Also, the car has much lower reaction times. So in some situations, it doen't really need to slow down, it will react immediatly if needed, whereas a human driver will need to slow down to make room for slower refelexes.
THAT to me, is a concern, because the car has to operate on the same road along with other cars driven by lower-reflexive humans. If this car reacts in a split second and switches to the lane next, and the car behind it in the next lane doesn't, that would still be a problem.
But then again, this seems such a basic usecase that may be Google has already factored in all such possibilities.
Google's stock Android doesn't let you uninstall Facebook, Twitter, Amazon MP3 and even Google Books. I'm talking Ginger Bread on Nexus One - so it's not imposed by any carrier. It gets into some weird situations as well - since I'm in India and currently Google Books is not available for India, it won't let me install any updates, but it still shows me update notifications, and would not let me uninstall the app. It sucks, especially since app storage is really small and precious on these old phones.
From now on, all Macs will have a firewall and any download will only happen after being approved by Apple. Like the AppStore makes your computer safe from third-party apps, this will make your computer safe from Web.
Try it for your regular searches too. It's not bad, and it's a way of supporting them. Why do you want to support Google when you don't like what they are doing, especially if there is another option available?
<sarcasm> Umm... may be you should uninstall Flash. After all, God decreed that everything bad with Macs and the web was all Flash's fault. There is nothing like that with HTML 5. </sarcasm>
Which browser do you use? I use Firefox and I block Facebook's scripts (extension: NoScript) and cookies (extension: CookieMonster). And I have set up a separate profile to lurk and see my friends' posts which is the only one I use to check Facebook. I used to be a little permissive of Google, but now I have blocked them too. And run Google inside Chrome for the logged in uses (mail, reader and iGoogle mostly). So, no like or +1 buttons for me.
Even your stat is incomplete. You have to compare it with a typical day - how many domains get transferred in to GoDaddy on a typical day and how many out. Then you have something to draw conclusion on.
very interesting you say this. 'cuz in the recent past the spam from Yahoo! accounts (not actual spam accounts, but somehow spam sneaking in from regular user accounts) has become a really major issue. I can recollect at least 10 people in my friends / relatives that I received spam from. But from what I know, very few of them use FF. I suspect most of them use IE (I don't know for sure, but the general tendency).
I have said this before - the whole NPT is discriminatory in nature and separates Nuclear haves and have-nots designed to perpetuate the hegemony of nuclear powers. I know that sounds like political bs, but without a solid and legal commitment from the nuclear powers to complete disarmament, that is what NPT is. So equating China which acceeded to the NPT but still supplied Nukes to Pakistan in an open violation of its commitments is stupidity at best.
It may help to learn the facts surrounding an incident than basing your hate on just one line news items. Asa gave a fairly decent explanation of why he was supporting Bing. It was mainly because he was getting pissed off with Google's privacy and/or data retention policies and he believed that Bing had a better privacy policy. Learn some facts before judging people
You're right. I think the main difference between why the invite system worked for gmail and not so well for G+ is simply because an email does not require you to have your friends be subscribers to the same system. So whoever got the service could use it fully and since there was craze to get the account, people who got it were able to use it. Where as for Google Wave and Google Plus, they are not really usable unless all the people are on the same platform. So if I have an account, but my friends don't - I simply can't use it and with passage of time, my interest dies out. That's why even when there is a lot of scrambling for the accounts initially, the activity tapered down in both (at least from what I can see). And without people using it regularly, it dies down.
Just for completeness sake - I don't deny gmail was head and shoulders above other webmail offerings at the time and that definitely contributed to its success, not just the artificial scarcity of the invite system. Google Plus and Wave are good products too, but the invite system and inertia of masses are killing / have killed them.
Umm...many companies (especially in the software/web domain) go IPO because the employees want their big pay-day and early investors want to cash out. It does not necessarily mean they NEED the cash infusion. So they may or may not have a plan for spending the IPO proceeds. Their "plan" could be as generic as "building a war chest for future acquisitions".
