Aw man, can't I just upload it using my Sony Network Adapter (Ethernet/Modem) (for PlayStation® 2)? I'm running out of space on my Sony Memory Card (8MB) (for PlayStation® 2).
Exchange is a whole application platform at the moment. You can hook many pieces of software into it. I won't bore you with buzzwords like "CRM" and "ERP" -- you can Google for those.
When people ask you what "Linux" -- not "GNU/Linux" or "Red Hat Linux" -- does, what do you tell them? Do you ambiguously describe the kernel with buzzwords like "module-based architecture" or do you say boring application-specific shit like "it runs my web server"?
Evolution is the best groupware client I've used in Linux, but its interface (especially in version 1) is a clear derivative from Outlook.*
Mozilla's working on Sunbird and they could potentially do something nice with Thunderbird+Sunbird, but everything's proceeding at a Mozilla-like pace so far. Version 0.2, the last I tried, was all function and no form.
* BZZT OBSCURE PROGRAM I LIKED 20 YEARS AGO HAD SOMETHING THAT OUTLOOK STOLE WHY WON'T ANYONE GIVE PROPS TO MY FAVORITE OLD PROGRAM WRONG!
No. Google receives money in exchange for ads they post, and as such they can be asked to remove ads in violation of U.S. advertising laws. It's not like Slashdot, a free site where "comments are owned by the poster."
Pepsi runs television ads in which they clearly identify themselves as the sponsor of the ad. Had they deceptively referred to Coca-Cola as the sponsor, they would be in serious trouble.
However, this discussion is about search engine advertising. I just googled for Pepsi and found no advertisements for Coke that triggered from the keyword.
That would be okay, yes. However, people were running ads in which the keyword "Geico," all by itself, linked to another company's web site without any of the phrases you listed. That is not permitted.
Thank you for arguing mindlessly about hypothetical situations unrelated to the topic at hand.
Roto-Rooter pursued and won litigation against companies that used related spellings like "Rota-Rooter" to fool Directory Assistance operators. With a New York accent, both of those names sound very similar.
However, this is Slashdot, where names like "killustrator" and "mikerowesoft" are considered original.
Google's job is to navigate and not deceive. If you told a cab driver "Take me to the Holiday Inn" and he took you to some shady motel that paid off the taxi driver, you'd be pissed off.
Google makes money off of ads which are supposed to be "related" to your search query. Misusing someone's trademark to link to other companies is not legal.
I don't live in Brazil and I'm not a drug dealer, so to me, Orkut is not "dominating the Internet" either. Take a look at Myspace for what appears to be the leader (they were just acquired for a metric assload of money). Other social networking services are far more popular, featureful, and reliable than Orkut.
Gmail is still in beta. What's the point of having over two gigabytes of e-mail if you can't expect the server it's on to be reliable at all? I prefer services that instill confidence instead of "it's beta, what do you expect"?
Oh, come on. That video is old. Now there are lots of high-quality games for the Mac. There's World of Warcraft! (uncomfortable pause) And Myst... the Sims 2... ooh, Starcraft! And Diablo II! And the Oregon Trail. I used to love that game.
Looks to me like Google wants to be Yahoo!, considering that Yahoo! has four out of those five capabilities already. (They don't have books, though they do index some premium content and make it available in search results.)
Take Yahoo!, strip all the home page crap out (http://search.yahoo.com/ and toss in some interesting hidden features for blogs to wank about for months. Then profit!
Airfoil lets you stream to an Airport Express from any Mac OS X application. Sadly it's not open source -- it's $25 shareware -- but it does sidestep the need for you to use iTunes for everything.
Hey, the Saturn had 512 KB of built-in memory, enough to hold a decent number of saves before you had to buy the ludicrously-oversized memory expansion cartridge.
Memory cards are an ingenius way of getting gamers to pay $25 for 8 MB of memory in 2005. That's the going rate for a Memory Card (8MB) (for PlayStation® 2).
True. There have historically been add-ons to most OSes to wipe the sectors out to provide that extra security. Mac OS X has an option "Secure Empty Trash" on the Finder's application menu, and as such it's the first OS I've seen to include such an accessible feature. It takes a very long time compared with regular Empty Trash even on a 1.33 GHz machine.
This is why OS/2 was so powerful: instead of some pansy "trash bin" or "recycle bin," it had a Shredder. Some of the later versions made an awful noise when you shredded a file.
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Aw man, can't I just upload it using my Sony Network Adapter (Ethernet/Modem) (for PlayStation® 2)? I'm running out of space on my Sony Memory Card (8MB) (for PlayStation® 2).
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Exchange is a whole application platform at the moment. You can hook many pieces of software into it. I won't bore you with buzzwords like "CRM" and "ERP" -- you can Google for those.
When people ask you what "Linux" -- not "GNU/Linux" or "Red Hat Linux" -- does, what do you tell them? Do you ambiguously describe the kernel with buzzwords like "module-based architecture" or do you say boring application-specific shit like "it runs my web server"?
