Sure, but Yahoo is powered by Bing... and I'm not a big fan of Bing.
Yahoo was fine 10 years ago - now they're just a mess. Google may be the same in 10 years, I guess we'll see.
I wouldn't create a yahoo account just to create a aggregator by hand, nor would I create a gmail account for Buzz. But hey, if you have one or the other, might as well use it.
I have to agree with this. I found buzz to be just about ideal - it's unobtrusive, simple. and more of a 'feed aggregator' than a twitter app.
One of my friends just uses it to share his twitter feed with those of us not using twitter. Another just uses it for occasional comments on his flickr photo stream. I use it just for the occasional IM type comment that I would want to send to 3 or 4 people (not things like "I'm watching the game", but things like "everyone who bet on x owes me money", or "did you see this news story").
Sure, it's kinda pointless. But it does a really good job of combining several disparate feeds of pointless into one simple console that I already have open anyway.
Nobody *relies* on it by itself - it's just one of many tools to try to prevent copyright infringement.
The problem is that photos/images must be seen to be useful, and if they can be seen, they can be stolen:)
I post my stuff with no EXIF data except the copyright, plus a watermark (non-visible) plus a watermark (visible), plus reduced color/size, plus digital compression with loss (JPG/PNG at about 85%) - therefore in *theory* I can point to my original uncropped image with EXIF at higher color, free of compression, etc etc.
Exif is even viewable on OSX and Windows by just looking at the file's properties.
Most artists actually *rely* on EXIF (and carefully protect it) to establish things like Copyright - not to mention keeping track of settings. If my phone *didn't* tag my photos with my name I'd be a bit miffed:)
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I see this as a response to the filtering and tiering complaints. Google seems to be attempting to say "Fine, take your toys and go home. We'll just give everyone new toys"
I wish them luck, and hope we're not seeing the founding of the new IBM/Ma Bell empire.
Very cool - so you're saying that you support them regardless of OS integration? Good.
All I said was that if people care what they run on, they most likely use Google Appliances (since in my experience they are more associated with enterprise search). I didn't say they were any good;)
Jobs may not be that strong *technically* but he is unusually good at marketing at talent management.
That evil pressure cooker atmosphere really does produce results - and the back stage wheeling and dealing does produce profit.
From a technology standpoint, though, I have to agree: more of a fashion company, less of a tech company.
Apple is not really my favorite - not since the quality and features dropped off sharply (in my personal experience). I used to consider them more like Alienware (neat designs, great machines), but now they're more like Sony (interesting designs, awful machines).
As opposed to beige boxes with little purple accents:D
They really charged too much for SPARC and hung onto it too long. By the time they diversified with the x86_64 hardware and such it was too late - IBM had eaten the higher end market, but Linux and Windows had eaten the lower end.
BUT, I got to disagree with your sig! Build a system that even a fool can use, and only fools will use it.;-P
LOL - well, I think the best operating systems are the ones that are nearly invisible compared to the tools running on them (hence the light switch example). I shouldn't have to spend time on the care and feeding of an OS, I should be doing whatever it is I got a computer to use.
An OS should stay out of the way at all times, function nearly instantly, and use the least resources possible (leaving the rest for apps).
Now, I agree with your comment about fools and what not - but I'm not talking about kinder-toys here. I'm just saying that the same rigid quality controls and thinking that are behind quality (non-Toyota?;) ) RTOS systems should be behind your desktop OS.
The people who feel the obsessive-compulsive need for celebrity and constantly barrage twitter/facebook/myspace with updates every five minutes are trying to find other people like them to do the same thing, but while running around being sillier than usual.
The rest of us will just scratch our heads and wonder what the world is coming to.
Trust but verify means "we'll agree not to call you a sneaky bastard to your face".
If you take the opposite tack of 'trust no one', then I assume you're going to be wiring up your own circuits, breadboards, and chips, then writing the boot code and machine code by hand before writing the compiler and then finally the test kit?
You certainly have to apply reason and sanity - otherwise you would have to personally build an identical copy of every single item to double check against. Otherwise, you go the opposite route and look for *defects*. Checking for defects or malicious behavior is 'trust but verify'. Checking every single circuit for every single positive and negative test (with full regression at each phase) is more secure (assuming your *tests* aren't compromised or weak) but it is also far more time consuming.
