Google is going to all the trouble of collecting every speck of information on earth. To expect them to only use this enormous asset to return search results is a bit ridiculous.
I think Yahoo is looking at the possibilities open to Google and realizing that if they also collected all of the information on the earth, they could really do some things. That might be part of what's behind this move.
I took the plunge and started using the SMARTY templating system with PHP. Complete separation of PHP and HTML. It's easy and powerful. Of course, with no more need to mingle code and markup, you almost wish you could use something more powerful than PHP. Python maybe.
This seems to be a great indicator that MySQL is being used and is a threat. If it truly was a terrible product, there would be no need for MS and IBM to make these comments.
I think in Slashdot's case, the problem could be
that the subscribers are also the content
providers. If slashdot used a subscription model,
they would have fewer people posting interesting
opinions, which would make the product worse,
which would attract fewer people and so on in
a downward spiral.
It always bothers me when I hear about the death
of the advertizing model on the web. Have they
really given this the old college try? I doubt
there is a less innovative industry than web
advertizing. How can a site possibly be supported
by a strip at the top of a page? If the content
is good, people will put up with something like
this:
1) I click on a link to an article
2) A huge, red full page add comes up telling
me how much I want to drink Coke
3) Five seconds later I am redirected to the
article
I think this sort of thing is the answer. I could
even be offered the entertaining flash version
if I have a fast connection. Or I could be made
to play a simple and maybe fun game or answer a
quiz (what's the best soft drink on earth?) or
fill out a poll. There are all sorts of ideas
but I think the general idea here is to have the
audiences undivided attention for 5 seconds and
then give them uncluttered content rather than
annoying them all the time.
Of course this sort of thing would only work if
the content was good enough, but increased
revenue would help in this regard.
That's all.
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It isn't
There are quite a few "porous" holes that get into Microsofts internal networks.
That's how bad Microsoft's security is. Even it's holes are porous!
Google is going to all the trouble of collecting every speck of information on earth. To expect them to only use this enormous asset to return search results is a bit ridiculous.
I think Yahoo is looking at the possibilities open to Google and realizing that if they also collected all of the information on the earth, they could really do some things. That might be part of what's behind this move.
and here I am using my legs like a sucker!
Like slashdotters aren't already having enough trouble getting a date without wearing one of these goofy things.
At least it doesn't have an antenna...
It's everyone else that has to differentiate. Dell is the default option.
I took the plunge and started using the SMARTY templating system with PHP. Complete separation of PHP and HTML. It's easy and powerful. Of course, with no more need to mingle code and markup, you almost wish you could use something more powerful than PHP. Python maybe.
This seems to be a great indicator that MySQL is being used and is a threat. If it truly was a terrible product, there would be no need for MS and IBM to make these comments.
Why not just use a mac?
That wasn't very nice of me.
I think in Slashdot's case, the problem could be
that the subscribers are also the content
providers. If slashdot used a subscription model,
they would have fewer people posting interesting
opinions, which would make the product worse,
which would attract fewer people and so on in
a downward spiral.
It always bothers me when I hear about the death
of the advertizing model on the web. Have they
really given this the old college try? I doubt
there is a less innovative industry than web
advertizing. How can a site possibly be supported
by a strip at the top of a page? If the content
is good, people will put up with something like
this:
1) I click on a link to an article
2) A huge, red full page add comes up telling
me how much I want to drink Coke
3) Five seconds later I am redirected to the
article
I think this sort of thing is the answer. I could
even be offered the entertaining flash version
if I have a fast connection. Or I could be made
to play a simple and maybe fun game or answer a
quiz (what's the best soft drink on earth?) or
fill out a poll. There are all sorts of ideas
but I think the general idea here is to have the
audiences undivided attention for 5 seconds and
then give them uncluttered content rather than
annoying them all the time.
Of course this sort of thing would only work if
the content was good enough, but increased
revenue would help in this regard.
That's all.
... It's PEOPLE! Golden Rice is made out of people...