Until I can have Cortana on my wrist, I don't see how something that small will be able to interface with a person well. Maybe some super-interface is on the horizon, but at this point it would need to almost have some type of AI to interface with that could do the typing/processing/etc that I'd need.
They can use that to help push them to be better. They need the money more than they can worry about Google being a competitor. I will say that I used Firefox for many years, but when Chrome came out for OS X I switched. It's faster, and cleaner (cleaner being my relative term for how it 'feels'). I still use Firefox for web development and testing because of the addons, but Firefox has grown sluggish lately. As many have said before, they need to strip it back down, and let a lot of their extras be added in by the users if they really want it. I'm doing without several of my preferred plugins (AdBlock especially) just because Chrome is that much snappier feeling.
This is exactly what I was thinking. They started out with nothing (not considering the previous MS search engine options), so of course there will be growth. Come back in a year or two's time and then lets talk about how much/litte their growth is. That's when it will be more impressive. Of course, since my Blackberry was 'updated' to allow only Bing to be the default search option, I doubt they'll have problems with getting initial numbers. But because of that type of 'marketing' I refuse to use them myself.
I think it's similar to being dressed poorly for an interview. You may completely know your field, but if you show up looking foolish or inappropriate, then people will judge you. You may think that's unfair or not right, but people will do it and this is something very similar. As everyone else is pointing out, how long does it take to sign up for your own domain or use something at least current. AOL for an IT position? You don't have broadband? You don't have access to GMail? You can't sign up for your own site? Perhaps for a non IT field it's not as big a deal. It's the same as showing up with black jeans instead of slacks/khakis on. You couldn't spend $10 and some time to run out and buy something nice for the interview?
I would be ok with the occasional banner ad or something along those lines, but we all know that for every advertiser that attempts to play nicely, a dozen others will come up with some new obnoxious ad. Lately on Wired I've noticed that I have to carefully move my mouse down the page, otherwise I trigger same extremely annoying pop-up/overlay Flash ad often containing sound or moving video which covers the page. I also recently started trying Chrome, so this could be something they've been doing for a while I'm not sure.
I think most people can understand how ads are good in keeping sites free, but I don't think we'll have the pleasure of non-intrusive ads ever. So we'll all be stuck using ad-blockers.
I'm not a fan for these types of things in general, with the standard privacy concerns most people are listing. On the other side of it, my wife was a manager for several years at a retail chain at the mall, and they often had problems with shoplifting given the size of their products (bath and, you know, body products). They were required to try and maintain as little theft as possible of course, but they were given no support up the chain and were not allowed to confront/ask/suggest that someone was doing anything along those lines. And if they did, corporate would not support them and always support the customer because the store needs to be as customer friendly as possible of course.
Something like this could help with those problems where known shoplifters are meandering the mall. Store managers, as well as mall and store security personnel, already tend to share this information among themselves by stopping by each other's stores or calling over, but if you are the first store they visit it could be a heads up. Just playing Devil's Advocate a bit, even though I dislike the idea in general.
That's certainly a nice little news tidbit, but there's not much more to say. I'm an Apple fan, but really it would be more newsworthy if they announced no more phones and then something new was seen. I think everyone knows they are going to be coming out with a new one at regular intervals. If we had a section for 'News Headlines that are Their Own Articles' this would go there.
We get the Philadelphia Inquirer and they give us the weekly paper basically for free. My wife wanted just the weekend paper for the fliers for shopping, and I don't feel like going to the end of the driveway to just pick up the paper and throw it out, but they were so enthusiastic about giving us the weekly paper for free we said ok. With that in mind, I can see how papers may feel the need to try and take some control back, however I don't see how this works unless they are hoping to just use it as a bargaining chip with Google.
When I want to look up some news tidbit, I don't want to have to go to each individual news site I'm aware of just to see if 'oh hey, maybe the Denver paper is covering this'. And even though I don't use Bing in general, I can't see people really thinking 'well, maybe I'll research this news topic on three different search engines and make sure I get a comprehensive point of view'. All I really see is this giving everyone who opts out a substantial hit in eyes on their site.