Personally, I'd like to think that I can buy a mobo at a store, slap BSD or Linux onto it, and then watch my OS and Firewall logs for exceptions.
I couldn't agree more, but then I'm also a big believer in 'trust but verify'. It's worth noting, however, that paranoia is self-fulfilling.:D
I recommend just being careful, verify that your devices are performing safely (as much as possible) and taking your chances. There are really very few alternatives - you have to trust someone.
But how does that compare to paying $9.99 each from the app store (and probably 99 cents for each player) and about $700 for the board and $200 for each player...
but have MULTI-TOUCH!!!
Ummm, yeah. That's my take on it too. The iPad just isn't selling itself to me yet. Maybe the iPad 3Gs Pro.
Not just you, I have had this issue on all the capacitive screens. Everyone seems to love them, but I can't use them with my left hand at all (they don't register 90% of the time), and only some fingers on my right hand register.
I've been speculating it may have to do with something electrical - but it drives me nuts. I adore my touch screen devices, but it sucks only having two fingers (both on my right hand) that will register.
Happens on both the iPhone and the G1/MyTouch 3G, so it's not like an Apple or Google(HTC) thing.
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Sure, but Yahoo is powered by Bing... and I'm not a big fan of Bing.
Yahoo was fine 10 years ago - now they're just a mess. Google may be the same in 10 years, I guess we'll see.
I wouldn't create a yahoo account just to create a aggregator by hand, nor would I create a gmail account for Buzz. But hey, if you have one or the other, might as well use it.
I have to agree with this. I found buzz to be just about ideal - it's unobtrusive, simple. and more of a 'feed aggregator' than a twitter app.
One of my friends just uses it to share his twitter feed with those of us not using twitter. Another just uses it for occasional comments on his flickr photo stream. I use it just for the occasional IM type comment that I would want to send to 3 or 4 people (not things like "I'm watching the game", but things like "everyone who bet on x owes me money", or "did you see this news story").
Sure, it's kinda pointless. But it does a really good job of combining several disparate feeds of pointless into one simple console that I already have open anyway.
It's a win for me.
You seem to have thought this out a bit too thoroughly :D
Actually, my point was more helping to assert ownership of the photo (like having negatives does), less like proving it wasn't tampered with.
Your point is... a bit different, I think :)
Nobody *relies* on it by itself - it's just one of many tools to try to prevent copyright infringement.
The problem is that photos/images must be seen to be useful, and if they can be seen, they can be stolen :)
I post my stuff with no EXIF data except the copyright, plus a watermark (non-visible) plus a watermark (visible), plus reduced color/size, plus digital compression with loss (JPG/PNG at about 85%) - therefore in *theory* I can point to my original uncropped image with EXIF at higher color, free of compression, etc etc.
Does it work? Hardly. Better than nothing though.
Exif is even viewable on OSX and Windows by just looking at the file's properties.
Most artists actually *rely* on EXIF (and carefully protect it) to establish things like Copyright - not to mention keeping track of settings. :)
If my phone *didn't* tag my photos with my name I'd be a bit miffed
There are some cities that impose a $500 fine for detonating a nuclear device...
I think this is on the same vein. No real subversive would ever bother to register, and at most it's a publicity stunt.
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Hmmmmm
But I still think this is a joke.
I see this as a response to the filtering and tiering complaints. Google seems to be attempting to say "Fine, take your toys and go home. We'll just give everyone new toys"
I wish them luck, and hope we're not seeing the founding of the new IBM/Ma Bell empire.
I used to play Sopwith - and yes, it worked. That plane is impossible to control if you're running above about 12MHz :)
Very cool - so you're saying that you support them regardless of OS integration? Good.
All I said was that if people care what they run on, they most likely use Google Appliances (since in my experience they are more associated with enterprise search). I didn't say they were any good ;)
True. If they care, they buy Google's enterprise search instead.
I actually had to look up what these guys do (did), since I've never heard of them. Got these Google appliances all over, though.
You really hit it on the head here.
Jobs may not be that strong *technically* but he is unusually good at marketing at talent management.
That evil pressure cooker atmosphere really does produce results - and the back stage wheeling and dealing does produce profit.
