As a content producer, it's my right to block your client if you refuse to see the ads I put up. If you want my content, watching ads is my price. Otherwise don't consume what I put out.
Simple no? I don't know what you're getting so worked up over.
I'm an Indian. It seems that we like to be treated like children. There's no concept of "personal responsibility". If someone riots it's because they were "provoked". Not because they made the choice to go and riot!
It's all about ownership. Even though the Indian Constitution practically forces it on them, Indians are terrified of true freedom. They want to behave irresponsibly and at the same time blame someone else for "provoking" them.
The Internet has just brought this attitude to the fore. I sincerely hope Indians will grow up and behave like adults.
1. Instant video streaming to my private youtube channel will preserve everything. So destroying my glasses will just make things worse for them.
2. It's far easier for other people to activate recording via google glass without drawing attention to themselves. The police can pick out people who are recording with cell phone cameras. Not with this.
As I live in a country where corruption is rampant and where police officials openly ask for bribes and misbehave with people, I can't wait for thousands of people to be wearing these babies all the time.
It's about time we started watching our government publicly. This will revolutionize things, make no mistake.
I give the benefit of the doubt first. Only after I have concrete proof that Google is selling my data will I lose that trust. And like I said, there's no need for Google to earn a few extra pennies by selling my data to third parties. They're doing just fine as of now.
It's absurd. They must literally get hundreds of thousands of emails everyday. It's unrealistic to expect them to reply personally to all of them. Looks like Germany is trying to shut down the entire web.
Also, the law reads in such a way that the provider of any web service has to do this. I run my private blog. So now I'm legally obligated to respond to every asshole who sends me hate mail with a question at the end?
It's not a minor point because I trust Google not to give my data to anyone and not to use in a bad way. If that trust is broken people stop using their stuff. So they have a powerful business incentive to be good in this regard.
Oh sure, protest all you want. You merely don't have the right to "shove them down anyone's throat". Write a book, a poem, draw something, shout, hold placards or whatever you feel like. But you can't stop others from doing it. You can try and persuade them. Not force them to stop.
As long as its a public place, others will just have to shut up and put up with it. If it's a private venue, then the owners have the right to lay down whatever rules they want of course.
Google keeps its data for itself. It doesn't give its most valuable assets to anyone no matter how high the price. It would be absurdly stupid to do that. Not to mention against their very obvious privacy policies.
But even without the policy in place, it's just a bad business decision. Google's entire business model is based on trust. If users feel they can't trust Google with the information they give them, they'll stop using their services.
Wake me up when they start giving my information to third parties. Till then, it's just paranoid rantings.
You forget that we can use this to turn the tables on the government and spy on it instead. I for one will always wear this when interacting with a government official or the police.
Which is entirely tangential to the point he was making. Since he made an argument and not merely an assertion, there's no reason to look at his grammar or anything else other than the actual logic used no?
So anything good that Google does is always an eyewash. In short, you have an idea and will stick to it no matter what because everything always has a hidden agenda.
I'm interested in how your theory can be falsified. In short:
What would it take for you to believe that Google is genuinely a good company? If you take all the positive steps they do and then spin them around in such a way to justify them being "evil", then your hypothesis cannot be falsified. Ergo, invalid.
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Lol wut? Are you high?
As a content producer, it's my right to block your client if you refuse to see the ads I put up. If you want my content, watching ads is my price. Otherwise don't consume what I put out.
Simple no? I don't know what you're getting so worked up over.
I'm an Indian. It seems that we like to be treated like children. There's no concept of "personal responsibility". If someone riots it's because they were "provoked". Not because they made the choice to go and riot!
It's all about ownership. Even though the Indian Constitution practically forces it on them, Indians are terrified of true freedom. They want to behave irresponsibly and at the same time blame someone else for "provoking" them.
The Internet has just brought this attitude to the fore. I sincerely hope Indians will grow up and behave like adults.
Two things:
1. Instant video streaming to my private youtube channel will preserve everything. So destroying my glasses will just make things worse for them.
2. It's far easier for other people to activate recording via google glass without drawing attention to themselves. The police can pick out people who are recording with cell phone cameras. Not with this.
As I live in a country where corruption is rampant and where police officials openly ask for bribes and misbehave with people, I can't wait for thousands of people to be wearing these babies all the time.
It's about time we started watching our government publicly. This will revolutionize things, make no mistake.
At least you agree that Google would be dumb to sell the data to anyone else.
So...what harm do you fear from Google having that data?
Dude...have some faith :)
I give the benefit of the doubt first. Only after I have concrete proof that Google is selling my data will I lose that trust. And like I said, there's no need for Google to earn a few extra pennies by selling my data to third parties. They're doing just fine as of now.
It's absurd. They must literally get hundreds of thousands of emails everyday. It's unrealistic to expect them to reply personally to all of them. Looks like Germany is trying to shut down the entire web.
Also, the law reads in such a way that the provider of any web service has to do this. I run my private blog. So now I'm legally obligated to respond to every asshole who sends me hate mail with a question at the end?
Leave...the fucking Internet...alone.
I run a private blog. It's a free service. This now means I'm legally obligated to personally respond to every prick who mails me?
Screw. That.
It's not a minor point because I trust Google not to give my data to anyone and not to use in a bad way. If that trust is broken people stop using their stuff. So they have a powerful business incentive to be good in this regard.
Oh sure, protest all you want. You merely don't have the right to "shove them down anyone's throat". Write a book, a poem, draw something, shout, hold placards or whatever you feel like. But you can't stop others from doing it. You can try and persuade them. Not force them to stop.
As long as its a public place, others will just have to shut up and put up with it. If it's a private venue, then the owners have the right to lay down whatever rules they want of course.
Google keeps its data for itself. It doesn't give its most valuable assets to anyone no matter how high the price. It would be absurdly stupid to do that. Not to mention against their very obvious privacy policies.
But even without the policy in place, it's just a bad business decision. Google's entire business model is based on trust. If users feel they can't trust Google with the information they give them, they'll stop using their services.
Wake me up when they start giving my information to third parties. Till then, it's just paranoid rantings.
Lol. It's hilarious to see people's paranoid rantings.
FYI - Google would be utterly stupid to allow merchants to spam users. Or even sell their data to them.
I'm a geek. I want something new because I'm excited by the technology. It's enough of a reason to start out with.
I'm a geek. I'm too excited about the technology and what I can do with it to give a flying fuck about the "societal and cultural implications".
No one's forcing you to buy Google Glass. Don't worry - no one will come and shove them down your throat. So I don't get what exactly your problem is.
So don't use it! Let others get whatever value they can though.
You forget that we can use this to turn the tables on the government and spy on it instead. I for one will always wear this when interacting with a government official or the police.
The dawn of the truly transparent state.
What do you mean? Are you "distracted" by the ads in google search?
I'm not. And no one else I know is.
Not by itself no. But he did say something after that. You can't use the hypothesis of an argument and then ignore the attempt to prove it can you?
It's for you to decide by examining the argument itself isn't it?
Seriously?...
The fact that I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not...ouch.
Which is entirely tangential to the point he was making. Since he made an argument and not merely an assertion, there's no reason to look at his grammar or anything else other than the actual logic used no?
So anything good that Google does is always an eyewash. In short, you have an idea and will stick to it no matter what because everything always has a hidden agenda.
I'm interested in how your theory can be falsified. In short:
What would it take for you to believe that Google is genuinely a good company? If you take all the positive steps they do and then spin them around in such a way to justify them being "evil", then your hypothesis cannot be falsified. Ergo, invalid.