It's nice that you have this "fight the power!" attitude and all, but some of us actually have lives and loved ones to care about. Most of us, actually. They fighted in court, lost and now they're complying to the court order. What is the other way? Yell "NO YOU WONT DO THIS TO US" and go to jail? No thank you.
But seeing you're here to write about their lack of principle, why don't you do something?
This basically means they're dead. Good luck to the guys who we're working on it tho, they had a nice office and all. But I don't think the advertisement revenue will be the same. Maybe they find a new business model though, will be interesting to see.
And now that TPB killed their trackers and seem to be a sinking ship.. uh, bay, times are really changing.
No, it's what the German user's web browser does. They can easily stop it with the right settings. It would make a lot more sense to educate people about those settings, or even to request that computers sold in Germany come with them by default, than to try to change the way the web works.
This is like saying "But it's not the website infecting the visitors computer with a virus, his browser is doing that! He could easily stop this with the right settings!"
The issue isn't that website owners could see names/ID's, but that Google has them. But the website owners are liable because they're sending that info to Google.
Wrong side? Right hand traffic is the correct side and is so in most of the countries in world. UK, Australia and India are the only big counties driving on wrong side of road and that causes dangers if visiting there or their people visit elsewhere.
It makes a lot more sense to change to right hand traffic in those countries than in all the others.
Your thousand separator is one off. Seeing your post is not the first post, I must assume you meant 100st post, because it will be dropped around there soon enough. In either case, you failed.
You mean I cannot transfer my 18 quintillion, 446 quadrillion, 744 trillion, 73 billion, 709 million, 551 thousand and 615 dollars (or in easier words 18 billion billion dollars) as a single transfer from my banking account? I need to do two of them? This is outrageous!
This is the same in my bank, if you type in . it gives an error. In addition it requires you to type in the,00 too, and next to the sum text box is an example like "150,00".
Having comma/decimal as a separator is stupid anyway, space does just fine - 150 000.35
And they are storing that cookie everywhere on the internet now a days. Google can build a pretty accurate profile about you (unless you've blocked it, but 'casual' people usually don't)
Have you actually used the Analytics service? It shows very detailed information about visitors, where they are coming from and what they do on the website. There's tons of statistics and other stuff available, and Google can track the individual people across the internet.
There are however data protection laws in place and especially about storing personal information in other countries. From the article:
This isn’t the first time German privacy protection officials have voiced their concerns about the Google Analytics service, as it had earlier criticized the search giant over keeping everyone ‘in the dark’ about which information they’re collecting exactly and how much identifiable data is sent to and stored on servers located on U.S. soil. German laws prohibit such data to leave the country, they claim.
If you or your website is giving such personal info to other party and it's stored elsewhere, you will be just as liable. And let's be honest, Google is able to profile people really good. German authorities are especially worried about political parties and pharmaceutical companies websites.
You also need good amount of CPU and RAM. Websites and especially video streaming and flash games are quite heavy, and so are the heavily-ajaxied Google apps.
And like someone said, shown hardware had 32 GB SSD card, which isn't really dirt cheap either.
As nice as it is to think that advertisements will cover everything, a single user isn't worth a $150+ netbook. Actually single user is worth a lot less for Google and other companies.
Lets say Google gets around $2 CPM on normal searches. That means a single search is worth something like $0.002 for Google. It's going to take lots of searches and ad clicks from every user to even cover the costs of the netbook. And the same users would be doing those searches and ad clicks anyway, so it serves no purpose.
Another thing is that search result advertisements and even ads on gmail are worth more because they can be really targeted. But what do you advertise on a spreadsheet app? Users aren't looking for any info or such - they're working on their spreadsheet.
It's just out of the question that a single user would be worth $150 for Google.
1) Opera Sync does basically the same 2) There's that build-in adblocker, but I like Ad Muncher more. And it works in other browsers too. 4) Not exactly a tooltip, but double-click word->click dictionary with shift down. Then just ctrl+w to get back. Works just as good after a few uses.
Right-click->Edit site preferences.. lets you edit those for individual sites. If you want a no-script like thing, disable global javascript and enable for sites you want it to function at.
And I would even say that it's a better browser than Firefox or Safari, but that's of course everyones own opinion. The robust interface and feeling on how fast things work is just good though. Firefox doesn't really come close with it.
That being said, Opera doesn't really even have low usage numbers. It has over 50% marketshare in Russia and CIS countries, being the #1 browser. It has really wide deployment on mobile phones, Wii's, other electronic equipment and hotel tv's and so on.
Actually making a better profit than Mozilla too, so I don't see why they wouldn't keep developing new things (and Opera has usually been the first one to actually develop new browser features) Mozilla Foundation: Revenue $75 million (4 employees) Opera Software: Revenue $89 million (675+ employees)
ISP's wont care about it. They only do if you start running some heavy traffic stuff on it. Here in Scandinavia that has been standard clause in the TOS for ever, but I've never got any saying from ISP about it (even while actually running a high traffic website on my 100mbit).
Lots of people also run gaming servers, even more so because for example MW2 is now automatically choosing one of the players as a listen host. P2P clients also usually start a listening server, technically, and so do all the IM clients when sending a file and so on.
