There's a simple explanation: it's probably NOT working well, and they want to have a heads-up on what kinda complaint level they'll have. OR, they want to make sure to "break" certain firefox features so that IE looks better.
I agree that the lawsuit risk is big, but there's more to it. If you want to see what I'm talking about, take a look at this article: http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?se archid=10518 Minnesota will FINE you if you're a minor and purchase a M/AO rated game. These are the type of people you see in the movie Footloose, just with a more modern cause.
I understand that this seems incredibly bogus, and I agree. However, you have to understand where Wal-mart does the bulk of its business, in my experience. This decision didn't come down to affect scientifically enlightened locations like Silicon Valley or New York City. These are areas where if the local church objects, there will be mass boycotts and negative media attention, because EVERYONE in town goes to that church. And, of course, the local church will object to anything that sounds like it's not a) conservative, b) WWJD, c) wont someone think of the children, etc.
Waaah, I'm the co-founder of Netscape! Waaah, everyone loves me, and I'm an icon of the dot-com industry!
Want some hard knocks? Try not working for 6+months because of the dot-com slump; try working your way back to your pre-dot-com salary from a figure less than half that once you WERE able to find a job!
I agree that it's great people are taking advantage of the new services, hopefully some of those will provide the people of New Orleans with their still more pressing needs, like houses, regular supply of goods + services, etc. In case you missed it, a remarkable story of Katrina and its post-effects appears on this blog (no relation). Even current posts there detail how things are still far from normal -- things each of us take for granted are still considered blessings in the affected areas.
If they are issuing "real" threats or abusing services, they should face the consequences of those abuses. It shouldn't require any new Internet Police(tm) or anything like that, the e--mailer/ISP/local rules for harassment, etc, or abuse of service should do it.
Actually, their approach isnt that much different from Microsoft's, at least from an abstract view. They are slowly accumulating more and more useful products, and over time this will bring them to a critical mass. Once they surpass this, then more and more of their "other tools" will be the tools of choice in their specific areas, and then Google will be a monster in the marketplace. The trick will be to not then turn around and be "evil" (i.e. charge for services that were once free because you can, etc).
books like this kinda drive me nuts, because you shouldn't need to refer to 4 different sections to get oracle vs db2 vs MSSQL, etc. "Versions" of SQL. The vast majority of the language syntax should be the same, and we should be sure to specify that. The summary infers that the differences are vast enough that you NEED different sections to understand the different flavors.
Oh wait, nevermind, they don't play videos anymore. At least the younger generation will have some opportunity to imagine what MTV was like when it was good (MHO).
I can't wait for the next release, it will be 2 gigs large, crash all the time, and infect your machine with tons of spyware/malware! Just like the real thing! (dux)
What would kids do to rebel if mom was playing their video games? Go back to playing board games? Go outside and set more fires? Mom HAS to hate video games, or they will lose their largest audience -- kids who want to have something to do that differentiates them from their parents.
There's only one thing we need to remove from air travel: terrorists. It's not the gel explosive that blows up the plane, it's the nutcase that hits the detonator. If a person is hell-bent on destroying life, they will find a way, no matter what you ban in terms of physical objects. We just need to ban terrorists from flying on airplanes, and that would have the desired effect. Personally, I think detecting terrorists is a lot cheaper than detecting explosives anyhow. 1. You stop every person that has access to the plane, every person getting on the plane for any reason, etc. (already almost doing that) 2. Determine if they're a terrorist somehow. (??? step) 3. Success! No more plane bombings.
Befriend the biggest, strongest kids in school. Generally they don't have a reason to bully anyone because they're so big, so they'll probably be your friend. If you have a bully, use the even bigger kids as intimidation. I didn't have much trouble with physical bullies by implementing this strategy. I did have plenty of kids give me a hard time, though, but I wasn't willing to compromise my few freedoms/priveleges at school (I was pre-columbine all thru high school, can't believe some kids being bullied didn't shoot it up based on how bad it was, in case you're wondering how bad it was back then) in order to beat them up in retaliation.
