I thought the same thing, especially with the graphical buttons being so small. But when I tried it at the store I was immediately typing at least as fast as I can on other phone keyboards. Of course the experience will probably differ with many people. Personally I guess I don't need tactile feedback since I stare at the tiny keys anyway.
My first suggestion would be that if anyone mentions Alexa to you that you freak out and go on a 5-minute rant about how Alexa is stupid and anyone who is using it to seriously make a business decision should be fired.
I've been doing this for years. The problem (or actually just what marketers perceive as the problem) is that there is no generic public way to compare web site traffic. The only true way to get traffic metrics is from the web site owners. And they could easily make it up to take in more advertisers. So people in advertising look to Alexa as the only third party source.
The biggest sites don't have as much of a problem because they can work closely with advertising partners. Medium and small sites, however, don't get as much personal attention. So proving themselves as worthy web space for ads is more difficult.
The only people I've heard of that install the Alexa toolbar are web site owners because they want to see their rank often. Ironically so few people have the toolbar installed that they drastically boost their own rank.
We need to convince marketers that Alexa is pointless. But I'm afraid that without a good replace they'll keep using it.
He's simply pointing out that Microsoft Surface appears much more polished. I think saying "polished" would have sounded more... professional. But remember Gizmodo's audience is far wider than the Linux community and I don't think people consider them to be so much a part of the Linux community (as in speaking for it).
Even without comparison to Microsoft there are various things that don't appear polished with this MPX and Linux in general. While I do agree it's often taken too far, I think some level of comparison is healthy as it brings various things to light.
Apple's.Mac is mostly a collection of open standards. They're obviously about ready to take that mobile..Mac could definitely be integrated with Windows applications (license permitting).
I told the cop on the scene and the judge that the sign was obstructed. They didn't seem to care so I had to pay the ticket. If I had a camera I would have taken a photo of the sign, but I get the feeling it wouldn't have helped. It seems absurd to me that I'd be held accountable for a sign which I couldn't possibly see.
A few years ago I was pulled over for making an illegal u-turn. The sign was covered in snow so I had no idea it wasn't permitted on this block. One officer stayed behind my door and I could see in the mirror his hand was on his gun. The other officer approached the passenger side with his weapon drawn. My registration, license, insurance, etc. were all in proper order and I had no outstanding tickets, so I was pretty sure I came up clean on their computer. But I still had this awful feeling that if I moved my hands too fast I'd get shot. So I was extremely careful. Anyway, I got a simple ticket and there was no problem. But I can imagine this intimidation can bring about many more problems than it solves.
First, as I said to the other poster, I require a car to get to and from work, both outside Manhattan, so that's an expense I'd have whether or not I go into midtown.
Second, carpooling will do little for workday congestion. Morning congestion includes cabs and many trucks. Evening congestion includes many more cabs. At least half of midtown traffic during the busy hours are cabs. The bottlenecks for commuters are mostly the tunnels and bridges. So your math for the reduction in the number of cars is completely off.
My commute to work requires a car. I live and work in the suburbs of NYC. Therefore this is an expense I incur whether I take public transportation into Manhattan or not. The extra few miles put onto the car driving in Manhattan are negligible.
Except this tax won't work. If they want to reduce congestion they need to make public transportation cheaper. Let's take the example of me taking my girlfriend into midtown Manhattan.
Public transportation: Metro-North Railroad - $12.50 per person round trip x 2 people = $25 Subway (1 stop) - $2 per person x 2 stops (round trip) x 2 people = $8 Total = $33
Driving: Gas = ~$5 Tolls = $0 Parking = usually $0 New midtown driving tax = $8 Total = $13
Even if I don't always find street parking and pay $40 sometimes it still works out cheaper to drive on average. Metro-North and the LIRR need to reduce their prices to get more people to take them. They're getting ridiculously expensive, but won't ever go down in price because they're always suspiciously running a deficit.
If you want to distribute code, you need a license, or you are in violation of copyright law.
