> "Marissa! The users are revolting!" > "I know, but how do they feel?" (rimshot)
Personally, I think shaking things like this up is exactly what Yahoo should be doing. I left Yahoo about ten years ago and haven't looked back since. As long as they keep instigating (or planting) stories like this there's a greater and greater chance that I'll come back for another look.
Since most viruses seem to hop from common mammals or birds (cow, pig, chicken, etc. - e.g., "Guns Germs Steel"), have we at least indexed those already?
These aren't small buildings. Most are elementary schools. Many are in neighborhoods where you'd want tools and other equipment with "street value" locked up behind more than the average school door.
A better idea would be find "maker" space in light industrial parks. I'll bet there's plenty of that kind of unused space in those neighborhoods too.
>> Game studios go to great lengths to protect their IP. But board game designer Daniel Solis doesn't subscribe to that philosophy.
I think you're confusing IP with "ideas." IP is often the successful and repeatable implementation of an idea (e.g., a patent). Furthermore, when game studios license IP, it's often to latch onto an established entertainment brand, like "Batman." The actual games themselves are usually formulaic at best, and their "plot" will be exposed on the Internet anyway as soon as the first public Beta comes around.
>> Traffic deaths are set to outpace AIDS/HIV and malaria in the developing world, so the UN is trying to change that perception.
What's wrong with "the perception"? This actually looks like good news to me. Is the problem that when people find out about all these traffic deaths (e.g., caused by a convenience) that they quit funding for disease control?
The local theatre in our town shows first run movies for about $3 a ticket. (Or about $8/person if you add popcorn and a drink.). Earlier this year we (and everyone else who has a family) chipped in a hundred bucks or so to a $70k kick starter campaign to switch two projectors over to digital. Mission accomplishes -
>> Is MS Word in a browser inherently better or just different?
When it's Google Docs vs. MS Word, it's better: 1) I can view or edit it from anywhere and 2) if someone else is working on it with me we can both edit (and see where we're each working) and 3) it's free.
>> roughly half of current IBM cloud revenues are tied to hardware, in many cases systems used to run customers' private clouds or partner clouds.
Does this really surprise anyone here? Isn't that the whole point behind "private cloud" to get top management derps to check the "cloud" box without actually changing how the existing datacenter and applications are run?
To be expected. Remember how there were once thousands of PC manufacturers churning out hardware at low margins while Microsoft profited? Same model, different company; you need to compare Google to Apple if you want to, er, do an "apples to apples."
>> I'm just starting year two of medical school, and I've been rethinking the way I make and create notes/study guides
You're scaring me dude. The doctors that I've known have been able to cram away a lot of information in their heads, and note-taking wasn't one of their problems in year two of med school. As a potential patient, you have me worried already...
>> playing/recording/performing music would be one use case.
OK, I guess I could see that at the high end. I really only use (local) mp3s or free music services to play back music on my Android devices, so I never notice any performance issues. (I also don't use the devices to record sound or video - I have a separate camera and microphone setup for that; I edit footage on a desktop of course.)
>> Figuring out what that would be is the hard part....and that's Ellison's point. Without Jobs around, chances that Apple will figure out that next step (and then execute against it) are slim.
>> assessing the company on what your kids think is of limited value. Android products are usually more 'affordable' and are being aimed at older (30-something) kids with money to burn.
Well...that perception among multiple demographics that "the Android is the best value for us" is the big reason why I think Apple is in trouble. Kids want it because it does everything they want and it fits their budget. So do teens. College students. Fresh graduates. Family men. Except for boomers riding out this crappy economy, Android has quietly become the preferred solution for most people buying devices today, because most people would agree that they don't have money to burn, and that hurts Apple, who depends on people overpaying for functionality to sustain high profits.
OK, I'll bite. Without using brand names, please tell me what you can do (e.g., use cases) with an iOS device that you can't do with an Android device of equal or lessor price?
He's right - Android is eating iOS's lunch. I can see it in my own family. My oldest boy remembers when having an Apple product was cool. My next son could care less - he picked up his first tablet for under $100 and hasn't thought about Apple since. My elementary-age daughter calls her tablet an "iPad", but it too is an Android device. All my family's phones are now Android phones. If I was ever going to buy another laptop, it would be a Chrome book. Etc, etc, etc.
>> I don't buy things because of ads. I do research.
Marketers giggle when they read stuff like this.
They use sidebar ads to repeat brands and brand attributes, since repetition leads to better recall. Then they research what sites consumers like you use to research products, and seed those sites (including, yes, Wikipedia) with information, reviews and other content that will build up their products and steer you away from other products (often by rigging evaluation criteria or "what you should look for in...").
You say it doesn't work...but results demonstrate that it does.
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> "Marissa! The users are revolting!"
> "I know, but how do they feel?" (rimshot)
Personally, I think shaking things like this up is exactly what Yahoo should be doing. I left Yahoo about ten years ago and haven't looked back since. As long as they keep instigating (or planting) stories like this there's a greater and greater chance that I'll come back for another look.
Since most viruses seem to hop from common mammals or birds (cow, pig, chicken, etc. - e.g., "Guns Germs Steel"), have we at least indexed those already?
>> Can 50 Closed Chicago Schools Become 50 Makerspaces?
Here's a list of the schools closed and their capacities:
http://graphics.chicagotribune.com/school_utilization/
These aren't small buildings. Most are elementary schools. Many are in neighborhoods where you'd want tools and other equipment with "street value" locked up behind more than the average school door.