Pluto should stand for "and a bunch of other little ones like this". It's our Solar System's placeholder that, among other things, helps to illustrate how long it takes to go around the Sun at that distance.
Dang, I thought for a minute I would see it pick up a 16 lb ball and bowl with that. When I can go to the local alley and pit my robot against others in a robo-bowling league, for money, then it will be able to bowl. Right now it just can go through the motions, which is cool, but unfortunately not the same as "bowling". As far as usefulness, didn't Mr. Wizard have a robot that would get you drinks and stuff like that way back when?
Yeah, Gates dropped out of Harvard... that's not exactly a rags to riches story, it's more like a riches to ridiculous riches story. Dell is an equally well connected and savvy businessman, he didn't drop out and then go for it from scratch, he more than likely had a good idea that money was coming in before he dropped out. That's the key part -- make sure to have some $ coming in (with signs of more) BEFORE you drop out!
I didn't see anyone mention chess, its the one game that people my dad's age can play online or with the computer and not look odd doing so. It's the ultimate class-bridging game. Of course, bridge, solitaire, etc. are all relatively high-brow as well, and I'd be considerate of Monopoly, etc and other online board games. So it's not that they don't exist, they're just mostly translations of "classic" games to the new format of computer/online.
If we are receding away from a galaxy at a velocity faster than light, doesn't that mean that light emitted "today" from that galaxy can never reach us unless we slow down, or if the "speed of light" speeds up?
So if it's 180B light-years wide, but 15B years old, does that mean that on average, if it started as a singularity, it has expanded at 10x the speed of light since the beginning of time?(tm) Do I get the Nobel prize in physics now?
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There's a simple explanation: it's probably NOT working well, and they want to have a heads-up on what kinda complaint level they'll have. OR, they want to make sure to "break" certain firefox features so that IE looks better.
I agree that the lawsuit risk is big, but there's more to it. If you want to see what I'm talking about, take a look at this article:e archid=10518
http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?s
Minnesota will FINE you if you're a minor and purchase a M/AO rated game. These are the type of people you see in the movie Footloose, just with a more modern cause.
I understand that this seems incredibly bogus, and I agree. However, you have to understand where Wal-mart does the bulk of its business, in my experience. This decision didn't come down to affect scientifically enlightened locations like Silicon Valley or New York City. These are areas where if the local church objects, there will be mass boycotts and negative media attention, because EVERYONE in town goes to that church. And, of course, the local church will object to anything that sounds like it's not a) conservative, b) WWJD, c) wont someone think of the children, etc.
Waaah, I'm the co-founder of Netscape! Waaah, everyone loves me, and I'm an icon of the dot-com industry!
Want some hard knocks? Try not working for 6+months because of the dot-com slump; try working your way back to your pre-dot-com salary from a figure less than half that once you WERE able to find a job!
How often does a switch like this happen? Dell goes AMD, Macintosh goes Intel, what's next? Microsoft goes Linux?! /head asplodes
I agree that it's great people are taking advantage of the new services, hopefully some of those will provide the people of New Orleans with their still more pressing needs, like houses, regular supply of goods + services, etc. In case you missed it, a remarkable story of Katrina and its post-effects appears on this blog (no relation). Even current posts there detail how things are still far from normal -- things each of us take for granted are still considered blessings in the affected areas.
If they are issuing "real" threats or abusing services, they should face the consequences of those abuses. It shouldn't require any new Internet Police(tm) or anything like that, the e--mailer/ISP/local rules for harassment, etc, or abuse of service should do it.
Actually, their approach isnt that much different from Microsoft's, at least from an abstract view. They are slowly accumulating more and more useful products, and over time this will bring them to a critical mass. Once they surpass this, then more and more of their "other tools" will be the tools of choice in their specific areas, and then Google will be a monster in the marketplace. The trick will be to not then turn around and be "evil" (i.e. charge for services that were once free because you can, etc).
books like this kinda drive me nuts, because you shouldn't need to refer to 4 different sections to get oracle vs db2 vs MSSQL, etc. "Versions" of SQL. The vast majority of the language syntax should be the same, and we should be sure to specify that. The summary infers that the differences are vast enough that you NEED different sections to understand the different flavors.
