Well, no. But I am sure that Google has more resouces than, say, two dudes in a garage who indexes the same data as Google with the tech-thingie they've invented, and have to handle the same takedown load.
This is a decision that will affect any search engine, any index, anyone who offers links to publicly available material or provides any sort of aggregation service.
So Google should really be happy about this. They have the resources to handle these removals, but any startup (that isn't backed by a Microsoft-size company, or a government) in the search engine or aggregation business won't. So this ensures that there will be no further competition for them, ever.
The same. I never had any problems with windows 3 (black text on white), 95 (black on grey) or XP (white on blue), but the text and interactive and informational elements windows 7 UI is all much harder to use for me, because they blend the text into the background, or look like they are part of the background.
At the very least they could have told Ukraine, who seems to have been totally taken by surprise.
Also, if we're talking "treason", allowing Russia (or any we're-not-even-hiding-it-totalitarian state) to move their positions forward without opposition is something like treason towards humanity. Why are there not carrier groups in the Black Sea and the Baltic right now, "on maneuver". Or are we just going to allow Russia to annex the Baltic states as well? What about Finland, Poland or Sweden? France? When is it time to put the foot down?
Do you think there is a useful difference in specificity there? Details matter. The claim that the terrorists "just knew already" is bullshit and a whitewash. Terrorist groups have changed their communication methods since Snowden's leaks and intelligence has been lost because of it.
Does the NSA not have the technology to steam-open their letters, or what? (Also, I call bullshit. The actual (non-business secrets, non-webcam) intelligence the NSA has captured is about zero. Notice how surprised everyone was (is) by the Crimea-Ukraine-thingie? And if they didn't see something like that coming...)
Hoho! I can see it before me. The tech guys entering the meeting, thinking they're so clever. And one of the managers saying that. And a short pause and then the techies going "Eh, what? But... But... That's not right. That's not even wrong. Your words does not... mean... anything..."
He probably can't wait to pay for another bailout. I mean, if some car companies were too big to fail, what is the company that runs all the computers in the world...?
It's like the old saying about how hard it is the verify that the applicant actually is any good: "no-one was ever fired for hiring someone with a degree".
Just this week we have the example of Obama saying that people should cancel their phone service to pay for his healthcare scheme, but that's just a glaring example of a pervasive problem.
So not what he meant. If you like your phone service, you can keep your phone service.
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Well, no. But I am sure that Google has more resouces than, say, two dudes in a garage who indexes the same data as Google with the tech-thingie they've invented, and have to handle the same takedown load.
This is a decision that will affect any search engine, any index, anyone who offers links to publicly available material or provides any sort of aggregation service.
So Google should really be happy about this. They have the resources to handle these removals, but any startup (that isn't backed by a Microsoft-size company, or a government) in the search engine or aggregation business won't. So this ensures that there will be no further competition for them, ever.
What's worse then a 'computer scientist' that codes?
Oh, I know, I know! A computer scientist that doesn't know the difference between "then" and "than"!
Are you saying that half of those were actually noticed?
The same. I never had any problems with windows 3 (black text on white), 95 (black on grey) or XP (white on blue), but the text and interactive and informational elements windows 7 UI is all much harder to use for me, because they blend the text into the background, or look like they are part of the background.
Chapters 4 and 5 provide significant detail about the importance of color for effective visual representation.
Could the Windows and Google designers are be wrong? Is an all-white-and-very-light-grey interface not optimal? Heresy!
"Race: Human. Mostly."
Now imagine what McGywer could do with that.
They have elections every four years. If the people find this untolerable, that's the time to choose some-one whose platform is to deregulate.
(I know. That would be a memorable day in the annals of porcine aviation.)
At the very least they could have told Ukraine, who seems to have been totally taken by surprise.
Also, if we're talking "treason", allowing Russia (or any we're-not-even-hiding-it-totalitarian state) to move their positions forward without opposition is something like treason towards humanity. Why are there not carrier groups in the Black Sea and the Baltic right now, "on maneuver". Or are we just going to allow Russia to annex the Baltic states as well? What about Finland, Poland or Sweden? France? When is it time to put the foot down?
Do you think there is a useful difference in specificity there? Details matter. The claim that the terrorists "just knew already" is bullshit and a whitewash. Terrorist groups have changed their communication methods since Snowden's leaks and intelligence has been lost because of it.
Does the NSA not have the technology to steam-open their letters, or what? (Also, I call bullshit. The actual (non-business secrets, non-webcam) intelligence the NSA has captured is about zero. Notice how surprised everyone was (is) by the Crimea-Ukraine-thingie? And if they didn't see something like that coming...)
What is this, the 00's? 3D-printing is how things are made now, grandpa.
Hoho! I can see it before me. The tech guys entering the meeting, thinking they're so clever. And one of the managers saying that. And a short pause and then the techies going "Eh, what? But... But... That's not right. That's not even wrong. Your words does not... mean... anything..."
And on that day, the tech guys were enlightened.
He probably can't wait to pay for another bailout. I mean, if some car companies were too big to fail, what is the company that runs all the computers in the world...?
What's not really democratic about that?
Predatory pricing, buying competitors simply to shut them down, murder
One of these things are not like the others.
It's like the old saying about how hard it is the verify that the applicant actually is any good: "no-one was ever fired for hiring someone with a degree".
Such discoverability.
you could tell what everything would do just by looking at it.
Or at least you could tell which UI elements were clickable and which were just informational or decorative. Those were the days.
(WHY!?)
Because the focus groups.
And what to do about it. And how.
Just this week we have the example of Obama saying that people should cancel their phone service to pay for his healthcare scheme, but that's just a glaring example of a pervasive problem.
So not what he meant. If you like your phone service, you can keep your phone service.
Except by the government, I assume?
So then - when everyone does that - the car companies will have to be bailed out again?
...the city that's often portrayed as the world's biggest terrorism target.
Bagdad or Jerusalem?