yah, the NSA will visit everyone who voted "incorrectly" and those who refuse to correct their vote will be deemed as a suspected terrorist and sent off to Gitmo
Ummm... Ok, With $10 a day, I can buy a days worth of food in the US as well. but is that a living wage? As in is there enough left for me to take the bus to work tomorrow (forget about having a car and driving)? Is it enough left after that to rent a safe place to live where I would not be at constant risk of being robbed? Is there enough left to support a family? Is it enough to save any money in the hope that there would be a point where you can retire before dying?
So, question is not whether or not $1 can feed a person in India for a day. But is it a livable wage?
It just seems that when google enters an app space, it raises interest and awareness and utilization of the app space (tho not necessarily google's version of the app).
Before gmail, webmail existed, but was klunky, slow and not too useful. gmail starts and everyone is paying attention to their webmail service in terms of performance, disk space, and UI. Before gmail, ajax existed, but no one cared. after gmail, it's the hottest thing since baked bread. Before gmaps, mapping was starting to fall off charts of desktop app and only for gps. with gmaps and the various mash-ups, the application is limitless Before gEarth, satellite imagery was a classified thing given only to the rich and priviliged. with gEarth, satellite integration into mapping became almost required and more people have access to it Before gSpreadsheet. MS was pretty much the only game in town. OOo was there, but just offers nothing that MS doesn't. There was just no incentive to use it. but since gSpreadsheet allowed for on-line spreadsheet edit on reliable/fast servers. I've started using it to keep lists (DVD collection, anime, game high scores, etc)
Similar things can be said of just about any app space they entered. As opposed to MS, when they enter an app space, they crush the competition, and let it fester and interest in the app dies because (such as what happened to spreadsheet, document editors, browsers) there is no more innovation because MS is not willing to invest and no one else dares invest because there is no way to compete against MS, and the users lose out because functions they may want is never created. Google changes that and breathes life or new life into the app space
Where do you get this info? Yes, assuming half of the tax paid to NYS goes to NYC, this means that half of the NYS taxes paid by NYC residents goes non-NYC parts of NYS. With NYC being a larger tax base, NYC is on the short end of the stick
If 50% of all NYS taxes collected goes to NYC, NYC loses out because it accounts for >50% of the NYS tax collected
Sony also owned the Japanese market with the miniDisc. However, as rest of the world voted with their wallets and bought iPod and other mp3 players, they finally caved.
If they think that they can defeat HDDVD just by owning the japanese market, they are doomed to failure.
However, in politics, shame is just as, if not more damaging as crime. So choice between shame politics from his position of great power and authority is not as clear as it might in ours...
But what did Clinton lie to the Grand Jury about? Oh yeah, about GETTING A BLOWJOB IN THE OVAL OFFICE!! This is classic entrapment, where the victim is trapped in a situation where they would lose either way.
The current admin is using executive privilege beyond most common sense boundaries (like White house officials not having to take the oath when testifying to Congress) because the republicans controls congress as well
It depends on how savvy your understanding of your gov't's policies are. It could be either, it could be both. But the point of most of the Chinese interviewed is NOT what is NOT there that matters, it's what IS there. If the browser is a critical thinker, he/she can derive what's missing. If he/she's not, she's probably only interested in what info is available to satisfy the purpose of the search.
Ultimately, it doesn't matter what info is available, it's the thing between the chair and computer that matters. In the US, there is a plethora of info of every viewpoint on every topic. Take an issue like global warming. The search is not filtered in the US, however, there is no few people that will deny that it's happening and action needs to be taken on it. So, it boils down to what the person seeking info wants the info for and where there is a will, there is a way. google just provides a valuable tool to achieve it
There are many things we are used to questioning in the US. The grandparent post was perfectly clear that he was coming from the tin-foil hat POV, much like the didn't land on Mars, Area 51, Elvis, copyright, etc things that are questioned in the American govt. So, to single out the grandparent post as the type of post that the Chinese bloggers are replying to, doesn't it say that the bloggers don't understand the western culture?
Before there is mention of them understanding because they were able to hack it. Yes, they hacked the system, but many a script kiddie hack systems they don't understand. Hacking != Understanding
Oh, btw, I'm Chinese, blahblah, pretty much in the same situation you are
> Even if that weren't the case, *you* are not their customer. Your clicks are what they sell to their customers, advertising companies.
I think that's a slightly narrow view of what constitutes customers. People who use google products are consumers of google products, when they click on the Adwords, they are effectively "purchasing" the ad that google is shown, meaning that a fractional cent that is represented by that click is paid to google by the advertiser. Without the consumer, the transaction cannot be completed. So, the google users are, in effect, customers too.
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yah, the NSA will visit everyone who voted "incorrectly" and those who refuse to correct their vote will be deemed as a suspected terrorist and sent off to Gitmo
Hmmm... they might seize the MS license generator and generate license to sell. Cheap MS licenses for everyone! :)
Ummm... Ok, With $10 a day, I can buy a days worth of food in the US as well. but is that a living wage? As in is there enough left for me to take the bus to work tomorrow (forget about having a car and driving)? Is it enough left after that to rent a safe place to live where I would not be at constant risk of being robbed? Is there enough left to support a family? Is it enough to save any money in the hope that there would be a point where you can retire before dying?
