So Microsoft, how does it feel? How does it feel to have a big bad company with a near monopoly in one market (Google in search) threaten your stake in a different market (browsers)?
I mostly agree. However, there has been a marked decline in quality over the years also.
In particular, the casual mixing of commentary and news is troubling.
The increase in the number of overall news sources, combined with the trend of fewer locally owned newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations has done real damage, IMO.
The general public doesnâ€(TM)t put any value on the source of their 'news'. In other words, a twitter post is just as good as something from the AP. This is partially due, IMO, to shitty poor journalism, so little time and effort is spent investigating and digging for original content nowadays. Rather, today 'journalists' slap together a handful of talking points and use other news organization's reports as sources. Journalism today has by and large become a cycle of shit, thanks in large part to the freak show circus of cable 'news'.
So, I don't see myself paying Google for the same quality of 'news' I can get for free from any random jerk's blog.
But if you want to get paid for online content, create content that is worth paying for. And keep in mind that you're competing for an audience that is easily amused by home videos of dad's getting hit in the family jewels by wiffle bat wielding young'uns.
It's an ASUS board. I don't think all of them are like this, but the one I got was. For the record, it was not evident from the description of the board that it required an installation disk. To me it defeats the whole purpose. People say read RTFM, but it's kind of difficult to RTFM when you don't have TFM. And it would have never occurred to me to do so anyway in this case, considering what I understood an instant-on OS to be .
People have so easily dismissed my question about the licensing issue, which is my fault due to the way I worded it. But I'm still not quite satisfied. For one thing, what exactly is on the BIOS? And is that portion of the code available? This isn't just Splashtop, but is ASUS' modified version called Express Gate. If the system is whatever is on the ROM + Splashtop on the drive, that should be considered a modification of the system IMO, depending on the details. And what of the setup program? I know the source does not have to be provided on the CD, but I have been unable to find it on ASUSâ€(TM) website either.
Someone provided the link to the source of Splashtop, but this is ASUSâ€(TM) modified version called Express Gate.
So I overreacted. But still, this is a little different than just downloading and installing some FOSS software on Windows. Part of the software is on the BIOS, or rather there must be some instructions in the BIOS to look for Splashtop, which ASUS calls Express Gate. And what of the setup program? Does the source for the setup program have to be provided? True the setup is probably just copying files, but it would be nice to know exactly where and what the BIOS is looking for to determine whether or not Express Gate is installed.
Anyway, I was just pissed off because the way the thing was distributed, and I find it a little more than ironic that Asus is marketing an instant-on Linux distro as a feature to sell their motherboards, yet requires Windows to run it.
byw, I have read on Ubuntu forums that Express Gate source is available on ASUS' website, but as yet have been unable to find it.
...do some insider trading. For example, if you create a goofy Google wannabe search engine, and you know it's going down in flames, dump all your stock before your stock holders know about it. Another way to make money, apparently, is to make an ass of yourself as often as possible at NBA games. Lastly, ignoring the fact that you have no real talent or insight, use the force of your borderline sociopath personality to bulldog your way to the top, screwing over as many people in the process as possible.
So the RIAA gives up on doing evil to pursue something more evil?
It's not worth it to go after individuals because of all the bad press, so instead attack the technology?
How about instead the RIAA just get over it? When the horse and buggy gave way to automobiles, buggy makers found another line of work. The recording industry should accept their fate, redefine themselves, and find a niche.
..we don't do this at all and the recording industry accepts its inevitable fate and dies.
They had their day. And in their day they ruled with an iron fist. Technology has stripped away the role of the record companies as the overseers and distributors of music. The days are numbered for lording over artists and radio stations, and is good as over in terms of printing and distributing music to record stores.
Record stores? The idea seems strange now even to me, a 39 year old who grew up listening to vinyl records and 8 tracks.
Amazon comes up with another completely boring, not original enough to matter, useless idea and markets it as something 'revolutionary'. And works out an endorsement deal with Oprah, as if people who watch Oprah would give a crap.
Give me two wishes and I will wish away Microsoft and Amazon. Give me three and I'll also do away with world hunger.
Slashdot Mirror
..is scared.
So Microsoft, how does it feel? How does it feel to have a big bad company with a near monopoly in one market (Google in search) threaten your stake in a different market (browsers)?
I mostly agree. However, there has been a marked decline in quality over the years also.
In particular, the casual mixing of commentary and news is troubling.
The increase in the number of overall news sources, combined with the trend of fewer locally owned newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations has done real damage, IMO.
