If Google makes money on searches done through Firefox and on search done through Chrome, they aren't going to do things that alienate Firefox users. I guess if they make 10x on Chrome searches they might, but I bet the ratio is much smaller.
I imagine it will, as the developers tend to emphasize speed (and native code is often faster than javascript). They have to balance against it making it more difficult to support older browsers, and needlessly changing apis.
If we are going to talk about most people, they don't know the difference between the search bar and the url bar, and they aren't going to freak out if they still get a list of web pages when they type stuff into the url bar.
A lot of people still set Google as their homepage, go there and type in stuff like 'http://www.yahoo.com' or whatever.
Of course it matters. If he made the announcement on a site that only his friends could see, only his friends would be able to see it. That anyone can see it means that anyone can see it, and he shouldn't be shocked when someone sees it.
There is some likelihood (in my mind) that it is a second language thing. Slashdot may have a slightly higher international readership than other sites you frequent, and it would make sense for people with less experience with the language to make the mistake (and other languages often have much stricter vowel rules than English, so the speaking->writing transition invites the mistake).
Given your attitude, I bet you are some sort of curmudgeon. I'm not, and my id is half again lower than yours. It's almost as if it is a meaningless number.
Yeah, it was popular, and probably cheap (barter syndication doesn't cost the station nothin'!), and a lot of Fox stations lack a big news department, so they would show something that would attract non-news demographics at that time slot.
Here is a link that claims that the Simpson's was initially syndicated under a barter agreement:
Uranium can probably be pulled out of seawater using less energy than the uranium will yield, so the supply should extend a great deal further than 100 years. It is presumed to be too expensive to compete with current mines, so no one is currently doing it (but the principle seems pretty straightforward).
15 years ago, disk space also meant quite a bit. People maybe had 2 gigabyte disks. In that scenario, 10 to 1 compression gets you 25 albums instead of 2.5 albums. Bandwidth mattered, but it wasn't the only consideration.
Whatever. Certainly, the percentage of the global population that dies from war/aggression has decreased pretty steadily over the last 2000 years (I guess you have to do some smoothing to account for big wars, but the billion divisor works pretty good, even for WWII).
I saying that it was a tip of the hat to people who did know, they get to sit their and gloat to themselves that their buddy has no idea who the assassin is (showing a glimpse prompts them to gloat in my theory...).
It also makes sense that it is their for people watching the movie a second time, or for people who happen to do a great job of absorbing every instant of a film.
Vista is a result of incremental upgrades to XP. 5 years worth.
The biggest issues are that they turned a knob from "Totally not secure by default" to "A little more secure, but really annoying when using non-conforming applications, by default", and they decided to try to make the system more robust by upping the requirements for some drivers (turning off support for 'the old way' made this really painful for users, as hardware companies didn't deliver all that many good drivers for 'the new way').
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If Google makes money on searches done through Firefox and on search done through Chrome, they aren't going to do things that alienate Firefox users. I guess if they make 10x on Chrome searches they might, but I bet the ratio is much smaller.
I imagine it will, as the developers tend to emphasize speed (and native code is often faster than javascript). They have to balance against it making it more difficult to support older browsers, and needlessly changing apis.
If we are going to talk about most people, they don't know the difference between the search bar and the url bar, and they aren't going to freak out if they still get a list of web pages when they type stuff into the url bar.
A lot of people still set Google as their homepage, go there and type in stuff like 'http://www.yahoo.com' or whatever.
That's gibberish.
You'd shoot a man for selling you a steak at a price you were willing to pay?
Wow.
Of course it matters. If he made the announcement on a site that only his friends could see, only his friends would be able to see it. That anyone can see it means that anyone can see it, and he shouldn't be shocked when someone sees it.
There is some likelihood (in my mind) that it is a second language thing. Slashdot may have a slightly higher international readership than other sites you frequent, and it would make sense for people with less experience with the language to make the mistake (and other languages often have much stricter vowel rules than English, so the speaking->writing transition invites the mistake).
Things that you occasionally compromise are generally called preferences.
You get 1 point for getting the joke.
You forfeit all points for a period of 1 year for thinking that it is funny to say so.
Wait, which way do you think the bars on his cage work?
Given your attitude, I bet you are some sort of curmudgeon. I'm not, and my id is half again lower than yours. It's almost as if it is a meaningless number.
24 could have done a completely different second season. It could have been great.
The pc I bought in 1997 had a 4 or 8 gigabyte disc, and was plenty expensive at that time. Anyway, they both contributed.
Yeah, it was popular, and probably cheap (barter syndication doesn't cost the station nothin'!), and a lot of Fox stations lack a big news department, so they would show something that would attract non-news demographics at that time slot.
Here is a link that claims that the Simpson's was initially syndicated under a barter agreement:
http://www.snpp.com/episodes/scg-faq.html#runs
(The transition to cash likely has more to do with the bother of selling and cutting national advertising, not with greed)
Uranium can probably be pulled out of seawater using less energy than the uranium will yield, so the supply should extend a great deal further than 100 years. It is presumed to be too expensive to compete with current mines, so no one is currently doing it (but the principle seems pretty straightforward).
15 years ago, disk space also meant quite a bit. People maybe had 2 gigabyte disks. In that scenario, 10 to 1 compression gets you 25 albums instead of 2.5 albums. Bandwidth mattered, but it wasn't the only consideration.
Whatever. Certainly, the percentage of the global population that dies from war/aggression has decreased pretty steadily over the last 2000 years (I guess you have to do some smoothing to account for big wars, but the billion divisor works pretty good, even for WWII).
Those 5 o'clock Simpsons episodes were programmed by your local station (which may have been a Fox station), not by Fox.
Yes, the problem with Fringe is that it is awful. I haven't watched Dollhouse, but I haven't seen anybody raving about how awesome it is either.
I saying that it was a tip of the hat to people who did know, they get to sit their and gloat to themselves that their buddy has no idea who the assassin is (showing a glimpse prompts them to gloat in my theory...).
It also makes sense that it is their for people watching the movie a second time, or for people who happen to do a great job of absorbing every instant of a film.
Who knows.
The problem with Firefly was that the ratings didn't justify the production costs (especially relative to shows that cost far less to produce).
An ardent fan base isn't nearly as interesting to a media conglomerate as broad viewership.
People that work with laboratory animals (rats and so forth) often become hyper sensitive. Exposure leads to sensitivity.
Or maybe it is more complicated.
Vista is a result of incremental upgrades to XP. 5 years worth.
The biggest issues are that they turned a knob from "Totally not secure by default" to "A little more secure, but really annoying when using non-conforming applications, by default", and they decided to try to make the system more robust by upping the requirements for some drivers (turning off support for 'the old way' made this really painful for users, as hardware companies didn't deliver all that many good drivers for 'the new way').
That's an interesting juxtaposition that you are rocking there.
Or, more importantly, they can use the aluminum to make cans for beer.