So, question is not whether or not $1 can feed a person in India for a day. But is it a livable wage?
"But, I wonder if they can get around the monopolistic laws? Fair practice laws?" ...
Thanks for reminding them
3) ebay is not a monopoly.
if it's posted somewhere, it must be true
everything starts to look like it needs a Nano Assisted Information Lubricant
It just seems that when google enters an app space, it raises interest and awareness and utilization of the app space (tho not necessarily google's version of the app).
Before gmail, webmail existed, but was klunky, slow and not too useful. gmail starts and everyone is paying attention to their webmail service in terms of performance, disk space, and UI.
Before gmail, ajax existed, but no one cared. after gmail, it's the hottest thing since baked bread.
Before gmaps, mapping was starting to fall off charts of desktop app and only for gps. with gmaps and the various mash-ups, the application is limitless
Before gEarth, satellite imagery was a classified thing given only to the rich and priviliged. with gEarth, satellite integration into mapping became almost required and more people have access to it
Before gSpreadsheet. MS was pretty much the only game in town. OOo was there, but just offers nothing that MS doesn't. There was just no incentive to use it. but since gSpreadsheet allowed for on-line spreadsheet edit on reliable/fast servers. I've started using it to keep lists (DVD collection, anime, game high scores, etc)
Similar things can be said of just about any app space they entered. As opposed to MS, when they enter an app space, they crush the competition, and let it fester and interest in the app dies because (such as what happened to spreadsheet, document editors, browsers) there is no more innovation because MS is not willing to invest and no one else dares invest because there is no way to compete against MS, and the users lose out because functions they may want is never created. Google changes that and breathes life or new life into the app space
you're mixing your bits and Bytes. DVD's are 9 Mbps and next gen are up to 36Mbps
That no one can use it. Ever.
If this extension did that, then it would be perfect!
i'm waiting for the article of the eccentric millionaire who kills himself trying to land on top of Mt Everest in this ...
before HD-DVD/ BlueRay version
probably be called: Super Mario Brain Training
Where do you get this info? Yes, assuming half of the tax paid to NYS goes to NYC, this means that half of the NYS taxes paid by NYC residents goes non-NYC parts of NYS. With NYC being a larger tax base, NYC is on the short end of the stick
If 50% of all NYS taxes collected goes to NYC, NYC loses out because it accounts for >50% of the NYS tax collected
Sony also owned the Japanese market with the miniDisc. However, as rest of the world voted with their wallets and bought iPod and other mp3 players, they finally caved.
If they think that they can defeat HDDVD just by owning the japanese market, they are doomed to failure.
However, in politics, shame is just as, if not more damaging as crime. So choice between shame politics from his position of great power and authority is not as clear as it might in ours...
But what did Clinton lie to the Grand Jury about? Oh yeah, about GETTING A BLOWJOB IN THE OVAL OFFICE!! This is classic entrapment, where the victim is trapped in a situation where they would lose either way.
The current admin is using executive privilege beyond most common sense boundaries (like White house officials not having to take the oath when testifying to Congress) because the republicans controls congress as well
is more of a true peer to peer loan system than this is.
So that NSA agents listening in would know that they have nothing to hide
It depends on how savvy your understanding of your gov't's policies are. It could be either, it could be both. But the point of most of the Chinese interviewed is NOT what is NOT there that matters, it's what IS there. If the browser is a critical thinker, he/she can derive what's missing. If he/she's not, she's probably only interested in what info is available to satisfy the purpose of the search.
Ultimately, it doesn't matter what info is available, it's the thing between the chair and computer that matters. In the US, there is a plethora of info of every viewpoint on every topic. Take an issue like global warming. The search is not filtered in the US, however, there is no few people that will deny that it's happening and action needs to be taken on it. So, it boils down to what the person seeking info wants the info for and where there is a will, there is a way. google just provides a valuable tool to achieve it
> Seriously, who actually thinks a movie based in Starfleet academy is a good idea?
... Wil Wheaton?
Um
>> I don't know about you but I haven't seen Apple selling any 400gb iPods yet...
:)
I know I'm being anal, but while Apple hasn't been selling 400gb iPods, they do sell 480 Gb (60 GB) iPods
There are many things we are used to questioning in the US. The grandparent post was perfectly clear that he was coming from the tin-foil hat POV, much like the didn't land on Mars, Area 51, Elvis, copyright, etc things that are questioned in the American govt. So, to single out the grandparent post as the type of post that the Chinese bloggers are replying to, doesn't it say that the bloggers don't understand the western culture?
Before there is mention of them understanding because they were able to hack it. Yes, they hacked the system, but many a script kiddie hack systems they don't understand. Hacking != Understanding
Oh, btw, I'm Chinese, blahblah, pretty much in the same situation you are
> Even if that weren't the case, *you* are not their customer. Your clicks are what they sell to their customers, advertising companies.
I think that's a slightly narrow view of what constitutes customers. People who use google products are consumers of google products, when they click on the Adwords, they are effectively "purchasing" the ad that google is shown, meaning that a fractional cent that is represented by that click is paid to google by the advertiser. Without the consumer, the transaction cannot be completed. So, the google users are, in effect, customers too.
You forgot:
"Take that, Tiger Woods!"
I read Chinese and the text on bottom of the page:
translation:
Due to local laws and policies, part of the search result is not shown