With the data they have they can probably build a very personalized search engine. With everything at the top having very positive votes from many users I imagine it would be less susceptible to gaming.
The first half of his list seems a bit flighty. They lean more towards buzz and less useful applications. But the second half is much more practical and likely. There are many potentially interesting applications coming up, but I don't think we'll directly see most of them publicly on the internet. So I give him a +0.5 Insightful.
That's a different situation. When you reach a certain point in monthly revenue your account status changes and you get a "real" Google representative assigned to your account. You're able to customize the look of the ads more than other accounts and can target ads with very specific keywords (other than those in the page content).
Normally I'd agree with you. But when you get large enough you get personal attention from Google employees. That means Google spent resources to assist the sites in placement, styles, and other tips. Google's not responsible for the content, but they definitely optimized their profits off of potentially illegal content. It's not dirty but it doesn't feel completely clean, either.
You're speaking as a home user or small business. IBM has made billions in consulting, much of it helping large companies use Linux. IBM has done a lot to support Linux, both directly (installations, code contributions) and indirectly (e.g. porting applications).
at one time they said they were going to switch a substantial portion of their worldwide desktops over to it, which they never did.
Last time I checked most employees were simply given the option, and could choose to switch to Linux if it didn't hurt their productivity (long term). Many made the switch. It's not easy getting 300,000+ people to switch without hurting productivity. They're slowing doing it.
So you know absolutely nothing about the site I was referring to and yet proceed to tell me the owners are doing something wrong. The site just happens to have "an ungodly amount of custom pages AND custom images" on almost every page.
Don't pretend to know what you're talking about when you don't have any facts.
Another big influence in the market thinks differently. According to Microsoft: "Our view is it's our job to provide the technology and the content providers can tell us what kind of restrictions and policies they want to apply to that."
So Microsoft could choose to go a more flexible route with DRM. That might change the market. But I think we all know that's not going to happen.
So you have experience with very popular web sites, do you? When you need high performance consistent bandwidth it is not cheap. I worked on a popular site whose bill was in the tens of thousands of dollars a month. Wikipedia is extremely fast so you can bet they're paying top dollar.
Part of the problem is that adding advertising to an existing site usually angers many regulars. And for an open wiki the initial reaction might be, "They're trying to make money of off other people's contributions!"
That's why I made it clear right from the start of DocForge that we plan on using advertising to support the wiki. All revenue will go to paying the bills and eventually anything extra will go to paying editors and writers. We'll also clearly mark advertisements and never have them within article content.
I think it might be too late for Wikipedia to add advertisements. It will hurt their image and they'll lose many contributors.
How is this counterintuitive? Of course Vista is not the last version of desktop Windows. You don't think Microsoft will want to retain their revenue stream in 5 years? Plus with China growing economically there will still be much demand for new computers with new OSs for many years.
In ten years will we all be running applications via the internet?
Maybe, but that doesn't mean there will be no OS. Even thin clients need some form of OS. Your web browser has run on hardware somehow.
Why would Apple announce their products don't work with a beta OS? The issues could have been their own or Vista's. But there's little point looking into the issues while the OS is still changing. Once the OS went live they confirmed issues they'd have to fix. Makes sense to me.
That's not the point at all. I would choose to avoid them. But many people simply don't care. Right now you can't find out what exactly restaurants are serving. But if you could then it would be up to you to decide if the food is of good enough quality. The government can't decide what's good for me as well as I can. And for those people that don't care, well let them eat what they want. It's supposed to be a free country.
Um, too much regulation is too much regulation. Not simply letting people make informed decisions and this iPod stupidity are the exact same issue.
NYC isn't requiring all restaurants to provide a list of ingredients to those who ask. They're simply banning transfats. And they're not educating the public on the supposed dangers of using electronics while crossing the street. They're simply trying to ban them. Same problem.
When we don't live in NY. NYC seems to be going overboard lately. Instead of informing the public there is unhealthy stuff in some of the food they just ban it outright.
Never been to Manhattan, eh? If drivers gave all right of way to pedestrians at all times the city would literally come to a standstill. It may work in Connecticut, but never in NYC.
You can have 6,000 editors, but Wikipedia has over 1.6 million articles just in English. 10 minutes per article is a LOT of time, even spread over thousands of people.
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With the data they have they can probably build a very personalized search engine. With everything at the top having very positive votes from many users I imagine it would be less susceptible to gaming.
The first half of his list seems a bit flighty. They lean more towards buzz and less useful applications. But the second half is much more practical and likely. There are many potentially interesting applications coming up, but I don't think we'll directly see most of them publicly on the internet. So I give him a +0.5 Insightful.
That's a different situation. When you reach a certain point in monthly revenue your account status changes and you get a "real" Google representative assigned to your account. You're able to customize the look of the ads more than other accounts and can target ads with very specific keywords (other than those in the page content).
