Who's more popular? Google vs. Viacom. Google's market cap is $169 BILLION; Viacom's? A paltry $19B. Google should just buy them and fire all the execs.
"in the other.01% lies a vast multitude of the most innovative and creative search engines around" -- all looking to get bought by one of the top four.
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Well, I must be addicted to hot water 'cause I find it hard to stay away from a hot shower for more than a couple of days. Come to think of it, I can't leave the telephone alone for more than a few days in a row either! Using electricity, driving a car, microwaving food, the list is endless. My god! What have I become?!?!?!
"What we're trying to do is change the bricks in the basement." It's the Internet; so it's more accurate to say we're changing the bricks in your parent's basement.
Let's all sue NTP. I read a sci-fi novel back in the day where messages were zipping around in space. I thought a lot about it. Surely that qualifies as early work on wireless email?
I get tired of every bad habit or vice being called an addiction. If you've ever experienced a true addiction involving a chemical with a biological component you understand the difference between an addiction and a bad habit.
You might feel uncomfortable when you try to change a bad habit. You might even fail to change it, deciding instead it's easier to indulge your vice than to change.
An addiction is a totally different animal. When you kick heroin or cocaine or alcohol you become physically sick. Not just emotionally uncomfortable, but physically ill: sweats, vomiting, dizziness, blood pressure fluctuations, etc, etc. When you are addicted you are physically compelled to seek out your chemical. Every waking moment is dedicated to procuring your next fix. You look for it like you look for your next breath. It's hard to convey, but try to imagine giving up breathing.
All your willpower to quit and all your effort to clean up can be at your disposal, you tell yourself, "No, not ever again," even as you reach for the needle. You weep as you consciously choose a chemical over family, job, home, self-respect, everything.
Yeah, if I try to give up coffee I might be uncomfortable for a few days. If I stop playing video games I might miss it for a while. But I won't throw up and have cold sweats for three days. Video games and internet and such can't be addictions, not without some serious pre-existing personality disorder.
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Who's more popular? Google vs. Viacom. Google's market cap is $169 BILLION; Viacom's? A paltry $19B. Google should just buy them and fire all the execs.
let me check.
Guns don't sabotage fiber cables, people do.
The couple that porns together, stays together.
I like my women like I like my licenses: extremely permissive.
"This sure seems like a promising endeavor." Uh, no. This sounds like a totally over-engineered clusterf***.
Want Linux? Run Linux.
Great! I can't wait to take this with me on the White House tour. Should prove interesting.
I'd recommend XML::Twig for huge documents. I've used it to parse giant (700+ meg) files, on an underpowered desktop no less and in reasonable time.
iPlayer? Sounds like it will be compatible with Apple's iSue.
"in the other .01% lies a vast multitude of the most innovative and creative search engines around" -- all looking to get bought by one of the top four.
It's friction from all the wind.
Just remember: You have to moisten the unruly crowd first, otherwise it will stink the place up for days, and some individuals may even catch on fire!
Put Steve Jobs in charge of NASA.
as in Piña? Sounds like a good idea.
Show off!
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Well, I must be addicted to hot water 'cause I find it hard to stay away from a hot shower for more than a couple of days. Come to think of it, I can't leave the telephone alone for more than a few days in a row either! Using electricity, driving a car, microwaving food, the list is endless. My god! What have I become?!?!?!
Globalization at its finest.
"What we're trying to do is change the bricks in the basement."
It's the Internet; so it's more accurate to say we're changing the bricks in your parent's basement.
Let's all sue NTP. I read a sci-fi novel back in the day where messages were zipping around in space. I thought a lot about it. Surely that qualifies as early work on wireless email?
to say, "A patent application on 'interestingness?' Boooooriing."
I get tired of every bad habit or vice being called an addiction. If you've ever experienced a true addiction involving a chemical with a biological component you understand the difference between an addiction and a bad habit.
You might feel uncomfortable when you try to change a bad habit. You might even fail to change it, deciding instead it's easier to indulge your vice than to change.
An addiction is a totally different animal. When you kick heroin or cocaine or alcohol you become physically sick. Not just emotionally uncomfortable, but physically ill: sweats, vomiting, dizziness, blood pressure fluctuations, etc, etc. When you are addicted you are physically compelled to seek out your chemical. Every waking moment is dedicated to procuring your next fix. You look for it like you look for your next breath. It's hard to convey, but try to imagine giving up breathing.
All your willpower to quit and all your effort to clean up can be at your disposal, you tell yourself, "No, not ever again," even as you reach for the needle. You weep as you consciously choose a chemical over family, job, home, self-respect, everything.
Yeah, if I try to give up coffee I might be uncomfortable for a few days. If I stop playing video games I might miss it for a while. But I won't throw up and have cold sweats for three days. Video games and internet and such can't be addictions, not without some serious pre-existing personality disorder.
Chinese ban internet rumors. Americans ban internet gambling. What's next? Some fool nation will ban internet pornography? Oh, wait....
YouTube is the Paris Hilton of the Web 2.0 crowd.
Let me be the first to say: iPod Nano Platinum