I've seen this suggested before. The media industry is *small* compared to Google et al. It's amazing that they have so much control in Congress. Google, IBM, Microsoft, etc. should each just buy one or two media companies and be done with it.
Did you read the article? This guy is telling about his experiences dealing with Amazon, and explaining why he believes that small developers shouldn't bother with it, and why it's inferior to Google's offering. This is great, useful information.
Which is why some people at Google have created the Data Liberation Front. You should not feel safe using a cloud-based service unless you are able to download all of your data from the service whenever you like.
If it's been said once, it's been said a million times. Search isn't the product. Viewers are the product and they're being sold to advertisers.
Yes! Someone who gets it!
The moats are there to keep you in, not to keep other people out.
Wait, what???? No, no, no!
Look, Google does a damn good job of giving advertisers targeted viewers.
And they get LOTS of viewers because the viewers like the products that Google entices them with (search), and are willing to pay the cost (advertisements).
Google doesn't have to keep anybody in - the people want to be there!
So what does Google perceive as a threat?
Simple - anything (and I mean anything) that keeps people from being able to access their products.
Browsers suck? Well, let's build a browser that's fast. Google doesn't care if it wins the market, as long as all the other browsers become faster in an effort to compete.
Cell phones too locked down? Let's make an open operating system for phones, and make sure that at least one phone model is standard setting. Google doesn't care if that phone wins the market, as long as it sets a standard for all the other smartphones.
Perhaps the analogy works better if you say that search is the castle, the competitors keep people from the castle with their moats, and Google's ancillary products are the various drawbridges made to make sure the plebs can always access the castle.
If this is going to be my commuter car, then the only time it's going to be in my garage is at night. There's no sun at night.
Ok, sure, so now I need a whole lot of batteries in my house to store the electricity that is generated all day.
Except I live it Pittsburgh. We get about the same amount of sunshine as Seattle. Not practical here. I'd rather just rely on the grid and update the grid to have more nuclear generation.
Chrome's status bar shows a shortened URL when you first hover over a link. If you leave the mouse pointer over the link for one second, the status bar then expands to display the entire URL.
You're correct that the money matters, but don't dismiss looking at MPG as well. Let me explain it in more detail.
With the 10% Ethanol mix, his 12.25 gallon fill-up contained 11.0 gallons of gasoline. He was able to travel 265 miles. That gives us 265/11 = 24.1 mpg, where gallons refers to only the gasoline portion. Yes, I'm ignoring the ethanol portion of the fill-up on purpose.
With pure gasoline, he went 300 miles on a 12.25 gallon fill-up, giving 300/12.25 = 24.5 mpg.
Do you see what happened? At best, the ethanol does absolutely nothing useful! At worst, it actually makes your car use even more gasoline. You don't even need the other arguments about it costing more and eating away at engine components to realize that it's a complete waste.
Chrome OS allows for very cheap laptops. The cr-48 uses an Atom CPU, but the real beauty will be when ARM ChromeOS machines are sold, booting off a little 8GB flash drive. We're talking about ubiquitous < $200 laptops.
So... Netbook: The Return of the Eee701?
The difference being "scary linux stuff" vs. "easy Google stuff".
I agree with the other articles- there is no need or demand for "Chrome OS".
You're thinking about Chrome OS the wrong way. Chrome OS allows for very cheap laptops. The cr-48 uses an Atom CPU, but the real beauty will be when ARM ChromeOS machines are sold, booting off a little 8GB flash drive. We're talking about ubiquitous < $200 laptops.
Yes, the technically competent will prefer to install a complete Linux distro on such a machine, but the average user won't. But the average user WILL buy a "Google Laptop". This could end up being a perfect solution for your family members - the ones who treat you like tech support. There is very little that they could actually "mess up" on such a machine.
Otherwise, Android seems like the best "solution".
I would imagine that Android & Chrome OS will eventually be merged. But I think that Android is currently a poor experience for devices with larger screens & non-touch screens.
As a pro-choice, pro-gay rights atheist, I voted almost entirely GOP, knowing that gridlock is the only thing preventing either party from further spending away our long-term future on futile attempts to reinflate economic bubbles (e.g. housing) and prop up Ponzi schemes (e.g. Social Security). We can only hope that they do not attempt compromise and bipartisanship.
Sure, go ahead and moderate this post as funny, but... he's right.
The best years that this country had recently was when Clinton was in the whitehouse, Gingrich was controlling the House, and they failed to come to a budget agreement. We actually managed to reduce the federal deficit for a short while!
As a pro-life, christian libertarian, I too voted for stalemate & gridlock!
So how do you recharge it? Lemme A proprietary AC adapter? Induction? Tiny power gnomes?
Ok, let me clarify. I don't care if the mouse & keyboard have usb cables to some dock from which they obtain power. Or perhaps you need to recharge them periodically. The part that *I* want to happen is that I never have to remove the phone from my pocket if I don't want to. I can just sit down and start typing.
That's my vision for the near future anyway. The technology is available for the keyboard & mouse, but it's going to be a while before the wireless monitors become mainstream. I predict that this will be normal, available tech in 3 years.
