The firm has only four stores in China, two in Beijing and two in Shanghai; these four stores in China have generated on average the highest traffic and highest revenue of any of the 323 Apple stores worldwide according to a statement by the Chief Financial Officer peter Oppenheimer back in January.
I know revenue isn't everything, but maybe Apple should be learning something from these guys, and not the other way round...
Well, Maxthon claims to have had 500,000,000 downloads by 2010. Sounds about right, don't you think? I don't have anecdotal evidence to back my claim, but I asked because I remember reading that Maxthon is one of the biggest browsers in China a few years back, and I know it is/was based on IE6.
Just a thought, but isn't this because China mainly uses the Maxthon browser, which uses IE6 as its engine (or at least used to, for a looong time)? They built a browser on top of IE6 that has tabs and other modern things, so the user experience isn't as completely shit as plain old IE6.
Don't forget the millions and millions of local domains (.co.uk,.us,.it,.co,.za, etc.).
Also, 100 million domains translates to about 1.com domain for every 10 people using the internet (assuming 1/6 of the world population uses the net at least once a year, I didn't look it up now, but it's around there) - which means the average domain has 10 unique page views per year (that's really, really few), is it still really so hard to believe?
Ah ok, that makes sense. You told me something I didn't know, thanks! Still... CSS3 must be close to having two independent implementations by now...? Or have the W3C constructed the necessary tests, but the browsers are failing it on some parts?
This is a quote from wikipedia, which might explain why CSS 2.1. is only *now* part of the recommendation:
The CSS Working Group began tackling issues that had not been addressed with CSS level 1, resulting in the creation of CSS level 2 on November 4, 1997. It was published as a W3C Recommendation on May 12, 1998. CSS level 3, which was started in 1998, is still under development as of 2009.
In 2005 the CSS Working Groups decided to enforce the requirements for standards more strictly. This meant that already published standards like CSS 2.1, CSS 3 Selectors and CSS 3 Text were pulled back from Candidate Recommendation to Working Draft level.
Even so, what has the W3C been doing the last 6 years!?
To be fair, that is a direct quote from the article, so even though the summary editor could have exercised some discretion and removed it, at least it's not his own patronizing words.
Then I don't know what is. These guys are no longer playing with the stuff our universe is made of, they're now playing with what it's/not/ made of. That's quite amazing, if you ask me.
Wow, that's really amazing, and definitely has the potential to be a game-changer. Now I'll just wait a few minutes for the slashdot comments to roll in and dash my hopes in the most brilliant fashion imaginable...
When it comes to the censorship of the Internet, especially on riots and uprisings, China has the patent. They've been doing it on a much larger scale and long before the Tunisian uprisings ever started - from Wikipedia:
The regulation was passed in the 42nd Standing Convention of the State Council on 23 January 1996. It was formally announced on 1 February 1996, and updated again on 20 May 1997... In December 1997, Public Security minister Zhu Entao released new regulations to be enforced by the ministry that inflict fines for 'defaming government agencies,' 'splitting the nation,' and leaking "state secrets." Violators could face a fine up to 15,000 Yuan ($1800).
They censored the July 2009 Urumqi riots, the anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests, etc. etc.
The point is, those doing the uprisings are a small majority compared to the size of the country, and the Chinese government is doing an extremely good job of containing the information.
I'm sure the library will have an electronic directory (with some sort of suggestion system) exactly for that reason, seeing as how they already have the database needed to run the robots.
But I do agree, browsing books on the shelf often leads to discovery of new books on the subject in my field too.
Shell recently started a tender processes to obtain the privileges necessary to do fracking in the Karoo (a vast semi-desert) in South Africa. The area of concern produces most of South Africa's meat produce through sheep farming, and many towns and farmers depend on the groundwater supply in the area for survival.
So, there's a reasonably strong movement among farmers and concerned environmentalists in SA to stop Shell from using this process in the Karoo - it's just too risky. Of course, Shell promises that nothing will go wrong, and it will have no effect on the water supply. But the process requires several megaliters of water, which basically amounts to all the groundwater available in the Karoo.
There are other known cases where this process also didn't turn out well, but perhaps this case will help make the farmers' and concerned parties' case.
Unfortunately, this being South Africa and politicians being who they are, the government is leaning strongly towards allowing Shell to mine the Karoo for natural gas. "Thousands of job opportunities" is the catchphrase they love to use in this regard. So if you ask me, it's going to happen, no matter what the risk. But at least now, with it going wrong in several other places, the environmentalists may have solid grounds to take this matter to the courts.
The difference being, in most cases, that phone companies only serve one country, and therefore one currency. Or at least, if you buy prepaid, then it's safe to assume it's for a phone in that country.
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The firm has only four stores in China, two in Beijing and two in Shanghai; these four stores in China have generated on average the highest traffic and highest revenue of any of the 323 Apple stores worldwide according to a statement by the Chief Financial Officer peter Oppenheimer back in January.
I know revenue isn't everything, but maybe Apple should be learning something from these guys, and not the other way round...
Well, Maxthon claims to have had 500,000,000 downloads by 2010. Sounds about right, don't you think? I don't have anecdotal evidence to back my claim, but I asked because I remember reading that Maxthon is one of the biggest browsers in China a few years back, and I know it is/was based on IE6.
