Yes, because once it dissapates, it's gone forever.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Sounds about as logical as the way auto dealers justified building still more and more huge vehicles. They cited a study that if a car weighs 100 pounds more than your car, you have a higher chance of fatality. So I guess the idea is to sell cars so big that everyone will have a car bigger than every other car on the road.
That's a lot of domains to be squatting on. I wish there was a way to prevent huge companies from squatting on names that won't be put to good use. Years ago, the registering agreement included a statement that you intended to do just that. If it still does, it's really being abused.
You've nailed it on the head. The current sales scheme relies on the ignorance of the customer at the time of purchase ("Cheap printer? OK!"). That's almost as bad as an outright bait and switch.
What next? Is Nabisco going to start telling me which brand of milk I have to use on my cereal? Will Windows require me to own a Microsoft mouse? Will my amplifier require their brand of speakers? Will my GE lamp only work with their light bulbs (don't get any ideas, GE)?
If a post has no text, will it still be redundant and misspelled? If a post has no text, can it still be filled with factual errors and misinterpretations? If a post has no text, can you still flame it? (Yes, you can) If a post has no text, will moderators still mod everything down as off-topic? If a post has no text, will hordes of Slashdotters still jump to random conclusions without checking the facts? If a post has no text, is it ok for fanboys to post "*n1x r00lz" messages? If a post has no text, what happens to the Slashdot effect?
You have entered the realm of the Slashdot singularity. Time and space, as you know it, are no longer relevant.
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Winona Ryder could explain to you why they do this. Ask her.
Well, how many document copiers have taken to calling themselves "Xerox machines". I'm not sure if it's such a huge risk for Google. It's free advertising, though. And how the hell do you sue a word out of a language?
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Also, can they be completely deactivated, so that even unusual equipment cannot track your stuff everywhere.
Weight Watchers talking sign: 'Sir, we notice you've been buying bigger blue jeans lately. How about stepping in to your local Weight Watchers center?'
Are they the ones who sell the "world's best knives"?
A friend in college asked me if I'd heard of the world's best knives. I told him no, but I owned the world's cheapest knives, so if they ever broke or went dull, it would cost me nothing to replace them.
Arrests are often because they refuse to reveal their sources in court.
This one actually is bad. Journalism is about getting the truth, and the truth is often stifled by threats to the people who have it. By keeping sources secret, the journalists help the truth to get out while protecting those involved.
I don't think we're meant to believe Newton's predictions. But it's interesting from a historical perspective to know that this father of science also held religious beliefs.
Two kind of businesses cropped up during the dot-boom. The orange crate variety, and the diamond-crusted, whiz-bang gold-plated kind.
It's unfortunate, but true, that the more wise business will survive. Really, this is a natural way to weed out the companies that are just too inefficient.
Goodbye Salon. Your writers will find jobs elsewhere. Maybe they'll have to settle for orange crates. Wasn't it fun, though?
After seeing that the laws of physics could be described mathematically, many people began to believe in determinism--that if you know the present state of the universe, you can perfectly predict any future state of the universe.
Quantum mechanics counters with the idea that certain particle actions cannot be predicted.
Thus, if our brain is merely a system of particles, we still can make decisions that could not have been predicted in the past.
You're quite correct about white collar crime. This SatireWire article is very insightful:
http://www.satirewire.com/news/july02/profiling. sh tml
favorite quote:
"If I'm walking down the street alone late at night and two minority kids come up behind me, yeah, maybe I'm thinking they're gonna take my wallet," said General Motors CEO Richard Wagoner, Jr. "But if two corporate controllers are coming up behind me, I'm not worried about my wallet. I'm worried about my entire life savings. I am definitely stepping to the other side of the street."
Yes. This kind of distortion is so common, that I've coined the phrase, "Hollywood physics".
In this world of physics, the most important controlling force is the plot. If the plot needs a crash to happen a certain way, it will happen, regardless of any other laws the universe may have had in mind.
I'm just glad a movie director isn't the God of the real universe.
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Yes, because once it dissapates, it's gone forever.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Sounds about as logical as the way auto dealers justified building still more and more huge vehicles. They cited a study that if a car weighs 100 pounds more than your car, you have a higher chance of fatality. So I guess the idea is to sell cars so big that everyone will have a car bigger than every other car on the road.
