I anonymize my registration so every PR company and marketer on the face of the earth doesn't spam the crap out of me or call me in the middle of the night, like they were doing before I did this. If that means you won't be visiting my sites, umm... ok. I'd rather not be interrupted by a spam email or phone call.
To the two moderators that found my post to be a troll,
I'm sorry your pathetic little feelings were hurt because not all of us crowed "Wow! What a fabulous name!" Unfortunately I've already clicked the submit button, so I can't change it.
Kind of like you can't change the fact that you're both panty-waisted bitches.
That's like saying that you can't complain about getting anally raped, just because they didn't insert their entire shaft. One way or the other you're still getting fucked.
Perhaps if they'd provided some sort of added value over my cellphone service they would have been able to turn that profit on me. However, they didn't. So - why am *I* the one expected to pay a fee? I'm not the one who sells a subpar service with an annoying-as-fuck jingle.
Exactly. So many websites have sprung up with the expectation that "if you provide them with a web-based gui editor, they will come" - yet they do virtually nothing for the submitter but provide them with hosting space. Considering the cost of data versus the cost of paying for content creation, I can understand why it's a alluring business idea. The problem is that it really leaves you exposed to market elements - what happens if people get bored with the service (*cough* Myspace *cough*). As well, unless NOONE is paying for content, content submitters that turn out quality product will invariably gravitate towards the provider that can provide the largest audience and highest reward.
Don't get me wrong, there are some folks who will love just seeing their name in print. But the vast majority of people know they can already do that without having to cast their lot in with this place. Unless Wales can provide some additional value to the user aside from a little exposure, I don't see this one differentiating itself from the 50,000 other websites looking for content creators.
And really, I don't blame Wales for giving this a shot. I just think it's a flawed business model that doesn't factor in the competition and economics of user-generated content.
"Scripting out keypresses and mouse clicks sounds like a good way to end up with a buggy installer."
It depends on who is writing the installer. You can utilize all sort of hooks to go much further than just firing out some keypresses and clicks, if you RTFM.
Gee, sorry I posted the same reaction as some other folks in the first FIVE minutes. I'll try to work a little harder at expressing myself in under TEN SECONDS.
Send a message and stop using the phone for web surfing! I'm betting they make more off the bandwidth charges than the ad revenues, and really - who needs to do this? Why not just use a laptop with a wireless connection?
I may be a Luddite as I just use the damn phone for calling people and as an alarm clock, but I'm not the one paying to look at ads on my phone, either.
I don't know whether it makes me want to physically harm myself. However, for a moment I did ponder the possibility of beating the living shit out of a PR person.
We've got an active threat going on within our corporate network, it's already been determined to be within an existing worm family, and we get this response from one of their techs:
"We do virus *detection*, not necessarily virus removal."
You're telling that crap to a Gold support customer, Symantec, and you expect those of us in the field to give a tin shit what your opinion is?
Word of advice: quit expressing opinions and start doing your goddamned job.
"In fact, what I can tell from the article, the issue of permanent custody has not been decided yet, which would be in-line with the fact that the divorce proceedings apparently aren't finished yet either."
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I anonymize my registration so every PR company and marketer on the face of the earth doesn't spam the crap out of me or call me in the middle of the night, like they were doing before I did this. If that means you won't be visiting my sites, umm... ok. I'd rather not be interrupted by a spam email or phone call.
Good intention, bad fucking execution.
Based on your ability to express a coherent sentence, I think we can safely assume that Bush's "No Child Left Behind" Act was a failure.
I think Bush is a dick, but to see this as some sort of tech issue indicates a serious twisting of reality.
Go back to DailyKos and Freep, idiots. The rest of us want tech, not your idiotic crap.
A *lot* of devices and apps aren't supported in XP 64-bit. Apple's not the only one.
Honestly, if you are really an "IT Professional", you would know that installing pirated software at work is FAR less than professional.
Live up to the standard, don't pull it down to suit your employer.
To the two moderators that found my post to be a troll,
I'm sorry your pathetic little feelings were hurt because not all of us crowed "Wow! What a fabulous name!" Unfortunately I've already clicked the submit button, so I can't change it.
Kind of like you can't change the fact that you're both panty-waisted bitches.
Guess we're even. That is all.
That's like saying that you can't complain about getting anally raped, just because they didn't insert their entire shaft. One way or the other you're still getting fucked.
Perhaps if they'd provided some sort of added value over my cellphone service they would have been able to turn that profit on me. However, they didn't. So - why am *I* the one expected to pay a fee? I'm not the one who sells a subpar service with an annoying-as-fuck jingle.
In English, I call the new name "fucking retarded".
It's dead, Jim.
The only thing more annoying than a proselytizing Christian is a radical Islamicist.
Still, they *do* they blow themselves up.
Exactly. So many websites have sprung up with the expectation that "if you provide them with a web-based gui editor, they will come" - yet they do virtually nothing for the submitter but provide them with hosting space. Considering the cost of data versus the cost of paying for content creation, I can understand why it's a alluring business idea. The problem is that it really leaves you exposed to market elements - what happens if people get bored with the service (*cough* Myspace *cough*). As well, unless NOONE is paying for content, content submitters that turn out quality product will invariably gravitate towards the provider that can provide the largest audience and highest reward.
Don't get me wrong, there are some folks who will love just seeing their name in print. But the vast majority of people know they can already do that without having to cast their lot in with this place. Unless Wales can provide some additional value to the user aside from a little exposure, I don't see this one differentiating itself from the 50,000 other websites looking for content creators.
And really, I don't blame Wales for giving this a shot. I just think it's a flawed business model that doesn't factor in the competition and economics of user-generated content.
It's called MySpace, blogspot.com, wordpress, etc.
User-generated content is good, but it's no mass-media killer - especially when other folks have already gone down this road already.
From his OSCommerce profile, his AIM is ChokeYourHeart.
"Scripting out keypresses and mouse clicks sounds like a good way to end up with a buggy installer."
It depends on who is writing the installer. You can utilize all sort of hooks to go much further than just firing out some keypresses and clicks, if you RTFM.
You need a fourth to get away from the French completely.
Gee, sorry I posted the same reaction as some other folks in the first FIVE minutes. I'll try to work a little harder at expressing myself in under TEN SECONDS.
You fucking tool.
That's amazing. No doubt that the Furtado track ripped them off!
Send a message and stop using the phone for web surfing! I'm betting they make more off the bandwidth charges than the ad revenues, and really - who needs to do this? Why not just use a laptop with a wireless connection?
I may be a Luddite as I just use the damn phone for calling people and as an alarm clock, but I'm not the one paying to look at ads on my phone, either.
I mean, they did agree to pay $1.5 Milllllion dollars!
Now please excuse me, I need to count the 15 pennies that I'm now entitled to.
Fuck Sony.
I don't know whether it makes me want to physically harm myself. However, for a moment I did ponder the possibility of beating the living shit out of a PR person.
Nothing is *something*. As a result, it requires proper budgeting, processes, allocations and mission statements.
We've got an active threat going on within our corporate network, it's already been determined to be within an existing worm family, and we get this response from one of their techs:
"We do virus *detection*, not necessarily virus removal."
You're telling that crap to a Gold support customer, Symantec, and you expect those of us in the field to give a tin shit what your opinion is?
Word of advice: quit expressing opinions and start doing your goddamned job.
Cocaine's a helluva drug.
I smell Web 3.0 coming on, and it smells about as bad as 2.0.
"In fact, what I can tell from the article, the issue of permanent custody has not been decided yet, which would be in-line with the fact that the divorce proceedings apparently aren't finished yet either."
I'd say that's a relatively moot point.