None. My info is from a friend who's an IBM employee doing database research.
How do you return DOWNLOADED MUSIC?!?!?!?
I hear the Zune switches modes from squirt to suck.
So effing what? Google also accepts ads from pinkos
Legal.
right-wing nutjobs
Legal.
and presidential candidates.
Legal (regulated).
That's the difference. Apparently some sites which they dedicate employees to help may not be legal.
Normally I'd agree with you. But when you get large enough you get personal attention from Google employees. That means Google spent resources to assist the sites in placement, styles, and other tips. Google's not responsible for the content, but they definitely optimized their profits off of potentially illegal content. It's not dirty but it doesn't feel completely clean, either.
Randomly irradiated by extraterrestrial radiation: GOOD.
It's natural, so it must be good for you.
You're speaking as a home user or small business. IBM has made billions in consulting, much of it helping large companies use Linux. IBM has done a lot to support Linux, both directly (installations, code contributions) and indirectly (e.g. porting applications).
at one time they said they were going to switch a substantial portion of their worldwide desktops over to it, which they never did.
Last time I checked most employees were simply given the option, and could choose to switch to Linux if it didn't hurt their productivity (long term). Many made the switch. It's not easy getting 300,000+ people to switch without hurting productivity. They're slowing doing it.
Does it suddenly make previously crappy technologies worthwhile?
Vista?
(Sorry, couldn't resist.)
Actually I just realized I was excessively obnoxious in my reply. Sorry about that.
So you know absolutely nothing about the site I was referring to and yet proceed to tell me the owners are doing something wrong. The site just happens to have "an ungodly amount of custom pages AND custom images" on almost every page.
Don't pretend to know what you're talking about when you don't have any facts.
Another big influence in the market thinks differently. According to Microsoft: "Our view is it's our job to provide the technology and the content providers can tell us what kind of restrictions and policies they want to apply to that."
So Microsoft could choose to go a more flexible route with DRM. That might change the market. But I think we all know that's not going to happen.
Noone RTFA
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Surprised?
They have four months of cash reserves
That's fantastic for such a busy site living off donations. To me it implies they can be around for a very long time.
Bandwidth is cheap as dirt.
So you have experience with very popular web sites, do you? When you need high performance consistent bandwidth it is not cheap. I worked on a popular site whose bill was in the tens of thousands of dollars a month. Wikipedia is extremely fast so you can bet they're paying top dollar.
Part of the problem is that adding advertising to an existing site usually angers many regulars. And for an open wiki the initial reaction might be, "They're trying to make money of off other people's contributions!"
That's why I made it clear right from the start of DocForge that we plan on using advertising to support the wiki. All revenue will go to paying the bills and eventually anything extra will go to paying editors and writers. We'll also clearly mark advertisements and never have them within article content.
I think it might be too late for Wikipedia to add advertisements. It will hurt their image and they'll lose many contributors.
Counterintuitively, he says no.
How is this counterintuitive? Of course Vista is not the last version of desktop Windows. You don't think Microsoft will want to retain their revenue stream in 5 years? Plus with China growing economically there will still be much demand for new computers with new OSs for many years.
In ten years will we all be running applications via the internet?
Maybe, but that doesn't mean there will be no OS. Even thin clients need some form of OS. Your web browser has run on hardware somehow.
Why would Apple announce their products don't work with a beta OS? The issues could have been their own or Vista's. But there's little point looking into the issues while the OS is still changing. Once the OS went live they confirmed issues they'd have to fix. Makes sense to me.
That's not the point at all. I would choose to avoid them. But many people simply don't care. Right now you can't find out what exactly restaurants are serving. But if you could then it would be up to you to decide if the food is of good enough quality. The government can't decide what's good for me as well as I can. And for those people that don't care, well let them eat what they want. It's supposed to be a free country.
Um, too much regulation is too much regulation. Not simply letting people make informed decisions and this iPod stupidity are the exact same issue.
NYC isn't requiring all restaurants to provide a list of ingredients to those who ask. They're simply banning transfats. And they're not educating the public on the supposed dangers of using electronics while crossing the street. They're simply trying to ban them. Same problem.
I think you mean...
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When we don't live in NY. NYC seems to be going overboard lately. Instead of informing the public there is unhealthy stuff in some of the food they just ban it outright.
Never been to Manhattan, eh? If drivers gave all right of way to pedestrians at all times the city would literally come to a standstill. It may work in Connecticut, but never in NYC.
Which is funnier... your post or the fact is was modded informative?
I think the mod. That's hilarious.
You can have 6,000 editors, but Wikipedia has over 1.6 million articles just in English. 10 minutes per article is a LOT of time, even spread over thousands of people.