Of course, Raid 5 performs infinitely better than Raid 0 with a single failed disk...
Redundant or superfluous?
What would a video card do with redundant hardware? I could see it having extra stuff just for looks, though.
That's a lot of domains to be squatting on. I wish there was a way to prevent huge companies from squatting on names that won't be put to good use. Years ago, the registering agreement included a statement that you intended to do just that. If it still does, it's really being abused.
Off-topic?
In the immortal words of Mr. Shakespeare, "First, let's kill all the moderators."
Many, many countries already have access to the Windows source, not to mention many businesses and universities.
What if a person does not have eyes? Shouldn't the ATM be accessible to them as well?
You've nailed it on the head. The current sales scheme relies on the ignorance of the customer at the time of purchase ("Cheap printer? OK!"). That's almost as bad as an outright bait and switch.
What next? Is Nabisco going to start telling me which brand of milk I have to use on my cereal? Will Windows require me to own a Microsoft mouse? Will my amplifier require their brand of speakers? Will my GE lamp only work with their light bulbs (don't get any ideas, GE)?
Or still others:
If a post has no text, will it still be redundant and misspelled?
If a post has no text, can it still be filled with factual errors and misinterpretations?
If a post has no text, can you still flame it? (Yes, you can)
If a post has no text, will moderators still mod everything down as off-topic?
If a post has no text, will hordes of Slashdotters still jump to random conclusions without checking the facts?
If a post has no text, is it ok for fanboys to post "*n1x r00lz" messages?
If a post has no text, what happens to the Slashdot effect?
You have entered the realm of the Slashdot singularity. Time and space, as you know it, are no longer relevant.
Winona Ryder could explain to you why they do this. Ask her.
Well, how many document copiers have taken to calling themselves "Xerox machines". I'm not sure if it's such a huge risk for Google. It's free advertising, though. And how the hell do you sue a word out of a language?
Also, can they be completely deactivated, so that even unusual equipment cannot track your stuff everywhere.
Weight Watchers talking sign: 'Sir, we notice you've been buying bigger blue jeans lately. How about stepping in to your local Weight Watchers center?'
Ha ha! Thanks for that one.
Are they the ones who sell the "world's best knives"?
A friend in college asked me if I'd heard of the world's best knives. I told him no, but I owned the world's cheapest knives, so if they ever broke or went dull, it would cost me nothing to replace them.
Arrests are often because they refuse to reveal their sources in court.
This one actually is bad. Journalism is about getting the truth, and the truth is often stifled by threats to the people who have it. By keeping sources secret, the journalists help the truth to get out while protecting those involved.
Or how about losing Karma? Man, that can hurt!
I don't think we're meant to believe Newton's predictions. But it's interesting from a historical perspective to know that this father of science also held religious beliefs.
Indeed.
Two kind of businesses cropped up during the dot-boom. The orange crate variety, and the diamond-crusted, whiz-bang gold-plated kind.
It's unfortunate, but true, that the more wise business will survive. Really, this is a natural way to weed out the companies that are just too inefficient.
Goodbye Salon. Your writers will find jobs elsewhere. Maybe they'll have to settle for orange crates. Wasn't it fun, though?
After seeing that the laws of physics could be described mathematically, many people began to believe in determinism--that if you know the present state of the universe, you can perfectly predict any future state of the universe.
Quantum mechanics counters with the idea that certain particle actions cannot be predicted.
Thus, if our brain is merely a system of particles, we still can make decisions that could not have been predicted in the past.
http://www.satirewire.com/news/july02/profiling
favorite quote:
Yes, moderator. This was overrated. Someone else please moderate this even lower. It's still overrated.
That would have been really cool, actually.
Bottom line:
LOTR didn't come from Hollywood's sweethearts. Even if the movies and performances tower above all others, it may not receive much at the Oscars.
Yes. This kind of distortion is so common, that I've coined the phrase, "Hollywood physics".
In this world of physics, the most important controlling force is the plot. If the plot needs a crash to happen a certain way, it will happen, regardless of any other laws the universe may have had in mind.
I'm just glad a movie director isn't the God of the real universe.
But you (the moderator) are an idiot.
This was not redundant.