Just a thought, but isn't this because China mainly uses the Maxthon browser, which uses IE6 as its engine (or at least used to, for a looong time)? They built a browser on top of IE6 that has tabs and other modern things, so the user experience isn't as completely shit as plain old IE6.
Sorry, that's 10 unique visitors per year, not page views, and hopefully more, since every person does not just visit one website.
Don't forget the millions and millions of local domains (.co.uk, .us, .it, .co, .za, etc.).
Also, 100 million domains translates to about 1 .com domain for every 10 people using the internet (assuming 1/6 of the world population uses the net at least once a year, I didn't look it up now, but it's around there) - which means the average domain has 10 unique page views per year (that's really, really few), is it still really so hard to believe?
Thanks for sharing. Too bad you assumed I live in America! But since you've scared off all the Americans, now I'm definitely coming, thanks!
I assume you're kidding, but you've got it confused with Never Land
I'm moving to the Netherlands!
Ah ok, that makes sense. You told me something I didn't know, thanks! Still... CSS3 must be close to having two independent implementations by now...? Or have the W3C constructed the necessary tests, but the browsers are failing it on some parts?
This is a quote from wikipedia, which might explain why CSS 2.1. is only *now* part of the recommendation:
The CSS Working Group began tackling issues that had not been addressed with CSS level 1, resulting in the creation of CSS level 2 on November 4, 1997. It was published as a W3C Recommendation on May 12, 1998. CSS level 3, which was started in 1998, is still under development as of 2009. In 2005 the CSS Working Groups decided to enforce the requirements for standards more strictly. This meant that already published standards like CSS 2.1, CSS 3 Selectors and CSS 3 Text were pulled back from Candidate Recommendation to Working Draft level.
Even so, what has the W3C been doing the last 6 years!?
To answer your question "Is slashdot on its last legs?":
Yes. Yes, it is.
I checked the other day, and Slashdot seems to be going the way of VB6... Google Correlate.
Hahah, good one
To be fair, that is a direct quote from the article, so even though the summary editor could have exercised some discretion and removed it, at least it's not his own patronizing words.
Yes yes, be persnickety about it. This is slashdot, after all.
Then I don't know what is. These guys are no longer playing with the stuff our universe is made of, they're now playing with what it's /not/ made of. That's quite amazing, if you ask me.
Hooray!
Wow, that's really amazing, and definitely has the potential to be a game-changer. Now I'll just wait a few minutes for the slashdot comments to roll in and dash my hopes in the most brilliant fashion imaginable...
Oops, meant to say small minority, not small majority.
When it comes to the censorship of the Internet, especially on riots and uprisings, China has the patent. They've been doing it on a much larger scale and long before the Tunisian uprisings ever started - from Wikipedia:
The regulation was passed in the 42nd Standing Convention of the State Council on 23 January 1996. It was formally announced on 1 February 1996, and updated again on 20 May 1997... In December 1997, Public Security minister Zhu Entao released new regulations to be enforced by the ministry that inflict fines for 'defaming government agencies,' 'splitting the nation,' and leaking "state secrets." Violators could face a fine up to 15,000 Yuan ($1800).
They censored the July 2009 Urumqi riots, the anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests, etc. etc.
The point is, those doing the uprisings are a small majority compared to the size of the country, and the Chinese government is doing an extremely good job of containing the information.
I'm sure the library will have an electronic directory (with some sort of suggestion system) exactly for that reason, seeing as how they already have the database needed to run the robots.
But I do agree, browsing books on the shelf often leads to discovery of new books on the subject in my field too.
but what does the summary have to do with the Free Software Foundation?
Oh, now I see, the linked website is apparently a campaign of the FSF, and the banners you can add to your site are hosted on fsf.org.
Maybe, but we do make better lovers...
we think..
Why can't they still do it like the electric buses do? An overhead cable with a connection that moves with the train.
Shell recently started a tender processes to obtain the privileges necessary to do fracking in the Karoo (a vast semi-desert) in South Africa. The area of concern produces most of South Africa's meat produce through sheep farming, and many towns and farmers depend on the groundwater supply in the area for survival.
So, there's a reasonably strong movement among farmers and concerned environmentalists in SA to stop Shell from using this process in the Karoo - it's just too risky. Of course, Shell promises that nothing will go wrong, and it will have no effect on the water supply. But the process requires several megaliters of water, which basically amounts to all the groundwater available in the Karoo.
There are other known cases where this process also didn't turn out well, but perhaps this case will help make the farmers' and concerned parties' case.
Unfortunately, this being South Africa and politicians being who they are, the government is leaning strongly towards allowing Shell to mine the Karoo for natural gas. "Thousands of job opportunities" is the catchphrase they love to use in this regard. So if you ask me, it's going to happen, no matter what the risk. But at least now, with it going wrong in several other places, the environmentalists may have solid grounds to take this matter to the courts.
The difference being, in most cases, that phone companies only serve one country, and therefore one currency. Or at least, if you buy prepaid, then it's safe to assume it's for a phone in that country.