Didn't these very same boards light up with wild ideas that the XBox 360 was underpriced at launch and that supply/demand would dictate that Microsoft charge more for the system based on the going rate from resellers on Ebay?
If so, how many of them will they be able to retrieve?
This is Google - they better be able to search their own systems to find the messages! Otherwise, the next Google-related/. message will be about Google's search engine not working.
Really, it all comes down to choice and available options. In the U.S. your options are more limited. If you personally do not care to have the latest whizz-bang gadget then, obviously, a limited selection does not impact you. For people that are interested in trying out the next new thing, which presumably would include a large portion of/. readers, then the slower release cycle is frustrating.
While this doesn't have Tivo-like features, it does run Linux:
P901iTV
Some people go too far with their Japanese fetishes but, in general, it is pretty sad how far ahead the Japanese consumer product market. Simply go to any shop in Akihabara or Yodabashi camera and there products years ahead of what is considered new in the U.S. Hell, the free phones in Japan are better than $100-200 models in the US!!
The US consumer market is way too slow in adopting new technologies - or even having them available for the bleeding-edge, early adopters to play with! When a bloody $5 per month "service" to let you schedule recording on your Tivo is considered news on a tech-centric website, you know something is wrong.
It makes you wonder what would happen to George Washington if he was attempting to break the colonies from Britain today.
The same thing that happened back then: he would be labeled a traitorous rebel by the government. The point is that the leaders of the rebellion believed wholeheartedly in their cause and were willing to fight to the death or be thrown in prison, all in an attempt to break the colonies from British rule. Do you believe that the U.S. government has become so bad that people are willing to go to such extreme measures?
I always hated it when I accidently barged in on my roommate after he hit autorun with his female dark elf and wiggled across the vast openness of the Plains of Karana...
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This type of acquisition is really quite normal. Do not think of this as Disney buying Pixar - it is more along the lines of Disney, the corporation, hiring the management of Pixar the hard way. Really, what kind of incentive package could Disney have offered that was better than this?
To be honest, it really doesn't matter to me. I couldn't care less if Google was doing business in China and had to follow the laws of that country. As far as the exact phrasing, I do not recall where "Don't be evil" originally appeared on the Google website but the current phrase is closer to "Do no evil":
You can make money without doing evil.
This is a little more stockholder friendly but is clearly still intended to make netizens and all those IT/blogger types happy. Of course, Google's interpretation of "evil" apparently only extends to not having flashy or annoying ads on the Internet. Pretty low bar as far as I am concerned.
Off-topic but maybe of interest to Slashdot: you may not be able to "buy" a better PageRank but you can certainly manipulate way there!
Chinese citizens are probably better off with a censored Google rather than no Google at all. That is true.
The "critics", such as they are, are mainly those people that love to point out hypocrisy in others. Google brought this on themselves, though, by obviously juxtopositioning themselves against Microsoft with the corporate philosophy of "Do no evil." Remember your SAT keywords; Google themselves said "no evil" - not "Do the lesser of two evils."
Censorship in the support of a repressive government is considered by most people to fall under the umbrella of things evil. Justifying that action based on the corporate benefits or saying that, hey, atleast they know the results are being censored - as though millions of Chinese people are really that ignorant - does not change the fact that Google is helping to restrict the information available. That is why the critics are so vocal: it is about Google violating thier own philosophy and breaking netizen trust more than the specific benefit/harm tradeoff that filtering the results entails.
Electronic voting scares the first group, while the second group looks at it blankly and says shit like "Well, that's good 'cause computers don't make mistakes, right?"
This is the result of a decade long attempt to get people NOT afraid of computers during the 90's, which culminated in the Internet Bubble and Collapse. The marketing folks apparently did too well convincing the average citizen to not fear new technology...
Or use that as a reason to implement a better system - obviously the expense of setting up a fingerprint reader that does not work reliably was way too much if it is so easily circumvented. They might as well just put up a sign letting people know they are not allowed in without proper authorization...would probably work as well.
While I agree with the opinion that these amendments completely unrelated the main bill are bad, Congress can (and had) not pass the bill if the amendment is not agreeable. For example: the last Defense Appropriations Bill was filibustered and defeated in the Senate because an amendment to allow oil exploration of the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve had been attached by Sen. Ted Stevens from Alaska.
Usually, making these types of amendments is a way for Congresspeople to vote for an item without directly supporting it - all part of the compromise and negotiations required to anything done in Washington. Makes you wish they were even less efficient up there! The less they get done, the better off we all are it seems.
While the website owner may not be legally liable there is the concern that customers/visitors/users/etc. of the website will not distinguish between hotlinked images and images hosted by the company. Those people that visit the website for [big web company] and get attacked by a virus will not care or bother to investigate if the image hotlinked or not - they will simply think that [big web company] has a crappy, insecure, unsafe website. Sure, you may not be liable for the damages (but, really, who in the computer industry is held liable for this type of thing ever?) but the commercial ramifications of not taking adequate precaution is serious enough to warrant relooking at the policy allowing hotlinking.
