And FB will have cash until the users stop showing up.
True, and false
True - fb will see a big drop in their income if all their users stop showing up
But that will almost never happen - due to the fact of the sheer number of users fb has gathered
Once you achieved a critical mass, like what fb has gotten itself, it'll not be that easy to topple it --- Ask yourself if Microsoft going to close its door tomorrow, that Bill Gates is no longer on the helm, and Steve Ballmer still throwing chairs around
And false - Remember fb has garnered many billions of $$, and if they do not repeat stunts like what they did in the $1 Billion acquisition of Instagram - fb will still be around for quite some time to come
In a real life military scenario, an exodus of several general will create mass confusion and drastic drop of morale amongst the soldiers
On the other hand, in the case of fb, even if 90% of the exec decide to leave, you think that will do anything to the fb users?
Nope, zilth, nothing
Them users will still use fb to tell the world when they go to toilet, what they ate for breakfast and what they did with their gf/bf the night before, like usual
I have to ask, just how many corporations actually have the volume of data you describe. Then I'd like to know how much of it is unique?
I can't tell you the details without breaking business secret, suffice to say that the data we are working at is more than peta-byte, and there is no repeat or duplication
"Big Data" is another way to put data into a cylinder or a fluffy cloud and avoid the messy task of actually thinking about it.
But the truth is, in data-mining operation, the bigger the metadata the more ways you can mine it, and the more surprisingly the result you get out of it
They mis-use "We the people" to fool the people, and unfortunately, a lot of people were fooled to believe that the Obama White House is genuinely interested in change
This pull-down high-light the true color of the Obama administration - a fake "We the people" campaign ran by an administration headed by a fake American
The offering from Amazon and Barnes & Noble are like carburettor sub-compacts without airbag, anti-lock brakes power steering, air condition and power windows
What available from Apple are fuel-injection BMW with all the trimmings
When BMW decides to offer a sub-compact, it will come with all the trimmings (anti-lock brake, air bags, air conditioning, power-everything)
If Amazon / Barnes & Noble want to compete, they better upgrade their sub-compacts with matching trimmings, or risk losing their customer base
I built my first company in the Silicon Valley, sold it, build my second company in Silicon Valley, sold it, and build my third company in Asia
Why?
Not because of "cheaper labor", hacking cost is universal, whether it's in Silicon Valley or in Asia
I built my third company in Asia because I could plenty of talents in Asia, while on the other hand, the younger batch who moved to Silicon Valley are there not because of their interest in hacking but because of money - Technology do not progress because of money, technology progress because of people who want to do something different
That is why I do not understand why the NASA engineers want to take such a risk
Unless it is a totally fatal software bug - that is, if they do not upgrade the software, the Curiosity rover gonna be bricked - I do not think taking the risk of bricking the rover for a regular software upgrade is worth the danger of bricking the rover, which is, as TFA has stated, 350 millions miles away
I am adapting some principles from the Agile / Scrum method in managing my business
However, I find that in our monthly brainstorming sessions - the traditional brainstorming way still generates more leads than the Agile / Scrum method
Slashdot Mirror
In a way, Digg was designed to fail
And FB will have cash until the users stop showing up.
True, and false
True - fb will see a big drop in their income if all their users stop showing up
But that will almost never happen - due to the fact of the sheer number of users fb has gathered
Once you achieved a critical mass, like what fb has gotten itself, it'll not be that easy to topple it --- Ask yourself if Microsoft going to close its door tomorrow, that Bill Gates is no longer on the helm, and Steve Ballmer still throwing chairs around
And false - Remember fb has garnered many billions of $$, and if they do not repeat stunts like what they did in the $1 Billion acquisition of Instagram - fb will still be around for quite some time to come
Yes, but Yahoo is not going to improve
Look at it this way, fb is a one-trick-pony
It is not going to improve, with or without those 14 execs
Your analogy is flawed
In a real life military scenario, an exodus of several general will create mass confusion and drastic drop of morale amongst the soldiers
On the other hand, in the case of fb, even if 90% of the exec decide to leave, you think that will do anything to the fb users?