Oh wait, nevermind, they don't play videos anymore. At least the younger generation will have some opportunity to imagine what MTV was like when it was good (MHO).
I can't wait for the next release, it will be 2 gigs large, crash all the time, and infect your machine with tons of spyware/malware! Just like the real thing! (dux)
What would kids do to rebel if mom was playing their video games? Go back to playing board games? Go outside and set more fires? Mom HAS to hate video games, or they will lose their largest audience -- kids who want to have something to do that differentiates them from their parents.
In Soviet Russia, dark matter discovers YOU!
Although In Soviet Russia, the presentation would probably be posted before the story.
The instant pornotube and the other adult Youtube clones are posted to Slashdot, Youtube dives to 10 trillionth overall.
There's only one thing we need to remove from air travel: terrorists. It's not the gel explosive that blows up the plane, it's the nutcase that hits the detonator. If a person is hell-bent on destroying life, they will find a way, no matter what you ban in terms of physical objects. We just need to ban terrorists from flying on airplanes, and that would have the desired effect. Personally, I think detecting terrorists is a lot cheaper than detecting explosives anyhow.
1. You stop every person that has access to the plane, every person getting on the plane for any reason, etc. (already almost doing that)
2. Determine if they're a terrorist somehow. (??? step)
3. Success! No more plane bombings.
I wonder what the DHS has to say about this, having just the other day told us all to patch all our Windows systems.
Befriend the biggest, strongest kids in school. Generally they don't have a reason to bully anyone because they're so big, so they'll probably be your friend. If you have a bully, use the even bigger kids as intimidation. I didn't have much trouble with physical bullies by implementing this strategy. I did have plenty of kids give me a hard time, though, but I wasn't willing to compromise my few freedoms/priveleges at school (I was pre-columbine all thru high school, can't believe some kids being bullied didn't shoot it up based on how bad it was, in case you're wondering how bad it was back then) in order to beat them up in retaliation.
Pluto should stand for "and a bunch of other little ones like this". It's our Solar System's placeholder that, among other things, helps to illustrate how long it takes to go around the Sun at that distance.
They probably just want you to install WGA, which is required for new Windows patches... they probably saw my new motivational poster.
Dang, I thought for a minute I would see it pick up a 16 lb ball and bowl with that. When I can go to the local alley and pit my robot against others in a robo-bowling league, for money, then it will be able to bowl. Right now it just can go through the motions, which is cool, but unfortunately not the same as "bowling". As far as usefulness, didn't Mr. Wizard have a robot that would get you drinks and stuff like that way back when?
Yeah, Gates dropped out of Harvard... that's not exactly a rags to riches story, it's more like a riches to ridiculous riches story. Dell is an equally well connected and savvy businessman, he didn't drop out and then go for it from scratch, he more than likely had a good idea that money was coming in before he dropped out. That's the key part -- make sure to have some $ coming in (with signs of more) BEFORE you drop out!
I didn't see anyone mention chess, its the one game that people my dad's age can play online or with the computer and not look odd doing so. It's the ultimate class-bridging game. Of course, bridge, solitaire, etc. are all relatively high-brow as well, and I'd be considerate of Monopoly, etc and other online board games. So it's not that they don't exist, they're just mostly translations of "classic" games to the new format of computer/online.
If we are receding away from a galaxy at a velocity faster than light, doesn't that mean that light emitted "today" from that galaxy can never reach us unless we slow down, or if the "speed of light" speeds up?
So if it's 180B light-years wide, but 15B years old, does that mean that on average, if it started as a singularity, it has expanded at 10x the speed of light since the beginning of time?(tm) Do I get the Nobel prize in physics now?
In Soviet Russia, something inspects something, and it's really funny!