I'm not sure searching can be automated at all. That's why portals are going to play an increasing role and become increasingly specialized. It's worth remembering how young the Internet is right now and how centralized most useful resources are around very few sites. A recent BCG report indicated that 43% of online dollars are spent in the top 10 stores. That's insane considering the overall brick&mortar market they represent. Information is no different. As specialized websites continue to grow in number, specialized portals are going to develop to fill the need of finding useful information. Sites will have a much more interactive rapport with their portals than is currently the case. Search engines displaying thousands of hits per search will die off as their utility continues to diminish. And, ultimately, those who win will be the ones whose content and opinions are trustworthy (think Slashdot).
What if I put the envelope addressed to you in the stamped self-addressed one? Would that work? I know you crazy computer guys always have lots of ways to do the same thing, so I was wondering 'cause I think that's what I did.
(Overlooking the obviously barmy idea of banning an opensource OS primarily transmitted by an unpolicable medium...)
What a ridiculously puritanical concept. I expect any minor capable of understanding enough to contemplate kernel hacking is probably bright enough to know a few dirty words. Such a "child genius" could probably find his/her way to www.persiankitty.com or some other free pornography link site.
I really wish censors would grow up and understand that there are bigger fish to fry than the casual use of questionably language for the sake of colloqiual explanation.
Besides the protection of minors starts at home. You don't want your kids seeing stuff they shouldn't, go online with them.
I am totally in favour of this experiment. The possiblity of finding water is cool enough, but smashing stuff up in space is definitely worthwhile. Their analogy basically equates it to wrecking a $63M sports car. Just like in Ferris Bueller. Heh.
Choice without cooperation can be dangerous
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The Desktop Wars
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Many agree that Linux will achieve success only through the continued proliferation of open standards. The X debate must not become blind to this reality.
It is critically important that the developers of GNOME, KDE and other X environments agree on a common set of rules such that all applications can be run on any platform. Without such cooperation, one killer app could make a given desktop the defacto standard and threaten the choice, innovation and new ideas that have drawn us to Linux in the first place.
Choice without cooperation can be dangerous
on
The Desktop Wars
·
· Score: 1
Many agree that Linux will achieve success only through the continued proliferation of open standards. The X debate must not become blind to this reality.
It is critically important that the developers of GNOME, KDE and another X environment agree on a common set of rules such that all applications can be run on any platform. Without such cooperation, one killer app could make a given desktop the defacto standard and threaten the choice, innovation and new ideas that have drawn us to Linux in the first place.
Choice without cooperation can be dangerous
on
The Desktop Wars
·
· Score: 1
Many agree that Linux will achieve success only through the continued proliferation of open standards. The X debate must not become blind to this reality. It is critically important that the developers of GNOME, KDE and another X environment agree on a common set of rules such that all applications can be run on any platform. Without such cooperation, one killer app could make a given desktop the defacto standard and threaten the choice, innovation and new ideas that have drawn us to Linux in the first place.
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I'm not sure searching can be automated at all. That's why portals are going to play an increasing role and become increasingly specialized. It's worth remembering how young the Internet is right now and how centralized most useful resources are around very few sites. A recent BCG report indicated that 43% of online dollars are spent in the top 10 stores. That's insane considering the overall brick&mortar market they represent. Information is no different. As specialized websites continue to grow in number, specialized portals are going to develop to fill the need of finding useful information. Sites will have a much more interactive rapport with their portals than is currently the case. Search engines displaying thousands of hits per search will die off as their utility continues to diminish. And, ultimately, those who win will be the ones whose content and opinions are trustworthy (think Slashdot).
What if I put the envelope addressed to you in the stamped self-addressed one? Would that work?
I know you crazy computer guys always have lots of ways to do the same thing, so I was wondering 'cause I think that's what I did.
(Overlooking the obviously barmy idea of banning an opensource OS primarily transmitted by an unpolicable medium...)
What a ridiculously puritanical concept. I expect any minor capable of understanding enough to contemplate kernel hacking is probably bright enough to know a few dirty words. Such a "child genius" could probably find his/her way to www.persiankitty.com or some other free pornography link site.
I really wish censors would grow up and understand that there are bigger fish to fry than the casual use of questionably language for the sake of colloqiual explanation.
Besides the protection of minors starts at home. You don't want your kids seeing stuff they shouldn't, go online with them.
I am totally in favour of this experiment. The possiblity of finding water is cool enough, but smashing stuff up in space is definitely worthwhile. Their analogy basically equates it to wrecking a $63M sports car. Just like in Ferris Bueller. Heh.
Many agree that Linux will achieve success only through the continued proliferation of open standards. The X debate must not become blind to this reality.
It is critically important that the developers of GNOME, KDE and other X environments agree on a common set of rules such that all applications can be run on any platform. Without such cooperation, one killer app could make a given desktop the defacto standard and threaten the choice, innovation and new ideas that have drawn us to Linux in the first place.
Many agree that Linux will achieve success only through the continued proliferation of open standards. The X debate must not become blind to this reality.
It is critically important that the developers of GNOME, KDE and another X environment agree on a common set of rules such that all applications can be run on any platform. Without such cooperation, one killer app could make a given desktop the defacto standard and threaten the choice, innovation and new ideas that have drawn us to Linux in the first place.
Many agree that Linux will achieve success only through the continued proliferation of open standards. The X debate must not become blind to this reality.
It is critically important that the developers of GNOME, KDE and another X environment agree on a common set of rules such that all applications can be run on any platform. Without such cooperation, one killer app could make a given desktop the defacto standard and threaten the choice, innovation and new ideas that have drawn us to Linux in the first place.