The general public doesnâ€(TM)t put any value on the source of their 'news'. In other words, a twitter post is just as good as something from the AP. This is partially due, IMO, to shitty poor journalism, so little time and effort is spent investigating and digging for original content nowadays. Rather, today 'journalists' slap together a handful of talking points and use other news organization's reports as sources. Journalism today has by and large become a cycle of shit, thanks in large part to the freak show circus of cable 'news'.
So, I don't see myself paying Google for the same quality of 'news' I can get for free from any random jerk's blog.
But if you want to get paid for online content, create content that is worth paying for. And keep in mind that you're competing for an audience that is easily amused by home videos of dad's getting hit in the family jewels by wiffle bat wielding young'uns.
It's an ASUS board. I don't think all of them are like this, but the one I got was. For the record, it was not evident from the description of the board that it required an installation disk. To me it defeats the whole purpose. People say read RTFM, but it's kind of difficult to RTFM when you don't have TFM. And it would have never occurred to me to do so anyway in this case, considering what I understood an instant-on OS to be .
People have so easily dismissed my question about the licensing issue, which is my fault due to the way I worded it. But I'm still not quite satisfied. For one thing, what exactly is on the BIOS? And is that portion of the code available? This isn't just Splashtop, but is ASUS' modified version called Express Gate. If the system is whatever is on the ROM + Splashtop on the drive, that should be considered a modification of the system IMO, depending on the details. And what of the setup program? I know the source does not have to be provided on the CD, but I have been unable to find it on ASUSâ€(TM) website either.
Someone provided the link to the source of Splashtop, but this is ASUSâ€(TM) modified version called Express Gate.
So I overreacted. But still, this is a little different than just downloading and installing some FOSS software on Windows. Part of the software is on the BIOS, or rather there must be some instructions in the BIOS to look for Splashtop, which ASUS calls Express Gate. And what of the setup program? Does the source for the setup program have to be provided? True the setup is probably just copying files, but it would be nice to know exactly where and what the BIOS is looking for to determine whether or not Express Gate is installed.
Anyway, I was just pissed off because the way the thing was distributed, and I find it a little more than ironic that Asus is marketing an instant-on Linux distro as a feature to sell their motherboards, yet requires Windows to run it.
byw, I have read on Ubuntu forums that Express Gate source is available on ASUS' website, but as yet have been unable to find it.
...do some insider trading. For example, if you create a goofy Google wannabe search engine, and you know it's going down in flames, dump all your stock before your stock holders know about it. Another way to make money, apparently, is to make an ass of yourself as often as possible at NBA games. Lastly, ignoring the fact that you have no real talent or insight, use the force of your borderline sociopath personality to bulldog your way to the top, screwing over as many people in the process as possible.
So, would that output be literary, musical, or artistic?
Meanwhile, the search term "a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work", produced 523 results on Google.
I wonder if WolframAlpha just forgot to name the source?
Spell checkers have a downside.
Gambling == gaming also, so do you think calling it "gaming addiction" is a little confusing?
Wow, they're going all out.
It's an old book, but I like it.
Lady Luck: The Theory of Probability
The author does a great job making the subject easy to understand for non-math people like myself.
Maybe Mozilla should consider getting into the search business. They have 20% of the browser market, so that would be a good start.
So the RIAA gives up on doing evil to pursue something more evil?
It's not worth it to go after individuals because of all the bad press, so instead attack the technology?
How about instead the RIAA just get over it? When the horse and buggy gave way to automobiles, buggy makers found another line of work. The recording industry should accept their fate, redefine themselves, and find a niche.
In short, it's over.
Exactly.
And it would serve Microsoft right for using a buzzword like 'cloud' if people figured that out.
..we don't do this at all and the recording industry accepts its inevitable fate and dies.
They had their day. And in their day they ruled with an iron fist. Technology has stripped away the role of the record companies as the overseers and distributors of music. The days are numbered for lording over artists and radio stations, and is good as over in terms of printing and distributing music to record stores.
Record stores? The idea seems strange now even to me, a 39 year old who grew up listening to vinyl records and 8 tracks.
Cross browser issues have been more in the DOM and css, much less than JavaScript itself.
I don't hand out lolz just for lolz, but lolz.
What a rip.
"Maybe there is something on the internet we can bill our clients for."
If Spore and Red Alert 3 players heed the warning and start acting mature, they'll stop playing Spore and Red Alert 3.
http://lynx.isc.org/
Amazon comes up with another completely boring, not original enough to matter, useless idea and markets it as something 'revolutionary'. And works out an endorsement deal with Oprah, as if people who watch Oprah would give a crap.
Give me two wishes and I will wish away Microsoft and Amazon. Give me three and I'll also do away with world hunger.
...know about this? Because if not, please for the love of God don't tell him.
How about not doing it?