Please show us the section of US copyright law which mandates an explicit contract between the distributor and receiver.
If you make no statement of copyright it's automatically "all rights reserved" (in the US). You can give copies of code you write to anyone you want with no explicit license.
I'm hard-pressed to think of ANY reason for companies to "upgrade" to Vista. What does it offer to businesses?
A support contract from Microsoft. When they pay for Windows support companies are basically tied to Microsoft's product lifecycle. These companies don't want to be on XP once Microsoft drops the level of support (e.g. patches, unlimited support calls, etc.).
Also, many companies signed that licensing deal that Microsoft introduced years ago to spread the cost of upgrades over time. So these companies basically paid for the software long before it was released. I'm sure some CTOs feel obligated to upgrade regardless of the quality.
MasterCard and most banks spend a lot of money each year on preventing and detecting fraud. I used to work for MasterCard and can tell you they do see profit in preventing credit card fraud, and to a lesser extent id theft. If consumers lose trust in the brand name they'll hurt very bad. They track their own reported fraud rate very carefully and set a performance threshold for the department to maintain. MasterCard works closely with all of their member banks to aggregate fraud statistics and raise flags when any banks see a spike.
I read the first page and didn't see anything about them losing their will to code. It seems just the sheer number of innovative contributions means they have more to manage and less to write. This can't be a surprise with so many individuals and companies now contributing.
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You don't need to reference the White House for an example of deleted emails. Microsoft themselves have "lost" emails required by court subpoena.
But without the off-topic banter why would we visit slashdot?
This is the text book behavior of a monopoly. Gain ~100% market share by giving away, or selling product at a low price.
Once the buyer is hooked, hike the price.
That's also the text book behavior of a drug dealer.
I thought the same thing, especially with the graphical buttons being so small. But when I tried it at the store I was immediately typing at least as fast as I can on other phone keyboards. Of course the experience will probably differ with many people. Personally I guess I don't need tactile feedback since I stare at the tiny keys anyway.
Google PageRank has nothing at all to do with traffic. It's just one of over 100 variables that determines where a page appears in search results.
My first suggestion would be that if anyone mentions Alexa to you that you freak out and go on a 5-minute rant about how Alexa is stupid and anyone who is using it to seriously make a business decision should be fired.
I've been doing this for years. The problem (or actually just what marketers perceive as the problem) is that there is no generic public way to compare web site traffic. The only true way to get traffic metrics is from the web site owners. And they could easily make it up to take in more advertisers. So people in advertising look to Alexa as the only third party source.
The biggest sites don't have as much of a problem because they can work closely with advertising partners. Medium and small sites, however, don't get as much personal attention. So proving themselves as worthy web space for ads is more difficult.
The only people I've heard of that install the Alexa toolbar are web site owners because they want to see their rank often. Ironically so few people have the toolbar installed that they drastically boost their own rank.
We need to convince marketers that Alexa is pointless. But I'm afraid that without a good replace they'll keep using it.
You're right. The fact that game consoles can't have their video upgraded is what prevents them from ever taking off in the market.
You're right. No child should ever see a nipple. Ban breast feeding now!
Well [BEEP] that!
Fortunately, due to my 15 second delay, I was able to self-censor.
He's simply pointing out that Microsoft Surface appears much more polished. I think saying "polished" would have sounded more... professional. But remember Gizmodo's audience is far wider than the Linux community and I don't think people consider them to be so much a part of the Linux community (as in speaking for it).
Even without comparison to Microsoft there are various things that don't appear polished with this MPX and Linux in general. While I do agree it's often taken too far, I think some level of comparison is healthy as it brings various things to light.
Apple's .Mac is mostly a collection of open standards. They're obviously about ready to take that mobile. .Mac could definitely be integrated with Windows applications (license permitting).
I told the cop on the scene and the judge that the sign was obstructed. They didn't seem to care so I had to pay the ticket. If I had a camera I would have taken a photo of the sign, but I get the feeling it wouldn't have helped. It seems absurd to me that I'd be held accountable for a sign which I couldn't possibly see.
