Yup. And how is it different from what i said? Or you weren't trying to argue the point and simply reinforced what i have stated? In case of the latter - i agree.
Is it only me, or does this particular word usage implies something not quite honest? I don't see anything wrong with having a loss leader - a product you may sell at prices below cost in order to gain customers which then can be upsold with other services - hosting and etc.
>Is becoming a household name really that important?
No, becoming an efficient and reliable search engine is. And THAT, in turn, helps in becoming a "household name".
Because of the quality of it's search engine Google has, over time, became a part of speach. How many times have i heard people say "i just googled for it" or "i found this and that after some googling". Internet search is now associated with google, its the mindset of the vast majority and that is going to be very hard to compete with.
There are a few things that i would count as it's downsides. For instance, once the object that is being distributed been downloaded by the masses - you won't get a decent speed downloading it. So unless you grabbed it while it was "hot" - you will have to deal with much lower speeds. Also i often find that i upload almost as much as i download, not being greedy or anything, but here in New Zealand broadband is still capped either on speed or on traffic. And quotas are pretty stingy, counting both uploads and downloads... but that is more isp/country specific i guess:)
I mean a lot of space to store your mail is good. Being a service provided by Google is also good. But there are also things like an excellent spam filter and search feature. If gmail offered 100 mb instead of a gig - i'd still sign up because of the above.
As i could see there are only two items being offered that are free. The rest is... just a clever(?) way to sell more stuff and generate more profit... Just another marketing ploy.
Not only is it not dying but it is being more and more adopted for non wzrez/moviez/pr0n related tasks. You can find pretty much any distro of unix/linux on p2p which takes a lot of strain off of the ftp sites. There is also a few schools i know of that use bittorrent to distribute movies that students create in class. So maybe the "P2P? Oh that is that software/movie piracy thing??" mindset is being corrected slowly but steadily?
The article says they are adding 2500 entries daily. That should have brought them up to ~1825000 articles in 2 years. Yes i know they started almost 3 years ago, but they were not awesomly popular from get go.. anyway... yeah, i am way too pedantic, yet the maths they use strikes me as somewhat odd.
I mean, for example - on IRC people used to make spambots and run them off of their shells or even their own PCs. Now its zombified machines that do the spamming. There was (is?) a huge problem on Undernet not so long, for instance where miriads of hosts were used to promote a certain website under false pretenses, fooling people into accepting a DCC send request or even downloading a file of the said website and infecting their machine to have more spam bots.
Yet much many more - do not. Those who do, however, can enable what they need. Insecure stuff needs to be disabled by default and then looked at if required.
Things that i have been disabling as a rule, just like a "normal" procedure after a windows install - are still out there active on default and still need to be disabled. As the article says they are simply not required for home machine (in a vast majority of cases anyway). So what is this major security improvement they speak of if basic things that have been attacked for so long are left open?
I didn't say there is a link to a movie there. The site gives you info about the man and his "mission". Also, the funds that he generates from his subscribers he spends on hiring reporters.
I was introduced to this absolutely astonishing documentary called "The truths and lies about September 11th". It's basically a video recording of a seminar held in the University of Portland by this guy called Mike Ruppert. I was sceptical to begin with, since i was expecting this to be just another conspiracy theory but i was proven wrong. He runs a website http://www.copvcia.com I suggest you check it out. As for the documentary that i saw - its an incredibly well-structured presentation, with ample proof for everything that is said during its course. No speculations, just plain evidence.
I imagine that because of the cellphone frenzy there soon will be as much advertising (spam) in that medium as there is on the internet. Its just too big and too attractive a market to miss. And as cellphones get more and more features crammed into them - there will be viruses, worms, dialers. And they will be just as common.
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Tell it to this guy. He'll wonder why you are moderated as "Funny" and not "Insightful".
I can just imagine how it would sound in a movie: My name is Wolschansky, Vojzeh Wolschansky.
Well i hope they have sorted out a cooling system, since surely excessive friction will result in a lot of heat and melted metal.
Yup. And how is it different from what i said? Or you weren't trying to argue the point and simply reinforced what i have stated? In case of the latter - i agree.
