It's not that creating something like Netscape was technically difficult. It's that it was the right idea, put together properly. It takes timing, vision, persistance and a bit of luck to make anything work. What have you created that we should know about?
Myspace? Jesus give me a week I can duplicate it. Facebook? You cannot even search the "messages" you get. Christ how hard is that? YouTube? Uh...?
None of these sites are that amazing. They were just there at the right time and place.
he see's no need. i have been praying for this for years. once again my god (not yours) is proven to be listening;)
what took them so long? if they'd started this (nextel or whoever) a few years ago the costs would have been much less (energy/inflation) and they'd be dominating the market... now maybe i'll consider sprint.
So what if it's the next BetaMax, isn't your VHS a betamax too since it's no longer supported (or soon to be gone altogether)?
Everything eventually is replaced, some sooner than later. If you're waiting to see what will pan out, you miss all the fun in the interim. Life is for living, not regretting buying stupid shit you don't need.
Here's your permission slip to live some... Go out there and enjoy, live like you're going to die tomorrow but plan like you're going to live forever:)
I avoid first generation Apple products for this reason. However that being said, Apple doesn't rank #1 for customer service and pretty much everything else in Consumer Reports year after year for nothing.
I love the UK. That being said, it's crazy expensive to live there. I've looked at my options and there are almost none that can meet 1/2 my standard of living here in the US. I have no desire to ever work for anyone else again. But if I were to live overseas it would take a pretty hefty salary to get by on.
A currency union (in this case using the Euro) means all the EU countries have to maintain the same economic policy regardless of their own countries economic hardship or gain. Contractionary & Expansionary fiscal policy must be implemented collectively so the GDP of the EU altogether is relevant (as is the growth rate).
The GDP growth in the US is important. The productivity gains are as well.
Not really. The US economic system grows very quickly compared to european nations. Would anyone here be happy with a 0.8% productivity increase or GDP annual growth (here in the US)? Hell no, people would be freaking out. In France and Germany unemployment is significantly higher than here, even during our "recessions".
I would like to point out that I'm not completely disagreeing. Just the fact that economically I don't believe the US could handle less than 1% annual growth. Our spending habits & saving habits would need to change drastically. I would actually prefer to live in europe. I may be immigrating soon or at least getting a work visa & job.
This is f'ing hilarious... Look at his flickr pix, some chick with a nice set! So apparently Guitar Hero hasn't ruined his love life! Damn you Guitar Hero, if only I had learned to play fake guitar instead of the real thing!!!:(
I'm not saying you cannot have both. I'm saying does one of those really matter? An advertisement for a video game will be in the consciousness for mere minutes. Carla Bruscha (sp?) will be in my prayers forever.
Simplifying the situation was not my intent. My belief is people feel helpless to cause change in their world so they attack things that make them feel like they have done something to improve society. For example, the moronic belief that "Fight the terrorists over there so they don't come over here" assumes that terrorists cannot multi-task. On the surface it sounds good, take it to them. However terrorists don't have a country. Tim McVeigh didn't either.
By focusing our attention on inequities in the world (in my opinion) we can cure a lot of the ills of society without having to resort to censoring the minutia.
I'm a super senior not a sophomore! I already grew out of it.
How to make a proper reply: Take my comments, refute them 1 by 1, reference your beliefs or ideals to support your disagreement, conclude with your own idea, vetted better than Ideas have consequences.
People like to be shocked and outraged first. For some reason Americans (and people in general, but it seems more uptight here) tend to get all worked up over things that don't matter. 1980's it was "Eat my shorts" (in retrospect was Bart Simpson that bad?) in the 1990's we had the outrage over South Park and their social commentary (continuing through to today) and now we have people freaking out about some hacked nude scene in GTA.
Who gives a fuck?
In a world with famine, disease, tyranny, rape, murder, etcetera, we have people concerned more with TV, Video games and their own righteousness, than with the actual suffering of others. If the Christian, Buddhist, Islamic, Jewish, or whatever the fuck god[s] one believes in takes more comfort in his/her/it/their followers indignation at make believe situations than real ones, I would be quite shocked.
Focus on reality and there is no need for the acrimony toward fantasy land.
"activist judges" was probably meant to be sarcastic, since (s)he used the quotes. It was interpreted by me to mean judges are only "activist" when they don't agree with your POV. For example, the SCOTUS has already said abortion is legal. To change it you would need activist judges. No one in the current administration seems to have problems with THOSE activist judges. Hell they might as well be sponsored so we know whom to support with our money. Scalia sponsored by Exxon/Mobil, brining you environmental deregulation and higher prices since 1990.
Tax payers get to pay for yet another government audit agency (or group within an agency FTC) that audits companies. Boy the IRS isn't a bloated piece of shit or anything. I guess someone has to make sure the govt can fine people/companies.