It would be nice to be able to go to a generic cell service store where there's a two step process to getting a phone: 1. select a phone, 2. select a carrier. Have it all laid out right there in one store. No need to stick with one carrier because you want a certain phone, more innovation on the cell phone side since manufacturers don't have to worry about carriers laying out the rules, and carriers forced to really compete with services because they can't guarantee users through phone lock-ins. I know that probably won't happen here in the US anytime soon, if ever, but a nice happy thought to ponder while I sip on my coffee.
How bored was this guy? He worked at a newspaper and decided 'Hey, I don't like that comment, let me track down who it is, where he works, and report him?' What is this, the second grade? There are two real options, delete it as being offensive or leave it. Maybe a third option if it was a threat of some kind, which you could report to authorities. But really?
Ok, I suppose I should have realized this is Idle so your results may vary, but I was hoping for some actually interestingly-strange questions. What we got was a list of, yes, some strange questions, but then a bunch of not-strange questions that the author was trying to be funny about. I don't know. Did I miss something? I actually spent time reading TFA thinking it was going to get funny.
Given punishments for crimes where judgment is impaired, this makes sense. I don't know that I can agree though. For example, if your are driving drunk in a car and kill someone, that carries a different sentence than being sober and killing someone, in or out of the car. Circumstances dictate different sentences, which they should. In theory, genetic dispositions are not something you can control so could actually require more consideration than drinking. I do think personal judgment should override that however. You can't just get angry and start murdering people because you have an excuse in your genes.
I've always had a Nintendo system, but one the XBox first came out I started maintaining the Nintendo and Microsoft console line in my house. New system? I bought it and upgraded. In this current generation of consoles especially, the graphics look much better on the 360, so if a more 'mature' game came out for multiple systems I don't think it's hard to see that I'm going to stick with the better looking system rather than buy it for the Wii. Any game I buy for the Wii falls more into the traditional Nintendo games/series that aren't out for the 360 or PS3.
I also think most 'serious' gamers who would go for games classified as mature are likely to have multiple consoles as well. This assume the game comes out for multiple consoles. If the Wii was my only system, then I'd definitely purchase any range of games for it.
I didn't read the article, of course, but right away my first thought is trying to use the GPS and be on the phone at the same time would be a problem in an all-in-one style device. Of course you shouldn't be on the phone (technically, perhaps), but we do it anyways. At least I do. I won't speak for the rest of you since I know at least one person will say that of course they never do and I'm evil for doing it. But I know I've used my GPS and phone at the same time in general, let alone finding some difficult place that isn't fully locatable in GPS. Back roads, unlisted roads, mismatched turns, etc.
I think that's what he's saying. It's not Microsoft bashing, but a need for consistent rules. If something cannot be uninstalled by the user, then it's along the lines of malware. Certain OS upgrades can't be uninstalled which is understandable, but for a browser? That's just lazy or hubris on the part of the company to assume no one would _ever_ want to uninstall _their_ addon.
Do we need all the hype? Can't we have a story that just explains the details without the OMGWTF slipping in? Wow, water in huge quantities is dangerous? Drowning? OMG. But I can drink it too? CRAZY. *sigh*
I think it's interesting to be able to talk to someone who picked something that affects so many people on a daily basis. Of course, it's a really tiny effect, but very visible. He could have picked two colons or dollar signs or any random thing. It's not often you get to make a decision that ends up being used globally.
I think it depends on the user. You have users who call their friend/family member/etc when they have a question, and clearly are not the ones pirating. Then you have the people who know what they are doing (and from my personal experience) quite often do. The reasons everyone gives are different, but there is often a good bit of it. And they are just as likely to install it on that friend/familiy member's computer when they call needing help with Office or whatever ('Oh, this is an old verson, let me upgrade you).
