I've been an analyst. I've been a consultant. Does anyone realize how little it takes to be either of the two?
If we simply replace the word "analyst" with the word "dude" the headline more accurately reflects the absurdity of this piece (and its utter lack of press-worthiness).
i.e: "Dude thinks Android will overtake the iPhone by 2012"....Yeah, and?
What's worse is that Wall Street plays this game daily to make non-news look like news, and to make bad news look like good news. Did your company lose money *again* this quarter? No worries, you still beat the expectation of some analyst, er "dude", somewhere.
This is non-news. Wake me up when Android actually makes a dent in the market. Some dude somewhere thinks it will? Great. Some other dude somewhere thinks the opposite. Must we write an article every time some moderately paid asshole has an opinion?
> "What is evident is that the results aren't 'organic' direct links to their destinations, but are instead masked cost-per-click (CPC) ads that get routed through other ad networks or parked domains,"
Well, this should be the easiest bust in the world. It's not often that the accomplices to a crime are literally *advertising* themselves. Go down the list of every CPC advertiser and bust them. They can claim they were not 'aware' of any wrongdoing, and that of course will be irrelevant in the eyes of the law.
This seems cut and dry from a prosecution perspective.
... if the creative decision-making behind the actual software is as utterly lost and out-of-touch as this video...
well... start the countdown: implosion in 10,9,8,7...
this is easily the worst promotion I have ever seen. Microsoft, please for the love of god fire your ad agency. There is 'incompetent', and then there's this extra-special, groundbreaking new plateau of retarded-ness.
I didn't think it was possible to kill Windows 7 with a single video -- BUT IT JUST HAPPENED.
It takes a special kind of clueless to produce something this utterly out of touch.
Just plain Wow.
(And to you "creative" directors who put this "thing" together? You seriously should never work in advertising again. You are devoid of all necessary skills).
I think some people forget that there is an endless amount of freely playable, listenable and viewable content on the web....
And one doesn't have to violate copyright to enjoy it.
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According to the rules of open source... all derivative works must also be open source.
This is hardware. Does that mean that the design, specifications and technology used are also open source?
I play games to be challenged. Relaxing does NOT sound entertaining to me.
Mod parent up.
Trying, failing, leveling elsewhere, returning and kicking ass *IS* the RPG experience.
If everything is achievable from any level, the 'game' is destroyed.
IMHO it isn't really possible to compare a software product with a hardware/software product anyway... We're talking about two different things here.
Further proof that Ballmer is, and always will be, a complete buffoon.
What's that old maxim about opinions and assholes?
And you know who I am, asshole?
"but here in the USA the prosecution must prove criminal intent."
Huh? Which USA do you live in? What you said is completely untrue.
I've been an analyst. I've been a consultant. Does anyone realize how little it takes to be either of the two?
If we simply replace the word "analyst" with the word "dude" the headline more accurately reflects the absurdity of this piece (and its utter lack of press-worthiness).
i.e: "Dude thinks Android will overtake the iPhone by 2012". ...Yeah, and?
What's worse is that Wall Street plays this game daily to make non-news look like news, and to make bad news look like good news. Did your company lose money *again* this quarter? No worries, you still beat the expectation of some analyst, er "dude", somewhere.
This is non-news. Wake me up when Android actually makes a dent in the market. Some dude somewhere thinks it will? Great. Some other dude somewhere thinks the opposite. Must we write an article every time some moderately paid asshole has an opinion?
.... or are you just happy to see me?
[obligatory... i'm sorry]
> "What is evident is that the results aren't 'organic' direct links to their destinations, but are instead masked cost-per-click (CPC) ads that get routed through other ad networks or parked domains,"
Well, this should be the easiest bust in the world. It's not often that the accomplices to a crime are literally *advertising* themselves. Go down the list of every CPC advertiser and bust them. They can claim they were not 'aware' of any wrongdoing, and that of course will be irrelevant in the eyes of the law.
This seems cut and dry from a prosecution perspective.
While testing this on the ground, just make sure you're not actually moving the Earth...
..finding a safe place to park
If viruses change the way a system functions, wouldn't it just be safer to burn the OS into a chip?
Seriously, I'm happy with Windows XP. I never need to change it, and MSFT certainly isn't maintaining it anymore.
Couldn't we just burn XP to a chip and be done with the virus problem forever? Or is there always a need for external (non read only) files?
Hmm. Yeah, well. Pick your battles wisely.
You may be speaking noble words, but Sun Tzu still says you lose.
... run Linux?
The author spent $400k in attorney's fees defending her right to quote Joyce in a book about Joyce's daughter?
Is there a bigger market than I'm aware of in scholarly (slash: arcane?) books about Lucia Joyce??
Who the hell would spend this much on this issue??
well... start the countdown: implosion in 10,9,8,7...
this is easily the worst promotion I have ever seen. Microsoft, please for the love of god fire your ad agency. There is 'incompetent', and then there's this extra-special, groundbreaking new plateau of retarded-ness.
I didn't think it was possible to kill Windows 7 with a single video -- BUT IT JUST HAPPENED.
... IMMEDIATELY.
It takes a special kind of clueless to produce something this utterly out of touch.
Just plain Wow.
(And to you "creative" directors who put this "thing" together? You seriously should never work in advertising again. You are devoid of all necessary skills).
I think the word you're looking for is 'compression'
Well, now you're getting into semantics.
So if you're going to go there: The number of all movies in existence is also finite.
Or, one could argue that one could watch a single movie infinitely.
If the protesters were using the sound cannon on the police... would that be against the law?
I think some people forget that there is an endless amount of freely playable, listenable and viewable content on the web....
And one doesn't have to violate copyright to enjoy it.
... that privacy 'policies' don't mean squat...
1) How much power would it take to get to orbit from that height?
2) How hard would this be for a person to accomplish? (Human flight)
... if you could actually figure out how to play it that is...