You know, with all the money Apple and Microsoft are losing in these patent fights, you would think they would stop doing it. If I was a Microsoft or Nokia shareholder right now, I would be PISSED! This is a blatant and obvious waste of money, when both companies have better things to do with their revenues.
Just when you thought all the innovation in spam ideas was over... they hit you with another one. This is only marginally better than the 20,000 or so previous innovative spam ideas, but it's still missing the point of direct advertising on the internet. You're not moving product on the internet unless you're giving people a reason to like you. If they don't like you, they're not going to buy from you. And there's nothing that makes people like you less than spam. Call it social media advertising, call it gods gift to god knows what. It's still an attempt to trick people into buying something they would otherwise have no interest in. And unless it's significantly cheaper than Facebook ads, there's no reason for it to even exist. Or maybe that's the point? In any case, it's dumb, because I said so. And since I'm awesome, you should listen to me. So there.
is that there's no mention of the pay service. Honestly, I can see why they would want to force the free users out. But requiring a verification from the paying customers would be enough to kill it. Might be interesting to watch the piracy numbers if they ever did alienate everyone that way. I know I would go back to eztv and others if they ever did. I have no intention of paying for cable service. Roku is all I need, as long as I have netflix, amazon, and hulu+. Kill hulu+, which is the best legit channel for the shows I like, and torrents become the only cost effective alternative. I don't think getting rid of hulu will do anything to change user habits. That boat has sailed. The only question is, are they (the television entertainment industry) really willing to commit suicide in this way? Just seems unnecessary. I'll tell you one thing that would win me back as a cable subscriber: Digital cable with all the trimmings for under $20 a month. I would throw away my Roku in a second. I'm not holding my breath though.
And it's kind of obvious. Doesn't work that well in practice either. Just look at Opera. At one point, Opera was a very promising browser. But they couldn't give away a free one to compete with IE and Netscape, so they loaded theirs with ads... and people went to the ad free browsers. I don't think something as intimate as an operating system would fair much better, if it were loaded with ads. You would find that either people would hack their free copies of it, or people would use other os's.
Unity was the most painful thing I've used in years. On top of an OS where it's simply not possible to get the full value out of my hardware investment... and now they want me to try a new one?
The reason I left Ubuntu was two fold:
I don't like the fact that Canonical makes decisions about my security settings without asking me if I want to change them. And
I think I should have had some say as to whether or not I wanted to use Unity in the first place. This business of upgrading me for the hell of it was sick, wrong, and totally uncalled for. I was a devoted Ubuntu user for years.
Say what you will about Windows. If you conduct an upgrade, your settings and preferences stay at least mostly intact between os versions. And if it's not life threatening, Microsoft will rarely push something to your system or change anything without telling you. And if you don't like it in MS world, you can usually roll back. They've gotten better about this, while Canonical has gotten worse.
It sucks, but it's the only comparison that makes any sense.
Yes. The creationists will have a hard time explaining this one. My guess is that they'll choose to ignore it, just like they do with all the other proofs of evolution in action. What I find interesting about all this is how quickly these bacteria actually evolve into totally new organisms. I mean, it makes sense with their short lives and fast reproductive cycles, but it's just amazing to watch.
So I decided not to pay attention to it for a few years after.info. Next thing I know there's.name,.asia,.cat,.jobs,.tel,.museum (can anyone even spell that?),.travel, and.xxx. And while all of this is going on, the only tld that anyone even knows exists is the.com. There hasn't been a land grab for any of them. But I can't help getting the feeling that our friends at Icann keep expecting us to get Pokemon fever with these things. Maybe if a new tld was something special again? Maybe if the public was a little better educated on what a tld is, and why we need them? Why do we still need tld's anyway? Ah well. That's my two cents.
Or maybe, they start on 5th avenue, but work their way through faster roads, progressively getting more difficult, until you're on the Jersey turnpike? That might do it.
