I'd say that arguably, after netscape died, they had no commercial interest in IE. It was the only browser, they could do what they wanted (or in this case do nothing).
It is only recently that the renewed competition, and the addition of more complex web apps, that has brought IE back into the MS managers sights, and thus back as a commercial interest. I think we will see over the next year, just how much commercial interest in IE will speed up it's development.
AJAX is not a language, it is a collection of languages and technologies that allow for desktop application like qualities on your browser. PHP often is the back end of an AJAX application.
Isn't the "blogging phenomena" just the personal home page of today. I'd say that the personal home page didn't so much disappear as evolve, not that it really matters.
Blogs will evolve, and eventually they too will not longer be a fad, at which point most properly run news and information blogs will cease to be called by that name and just become "old fashioned" news sites.
I worry thought that with MS supporting all the different forms of DRM that the various industries are pushing, and Linux fighting DRM (or at least not activly supporting it). How long until Linux runs into legal issues with these various organisations, and when they realise there is no one to sue, maybe they'll just try to get it banned outright. Unlikely I know, but maybe just insane enough for the RIAA to try.;(
Despite the availability of other OS's and browsers to run Google searches with, this is a battle of percentages (that and Linux people seem to click on ads less than windows people). If MS can get enough of the stupid (AOL) market, then advertising on their ad network may look more enticing than advertising on Googles ad network. If that happens Google may suddenly find themselves struggling for cash, and no matter how "good" they are, they still have to pay bills.
I don't think this is likely, and MS is probably just going to have to learn to live with the fact that Google is succeeding. However, you can't just rule MS out. They have proven time and time again that they know how to do the brute force method in wearing their opponents down.
I believe the point is if MS did this, it wouldn't matter how fast they removed the infected binaries, there would be a string of posts pontificating on how this clearly demonstrates linux/firefox as superior. And they'd all be modded +5.
Of course saying the reverse here will quickly get you troll/flamebait/overated down to -1.
I dunno about what's happening in the US, but in South Africa my bank claimed it was bringing these into circulation at the beginning of this year. The thing is, according to the letter from the bank, you wouldn't have to remove the card from you wallet, but you would have to enter in a pin code on a key pad. The pin code wouldn't be on the card itself, the keypad/reader would have to confirm with the banks much like your average ATM.
Of course someone with a reader who also see's you entering in your pin code could then easily fabricate a new card and start using it.
So two of the reasons for regioning are greed. Greed tied with an inability/refusal to understand that the global economy is becoming more and more interconnected. So of course they make artificial barriers that piss off their users and get circumvented anyway. I'm not one who believes everything should be free, but if they make it difficult/impossible for me to give them money for a product I feel is usable, what am I to do?
And of course, they get stupid with regioning. Take for example: Fear and loathing in las vegas. In 1999 I would have bought it, hell I would have bought it in 2001, but its being released for region 2 this month!
I do like to buy DVD's of movies that I enjoy, and the industry's insistence that they don't release movies in certain regions just gives me one less reason to give them my money.
Of course, I'm sure most future players will be hackable/flashable.
People seem to forget that the pop culture that various industries churn out is not the only creative output in the world; it's just the most visible. And yes "it" will probably never get into the public domain.
There is however a huge, and admittedly 99% crap, amount of work that is released with creative commons style licenses, or released into the public domain immediately.
I hope that over the years -- as popular culture becomes more and more formula driven -- that a new and burgeoning culture arises that sees the various sharing licenses as well as public domain as the best option. Where anyone can release their creative works into the world, and their merits, not their marketing budget, determines whether it is successful or not.
The problem here is that Google would never do that. Rewarding a user for clicking on an ad would completely destroy the use of adwords. Advertisers use adwords because google makes an effort to stamp out abuses (for instance if you ask people to click your google ads on your web page, you will lose your adsense account).
If I was an advertiser and they started making me pay for users free airtime, I'd leave them pretty damn quickly.
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Got it right and wrong in the same sentence...
round up ready rice?
Or he just completely enjoys watching you get frustrated. ;)
I submitted this story yesterday (with the link). Seems they prefered the submission without the link over mine. ;)- mods/
http://gadgets.fosfor.se/the-top-10-weirdest-case
On my web site Opera usage is sitting at 1.13% right now. I guess it all depends on the target audience.
I'd say that arguably, after netscape died, they had no commercial interest in IE. It was the only browser, they could do what they wanted (or in this case do nothing).
It is only recently that the renewed competition, and the addition of more complex web apps, that has brought IE back into the MS managers sights, and thus back as a commercial interest. I think we will see over the next year, just how much commercial interest in IE will speed up it's development.
I don't know about medicine, where many (although not necessarily all) new cures are far better than anything we could do a century ago.