Is it only me, or does this particular word usage implies something not quite honest? I don't see anything wrong with having a loss leader - a product you may sell at prices below cost in order to gain customers which then can be upsold with other services - hosting and etc.
>Is becoming a household name really that important? No, becoming an efficient and reliable search engine is. And THAT, in turn, helps in becoming a "household name".
Because of the quality of it's search engine Google has, over time, became a part of speach. How many times have i heard people say "i just googled for it" or "i found this and that after some googling". Internet search is now associated with google, its the mindset of the vast majority and that is going to be very hard to compete with.
In Soviet Russia fish catches you!
Said a prostitute to a sailor...
There are a few things that i would count as it's downsides. For instance, once the object that is being distributed been downloaded by the masses - you won't get a decent speed downloading it. So unless you grabbed it while it was "hot" - you will have to deal with much lower speeds. Also i often find that i upload almost as much as i download, not being greedy or anything, but here in New Zealand broadband is still capped either on speed or on traffic. And quotas are pretty stingy, counting both uploads and downloads... but that is more isp/country specific i guess:)
I mean a lot of space to store your mail is good. Being a service provided by Google is also good. But
there are also things like an excellent spam filter and search feature. If gmail offered 100 mb instead of a gig - i'd still sign up because of the above.
As i could see there are only two items being offered that are free. The rest is ... just a clever(?) way to sell more stuff and generate more profit... Just another marketing ploy.
Not only is it not dying but it is being more and more adopted for non wzrez/moviez/pr0n related tasks. You can find pretty much any distro of unix/linux on p2p which takes a lot of strain off of the ftp sites. There is also a few schools i know of that use bittorrent to distribute movies that students create in class. So maybe the "P2P? Oh that is that software/movie piracy thing??" mindset is being corrected slowly but steadily?
The car that is parked in a street is "steelable".
The more he reminds me of my ex girlfriend. As in - he is just as greedy and his side is never at fault.
Although he is much uglier and....male.
The article says they are adding 2500 entries daily.
That should have brought them up to ~1825000 articles in 2 years. Yes i know they started almost 3 years ago, but they were not awesomly popular from get go.. anyway... yeah, i am way too pedantic, yet the maths they use strikes me as somewhat odd.
I mean, for example - on IRC people used to make spambots and run them off of their shells or even their own PCs. Now its zombified machines that do the spamming. There was (is?) a huge problem on Undernet not so long, for instance where miriads of hosts were used to promote a certain website under false pretenses, fooling people into accepting a DCC send request or even downloading a file of the said website and infecting their machine to have more spam bots.
No, i am suggesting that DCOM and NetBios are.
Yet much many more - do not. Those who do, however, can enable what they need. Insecure stuff needs to be disabled by default and then looked at if required.
Things that i have been disabling as a rule, just like a "normal" procedure after a windows install - are still out there active on default and still need to be disabled. As the article says they are simply not required for home machine (in a vast majority of cases anyway). So what is this major security improvement they speak of if basic things that have been attacked for so long are left open?
According to the movie "I,Robot" (oh, and the book by Asimov too... ) there are only 3 laws. Its a joke. You can laugh now.
I didn't say there is a link to a movie there. The site gives you info about the man and his "mission".
Also, the funds that he generates from his subscribers he spends on hiring reporters.
I was introduced to this absolutely astonishing documentary called "The truths and lies about September 11th". It's basically a video recording of a seminar held in the University of Portland by this guy called Mike Ruppert. I was sceptical to begin with, since i was expecting this to be just another conspiracy theory but i was proven wrong. He runs a website http://www.copvcia.com I suggest you check it out. As for the documentary that i saw - its an incredibly well-structured presentation, with ample proof for everything that is said during its course. No speculations, just plain evidence.
Yeah, i too have no friends and have to resort to emailing myself... :(
I imagine that because of the cellphone frenzy there soon will be as much advertising (spam) in that medium as there is on the internet. Its just too big and too attractive a market to miss. And as cellphones get more and more features crammed into them - there will be viruses, worms, dialers. And they will be just as common.