My favorite thing about av was how I would get 20 pages of the exact same result. It was wonderful. I knew where they wanted me to go. And sometimes, it had nothing to do with what I was looking for. This was helpful, because I don't always want what I think I do. Now with google, and their unique results that are actually relevant to what I think I want, I feel like I have too many options.
You know, that's actually an interesting thought. No word on how this would affect Office (insert pointless number or generation name here). I imagine it would have to.
Is it fair to assume that anyone using bing is stupid? I had a piece of malware reset my firefox to bing awhile back. I was able to get rid of the malware, but firefox is still using bing as the default search. I guess what I'm getting at is that many people who use bing are victims. Would that factor into the equation at all? I wonder. And what about people that only search for porn? You may laugh, but I know a handfull of people that don't use the internet for anything else. Where do they fall into this?
Given the way people communicate on the web, I think trying to infer someone's cognitive level, based on what they post is a bad, and potentially insulting idea.
But first it's not the original frogger. And second, the whole point of frogger was to play levels that get progressively more difficult. If you're playing on 5th avenue, you never know what, if anything, you're going to get.
I have been buying used games since the 8bit NES. If it was such a problem, ie: something to compare to terrorism, then why didn't they shut down used games in the early 90's? It's been my general observation that people that make apocalyptic claims are generally full of shit. I don't think there's any reason to think these people aren't.
Meh. Whatever works. There are a lot of people that make bad tech predictions, that have much worse records than Cringely. Take, oh, I don't know... anyone on the Cnet sites, for example. I enjoy reading him. Always have. And you can blame me for last year's prediction column if you like (I don't know why he did one this year). I was egging him on months ahead of time. He hates doing them.
Mainly because his predictions provide insight into a strategy, a situation, or a problem that does exist. Even when he's wrong, you learn something. There are very few people in the industry that are as well connected as he is.
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You know, with all the money Apple and Microsoft are losing in these patent fights, you would think they would stop doing it. If I was a Microsoft or Nokia shareholder right now, I would be PISSED! This is a blatant and obvious waste of money, when both companies have better things to do with their revenues.
I'll have to remember to stock up on these when I build my secret fortress on Burma.
There are dozens of cobol ports. It's open source and everything http://cobolforgcc.sourceforge.net/
Just when you thought all the innovation in spam ideas was over... they hit you with another one. This is only marginally better than the 20,000 or so previous innovative spam ideas, but it's still missing the point of direct advertising on the internet. You're not moving product on the internet unless you're giving people a reason to like you. If they don't like you, they're not going to buy from you. And there's nothing that makes people like you less than spam. Call it social media advertising, call it gods gift to god knows what. It's still an attempt to trick people into buying something they would otherwise have no interest in. And unless it's significantly cheaper than Facebook ads, there's no reason for it to even exist. Or maybe that's the point? In any case, it's dumb, because I said so. And since I'm awesome, you should listen to me. So there.
How is that insightful? No, seriously. Please tell me how I missed the insight here.
is that there's no mention of the pay service. Honestly, I can see why they would want to force the free users out. But requiring a verification from the paying customers would be enough to kill it. Might be interesting to watch the piracy numbers if they ever did alienate everyone that way. I know I would go back to eztv and others if they ever did. I have no intention of paying for cable service. Roku is all I need, as long as I have netflix, amazon, and hulu+. Kill hulu+, which is the best legit channel for the shows I like, and torrents become the only cost effective alternative. I don't think getting rid of hulu will do anything to change user habits. That boat has sailed. The only question is, are they (the television entertainment industry) really willing to commit suicide in this way? Just seems unnecessary. I'll tell you one thing that would win me back as a cable subscriber: Digital cable with all the trimmings for under $20 a month. I would throw away my Roku in a second. I'm not holding my breath though.
And it's kind of obvious. Doesn't work that well in practice either. Just look at Opera. At one point, Opera was a very promising browser. But they couldn't give away a free one to compete with IE and Netscape, so they loaded theirs with ads... and people went to the ad free browsers. I don't think something as intimate as an operating system would fair much better, if it were loaded with ads. You would find that either people would hack their free copies of it, or people would use other os's.