I've got the link and it's indisputable. I played Ultima III on the Apple//e. I ran over a rabbit on the highway in rural New Mexico on accident during Spring Break.
Ultima III kills rabbits. What's next? We must protect our children (our meaning our children collectively) from deviant game players! Who knows if I ever get time to finish Ultima V someone may die somewhere.
Stop the senseless killing, ban video games outright. Oh and ban sex to since that creates killers. 100% of people that murder were created by sex, this link is irrefutable.
Thank you for your time. Have courage, we will make this land great once again.
True but this is the age group marketing people love. So how much do people pay for x Millions of viewers for a 30 second ad during the superbowl. This is 10's of Millions of daily page views. If it truly is the #7 most visited site, it's worth it in the ad sense alone.
It's not an internet fad. It's a website where students can socalize. I wish it were available when I was in college. Oh wait i'm in college again!!! Lol, I'm like the oldest damn person on facebook! I constantly email them how I can fix the problems they've got. For $750 Million that site should be a hell of a lot more robust than it is. Only MySpace seems to be on worse servers. MySpace is open to everyone. Facebook locks it to your own school. Clever security feature in my opinion. Not the best but keeps some weirdos out (like me;)
Obviously. However, if the price were less than the hard copy (by let's say 50%) would the sales of that particular book (in pdf form) increase to raise revenue beyond what it would have been at full price? That would require some research and faith by a book distributor. Consider this, I get probably 90% of my questions related to software development by going to google and various programming websites right now. I have shelves of computer books (most of which are read throughout) but I almost never use them as a reference.
I like this idea O'Reilly Safari But at $220~380 a year it's equivilent to what I actually pay for books so there is no net gain for me. And only 5 Chapters per month can be downloaded. So close but not quite.
Lol, Tuttle. I couldn't care less about Tuttle since I live in Norman (3000 people vs. 103000 people). However I'm not a fan of redneck boobs making this backassward state look any worse than it already does.
He's a city employee. I was refering to hiring contractors for specific jobs. How much can it cost to hire someone to setup a webserver and maintain it? Less than 60k/year is my guess.
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It's not that creating something like Netscape was technically difficult. It's that it was the right idea, put together properly. It takes timing, vision, persistance and a bit of luck to make anything work. What have you created that we should know about?
Myspace? Jesus give me a week I can duplicate it.
Facebook? You cannot even search the "messages" you get. Christ how hard is that?
YouTube? Uh...?
None of these sites are that amazing. They were just there at the right time and place.
Holy shit batman.... LOGIC!?!?!? You should run for office :)
You wouldn't win, but you should run regardless. Maybe we'll get lucky.
he see's no need. i have been praying for this for years. once again my god (not yours) is proven to be listening ;)
what took them so long? if they'd started this (nextel or whoever) a few years ago the costs would have been much less (energy/inflation) and they'd be dominating the market... now maybe i'll consider sprint.
So what if it's the next BetaMax, isn't your VHS a betamax too since it's no longer supported (or soon to be gone altogether)?
:)
Everything eventually is replaced, some sooner than later. If you're waiting to see what will pan out, you miss all the fun in the interim. Life is for living, not regretting buying stupid shit you don't need.
Here's your permission slip to live some... Go out there and enjoy, live like you're going to die tomorrow but plan like you're going to live forever
Not to mention if their server goes down, or out of business, or HIPAA, or any number of other things...
Web based OS is like VRML, big on hype but short on practical implementations that are better than a traditional OS. Just my opinion.
Princess Di is rolling over in her grave. :(
WTF is wrong with the world?
I avoid first generation Apple products for this reason. However that being said, Apple doesn't rank #1 for customer service and pretty much everything else in Consumer Reports year after year for nothing.
Netcraft
Lol, a Lincoln slam!!!
Important: Freed slaves
Not so important: Public funds for Publicly used venues.
Focus Danielson
What kind of throughput do you get on average?
Mmmmmm... Christy Swanson. Now if I could have only convinced her to date me in 1987 life would have been complete!
I love the UK. That being said, it's crazy expensive to live there. I've looked at my options and there are almost none that can meet 1/2 my standard of living here in the US. I have no desire to ever work for anyone else again. But if I were to live overseas it would take a pretty hefty salary to get by on.
A currency union (in this case using the Euro) means all the EU countries have to maintain the same economic policy regardless of their own countries economic hardship or gain. Contractionary & Expansionary fiscal policy must be implemented collectively so the GDP of the EU altogether is relevant (as is the growth rate).
The GDP growth in the US is important. The productivity gains are as well.
Not really. The US economic system grows very quickly compared to european nations. Would anyone here be happy with a 0.8% productivity increase or GDP annual growth (here in the US)? Hell no, people would be freaking out. In France and Germany unemployment is significantly higher than here, even during our "recessions".
