCs: you build your projects with standard media assets like images (JPG, png with alpha layer, png sequences, tiff, …), videos (mp4, avi, wmv, …), 3D objects then export them as standalone applications for Windows 7 and 8 PCs or as apps for mobile devices you can run through the Layercake players for Windows RT, iOS, Android.

We conceived it for creative professionals with no coding skills: graphic designers, interaction designers, architects, artists, DIY guys. You can use it to create the final product or as a rapid prototyping tool.
LAYERCAKE Builder is a product by IF, the Imagination Factory (www.if-london.co.uk), a team of interaction designers and software engineers based in London with more than 100 years of cumulated experience in the field of Human Computer Interaction.

LAYERCAKE Builder is now on Kickstarter: the product will be available through the www.layercakebuilder.com website at the end of the Kickstarter campaign at 119 £ per authoring tool license together with a range of support, training and professional services. For the purpose of the launch campaign, kickstarters will be able to reserve their license at the special price of 19 £.

To support us please follow the link

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/535090700/layercake-builder

Contact Details

Peter Cole
Marketing Manager, Imagination Factory
email: peter@layercakebuilder.com

Website: http://www.layercakebuilder.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Layercakebuilder
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LayercakeDesign

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Twitter going for IPO

TheFounder — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:39:04 +0000

This might be a complete fail whale, or it might be what finally turns this economy around.

Twitter is going public, according to Fast Company. Twitter is the second largest social media site, and the largest private one.

The company is linked into everything via their API, such as in order to play lockbreaker you need either a facebook or twitter account.

We believe that they learned much from Facebook’s mistakes, and most likely you’ll see it be a successful IPO. We wish them luck.

#foursquare should be worried

TheFounder — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:10:36 +0000

The new upstart that appeared out of no where to have a wide following in central Pennsylvania. Is raising alarms at the Foursquare corporate location. The breakthrough with lockbreaker is that technically speaking Starbucks could launch a full scale advertising campaign in Dunkin Donuts.

The GPS driven app, though in extreme levels of Alpha, has the potential to cause disruption to the traditional foursquare mayor and sponsor model.

Lockbreaker allows for difficulty within gameplay for sponsors to allocate prizes while on location. Hence allowing for larger sponsorships. The game launched in stealth a few weeks ago, and worth of mouth spread it. A new version of the android app was published this morning. The game also has a webapp for iphone and other models.

With zero marketing and with a stealth launch there should be zero players, however Lockbreaker has exceeded Foursquares market penetration in some markets.

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