I've mentioned it before. I have a friend that almost refuses to buy music when they can use whatever the current flavor of P2P is to get it. I had a different friend that gladly would download the newest games from torrents and play them. Not to mention the various other indiscretions I or other friends have done. Several people still will email me with a 'hey, do you happen to have a serial number for...' These aren't college students or poor workers from some low-end job. They are often well paid professionals (often in IT). They just don't want to spend the money. It's not some sense of 'information should be free!' or 'software shouldn't be patented!'. They just don't want to spend the money, so while these reports may not have numbers that everyone believes, I certainly have seen it day to day. Just without a metric that I can quote.
I don't see this being a story as much as just being a statistic that someone wrapped a story around. It sort of falls into the 'duh' category, although I think it's always interesting to have real numbers about things. In this case though it's about as surprising as saying that most motorcycle owners also own a car (differing reasoning, but similar idea). You have people who switched (me) who have other computers, or use a Windows computer for work (also me), or have a kid that is a hard core gamer and uses Windows for it (used to be me), etc etc. I think it's more interesting to ponder who only has a Mac.
I imagine it never quite would get old either. Going in for a check-up with some new nurse. Watching her reaction as she adjusts her grip, then again, watching her change arms, looking a little more worried. Or maybe I'm just cruel.
Maybe I should read the article, but you can be a pound or two past your 'ideal weight' and you move into the overweight categories. Are they specifying a range outside of ideal, or just anything not 'ideal'. The US is overweight on average, so how would this be news that a sub-group of an overweight group is also overweight?
I work from home quite often doing development and database work. I have a home office, and will alternate from my office, to the dining room table, to outside on the patio. I have a few pets and it works great to be productive and not have them caged all day. I have a friend who lives nearby that does IT work for a different company, and although he gets to work from home, he doesn't always enjoy being completely isolated. So sometimes once a week, he'll come over and work from my place, even though we may only interact for lunch. At the same time, I've thought about going out to a coffee shop or similar place to work, just because I can. I haven't only because the coffee at home is so much cheaper. =)
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Until I can have Cortana on my wrist, I don't see how something that small will be able to interface with a person well. Maybe some super-interface is on the horizon, but at this point it would need to almost have some type of AI to interface with that could do the typing/processing/etc that I'd need.
They can use that to help push them to be better. They need the money more than they can worry about Google being a competitor. I will say that I used Firefox for many years, but when Chrome came out for OS X I switched. It's faster, and cleaner (cleaner being my relative term for how it 'feels'). I still use Firefox for web development and testing because of the addons, but Firefox has grown sluggish lately. As many have said before, they need to strip it back down, and let a lot of their extras be added in by the users if they really want it. I'm doing without several of my preferred plugins (AdBlock especially) just because Chrome is that much snappier feeling.
This is exactly what I was thinking. They started out with nothing (not considering the previous MS search engine options), so of course there will be growth. Come back in a year or two's time and then lets talk about how much/litte their growth is. That's when it will be more impressive. Of course, since my Blackberry was 'updated' to allow only Bing to be the default search option, I doubt they'll have problems with getting initial numbers. But because of that type of 'marketing' I refuse to use them myself.
I think it's similar to being dressed poorly for an interview. You may completely know your field, but if you show up looking foolish or inappropriate, then people will judge you. You may think that's unfair or not right, but people will do it and this is something very similar. As everyone else is pointing out, how long does it take to sign up for your own domain or use something at least current. AOL for an IT position? You don't have broadband? You don't have access to GMail? You can't sign up for your own site? Perhaps for a non IT field it's not as big a deal. It's the same as showing up with black jeans instead of slacks/khakis on. You couldn't spend $10 and some time to run out and buy something nice for the interview?
I would be ok with the occasional banner ad or something along those lines, but we all know that for every advertiser that attempts to play nicely, a dozen others will come up with some new obnoxious ad. Lately on Wired I've noticed that I have to carefully move my mouse down the page, otherwise I trigger same extremely annoying pop-up/overlay Flash ad often containing sound or moving video which covers the page. I also recently started trying Chrome, so this could be something they've been doing for a while I'm not sure.
