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Yahoo's Geek Statue
Philipp Lenssen writes "Yahoo put up a life-size alpha geek statue in honor of the Yahoo Mail team, which they think beat the Gmail team. The statue's plaque says it's presented "in recognition of tremendous intellectual efforts put forth in order to defeat Gmail", and: "Not since the code breakers in Britain's Bletchley Park deciphered Germany's Enigma code during World War II has so much brainpower been focused on kicking an enemy's ass." Flickr has a photo." It's a nice little article on the difference between two of the net's superpowers.
In short, Gmail is a superior service. For all your efforts and hard work, you ain't won jack.
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what the fuck? when did flickr become a news agency? flickr is just a fucking photo sharing site where people post photos. some dude has posted a photo. if i write a letter on a piece of paper made by kinko's would you say that kinko's has a letter? you would say we have a letter from X would you not? don't anthromorphize fucking websites you fuckwits.
Can't take the fact that the plebian Yahoo! ground Google in the dust on this one, can you? You're just some kind of techno-elitist who no doubt thinks that "Linux" has beaten Windows. Have fun with your Mac laptop (iLaptop? eLapMac?) and GPL 3.0, you communist!
"It scares me that there are people who think the systematic and sanctioned extermination of a race of people (the jews in this case, but the specifics don't really matter, the crime is the same) is not evil in every sense and nuance of the word. Germany at the time *was* an evil place to be, no inverted commas are required. More equitable. Right." - And they turned the jews into soap too. right? What nonsense! The "extermination" tale as popularly told is one of the big sensationalist lies of the century and it is frightening that there are so many idiots in this world who would uphold it as unquestionable. Why is it illegal for historical scholars in many countries to question it? Why is it illegal for them to exercise their skepticism, a required duty for a scholar and the essence of a scholarship, and debate the evidence for and against in search for a truth? Can a true tale not uphold itself? There are many Jewish historians who denounce the big lie, you can find them if you cared for historical truth.
"... or Lady Aston and Mr Churchill: "Sir, if you were my husband I would poison your drink" "Madam, if you were my wife I would drink it." - why are you citing this? he was a rhetorical clown. When Churchill was enjoying his drunken jokes with the ladies of high society there were millions of hungry people on the streets of England. Here's something more worthwhile of admiration if you thought the role of a politician was any more than to entertain http://hitler.org/speeches/12-10-40.html
"As for your last points, I have never (ever) even *heard* of anyone taking the word 'common' as an insult apart from on soap operas in the middle of a screaming row, and I grew up in a Northern city. We weren't wealthy by any stretch of the imagination - my father worked on the docks, my mother in various office-jobs. I was hardly a poster-boy for a class-warrior, but I studied hard, got into a good (free) school, went to (free) university, and did a (free) doctoral degree. As someone who ought to be railing against the man (according to your model) I think you're just plain wrong. Any medical/dental care I ever needed was free, and I never considered myself 'beneath' anyone. There is no class-distinction in any of the above, and I've never felt myself to be a member of this lower-class of which you speak." - exactly! and that is something you should be thankful for, and not take for granted, because this is what the achievement of all those who fought for a more equitable society in England has given you, a free education and free healthcare. I have lived in Northen cities, I have talked to many old people who remember those times before the NHS and the welfare state.
"Of course there were always those wealthier than I in the UK, but hell, it's only money. There are people wealthier than I in the USA, too! Having *lived* and *worked* in a Northern city, where the vote has always been for socialist labour in my lifetime, I don't think my 'who cares' attitude is atypical. This is not the "incredible poverty" you portray - in fact having now lived in California for a while, I'd say the British system is better - we don't have a significant underclass (like the mexican itinerant workers) as California has. Unemployment in Britain is currently 4.7%, Unemployment in the USA is currently 5.5% (both seasonally-unadjusted figures)." I find it astounding that someone with a doctoral degree would make the mistake of reponding to a "portrayal" of England during the first half of the 20th century by giving statistics from the "current" 21st century! You have the threat of European socialism to thank for how good you're having it right now.