Serious question - not a troll. Do you really think Google+ is succeeding? Here is my personal experience FWIW. I have created Google+ account in the first couple of days, sent out invites to my friends and family (at least the ones I really wanted to keep in touch) and everyone was very eager. There used to be so much activity that I thought it's the end of my Facebook usage. Couple of weeks later, it all started dwindling. Now the only updates I see on G+ are the ones I make and the ones posted by my friends who are in Google. Very few outside Google seem to be checking it, let alone post anything. It's probably just inertia and nothing on the quality of the product, but G+, at least in my social circles, does not seem to have attained the escape velocity and unless something changes, is bound to fail.
No, because there is nobody who can stop me from installing any app I want on my phone. Did you really miss the point, or were you trying to act smart by diverting the topic?
The SFPD also said they did not go INSIDE the house. And the Apple employees who went inside, never said anything about them not being part of SFPD, so I think it's totally possible for the guy to think they were SFPD too. A bunch of guys come to your house, one guy says "SFPD" and then a couple of guys go in, I think it's reasonable for him to assume they're all SFPD, since you know, they came together, and acting as if they're all one group. But don't let little factoids come in the way of defending the borg.
*Most* of slashdotters also recognize the difference between private information of individuals and pseudo-private information - that of governments which are supposedly owned by public.
Exactly. Here's an example of the same strategy successfully executed. The Indian security officials and everyone in general were never suspicious because he had an american passport and a christian name. He successfully conducted recce of the various places for the 26/11 Mumbai attack and played a really key role in the same.
Who modded you informative? If I have an iP* device, can I install apps from another store without jail breaking? No, paying another 100 dollars (and going through some developer program or some such shite) is not the same as
The only thing Apple is refusing to do is provide storage, distribution, and payment systems for apps they don't approve of.
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Also, the car has much lower reaction times. So in some situations, it doen't really need to slow down, it will react immediatly if needed, whereas a human driver will need to slow down to make room for slower refelexes.
THAT to me, is a concern, because the car has to operate on the same road along with other cars driven by lower-reflexive humans. If this car reacts in a split second and switches to the lane next, and the car behind it in the next lane doesn't, that would still be a problem.
But then again, this seems such a basic usecase that may be Google has already factored in all such possibilities.
you're forgetting facebook.
Google's stock Android doesn't let you uninstall Facebook, Twitter, Amazon MP3 and even Google Books. I'm talking Ginger Bread on Nexus One - so it's not imposed by any carrier. It gets into some weird situations as well - since I'm in India and currently Google Books is not available for India, it won't let me install any updates, but it still shows me update notifications, and would not let me uninstall the app. It sucks, especially since app storage is really small and precious on these old phones.
From now on, all Macs will have a firewall and any download will only happen after being approved by Apple. Like the AppStore makes your computer safe from third-party apps, this will make your computer safe from Web.
Try it for your regular searches too. It's not bad, and it's a way of supporting them. Why do you want to support Google when you don't like what they are doing, especially if there is another option available?
<sarcasm>
Umm... may be you should uninstall Flash. After all, God decreed that everything bad with Macs and the web was all Flash's fault. There is nothing like that with HTML 5.
</sarcasm>
Which browser do you use? I use Firefox and I block Facebook's scripts (extension: NoScript) and cookies (extension: CookieMonster). And I have set up a separate profile to lurk and see my friends' posts which is the only one I use to check Facebook. I used to be a little permissive of Google, but now I have blocked them too. And run Google inside Chrome for the logged in uses (mail, reader and iGoogle mostly). So, no like or +1 buttons for me.
I must be nude here.
Umm...not unless you're of feminine gender
Even your stat is incomplete. You have to compare it with a typical day - how many domains get transferred in to GoDaddy on a typical day and how many out. Then you have something to draw conclusion on.
very interesting you say this. 'cuz in the recent past the spam from Yahoo! accounts (not actual spam accounts, but somehow spam sneaking in from regular user accounts) has become a really major issue. I can recollect at least 10 people in my friends / relatives that I received spam from. But from what I know, very few of them use FF. I suspect most of them use IE (I don't know for sure, but the general tendency).