Unity was the most painful thing I've used in years. On top of an OS where it's simply not possible to get the full value out of my hardware investment... and now they want me to try a new one?
The reason I left Ubuntu was two fold:
Say what you will about Windows. If you conduct an upgrade, your settings and preferences stay at least mostly intact between os versions. And if it's not life threatening, Microsoft will rarely push something to your system or change anything without telling you. And if you don't like it in MS world, you can usually roll back. They've gotten better about this, while Canonical has gotten worse.
It sucks, but it's the only comparison that makes any sense.
Yes. The creationists will have a hard time explaining this one. My guess is that they'll choose to ignore it, just like they do with all the other proofs of evolution in action. What I find interesting about all this is how quickly these bacteria actually evolve into totally new organisms. I mean, it makes sense with their short lives and fast reproductive cycles, but it's just amazing to watch.
So I decided not to pay attention to it for a few years after .info. Next thing I know there's .name, .asia, .cat, .jobs, .tel, .museum (can anyone even spell that?), .travel, and .xxx. And while all of this is going on, the only tld that anyone even knows exists is the .com. There hasn't been a land grab for any of them. But I can't help getting the feeling that our friends at Icann keep expecting us to get Pokemon fever with these things. Maybe if a new tld was something special again? Maybe if the public was a little better educated on what a tld is, and why we need them? Why do we still need tld's anyway? Ah well. That's my two cents.
What movie is that? Oh, and you're right. I'll be voting for King Kong this year.
And what's wrong with farting apps?
Or maybe, they start on 5th avenue, but work their way through faster roads, progressively getting more difficult, until you're on the Jersey turnpike? That might do it.
My favorite thing about av was how I would get 20 pages of the exact same result. It was wonderful. I knew where they wanted me to go. And sometimes, it had nothing to do with what I was looking for. This was helpful, because I don't always want what I think I do. Now with google, and their unique results that are actually relevant to what I think I want, I feel like I have too many options.
You know, that's actually an interesting thought. No word on how this would affect Office (insert pointless number or generation name here). I imagine it would have to.
Is it fair to assume that anyone using bing is stupid? I had a piece of malware reset my firefox to bing awhile back. I was able to get rid of the malware, but firefox is still using bing as the default search. I guess what I'm getting at is that many people who use bing are victims. Would that factor into the equation at all? I wonder. And what about people that only search for porn? You may laugh, but I know a handfull of people that don't use the internet for anything else. Where do they fall into this?
Given the way people communicate on the web, I think trying to infer someone's cognitive level, based on what they post is a bad, and potentially insulting idea.
But first it's not the original frogger. And second, the whole point of frogger was to play levels that get progressively more difficult. If you're playing on 5th avenue, you never know what, if anything, you're going to get.
You mean it fails 60% of the time?
I have been buying used games since the 8bit NES. If it was such a problem, ie: something to compare to terrorism, then why didn't they shut down used games in the early 90's? It's been my general observation that people that make apocalyptic claims are generally full of shit. I don't think there's any reason to think these people aren't.
You're right. Suck is an absolutely glorious word.
I'm an american, and I understood what they were getting at with the hoover reference. So did you from the sound of it. What's the problem?
Meh. Whatever works. There are a lot of people that make bad tech predictions, that have much worse records than Cringely. Take, oh, I don't know... anyone on the Cnet sites, for example. I enjoy reading him. Always have. And you can blame me for last year's prediction column if you like (I don't know why he did one this year). I was egging him on months ahead of time. He hates doing them.
Even if they are real, Iran was booted out of the swift system a couple of weeks ago. They can't transfer money anywhere.
Mainly because his predictions provide insight into a strategy, a situation, or a problem that does exist. Even when he's wrong, you learn something. There are very few people in the industry that are as well connected as he is.