Problem with this, like with many other touch screen like devices, is that you don't get physical feedback when you're clicking or scrolling or doing anything. There's a reason why you actually need to push the mouse button a little bit so it clicks. Not much, but it actually feels like a click. Keyboard presses need to be the same way too - you need the feedback.
Another example is the scroll in mouses. My Logitech MX Revolution mouse has both seamless and non-seamless mode that you can activate for different apps. Seamless mode was activated by default for IE and I had to take it off, because mouse scroll also needs to "tick" and feel back when you're scrolling. The Apple video shows that you can scroll faster by moving your finger rapidly - guess what, you can do that with a normal scroll too, just by rapidly firing the scroller to either direction (the logitech software actually releases the tick for a bit so it works even better)
Other thing to consider is how quickly the touch area gets dirty and less functional. I sometimes like to eat a great three story cheese bacon hamburger filled with majonese, chipotle ketchup and delicious cheese with deep fried french fries, topped with a cold beer and chocolate ice cream with strawberries and chocolate dipping. Lets face it, the touch area is going to get dirty. Will it function the same way after that and can you clean it as easily?
And even if program like Opera is free, it doesn't mean the users aren't generating income. For example Opera gets paid by Google to have them as default search engine, and Opera also gets a small share on Google ad clicks that come from Opera's search box.
This is the same way Firefox also generates income, but in addition Opera Software is doing business on other devices which brings them larger income than Mozilla actually, even if their browser marketshare on desktop is a lot less than Firefox's. Mozilla Foundation: Revenue $75 million (4 employees) Opera Software: Revenue $89 million (675+ employees)
Well, it's probably more to do with the producer than the special effects team, as they're usually just following directors orders. It's kind of like theres both chocolate and vanilla ice creams, but it's possible to eat them together too and sometimes its even more delicious that way. Or you could also pour some chocolate dipping in to it, or cookie crunchs and m&m's on top.
Eh, where they got the money to compete in other area has absolutely nothing to do with it. Or are you saying that a company producing milk should not be allowed to use their assets to start producing ice cream too?
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It's nice that you have this "fight the power!" attitude and all, but some of us actually have lives and loved ones to care about. Most of us, actually. They fighted in court, lost and now they're complying to the court order. What is the other way? Yell "NO YOU WONT DO THIS TO US" and go to jail? No thank you.
But seeing you're here to write about their lack of principle, why don't you do something?
This basically means they're dead. Good luck to the guys who we're working on it tho, they had a nice office and all. But I don't think the advertisement revenue will be the same. Maybe they find a new business model though, will be interesting to see.
And now that TPB killed their trackers and seem to be a sinking ship.. uh, bay, times are really changing.
No, it's what the German user's web browser does. They can easily stop it with the right settings. It would make a lot more sense to educate people about those settings, or even to request that computers sold in Germany come with them by default, than to try to change the way the web works.
This is like saying "But it's not the website infecting the visitors computer with a virus, his browser is doing that! He could easily stop this with the right settings!"
The issue isn't that website owners could see names/ID's, but that Google has them. But the website owners are liable because they're sending that info to Google.
And Imperial system doesn't even make any sense:
thou
inch = 1000 thou
foot = 12 inches
yard = 3 feet
furlong = 220 yards
mile = 8 furlongs
league = 3 miles 15,840
yeah that makes complete sense!
And USA is the only country that still keeps using it.
Wrong side? Right hand traffic is the correct side and is so in most of the countries in world. UK, Australia and India are the only big counties driving on wrong side of road and that causes dangers if visiting there or their people visit elsewhere.
It makes a lot more sense to change to right hand traffic in those countries than in all the others.
Dear Mr. Anonymous Coward,
Your thousand separator is one off. Seeing your post is not the first post, I must assume you meant 100st post, because it will be dropped around there soon enough. In either case, you failed.
Best regards,
Your loving wife
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You mean I cannot transfer my 18 quintillion, 446 quadrillion, 744 trillion, 73 billion, 709 million, 551 thousand and 615 dollars (or in easier words 18 billion billion dollars) as a single transfer from my banking account? I need to do two of them? This is outrageous!
This is the same in my bank, if you type in . it gives an error. In addition it requires you to type in the ,00 too, and next to the sum text box is an example like "150,00".
Having comma/decimal as a separator is stupid anyway, space does just fine - 150 000.35
And they are storing that cookie everywhere on the internet now a days. Google can build a pretty accurate profile about you (unless you've blocked it, but 'casual' people usually don't)
Have you actually used the Analytics service? It shows very detailed information about visitors, where they are coming from and what they do on the website. There's tons of statistics and other stuff available, and Google can track the individual people across the internet.
There are however data protection laws in place and especially about storing personal information in other countries. From the article:
This isn’t the first time German privacy protection officials have voiced their concerns about the Google Analytics service, as it had earlier criticized the search giant over keeping everyone ‘in the dark’ about which information they’re collecting exactly and how much identifiable data is sent to and stored on servers located on U.S. soil. German laws prohibit such data to leave the country, they claim.