Evolution is the best groupware client I've used in Linux, but its interface (especially in version 1) is a clear derivative from Outlook.*
Mozilla's working on Sunbird and they could potentially do something nice with Thunderbird+Sunbird, but everything's proceeding at a Mozilla-like pace so far. Version 0.2, the last I tried, was all function and no form.
* BZZT OBSCURE PROGRAM I LIKED 20 YEARS AGO HAD SOMETHING THAT OUTLOOK STOLE WHY WON'T ANYONE GIVE PROPS TO MY FAVORITE OLD PROGRAM WRONG!
No. Google receives money in exchange for ads they post, and as such they can be asked to remove ads in violation of U.S. advertising laws. It's not like Slashdot, a free site where "comments are owned by the poster."
If YANAL, PGTLS and CBL. TYVM.
A user searches for Geico.
ACCEPTABLE AD:
Allstate Insurance
We can save you 20% over Geico's rates
www.allstate.com
UNACCEPTABLE AD:
Geico
Get cheaper car insurance
www.geico-compare.com
Pepsi runs television ads in which they clearly identify themselves as the sponsor of the ad. Had they deceptively referred to Coca-Cola as the sponsor, they would be in serious trouble.
However, this discussion is about search engine advertising. I just googled for Pepsi and found no advertisements for Coke that triggered from the keyword.
That would be okay, yes. However, people were running ads in which the keyword "Geico," all by itself, linked to another company's web site without any of the phrases you listed. That is not permitted.
Thank you for arguing mindlessly about hypothetical situations unrelated to the topic at hand.
Roto-Rooter pursued and won litigation against companies that used related spellings like "Rota-Rooter" to fool Directory Assistance operators. With a New York accent, both of those names sound very similar.
However, this is Slashdot, where names like "killustrator" and "mikerowesoft" are considered original.
Allow me to provide an example of the ads used.
GEICO
Save money over Geico. aff
freeinsquot.com
BZZT! WRONG! BZZT! WRONG! BZZT! WRONG! BZZT!
Google's job is to navigate and not deceive. If you told a cab driver "Take me to the Holiday Inn" and he took you to some shady motel that paid off the taxi driver, you'd be pissed off.
Google makes money off of ads which are supposed to be "related" to your search query. Misusing someone's trademark to link to other companies is not legal.
Related story in which colleges' names were being used to sell disreputable degrees.
I don't live in Brazil and I'm not a drug dealer, so to me, Orkut is not "dominating the Internet" either. Take a look at Myspace for what appears to be the leader (they were just acquired for a metric assload of money). Other social networking services are far more popular, featureful, and reliable than Orkut.
Gmail is still in beta. What's the point of having over two gigabytes of e-mail if you can't expect the server it's on to be reliable at all? I prefer services that instill confidence instead of "it's beta, what do you expect"?
That'll teach you to entrust your e-mail to a beta service.
Oh, come on. That video is old. Now there are lots of high-quality games for the Mac. There's World of Warcraft! (uncomfortable pause) And Myst... the Sims 2... ooh, Starcraft! And Diablo II! And the Oregon Trail. I used to love that game.
Looks to me like Google wants to be Yahoo!, considering that Yahoo! has four out of those five capabilities already. (They don't have books, though they do index some premium content and make it available in search results.)
Take Yahoo!, strip all the home page crap out (http://search.yahoo.com/ and toss in some interesting hidden features for blogs to wank about for months. Then profit!
http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/
Airfoil lets you stream to an Airport Express from any Mac OS X application. Sadly it's not open source -- it's $25 shareware -- but it does sidestep the need for you to use iTunes for everything.
Wireless, but less space than an iPod. Lame.
Hey, according to Apple, a 1.33 GHz G4 is supposed to outpace a Pentium 4 running at like 4 GHz.
Not an Apple Pentium 4, of course...
Hey, the Saturn had 512 KB of built-in memory, enough to hold a decent number of saves before you had to buy the ludicrously-oversized memory expansion cartridge.
Memory cards are an ingenius way of getting gamers to pay $25 for 8 MB of memory in 2005. That's the going rate for a Memory Card (8MB) (for PlayStation® 2).
http://next.yahoo.com/
Yahoo!'s testing ground for its new stuff.
True. There have historically been add-ons to most OSes to wipe the sectors out to provide that extra security. Mac OS X has an option "Secure Empty Trash" on the Finder's application menu, and as such it's the first OS I've seen to include such an accessible feature. It takes a very long time compared with regular Empty Trash even on a 1.33 GHz machine.
This is why OS/2 was so powerful: instead of some pansy "trash bin" or "recycle bin," it had a Shredder. Some of the later versions made an awful noise when you shredded a file.
I blame EA, Microsoft, Sony, and Fox News Channel.