:Because this procedure, called compilation, is :hard to reverse, firms can sell a program without :revealing the instructions that underlie :it--rather as Coca-Cola can market soft drinks :without giving away its secret recipe.
Yahoo! stock is through the roof. It's not worth what it's at right now, and no one can afford it. ...Thus, it only makes sense to trade it out in exchange for real assets.
Many places on the net allow anonymous postings. However, that does not make them better than publications or TV. You can spout things to the newspapers just as much as you can online, they simply ask for your name, and this is done for good reason. I also think the statement that you can't post anonymously about things regarding the govt or big business is a crock, too. Revolutions have been won by people who stood up, even martyred, than those who attempt anonymous, quasi-guerilla tactics.
If signing your name to something is enough to make you not post it it, then that's your own shortcoming -- but also a sign to yourself realizing that it probably doesn't deserve to be posted in the first place. Anonymity removes this barrier, and allows the person to post w/o making them rationally think about the consequences of their statements. It's the whole case of freedom and responsibility, they go hand in hand.
If I have something to say, I'll say it, without fearing the impending outcome of my decision. Jon said, "Anyone willing to venture a strong idea or opinion online should expect to be flamed", and I agree. So what? Put on the asbestos pants and post away... but use your name.
this is where the whole quandary of capitalism comes in. It seems readily apparent that no one would buy this thing as a practical matter. However, it wouldn't be there if there wasn't a market for it. Now, either this company's test marketing team was cracking smoke, or this proves that hardline capitalist notion wrong that no one "creates" a market, they just fullfill a market's needs.
ever hear about the scenario a few years ago where a fringe feminist group switched the voice hardware in a couple dozen talking barbies and talking GI joes?
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what a color scheme.... did RH hire a bunch of former McDonald's employees?
...for years, as a kid, I'd dreamed of these things. Reading Gibson's Virtual Light only managed to reinforce the desire ;)
So, I guess to keep the metaphor going, Togos is the equiv of cachedot?
btw, it's VirginIa.
who's to say that someone won't be able to come up with some interactive web applet or something that can turn the thing back on?
Man, I wish Coke would open source... ;)
it's his proxy server.
gives a new meaning to 'frame relay', hm?
The people who tried to get refunds got the runaround, anyway. M$ told them to talk to their vendor. The vendor told them to talk to M$.
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what is element 95, anyway? ;)
AOL did a 4.2b stock swap for Netscape, whereas Yahoo! did a 4.52b swap for Geocities.
Is Geocities more of an asset than Netscape?
good lord...
Yahoo! stock is through the roof. It's not worth what it's at right now, and no one can afford it.
...Thus, it only makes sense to trade it out in exchange for real assets.
For the uninitiated...
Voidmstr's Law:
Bandwidth expands to fit the waste available.
If signing your name to something is enough to make you not post it it, then that's your own shortcoming -- but also a sign to yourself realizing that it probably doesn't deserve to be posted in the first place. Anonymity removes this barrier, and allows the person to post w/o making them rationally think about the consequences of their statements. It's the whole case of freedom and responsibility, they go hand in hand.
If I have something to say, I'll say it, without fearing the impending outcome of my decision. Jon said, "Anyone willing to venture a strong idea or opinion online should expect to be flamed", and I agree. So what? Put on the asbestos pants and post away... but use your name.
...I thought the point of the article was supposed to be his "descent into linux"...?
this is where the whole quandary of capitalism comes in. It seems readily apparent that no one would buy this thing as a practical matter. However, it wouldn't be there if there wasn't a market for it. Now, either this company's test marketing team was cracking smoke, or this proves that hardline capitalist notion wrong that no one "creates" a market, they just fullfill a market's needs.
I mentioned this one time before, but everytime one of these domain squabbles appears, I think first of clue.com ...
who cares about practical? i want a purple laser pointer! nevermind green laser pointers are already big $$$...
actually, Charon's nearly the same size as Pluto, if I'm not mistaken, causing the two to almost revolve around each other.
heh... not so much "legally speaking", as they can "monetarily speaking".
I have a feeling this should be from the "everyone-sent-me-this-URL" dept.
ever hear about the scenario a few years ago where a fringe feminist group switched the voice hardware in a couple dozen talking barbies and talking GI joes?