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Unlike the "painting the floor" task, it's not that much of an issue here.
I've seen this suggested before. The media industry is *small* compared to Google et al. It's amazing that they have so much control in Congress. Google, IBM, Microsoft, etc. should each just buy one or two media companies and be done with it.
I'll be able to find Soylent Green in my local supermarket, next to the Jello!
I'm due to get one of those monitors at the end of this month.
Somehow, I don't think my wife is going to have the same reaction.
Wut?
Did you read the article? This guy is telling about his experiences dealing with Amazon, and explaining why he believes that small developers shouldn't bother with it, and why it's inferior to Google's offering. This is great, useful information.
Which is why some people at Google have created the Data Liberation Front. You should not feel safe using a cloud-based service unless you are able to download all of your data from the service whenever you like.
Oh, you just THINK you're making it up: http://www.google.com/powermeter
Yes! Someone who gets it!
Wait, what???? No, no, no!
Look, Google does a damn good job of giving advertisers targeted viewers.
And they get LOTS of viewers because the viewers like the products that Google entices them with (search), and are willing to pay the cost (advertisements).
Google doesn't have to keep anybody in - the people want to be there!
So what does Google perceive as a threat?
Simple - anything (and I mean anything) that keeps people from being able to access their products.
Browsers suck? Well, let's build a browser that's fast. Google doesn't care if it wins the market, as long as all the other browsers become faster in an effort to compete.
Cell phones too locked down? Let's make an open operating system for phones, and make sure that at least one phone model is standard setting. Google doesn't care if that phone wins the market, as long as it sets a standard for all the other smartphones.
Perhaps the analogy works better if you say that search is the castle, the competitors keep people from the castle with their moats, and Google's ancillary products are the various drawbridges made to make sure the plebs can always access the castle.
Ok, sure, so now I need a whole lot of batteries in my house to store the electricity that is generated all day.
Except I live it Pittsburgh. We get about the same amount of sunshine as Seattle. Not practical here. I'd rather just rely on the grid and update the grid to have more nuclear generation.
So, Microsoft saying "it wasn't us, it was them" counts as an explanation?
Chrome's status bar shows a shortened URL when you first hover over a link. If you leave the mouse pointer over the link for one second, the status bar then expands to display the entire URL.
With the 10% Ethanol mix, his 12.25 gallon fill-up contained 11.0 gallons of gasoline. He was able to travel 265 miles. That gives us 265/11 = 24.1 mpg, where gallons refers to only the gasoline portion. Yes, I'm ignoring the ethanol portion of the fill-up on purpose.
With pure gasoline, he went 300 miles on a 12.25 gallon fill-up, giving 300/12.25 = 24.5 mpg.
Do you see what happened? At best, the ethanol does absolutely nothing useful! At worst, it actually makes your car use even more gasoline. You don't even need the other arguments about it costing more and eating away at engine components to realize that it's a complete waste.
I just ran this on my brand-spankin-new Nexus S running Gingerbread & got a 2482.
Wow, that's just a really pathetic showing by IE.
Chrome 8.0.552.224: 8641
Firefox 3.6.13: 5082
Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18999: 2145
It looks like it should be easy to export your bookmarks from del.icio.us and import the file into Google Bookmarks.
The difference being "scary linux stuff" vs. "easy Google stuff".
It looks like it should be easy to export your bookmarks from del.icio.us and import the file into Google Bookmarks.
You're thinking about Chrome OS the wrong way. Chrome OS allows for very cheap laptops. The cr-48 uses an Atom CPU, but the real beauty will be when ARM ChromeOS machines are sold, booting off a little 8GB flash drive. We're talking about ubiquitous < $200 laptops.
Yes, the technically competent will prefer to install a complete Linux distro on such a machine, but the average user won't. But the average user WILL buy a "Google Laptop". This could end up being a perfect solution for your family members - the ones who treat you like tech support. There is very little that they could actually "mess up" on such a machine.
I would imagine that Android & Chrome OS will eventually be merged. But I think that Android is currently a poor experience for devices with larger screens & non-touch screens.
Tee-hee!
... I use a laptop!
Sure, go ahead and moderate this post as funny, but... he's right.
The best years that this country had recently was when Clinton was in the whitehouse, Gingrich was controlling the House, and they failed to come to a budget agreement. We actually managed to reduce the federal deficit for a short while!
As a pro-life, christian libertarian, I too voted for stalemate & gridlock!
And an Android phone that can work with them!
Then I can get rid of my work laptop!
Dude, Americans can't find any food with sugar in it. Everything is made with "high-fructose corn syrup" nowadays.
Ok, let me clarify. I don't care if the mouse & keyboard have usb cables to some dock from which they obtain power. Or perhaps you need to recharge them periodically. The part that *I* want to happen is that I never have to remove the phone from my pocket if I don't want to. I can just sit down and start typing.
That's my vision for the near future anyway. The technology is available for the keyboard & mouse, but it's going to be a while before the wireless monitors become mainstream. I predict that this will be normal, available tech in 3 years.