I would like to point out that I'm not completely disagreeing. Just the fact that economically I don't believe the US could handle less than 1% annual growth. Our spending habits & saving habits would need to change drastically. I would actually prefer to live in europe. I may be immigrating soon or at least getting a work visa & job.
Ciao!
This is f'ing hilarious... Look at his flickr pix, some chick with a nice set! So apparently Guitar Hero hasn't ruined his love life! Damn you Guitar Hero, if only I had learned to play fake guitar instead of the real thing!!! :(
I'm not saying you cannot have both. I'm saying does one of those really matter? An advertisement for a video game will be in the consciousness for mere minutes. Carla Bruscha (sp?) will be in my prayers forever.
Simplifying the situation was not my intent. My belief is people feel helpless to cause change in their world so they attack things that make them feel like they have done something to improve society. For example, the moronic belief that "Fight the terrorists over there so they don't come over here" assumes that terrorists cannot multi-task. On the surface it sounds good, take it to them. However terrorists don't have a country. Tim McVeigh didn't either.
By focusing our attention on inequities in the world (in my opinion) we can cure a lot of the ills of society without having to resort to censoring the minutia.
I'm a super senior not a sophomore! I already grew out of it.
How to make a proper reply:
Take my comments, refute them 1 by 1, reference your beliefs or ideals to support your disagreement, conclude with your own idea, vetted better than Ideas have consequences.
People like to be shocked and outraged first. For some reason Americans (and people in general, but it seems more uptight here) tend to get all worked up over things that don't matter. 1980's it was "Eat my shorts" (in retrospect was Bart Simpson that bad?) in the 1990's we had the outrage over South Park and their social commentary (continuing through to today) and now we have people freaking out about some hacked nude scene in GTA.
Who gives a fuck?
In a world with famine, disease, tyranny, rape, murder, etcetera, we have people concerned more with TV, Video games and their own righteousness, than with the actual suffering of others. If the Christian, Buddhist, Islamic, Jewish, or whatever the fuck god[s] one believes in takes more comfort in his/her/it/their followers indignation at make believe situations than real ones, I would be quite shocked.
Focus on reality and there is no need for the acrimony toward fantasy land.
[/end rant]
"activist judges" was probably meant to be sarcastic, since (s)he used the quotes. It was interpreted by me to mean judges are only "activist" when they don't agree with your POV. For example, the SCOTUS has already said abortion is legal. To change it you would need activist judges. No one in the current administration seems to have problems with THOSE activist judges. Hell they might as well be sponsored so we know whom to support with our money. Scalia sponsored by Exxon/Mobil, brining you environmental deregulation and higher prices since 1990.
Tax payers get to pay for yet another government audit agency (or group within an agency FTC) that audits companies. Boy the IRS isn't a bloated piece of shit or anything. I guess someone has to make sure the govt can fine people/companies.
I've got the link and it's indisputable. I played Ultima III on the Apple //e. I ran over a rabbit on the highway in rural New Mexico on accident during Spring Break.
Ultima III kills rabbits. What's next? We must protect our children (our meaning our children collectively) from deviant game players! Who knows if I ever get time to finish Ultima V someone may die somewhere.
Stop the senseless killing, ban video games outright. Oh and ban sex to since that creates killers. 100% of people that murder were created by sex, this link is irrefutable.
Thank you for your time. Have courage, we will make this land great once again.
True but this is the age group marketing people love. So how much do people pay for x Millions of viewers for a 30 second ad during the superbowl. This is 10's of Millions of daily page views. If it truly is the #7 most visited site, it's worth it in the ad sense alone.
It's not an internet fad. It's a website where students can socalize. I wish it were available when I was in college. Oh wait i'm in college again!!! Lol, I'm like the oldest damn person on facebook! I constantly email them how I can fix the problems they've got. For $750 Million that site should be a hell of a lot more robust than it is. Only MySpace seems to be on worse servers. MySpace is open to everyone. Facebook locks it to your own school. Clever security feature in my opinion. Not the best but keeps some weirdos out (like me ;)
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Obviously. However, if the price were less than the hard copy (by let's say 50%) would the sales of that particular book (in pdf form) increase to raise revenue beyond what it would have been at full price? That would require some research and faith by a book distributor. Consider this, I get probably 90% of my questions related to software development by going to google and various programming websites right now. I have shelves of computer books (most of which are read throughout) but I almost never use them as a reference.
I like this idea O'Reilly Safari But at $220~380 a year it's equivilent to what I actually pay for books so there is no net gain for me. And only 5 Chapters per month can be downloaded. So close but not quite.
Lol, Tuttle. I couldn't care less about Tuttle since I live in Norman (3000 people vs. 103000 people). However I'm not a fan of redneck boobs making this backassward state look any worse than it already does.
He's a city employee. I was refering to hiring contractors for specific jobs. How much can it cost to hire someone to setup a webserver and maintain it? Less than 60k/year is my guess.