If honesty and disclosure go hand in hand, I would like to know what percentage of their own employees browse the net with the X10 ads turned "off". And not just the Q/A folks who have to make sure the stuff is working.
Q: Can you turn your ads off so I never see them again?
A: Click Here! This link will prevent your computer from having the X10 "pop-under" ads appear for the next 30 days! You must make sure you have your cookies enabled, for this link will give your computer a cookie that will disallow X10 pop-under ads from appearing on your computer as you "surf" the Internet. If you clear or delete your cookies, then it will be possible for X10's pop-under ads to appear on your machine. If you
don't know what a "cookie" is, then you're probably set and don't have to worry about it - just click this link to remove the ads!
A. Other: if you disable JavaScript in your browser the ads will not open, though this may prevent you from seeing some things you want to see.
Ad-blocking software will also help with this problem.
I love that the call their own business a "problem"!
Some German words are hugely conotative and emotive, whereas the english equivalent would take an entire phrase to describe (and not as well either) the original German.
One of my favorites is schadenfreude.Tell me that the German is not better than the English!
(For those not familiar with the word, look it up.
Given the past behavior of everyone's favorite monopoly, I suggest that shared source will be use as another, more covert, tool in the "embrace and extend" philosophy, except that it will happen earlier in the process yielding a sort of "go down my path while I shut the gate behind you" trap.
Given that we are talking about AOL users, I suspect that it would be. Of course, they are confused about most things - else how could they be using AOL?
True story - after my first instant message to my inlaws (nice people other than using AOL) they saw a strange screen name and took the following actions: closed AIM, logged off of AOL, powered down the computer, and left the room.
You don't get much more confused than that!
I think the analogy is ok. Just because you have an email account does not mean you want spam. You want mail from people you trust/interest you.
Similarly, you want a web where you can trust that the content authors are the people creating the content you see.
In other words, mail from people you want to send you mail and links from people you want to create links for you.
First you need to determine their level of experience. Don't make any assumptions about how much you think inner city kids know, they might surprise you.
Just as important is to keep your own mind open to their insights to computers. Kids are great at asking why - don't blow off those questions. Great innovation comes from asking why with enough persistance to get the answer. Find out their itch and them help them scratch it.
End users want applications that help them get their work done better and faster than they could otherwise. They don't give a shit about the operating system. Comparing OS's is fun for geeks, but it is meaningless to the end users. An OS is just an interface to the underlying hardware (See Linus on the NPR Fresh Air archives.)
A meaningful comparision would be to ask what tasks need to be accomplished and then compare the systems that handle those tasks.
Which systems create a better user experience? Of course, if some systems do not software for a particular category, then the other sort of wins by default (this is called leveraging your monopoly).
Corporate america pays lots and lots of money to be able to anticipate/create what is cool.
See Faith Popcorn's business for an example of how
important it is to determine (in both senses of the word) what is cool and when it is cool.
Why use linux when Solaris 8 can be had for free and comes with all the usual gnu tools?
Let Linux be the unix for x86 and the mainframe. Sun turns out an outstanding product, and now that they are shipping gnu software, there is really no reason to use Linux on the sparc.
Microsoft seems to insists on driving people toward open source/free software (yes, martha, I am aware of the distinction). Why rent, when you could choose a competing product that includes its source code so that future use is not restricted?
I have used telocity for serveral months now with no problems. The time from order to installation was about six weeks, but most of this seemed like the phone company lollygagging on their end.
My only cable choice would be a Paul Allen company
and I would rather use lynx over a phone line than give him any more money.
Because the application developers do not get to select the database! As a java developer, I would love to work with an object database; howeve, you work with the tools you have (or have the clout to get).
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If honesty and disclosure go hand in hand, I would like to know what percentage of their own employees browse the net with the X10 ads turned "off". And not just the Q/A folks who have to make sure the stuff is working.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
A: Click Here! This link will prevent your computer from having the X10 "pop-under" ads appear for the next 30 days! You must make sure you have your cookies enabled, for this link will give your computer a cookie that will disallow X10 pop-under ads from appearing on your computer as you "surf" the Internet. If you clear or delete your cookies, then it will be possible for X10's pop-under ads to appear on your machine. If you don't know what a "cookie" is, then you're probably set and don't have to worry about it - just click this link to remove the ads!
A. Other: if you disable JavaScript in your browser the ads will not open, though this may prevent you from seeing some things you want to see. Ad-blocking software will also help with this problem.
I love that the call their own business a "problem"!
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
One of my favorites is schadenfreude.Tell me that the German is not better than the English! (For those not familiar with the word, look it up.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Similarly, you want a web where you can trust that the content authors are the people creating the content you see.
In other words, mail from people you want to send you mail and links from people you want to create links for you.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Check out the CoriolisOpen Press book "Open Source Development with CVS" for an excellent reference to CVS.