A few years ago I was pulled over for making an illegal u-turn. The sign was covered in snow so I had no idea it wasn't permitted on this block. One officer stayed behind my door and I could see in the mirror his hand was on his gun. The other officer approached the passenger side with his weapon drawn. My registration, license, insurance, etc. were all in proper order and I had no outstanding tickets, so I was pretty sure I came up clean on their computer. But I still had this awful feeling that if I moved my hands too fast I'd get shot. So I was extremely careful. Anyway, I got a simple ticket and there was no problem. But I can imagine this intimidation can bring about many more problems than it solves.
First, as I said to the other poster, I require a car to get to and from work, both outside Manhattan, so that's an expense I'd have whether or not I go into midtown.
Second, carpooling will do little for workday congestion. Morning congestion includes cabs and many trucks. Evening congestion includes many more cabs. At least half of midtown traffic during the busy hours are cabs. The bottlenecks for commuters are mostly the tunnels and bridges. So your math for the reduction in the number of cars is completely off.
My commute to work requires a car. I live and work in the suburbs of NYC. Therefore this is an expense I incur whether I take public transportation into Manhattan or not. The extra few miles put onto the car driving in Manhattan are negligible.
Except this tax won't work. If they want to reduce congestion they need to make public transportation cheaper. Let's take the example of me taking my girlfriend into midtown Manhattan.
Public transportation:
Metro-North Railroad - $12.50 per person round trip x 2 people = $25
Subway (1 stop) - $2 per person x 2 stops (round trip) x 2 people = $8
Total = $33
Driving:
Gas = ~$5
Tolls = $0
Parking = usually $0
New midtown driving tax = $8
Total = $13
Even if I don't always find street parking and pay $40 sometimes it still works out cheaper to drive on average. Metro-North and the LIRR need to reduce their prices to get more people to take them. They're getting ridiculously expensive, but won't ever go down in price because they're always suspiciously running a deficit.
If you want to distribute code, you need a license, or you are in violation of copyright law.
Please show us the section of US copyright law which mandates an explicit contract between the distributor and receiver.
If you make no statement of copyright it's automatically "all rights reserved" (in the US). You can give copies of code you write to anyone you want with no explicit license.
I'm hard-pressed to think of ANY reason for companies to "upgrade" to Vista. What does it offer to businesses?
A support contract from Microsoft. When they pay for Windows support companies are basically tied to Microsoft's product lifecycle. These companies don't want to be on XP once Microsoft drops the level of support (e.g. patches, unlimited support calls, etc.).
Also, many companies signed that licensing deal that Microsoft introduced years ago to spread the cost of upgrades over time. So these companies basically paid for the software long before it was released. I'm sure some CTOs feel obligated to upgrade regardless of the quality.
MasterCard and most banks spend a lot of money each year on preventing and detecting fraud. I used to work for MasterCard and can tell you they do see profit in preventing credit card fraud, and to a lesser extent id theft. If consumers lose trust in the brand name they'll hurt very bad. They track their own reported fraud rate very carefully and set a performance threshold for the department to maintain. MasterCard works closely with all of their member banks to aggregate fraud statistics and raise flags when any banks see a spike.
I'm not sure which is funnier, your comment or the fact it was moderated insightful.
Malware evolution? That's just theory and conjecture. If god had wanted our computers to be free of viruses he wouldn't have invented Microsoft.
(There goes some karma.)
Short answer: yes.
Long answer: yes. (I'd post more but my attention span is too short)
I read the first page and didn't see anything about them losing their will to code. It seems just the sheer number of innovative contributions means they have more to manage and less to write. This can't be a surprise with so many individuals and companies now contributing.
I don't know about that. XP did pretty much the same thing, to a smaller extent, and with similar statements in the EULA. That didn't stop sales.
Now if corporate desktops attempted to send too much information to Microsoft then some heads would roll. But that's not going to happen.
Thank you for coming. I'll see you in hell.