From a technology standpoint, though, I have to agree: more of a fashion company, less of a tech company.
Apple is not really my favorite - not since the quality and features dropped off sharply (in my personal experience). I used to consider them more like Alienware (neat designs, great machines), but now they're more like Sony (interesting designs, awful machines).
Hence the deaths of DEC, SGI, the real HP, and many many others. CRAY is still barely holding on.
I wonder when we'll see Apple and Motorola eventually walk this path?
As opposed to beige boxes with little purple accents :D
They really charged too much for SPARC and hung onto it too long. By the time they diversified with the x86_64 hardware and such it was too late - IBM had eaten the higher end market, but Linux and Windows had eaten the lower end.
That, and many people truly despise Solaris.
I have a selection of Waterman pens that I use non-stop, but I still type faster on a real keyboard.
Laptop keyboard? Not so much. Tablet? Wow, there just isn't an input method that's reasonably fast yet. Maybe dictation will eventually work?
I loved my Palm Tungsten, though. Graffiti and the graffiti-like scripts were amazing for speed and accuracy.
You think replacement batteries and chargers are expensive *now*
BUT, I got to disagree with your sig! Build a system that even a fool can use, and only fools will use it. ;-P
LOL - well, I think the best operating systems are the ones that are nearly invisible compared to the tools running on them (hence the light switch example).
I shouldn't have to spend time on the care and feeding of an OS, I should be doing whatever it is I got a computer to use.
Great examples of this: http://www.ghs.com/products/safety_critical/integrity-do-178b.html
An OS should stay out of the way at all times, function nearly instantly, and use the least resources possible (leaving the rest for apps).
Now, I agree with your comment about fools and what not - but I'm not talking about kinder-toys here. I'm just saying that the same rigid quality controls and thinking that are behind quality (non-Toyota? ;) ) RTOS systems should be behind your desktop OS.
Sure. It's a test of how big a cam-whore you are.
The people who feel the obsessive-compulsive need for celebrity and constantly barrage twitter/facebook/myspace with updates every five minutes are trying to find other people like them to do the same thing, but while running around being sillier than usual.
The rest of us will just scratch our heads and wonder what the world is coming to.
Exactly :D
Trust but verify means "we'll agree not to call you a sneaky bastard to your face".
If you take the opposite tack of 'trust no one', then I assume you're going to be wiring up your own circuits, breadboards, and chips, then writing the boot code and machine code by hand before writing the compiler and then finally the test kit?
You certainly have to apply reason and sanity - otherwise you would have to personally build an identical copy of every single item to double check against. Otherwise, you go the opposite route and look for *defects*. Checking for defects or malicious behavior is 'trust but verify'. Checking every single circuit for every single positive and negative test (with full regression at each phase) is more secure (assuming your *tests* aren't compromised or weak) but it is also far more time consuming.
Personally, I'd like to think that I can buy a mobo at a store, slap BSD or Linux onto it, and then watch my OS and Firewall logs for exceptions.
I couldn't agree more, but then I'm also a big believer in 'trust but verify'. It's worth noting, however, that paranoia is self-fulfilling. :D
I recommend just being careful, verify that your devices are performing safely (as much as possible) and taking your chances. There are really very few alternatives - you have to trust someone.
Like the MS surface, but running BSD or Linux?
That could be fun
But how does that compare to paying $9.99 each from the app store (and probably 99 cents for each player) and about $700 for the board and $200 for each player...
but have MULTI-TOUCH!!!
Ummm, yeah. That's my take on it too.
The iPad just isn't selling itself to me yet. Maybe the iPad 3Gs Pro.
As an added benefit, you can waggle your iPad around while trying to play gesture-based games and add to the fun
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Not just you, I have had this issue on all the capacitive screens. Everyone seems to love them, but I can't use them with my left hand at all (they don't register 90% of the time), and only some fingers on my right hand register.
I've been speculating it may have to do with something electrical - but it drives me nuts. I adore my touch screen devices, but it sucks only having two fingers (both on my right hand) that will register.
Happens on both the iPhone and the G1/MyTouch 3G, so it's not like an Apple or Google(HTC) thing.
Yup. Going to be long and ugly.
Basically it comes down to the usual fun, bribery, and court battles.