Go to Google Maps. Try to look at the White House and the surrounding area. You'll see that a great deal of detail has been obscured, precisely because of the security concerns.
Good. Now go download Google Earth and see what you are missing.
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Didn't these very same boards light up with wild ideas that the XBox 360 was underpriced at launch and that supply/demand would dictate that Microsoft charge more for the system based on the going rate from resellers on Ebay?
Tablet market is so inadequate.
Maybe one day we will see a recreation Steve Bartman ruining the World Series dreams of all Cubs fans.
Or Pixar?
Maybe that is the plan: make the U.S. unappealing enough that people will not want to sneak in illegally.
This is Google - they better be able to search their own systems to find the messages! Otherwise, the next Google-related /. message will be about Google's search engine not working.
Really, it all comes down to choice and available options. In the U.S. your options are more limited. If you personally do not care to have the latest whizz-bang gadget then, obviously, a limited selection does not impact you. For people that are interested in trying out the next new thing, which presumably would include a large portion of /. readers, then the slower release cycle is frustrating.
While this doesn't have Tivo-like features, it does run Linux: P901iTV Some people go too far with their Japanese fetishes but, in general, it is pretty sad how far ahead the Japanese consumer product market. Simply go to any shop in Akihabara or Yodabashi camera and there products years ahead of what is considered new in the U.S. Hell, the free phones in Japan are better than $100-200 models in the US!! The US consumer market is way too slow in adopting new technologies - or even having them available for the bleeding-edge, early adopters to play with! When a bloody $5 per month "service" to let you schedule recording on your Tivo is considered news on a tech-centric website, you know something is wrong.
The same thing that happened back then: he would be labeled a traitorous rebel by the government. The point is that the leaders of the rebellion believed wholeheartedly in their cause and were willing to fight to the death or be thrown in prison, all in an attempt to break the colonies from British rule. Do you believe that the U.S. government has become so bad that people are willing to go to such extreme measures?
Once you get married you will understand the need to spend money on 'high end immersive home entertainment' crap...
Have you interacted with real people in the US anytime in the last 6 years? Very few people seem to be mildly associated with reality...
I always hated it when I accidently barged in on my roommate after he hit autorun with his female dark elf and wiggled across the vast openness of the Plains of Karana ...
This type of acquisition is really quite normal. Do not think of this as Disney buying Pixar - it is more along the lines of Disney, the corporation, hiring the management of Pixar the hard way. Really, what kind of incentive package could Disney have offered that was better than this?
You can make money without doing evil.
This is a little more stockholder friendly but is clearly still intended to make netizens and all those IT/blogger types happy. Of course, Google's interpretation of "evil" apparently only extends to not having flashy or annoying ads on the Internet. Pretty low bar as far as I am concerned.
Off-topic but maybe of interest to Slashdot: you may not be able to "buy" a better PageRank but you can certainly manipulate way there!
Yes, you are missing something.
The "critics", such as they are, are mainly those people that love to point out hypocrisy in others. Google brought this on themselves, though, by obviously juxtopositioning themselves against Microsoft with the corporate philosophy of "Do no evil." Remember your SAT keywords; Google themselves said "no evil" - not "Do the lesser of two evils."
Censorship in the support of a repressive government is considered by most people to fall under the umbrella of things evil. Justifying that action based on the corporate benefits or saying that, hey, atleast they know the results are being censored - as though millions of Chinese people are really that ignorant - does not change the fact that Google is helping to restrict the information available. That is why the critics are so vocal: it is about Google violating thier own philosophy and breaking netizen trust more than the specific benefit/harm tradeoff that filtering the results entails.
This is the result of a decade long attempt to get people NOT afraid of computers during the 90's, which culminated in the Internet Bubble and Collapse. The marketing folks apparently did too well convincing the average citizen to not fear new technology...
Or use that as a reason to implement a better system - obviously the expense of setting up a fingerprint reader that does not work reliably was way too much if it is so easily circumvented. They might as well just put up a sign letting people know they are not allowed in without proper authorization...would probably work as well.
Usually, making these types of amendments is a way for Congresspeople to vote for an item without directly supporting it - all part of the compromise and negotiations required to anything done in Washington. Makes you wish they were even less efficient up there! The less they get done, the better off we all are it seems.
While the website owner may not be legally liable there is the concern that customers/visitors/users/etc. of the website will not distinguish between hotlinked images and images hosted by the company. Those people that visit the website for [big web company] and get attacked by a virus will not care or bother to investigate if the image hotlinked or not - they will simply think that [big web company] has a crappy, insecure, unsafe website. Sure, you may not be liable for the damages (but, really, who in the computer industry is held liable for this type of thing ever?) but the commercial ramifications of not taking adequate precaution is serious enough to warrant relooking at the policy allowing hotlinking.
Some of these are nice: http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm
Good. Now go download Google Earth and see what you are missing.
Are these college football teams?
Oh, you mean soccer!