But when it comes to food, the more processed it is, the more likely it is to harm you.
AJAX is not a language, it is a collection of languages and technologies that allow for desktop application like qualities on your browser. PHP often is the back end of an AJAX application.
"Ever" is a long time; things change over time, regardless of how entrenched they looks now.
Admittedly though, with the current attitude it seems your 2 party system won't be changing anytime soon.
Unfortunately I am not.
Blushing profusly right now; amazing how previewing twice just meant I read "has" as "have" in my mind twice.
Thankfully Google know what apps will work on the web and which ones really should stay on the desktop.
Isn't the "blogging phenomena" just the personal home page of today. I'd say that the personal home page didn't so much disappear as evolve, not that it really matters.
Blogs will evolve, and eventually they too will not longer be a fad, at which point most properly run news and information blogs will cease to be called by that name and just become "old fashioned" news sites.
I worry thought that with MS supporting all the different forms of DRM that the various industries are pushing, and Linux fighting DRM (or at least not activly supporting it). How long until Linux runs into legal issues with these various organisations, and when they realise there is no one to sue, maybe they'll just try to get it banned outright. Unlikely I know, but maybe just insane enough for the RIAA to try. ;(
The best security is to be found in using the less popular browsers that no one bothers to take the time to hack.
Despite the availability of other OS's and browsers to run Google searches with, this is a battle of percentages (that and Linux people seem to click on ads less than windows people). If MS can get enough of the stupid (AOL) market, then advertising on their ad network may look more enticing than advertising on Googles ad network. If that happens Google may suddenly find themselves struggling for cash, and no matter how "good" they are, they still have to pay bills.
I don't think this is likely, and MS is probably just going to have to learn to live with the fact that Google is succeeding. However, you can't just rule MS out. They have proven time and time again that they know how to do the brute force method in wearing their opponents down.
I believe the point is if MS did this, it wouldn't matter how fast they removed the infected binaries, there would be a string of posts pontificating on how this clearly demonstrates linux/firefox as superior. And they'd all be modded +5.
Of course saying the reverse here will quickly get you troll/flamebait/overated down to -1.
I dunno about what's happening in the US, but in South Africa my bank claimed it was bringing these into circulation at the beginning of this year. The thing is, according to the letter from the bank, you wouldn't have to remove the card from you wallet, but you would have to enter in a pin code on a key pad. The pin code wouldn't be on the card itself, the keypad/reader would have to confirm with the banks much like your average ATM.
Of course someone with a reader who also see's you entering in your pin code could then easily fabricate a new card and start using it.
Err, it is Gb. The individual chips are rated in Gigabits, and only the final 16 chip products in gigabytes.
Thus the 16 Gb chip is 2GB and when you have 16 of those you get, you guessed it, 32GB.
Go there and let them know you want web standards compliance.
Site seems to be holding up. I guess having some of the slowest international bandwidth in the world helps sometimes.
Though I doubt many people outside of SA are going to be able to access it.
So two of the reasons for regioning are greed. Greed tied with an inability/refusal to understand that the global economy is becoming more and more interconnected. So of course they make artificial barriers that piss off their users and get circumvented anyway. I'm not one who believes everything should be free, but if they make it difficult/impossible for me to give them money for a product I feel is usable, what am I to do?
And of course, they get stupid with regioning. Take for example: Fear and loathing in las vegas. In 1999 I would have bought it, hell I would have bought it in 2001, but its being released for region 2 this month!
Your third reason is of course the most accurate.
Just to clarify, I did not mean that a culture based around sharing licenses and/or public domain would be the most popular.
Just the post I replies to said "Nothing has fallen into the public domain for almost a half century before I was born."
And I disagree, since popular culture does not define everything.
I never understood that...
I do like to buy DVD's of movies that I enjoy, and the industry's insistence that they don't release movies in certain regions just gives me one less reason to give them my money.
Of course, I'm sure most future players will be hackable/flashable.
People seem to forget that the pop culture that various industries churn out is not the only creative output in the world; it's just the most visible. And yes "it" will probably never get into the public domain.
There is however a huge, and admittedly 99% crap, amount of work that is released with creative commons style licenses, or released into the public domain immediately.
I hope that over the years -- as popular culture becomes more and more formula driven -- that a new and burgeoning culture arises that sees the various sharing licenses as well as public domain as the best option. Where anyone can release their creative works into the world, and their merits, not their marketing budget, determines whether it is successful or not.
The problem here is that Google would never do that. Rewarding a user for clicking on an ad would completely destroy the use of adwords. Advertisers use adwords because google makes an effort to stamp out abuses (for instance if you ask people to click your google ads on your web page, you will lose your adsense account).
If I was an advertiser and they started making me pay for users free airtime, I'd leave them pretty damn quickly.