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I have been working on writing a contract/proposal. So I compiled the things to include in contract, then I looked at a template to write them down formally.

However, I have been going through this template for over 4 hours and still unable to understand a single line because its just so bad english.

I am kind of irritated & angry at the same time. We are all told that we should write proper, concise, accurate and clear. But when it comes to writing contracts where everything should be crystal clear, we have to revert to writing jumbled up phrases, 10 lines long sentences and highly complicated words.

I feel that there is a huge gap between how people/companies interact with each other now and the formalities of paper work. Perhaps an opportunity of a startup that would introduce a new way of writing contracts

Hi,

We ve been using flow player (http://flowplayer.org) on our site http://seenreport.com to play videos for quite some time now. The performance has been quite satisfactory, but I just want to make sure we are using the best available option before we buy the license.

Is there any other flash video player available to run online videos or should I just got for the flow player?

Ive been a hacker for quite some time now, I find myself watching cartoons occasionally when I get my hands on television. I find them a very effective way to relieve the mental pressure. The absurd activities take my mind off of the issues at hand for a little while, which to me is a great mental relief.

To my surprise, a lot of hackers around me also watch cartoons. Compared to non-hackers, most of whom consider cartoons a childish activity and waste of time.

So here is my question, do you still watch cartoons?

Hackers have a very different perspective of looking at things. These are a lot of things that actual users of a web site may not look for, but hackers do :)

So, what are the first few things you note when you visit a new site? (Apart from the obvious "What is this site about?" and "How does it work?")

For example, I myself try to find out the server side technology, JS frameworks used, JS errors (if any), registration etc. I am sure that knowing these things will help me and a lot of people improve their sites.

I realize that a lot of people (including myself) get really irritated when they have to confirm their email address upon registration. The email (mostly) goes to the spam/junk and the user gets annoyed and leaves. Plus it doesnt seem to serve any purpose.

I am recently making some updates to my site and I was wondering if its a good idea to remove the email confirmation upon registration. Are there any disadvantages to this approach?

I was having a discussion with my friends on photo sharing and a lot of them didnt seem to like the existing solutions. There are many photo sharing services and every social networks seems to offer it as well. But there are always people who are looking for a better solution.

Do you think there is room for a new picture sharing site?

Recently we have been hearing a lot about the iPhone apps that are making 10-20,000 $/day, apps that shot to the top of the App Store within weeks. It seems that all you need to do is to think of a clever/neat idea, hack it in couple of weeks and start making money.

I am sure this is not the case for every app. Just like in every field, the success stories make it to the headline, but the failures usually do not, so we only see one side of the coin

So I am looking for stories of iPhone apps that didnt make money, that didnt go any where. It would also give me (and others) a good insight if this indeed is as simple as it sounds.

How do you know that a startup has come out of the startup phase? More importantly, how does a startup know that its not longer a startup?

a) time since it was established b) making sales c) hiring more people

No single criteria seems to yield the correct answer. It may take a startup years to launch their product, there are companies that make sales, do hirings and even make money yet classified as startups.