I think most people can understand how ads are good in keeping sites free, but I don't think we'll have the pleasure of non-intrusive ads ever. So we'll all be stuck using ad-blockers.
I'm not a fan for these types of things in general, with the standard privacy concerns most people are listing. On the other side of it, my wife was a manager for several years at a retail chain at the mall, and they often had problems with shoplifting given the size of their products (bath and, you know, body products). They were required to try and maintain as little theft as possible of course, but they were given no support up the chain and were not allowed to confront/ask/suggest that someone was doing anything along those lines. And if they did, corporate would not support them and always support the customer because the store needs to be as customer friendly as possible of course.
Something like this could help with those problems where known shoplifters are meandering the mall. Store managers, as well as mall and store security personnel, already tend to share this information among themselves by stopping by each other's stores or calling over, but if you are the first store they visit it could be a heads up. Just playing Devil's Advocate a bit, even though I dislike the idea in general.
That's certainly a nice little news tidbit, but there's not much more to say. I'm an Apple fan, but really it would be more newsworthy if they announced no more phones and then something new was seen. I think everyone knows they are going to be coming out with a new one at regular intervals. If we had a section for 'News Headlines that are Their Own Articles' this would go there.
We get the Philadelphia Inquirer and they give us the weekly paper basically for free. My wife wanted just the weekend paper for the fliers for shopping, and I don't feel like going to the end of the driveway to just pick up the paper and throw it out, but they were so enthusiastic about giving us the weekly paper for free we said ok. With that in mind, I can see how papers may feel the need to try and take some control back, however I don't see how this works unless they are hoping to just use it as a bargaining chip with Google.
When I want to look up some news tidbit, I don't want to have to go to each individual news site I'm aware of just to see if 'oh hey, maybe the Denver paper is covering this'. And even though I don't use Bing in general, I can't see people really thinking 'well, maybe I'll research this news topic on three different search engines and make sure I get a comprehensive point of view'. All I really see is this giving everyone who opts out a substantial hit in eyes on their site.
It would be nice to be able to go to a generic cell service store where there's a two step process to getting a phone: 1. select a phone, 2. select a carrier. Have it all laid out right there in one store. No need to stick with one carrier because you want a certain phone, more innovation on the cell phone side since manufacturers don't have to worry about carriers laying out the rules, and carriers forced to really compete with services because they can't guarantee users through phone lock-ins. I know that probably won't happen here in the US anytime soon, if ever, but a nice happy thought to ponder while I sip on my coffee.
How bored was this guy? He worked at a newspaper and decided 'Hey, I don't like that comment, let me track down who it is, where he works, and report him?' What is this, the second grade? There are two real options, delete it as being offensive or leave it. Maybe a third option if it was a threat of some kind, which you could report to authorities. But really?
Ok, I suppose I should have realized this is Idle so your results may vary, but I was hoping for some actually interestingly-strange questions. What we got was a list of, yes, some strange questions, but then a bunch of not-strange questions that the author was trying to be funny about. I don't know. Did I miss something? I actually spent time reading TFA thinking it was going to get funny.
Given punishments for crimes where judgment is impaired, this makes sense. I don't know that I can agree though. For example, if your are driving drunk in a car and kill someone, that carries a different sentence than being sober and killing someone, in or out of the car. Circumstances dictate different sentences, which they should. In theory, genetic dispositions are not something you can control so could actually require more consideration than drinking. I do think personal judgment should override that however. You can't just get angry and start murdering people because you have an excuse in your genes.
I've always had a Nintendo system, but one the XBox first came out I started maintaining the Nintendo and Microsoft console line in my house. New system? I bought it and upgraded. In this current generation of consoles especially, the graphics look much better on the 360, so if a more 'mature' game came out for multiple systems I don't think it's hard to see that I'm going to stick with the better looking system rather than buy it for the Wii. Any game I buy for the Wii falls more into the traditional Nintendo games/series that aren't out for the 360 or PS3.
I also think most 'serious' gamers who would go for games classified as mature are likely to have multiple consoles as well. This assume the game comes out for multiple consoles. If the Wii was my only system, then I'd definitely purchase any range of games for it.