A better idea would be find "maker" space in light industrial parks. I'll bet there's plenty of that kind of unused space in those neighborhoods too.
I took a quick look at the materials they're publishing, and if you can read a vulnerability report, you can read these. (e.g., http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/practice_guides/mps_pg_052212.pdf#page=16)
>> Game studios go to great lengths to protect their IP. But board game designer Daniel Solis doesn't subscribe to that philosophy.
I think you're confusing IP with "ideas." IP is often the successful and repeatable implementation of an idea (e.g., a patent). Furthermore, when game studios license IP, it's often to latch onto an established entertainment brand, like "Batman." The actual games themselves are usually formulaic at best, and their "plot" will be exposed on the Internet anyway as soon as the first public Beta comes around.
Next you'll be telling me that "manbearpig" wasn't really his cause. Yeesh.
>> Disdain From Users
Yes, both of them objected. (I don't really blame Yahoo for taking another shot at a service no one's used for the last ten years.)
Here we go again. ("Congress shall have Power...to declare War")
At least Bush tried to build a case and sought Congressional approval to blast into his ill-advised conflicts. Obama? Nah...too much work.
Will there ever be anyone we can we vote for to end this cycle?
Why not just get some 7-8 inch Android tablets for $100 each and save the "apple tax"?
>> Traffic deaths are set to outpace AIDS/HIV and malaria in the developing world, so the UN is trying to change that perception.
What's wrong with "the perception"? This actually looks like good news to me. Is the problem that when people find out about all these traffic deaths (e.g., caused by a convenience) that they quit funding for disease control?
The local theatre in our town shows first run movies for about $3 a ticket. (Or about $8/person if you add popcorn and a drink.). Earlier this year we (and everyone else who has a family) chipped in a hundred bucks or so to a $70k kick starter campaign to switch two projectors over to digital. Mission accomplishes -
Isn't that the "History Channel"?
>> Is MS Word in a browser inherently better or just different?
When it's Google Docs vs. MS Word, it's better: 1) I can view or edit it from anywhere and 2) if someone else is working on it with me we can both edit (and see where we're each working) and 3) it's free.
>> roughly half of current IBM cloud revenues are tied to hardware, in many cases systems used to run customers' private clouds or partner clouds.
Does this really surprise anyone here? Isn't that the whole point behind "private cloud" to get top management derps to check the "cloud" box without actually changing how the existing datacenter and applications are run?
Bold move, Slashdot, going forward with a topic that pulled in only 34 comments yesterday. And a video too - exactly what we're looking for.
>> malware, crashing
Hasn't been a problem on the eight devices (4 OS's, five manufactures) I've had so far.
>> FBI listening to you
You're new here, aren't you? ;)
>> most Android manufacturers are taking a loss
To be expected. Remember how there were once thousands of PC manufacturers churning out hardware at low margins while Microsoft profited? Same model, different company; you need to compare Google to Apple if you want to, er, do an "apples to apples."
>> I'm just starting year two of medical school, and I've been rethinking the way I make and create notes/study guides
You're scaring me dude. The doctors that I've known have been able to cram away a lot of information in their heads, and note-taking wasn't one of their problems in year two of med school. As a potential patient, you have me worried already...
>> playing/recording/performing music would be one use case.
OK, I guess I could see that at the high end. I really only use (local) mp3s or free music services to play back music on my Android devices, so I never notice any performance issues. (I also don't use the devices to record sound or video - I have a separate camera and microphone setup for that; I edit footage on a desktop of course.)
>> Figuring out what that would be is the hard part. ...and that's Ellison's point. Without Jobs around, chances that Apple will figure out that next step (and then execute against it) are slim.
>> assessing the company on what your kids think is of limited value. Android products are usually more 'affordable' and are being aimed at older (30-something) kids with money to burn.
Well...that perception among multiple demographics that "the Android is the best value for us" is the big reason why I think Apple is in trouble. Kids want it because it does everything they want and it fits their budget. So do teens. College students. Fresh graduates. Family men. Except for boomers riding out this crappy economy, Android has quietly become the preferred solution for most people buying devices today, because most people would agree that they don't have money to burn, and that hurts Apple, who depends on people overpaying for functionality to sustain high profits.
OK, so that was an anecdote, which I admit is unusual for me.
Here's a story published this week about how Android is growing three times faster than iOS if you prefer statistics instead:
http://thediplomat.com/tech-biz/2013/08/08/apples-shrinking-market-share-android-broadens-mobile-device-lead/
OK, I'll bite. Without using brand names, please tell me what you can do (e.g., use cases) with an iOS device that you can't do with an Android device of equal or lessor price?
He's right - Android is eating iOS's lunch. I can see it in my own family. My oldest boy remembers when having an Apple product was cool. My next son could care less - he picked up his first tablet for under $100 and hasn't thought about Apple since. My elementary-age daughter calls her tablet an "iPad", but it too is an Android device. All my family's phones are now Android phones. If I was ever going to buy another laptop, it would be a Chrome book. Etc, etc, etc.
>> I don't buy things because of ads. I do research.
Marketers giggle when they read stuff like this.
They use sidebar ads to repeat brands and brand attributes, since repetition leads to better recall. Then they research what sites consumers like you use to research products, and seed those sites (including, yes, Wikipedia) with information, reviews and other content that will build up their products and steer you away from other products (often by rigging evaluation criteria or "what you should look for in...").
You say it doesn't work...but results demonstrate that it does.