If you or your website is giving such personal info to other party and it's stored elsewhere, you will be just as liable. And let's be honest, Google is able to profile people really good. German authorities are especially worried about political parties and pharmaceutical companies websites.
What gives the police the right to compel a person to say or do anything?
After seeing a video from there I'm not against this anymore. Teenage girls, sigh.
You also need good amount of CPU and RAM. Websites and especially video streaming and flash games are quite heavy, and so are the heavily-ajaxied Google apps.
And like someone said, shown hardware had 32 GB SSD card, which isn't really dirt cheap either.
As nice as it is to think that advertisements will cover everything, a single user isn't worth a $150+ netbook. Actually single user is worth a lot less for Google and other companies.
Lets say Google gets around $2 CPM on normal searches. That means a single search is worth something like $0.002 for Google. It's going to take lots of searches and ad clicks from every user to even cover the costs of the netbook. And the same users would be doing those searches and ad clicks anyway, so it serves no purpose.
Another thing is that search result advertisements and even ads on gmail are worth more because they can be really targeted. But what do you advertise on a spreadsheet app? Users aren't looking for any info or such - they're working on their spreadsheet.
It's just out of the question that a single user would be worth $150 for Google.
1) Opera Sync does basically the same
2) There's that build-in adblocker, but I like Ad Muncher more. And it works in other browsers too.
4) Not exactly a tooltip, but double-click word->click dictionary with shift down. Then just ctrl+w to get back. Works just as good after a few uses.
Right-click->Edit site preferences.. lets you edit those for individual sites. If you want a no-script like thing, disable global javascript and enable for sites you want it to function at.
And I would even say that it's a better browser than Firefox or Safari, but that's of course everyones own opinion. The robust interface and feeling on how fast things work is just good though. Firefox doesn't really come close with it.
That being said, Opera doesn't really even have low usage numbers. It has over 50% marketshare in Russia and CIS countries, being the #1 browser. It has really wide deployment on mobile phones, Wii's, other electronic equipment and hotel tv's and so on.
Actually making a better profit than Mozilla too, so I don't see why they wouldn't keep developing new things (and Opera has usually been the first one to actually develop new browser features)
Mozilla Foundation: Revenue $75 million (4 employees)
Opera Software: Revenue $89 million (675+ employees)
ISP's wont care about it. They only do if you start running some heavy traffic stuff on it. Here in Scandinavia that has been standard clause in the TOS for ever, but I've never got any saying from ISP about it (even while actually running a high traffic website on my 100mbit).
Lots of people also run gaming servers, even more so because for example MW2 is now automatically choosing one of the players as a listen host. P2P clients also usually start a listening server, technically, and so do all the IM clients when sending a file and so on.
They wont have any problems with this.
Needle and a condom section in store.
Problem with this, like with many other touch screen like devices, is that you don't get physical feedback when you're clicking or scrolling or doing anything. There's a reason why you actually need to push the mouse button a little bit so it clicks. Not much, but it actually feels like a click. Keyboard presses need to be the same way too - you need the feedback.
Another example is the scroll in mouses. My Logitech MX Revolution mouse has both seamless and non-seamless mode that you can activate for different apps. Seamless mode was activated by default for IE and I had to take it off, because mouse scroll also needs to "tick" and feel back when you're scrolling. The Apple video shows that you can scroll faster by moving your finger rapidly - guess what, you can do that with a normal scroll too, just by rapidly firing the scroller to either direction (the logitech software actually releases the tick for a bit so it works even better)
Other thing to consider is how quickly the touch area gets dirty and less functional. I sometimes like to eat a great three story cheese bacon hamburger filled with majonese, chipotle ketchup and delicious cheese with deep fried french fries, topped with a cold beer and chocolate ice cream with strawberries and chocolate dipping. Lets face it, the touch area is going to get dirty. Will it function the same way after that and can you clean it as easily?
You know, the "User-agent: *" isn't there just for eye candy ;)
So you don't even need to do user-agent snooping, just have it like this:
User-agent: Googlebot
Disallow: /
Convicted of what? Being a monopoly isn't a conviction or illegal, you just are it if you control the market almost fully.
And even if program like Opera is free, it doesn't mean the users aren't generating income. For example Opera gets paid by Google to have them as default search engine, and Opera also gets a small share on Google ad clicks that come from Opera's search box.
This is the same way Firefox also generates income, but in addition Opera Software is doing business on other devices which brings them larger income than Mozilla actually, even if their browser marketshare on desktop is a lot less than Firefox's.
Mozilla Foundation: Revenue $75 million (4 employees)
Opera Software: Revenue $89 million (675+ employees)
Well, it's probably more to do with the producer than the special effects team, as they're usually just following directors orders. It's kind of like theres both chocolate and vanilla ice creams, but it's possible to eat them together too and sometimes its even more delicious that way. Or you could also pour some chocolate dipping in to it, or cookie crunchs and m&m's on top.
Eh, where they got the money to compete in other area has absolutely nothing to do with it. Or are you saying that a company producing milk should not be allowed to use their assets to start producing ice cream too?