I didn't read the article, of course, but right away my first thought is trying to use the GPS and be on the phone at the same time would be a problem in an all-in-one style device. Of course you shouldn't be on the phone (technically, perhaps), but we do it anyways. At least I do. I won't speak for the rest of you since I know at least one person will say that of course they never do and I'm evil for doing it. But I know I've used my GPS and phone at the same time in general, let alone finding some difficult place that isn't fully locatable in GPS. Back roads, unlisted roads, mismatched turns, etc.
to this day, I read it as 'Geo-Sites' (geo-cites) instead of Cities. That's how much I (we all) care.
I think that's what he's saying. It's not Microsoft bashing, but a need for consistent rules. If something cannot be uninstalled by the user, then it's along the lines of malware. Certain OS upgrades can't be uninstalled which is understandable, but for a browser? That's just lazy or hubris on the part of the company to assume no one would _ever_ want to uninstall _their_ addon.
Do we need all the hype? Can't we have a story that just explains the details without the OMGWTF slipping in? Wow, water in huge quantities is dangerous? Drowning? OMG. But I can drink it too? CRAZY. *sigh*
I think it's interesting to be able to talk to someone who picked something that affects so many people on a daily basis. Of course, it's a really tiny effect, but very visible. He could have picked two colons or dollar signs or any random thing. It's not often you get to make a decision that ends up being used globally.
I think it depends on the user. You have users who call their friend/family member/etc when they have a question, and clearly are not the ones pirating. Then you have the people who know what they are doing (and from my personal experience) quite often do. The reasons everyone gives are different, but there is often a good bit of it. And they are just as likely to install it on that friend/familiy member's computer when they call needing help with Office or whatever ('Oh, this is an old verson, let me upgrade you).
I've mentioned it before. I have a friend that almost refuses to buy music when they can use whatever the current flavor of P2P is to get it. I had a different friend that gladly would download the newest games from torrents and play them. Not to mention the various other indiscretions I or other friends have done. Several people still will email me with a 'hey, do you happen to have a serial number for...' These aren't college students or poor workers from some low-end job. They are often well paid professionals (often in IT). They just don't want to spend the money. It's not some sense of 'information should be free!' or 'software shouldn't be patented!'. They just don't want to spend the money, so while these reports may not have numbers that everyone believes, I certainly have seen it day to day. Just without a metric that I can quote.
I don't see this being a story as much as just being a statistic that someone wrapped a story around. It sort of falls into the 'duh' category, although I think it's always interesting to have real numbers about things. In this case though it's about as surprising as saying that most motorcycle owners also own a car (differing reasoning, but similar idea). You have people who switched (me) who have other computers, or use a Windows computer for work (also me), or have a kid that is a hard core gamer and uses Windows for it (used to be me), etc etc. I think it's more interesting to ponder who only has a Mac.
I imagine it never quite would get old either. Going in for a check-up with some new nurse. Watching her reaction as she adjusts her grip, then again, watching her change arms, looking a little more worried. Or maybe I'm just cruel.
I was wondering this exact thing when I came in. Glad I'm not the only one scratching his head.
Maybe I should read the article, but you can be a pound or two past your 'ideal weight' and you move into the overweight categories. Are they specifying a range outside of ideal, or just anything not 'ideal'. The US is overweight on average, so how would this be news that a sub-group of an overweight group is also overweight?
Yep, yep, yep... wait, let me just grab my dictionary.... hmmmmmm...
I work from home quite often doing development and database work. I have a home office, and will alternate from my office, to the dining room table, to outside on the patio. I have a few pets and it works great to be productive and not have them caged all day. I have a friend who lives nearby that does IT work for a different company, and although he gets to work from home, he doesn't always enjoy being completely isolated. So sometimes once a week, he'll come over and work from my place, even though we may only interact for lunch. At the same time, I've thought about going out to a coffee shop or similar place to work, just because I can. I haven't only because the coffee at home is so much cheaper. =)