not that I have any at moment, being on/. and all, but in the future I hope that I can share that I'm posting this from mom's basement... oops, did I say that?
/. should really have basement privacy filter on it....
[Rev 19:20] And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
[Revelations 18:3] For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.M
[Revelations 18:9] And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
[Revelations 19:21] And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
take out the advertising supported parts of the web, and you take out quite a significant chunk - our web experience would be poorer if sites couldn't fund themselves wholly or in part by advertising. So would you prefer to have irrelevant ads served up to you, or ads that may be more releveant (considering that the website that you are using can ask for higher rates because that ad is more relevant?)
I agree with parts of your post. My take on internet companies is that propensity towards evil occurs when the founders sell out - ebay being a prime example. (although recently Amazon and its kindle have shown an increasing level of evilness). When it comes to google, they have had ample opportunity many times to be evil, but for the time being I am relaxed because of two points: 1 - Larrey & Sergey are still there, 2 - their business model (serving ads) relies on openess.
that's overly simplistic. Ignore a billion people paying you 2c per month or piss off and damage your brand in the eyes of another billion people who are giving you billions in profit per year?
China has a lot people but not a whole lot of revenue... Google's brand in western countries is worth a whole lot more.
If you haven't noticed, Google is building a social network strategy across its properties. Chat, Reader, Followers, Friends, Voice, Public Profiles, Blogger etc etc. All of these are just starting to link into one another. As opposed to to the download and spam your email address book model a la facebook, it has been a very quiet and light touch adoption path. This is just another step towards gaining user's trust and therefore adoption.
I've just finished Neuromancer.... " Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts.... A graphic representation of data abstracted from banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data."
no opt out means that you're forced to accept whatever is blacklisted, which means you're at the whims of someone. Here in Oz, we had the government propose a net filter to filter out child porn. Turns out the filter was also going to be used for normal porn and other perfectly legal activities....
No not quite. Sure you have to be confident about your product, but it also means you can't take your eye of the ball.
So in that way opening yourself up to competition means that you have to stay focused on what your customers want. Which although it means more work, is good for the long term health of your product.
A high percentage of school children will also end up flipping burgers...... why not teach them that too?
I'm in my early 30's so I may be old fashioned, but I thought school was about providing an education, not about vocational skills.
In any case, if you do end up using a computer, how many of those jobs will require a high wpm count? - Probably only the secretarial type jobs. So let secretarial college teach this.
Taking away the capacity of the patent holder to screw down the person who is innovating based upon patented work is a good thing, but then the patent holder deserves a return for their R&D. Perhaps if the rules were fixed up front, that would be give certainty. I'm not sure about auctioning, since a lot more variables come into play. Perhaps if you set royalties at 20% that would be good for both patent holder and user over the long term.
But what about derivative works based on two or more patents? - So I'm not sure the whole royalty system would work so easily.
Slashdot Mirror
choose your "friends" wisely?
/. and all, but in the future I hope that I can share that I'm posting this from mom's basement... oops, did I say that?
/. should really have basement privacy filter on it....
not that I have any at moment, being on
"tweeting"
/spelling Nazi
[Rev 19:20] And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
QED
[Revelations 18:3] For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.M
[Revelations 18:9] And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
[Revelations 19:21] And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
AND he created the internet! Is there nothing he can't do?
take out the advertising supported parts of the web, and you take out quite a significant chunk - our web experience would be poorer if sites couldn't fund themselves wholly or in part by advertising. So would you prefer to have irrelevant ads served up to you, or ads that may be more releveant (considering that the website that you are using can ask for higher rates because that ad is more relevant?)
I agree with parts of your post. My take on internet companies is that propensity towards evil occurs when the founders sell out - ebay being a prime example. (although recently Amazon and its kindle have shown an increasing level of evilness). When it comes to google, they have had ample opportunity many times to be evil, but for the time being I am relaxed because of two points: 1 - Larrey & Sergey are still there, 2 - their business model (serving ads) relies on openess.
the "shareholders" are essentially Larry & Sergy with their 50% stake.
that's overly simplistic. Ignore a billion people paying you 2c per month or piss off and damage your brand in the eyes of another billion people who are giving you billions in profit per year? China has a lot people but not a whole lot of revenue... Google's brand in western countries is worth a whole lot more.
explain you need their laptop to install the latest version of PC-CRAP V6.0 Max+. Tell them they're first in the company to get the upgrade. too easy.
They're all the same anyway: "Big Scary Virus, so buy my overpriced antivirus software"
great, more sony lock in.
Excuse my ignorance, but why not send voice over IP? Why the need for a separate voice standard?
If you haven't noticed, Google is building a social network strategy across its properties. Chat, Reader, Followers, Friends, Voice, Public Profiles, Blogger etc etc. All of these are just starting to link into one another. As opposed to to the download and spam your email address book model a la facebook, it has been a very quiet and light touch adoption path. This is just another step towards gaining user's trust and therefore adoption.
check out last.fm
mod -5 stupid
Monte Carlo is like Vegas as re-imagined by Euro-trash
I've just finished Neuromancer.... " Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts. ... A graphic representation of data abstracted from banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data."
no opt out means that you're forced to accept whatever is blacklisted, which means you're at the whims of someone. Here in Oz, we had the government propose a net filter to filter out child porn. Turns out the filter was also going to be used for normal porn and other perfectly legal activities....
Obviously there is the risk that the scanning could be "extended" but I would back it IF:
1 - Users could opt-out
2 - The list of blacklisted "malware" was maintained and published by a non political body
No not quite. Sure you have to be confident about your product, but it also means you can't take your eye of the ball.
So in that way opening yourself up to competition means that you have to stay focused on what your customers want. Which although it means more work, is good for the long term health of your product.
A high percentage of school children will also end up flipping burgers...... why not teach them that too?
I'm in my early 30's so I may be old fashioned, but I thought school was about providing an education, not about vocational skills.
In any case, if you do end up using a computer, how many of those jobs will require a high wpm count? - Probably only the secretarial type jobs. So let secretarial college teach this.
Instinctively I tend to agree with you.
Taking away the capacity of the patent holder to screw down the person who is innovating based upon patented work is a good thing, but then the patent holder deserves a return for their R&D. Perhaps if the rules were fixed up front, that would be give certainty. I'm not sure about auctioning, since a lot more variables come into play. Perhaps if you set royalties at 20% that would be good for both patent holder and user over the long term.
But what about derivative works based on two or more patents? - So I'm not sure the whole royalty system would work so easily.
I can't believe Google is now bundling with both SONY and worst of all REAL !!
.... Apple ?
Who's next?
"This doesn't make me think more highly of Sony, it tarnishes Google in my view."
agreed - also especially they're now bundling chrome with REAL EVIL player