Nope, zilth, nothing
Them users will still use fb to tell the world when they go to toilet, what they ate for breakfast and what they did with their gf/bf the night before, like usual
... the outcome is a bunch of soiled butt-papers
The exodus of the 14 execs won't kill FB
How many execs have left Yahoo ?
Is Yahoo still around ?
FB won't die until it runs out of cash. As long as it has cash left, it will go on, just like Yahoo
Ultra-smart, quad-cored smartphones equipped with nano-projector ?
Conclusion: If you are really really well-endowed, you do not need to sell - the girls willingly do all the selling for ya
I have to ask, just how many corporations actually have the volume of data you describe. Then I'd like to know how much of it is unique?
I can't tell you the details without breaking business secret, suffice to say that the data we are working at is more than peta-byte, and there is no repeat or duplication
That fucker that you answer to is too dumb to understand that he is nothing but a salaried grunt, working for his socio-path, but super wealthy boss
"Big Data" is another way to put data into a cylinder or a fluffy cloud and avoid the messy task of actually thinking about it.
But the truth is, in data-mining operation, the bigger the metadata the more ways you can mine it, and the more surprisingly the result you get out of it
I am not talking about Android tablets in general.
My analogy applies to the offerings from Amazon / Barnes and Nobel, which are of the low end - in both price point and feature
Unfortunately, many of 'em young-uns have been so polluted by the political correctness that they have become so "bland"
And they still think with their "bland-ness" they still qualified to enter the hackerspace
Blehhhh .... !!
All of this petition business is a rigged game.
It was rigged at the beginning
They mis-use "We the people" to fool the people, and unfortunately, a lot of people were fooled to believe that the Obama White House is genuinely interested in change
This pull-down high-light the true color of the Obama administration - a fake "We the people" campaign ran by an administration headed by a fake American
The offering from Amazon and Barnes & Noble are like carburettor sub-compacts without airbag, anti-lock brakes power steering, air condition and power windows
What available from Apple are fuel-injection BMW with all the trimmings
When BMW decides to offer a sub-compact, it will come with all the trimmings (anti-lock brake, air bags, air conditioning, power-everything)
If Amazon / Barnes & Noble want to compete, they better upgrade their sub-compacts with matching trimmings, or risk losing their customer base
Microsoft used to be a swell company
I know, because I spent sometime there
And then the suits took over, and a lot of us left
Isn't it a little bit too late?
I built my first company in the Silicon Valley, sold it, build my second company in Silicon Valley, sold it, and build my third company in Asia
Why?
Not because of "cheaper labor", hacking cost is universal, whether it's in Silicon Valley or in Asia
I built my third company in Asia because I could plenty of talents in Asia, while on the other hand, the younger batch who moved to Silicon Valley are there not because of their interest in hacking but because of money - Technology do not progress because of money, technology progress because of people who want to do something different
We need a repeat of SEA vs. PKZip, with Apple as SEA.
I sincerely hope it does not have to come to that
The guy behind PKZIP, Phillip W. Katz, died of chronic alcoholism, at a very young age of 37
Go wear your "holier than thou" badge around the hackerspace and see how you measure up to the rest of us
Hackers are hackers
We do not care about political correctness, or the opposite of it
We do not care if you like us or hate us
We do what we do, we hack what we hack, because we like it, because we can do it, and because we do not give a flying fuck of what you think of us
And to those political correctness asshat - go fuck yourself, and leave us alone !!
Many, many thanks for the most informative post !
It'll take me sometime to digest what you've written and we'll get in touch later
Thanks again !!
I do not use it as a management tool, rather, I use it more as a "patchwork" tool to facilitate easing of the workflow
That is why I do not understand why the NASA engineers want to take such a risk
Unless it is a totally fatal software bug - that is, if they do not upgrade the software, the Curiosity rover gonna be bricked - I do not think taking the risk of bricking the rover for a regular software upgrade is worth the danger of bricking the rover, which is, as TFA has stated, 350 millions miles away
I am adapting some principles from the Agile / Scrum method in managing my business
However, I find that in our monthly brainstorming sessions - the traditional brainstorming way still generates more leads than the Agile / Scrum method
Anyone have any experience to share ?
I thought I was being honest, but I bow to you, Sir, for you are much more honest than me