I have said this before - the whole NPT is discriminatory in nature and separates Nuclear haves and have-nots designed to perpetuate the hegemony of nuclear powers. I know that sounds like political bs, but without a solid and legal commitment from the nuclear powers to complete disarmament, that is what NPT is. So equating China which acceeded to the NPT but still supplied Nukes to Pakistan in an open violation of its commitments is stupidity at best.
It may help to learn the facts surrounding an incident than basing your hate on just one line news items. Asa gave a fairly decent explanation of why he was supporting Bing. It was mainly because he was getting pissed off with Google's privacy and/or data retention policies and he believed that Bing had a better privacy policy. Learn some facts before judging people
If it were slashdot, there would be a Cowboy Neal option: ;-)
* I will go commando
You're right. I think the main difference between why the invite system worked for gmail and not so well for G+ is simply because an email does not require you to have your friends be subscribers to the same system. So whoever got the service could use it fully and since there was craze to get the account, people who got it were able to use it. Where as for Google Wave and Google Plus, they are not really usable unless all the people are on the same platform. So if I have an account, but my friends don't - I simply can't use it and with passage of time, my interest dies out. That's why even when there is a lot of scrambling for the accounts initially, the activity tapered down in both (at least from what I can see). And without people using it regularly, it dies down.
Just for completeness sake - I don't deny gmail was head and shoulders above other webmail offerings at the time and that definitely contributed to its success, not just the artificial scarcity of the invite system. Google Plus and Wave are good products too, but the invite system and inertia of masses are killing / have killed them.
Umm...many companies (especially in the software/web domain) go IPO because the employees want their big pay-day and early investors want to cash out. It does not necessarily mean they NEED the cash infusion. So they may or may not have a plan for spending the IPO proceeds. Their "plan" could be as generic as "building a war chest for future acquisitions".
Serious question - not a troll. Do you really think Google+ is succeeding? Here is my personal experience FWIW. I have created Google+ account in the first couple of days, sent out invites to my friends and family (at least the ones I really wanted to keep in touch) and everyone was very eager. There used to be so much activity that I thought it's the end of my Facebook usage. Couple of weeks later, it all started dwindling. Now the only updates I see on G+ are the ones I make and the ones posted by my friends who are in Google. Very few outside Google seem to be checking it, let alone post anything. It's probably just inertia and nothing on the quality of the product, but G+, at least in my social circles, does not seem to have attained the escape velocity and unless something changes, is bound to fail.
No, because there is nobody who can stop me from installing any app I want on my phone. Did you really miss the point, or were you trying to act smart by diverting the topic?
I believe you should get your sarcasm detector checked.
The SFPD also said they did not go INSIDE the house. And the Apple employees who went inside, never said anything about them not being part of SFPD, so I think it's totally possible for the guy to think they were SFPD too. A bunch of guys come to your house, one guy says "SFPD" and then a couple of guys go in, I think it's reasonable for him to assume they're all SFPD, since you know, they came together, and acting as if they're all one group. But don't let little factoids come in the way of defending the borg.
That would be ultimate - my buying Watson negotiates with your selling Watson to get the best deal on buying more Watsons.
*Most* of slashdotters also recognize the difference between private information of individuals and pseudo-private information - that of governments which are supposedly owned by public.
Exactly. Here's an example of the same strategy successfully executed. The Indian security officials and everyone in general were never suspicious because he had an american passport and a christian name. He successfully conducted recce of the various places for the 26/11 Mumbai attack and played a really key role in the same.
we're in an ongoing conflict with some very nasty people.
Are you talking about Iranians, or Americans? 'cuz I'm sure the Iranians share your thoughts, just in the opposite direction.
So I guess you're perfectly okay with someone stealing the money you give to your kids. Oh wait, this is /. you don't have a gf let alone kids.
Who modded you informative? If I have an iP* device, can I install apps from another store without jail breaking? No, paying another 100 dollars (and going through some developer program or some such shite) is not the same as
The only thing Apple is refusing to do is provide storage, distribution, and payment systems for apps they don't approve of.