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but why does everyone always come back to the whole "making money" bullshit eventually?
Because money is the motivation and means of existence behind every thing and every action. You're naive (or way too optimistic) if you think otherwise.
Who will be the one that gives away their cash for the "good of the (Internet) people"? Will you do it?
You can have an affordable phone easily. Just buy an old one. Once these cameras hit the right price point, the phone you want (simple and small) will be dirt cheap because they're no longer cool. This is how all electronics markets work.
TechTV will likely be merged with G4, a gaming channel. The new channel will have a little bit of both channels' content but will be more slanted towards gaming. Comcast bought TechTV a while back and has probably been planning this for a while.
The Screen Savers was one of the few informational shows that didn't cater to the lowest common denominator or sponsors. The hosts seemed honest with their opinions and they gave good tips. They also had good coverage of OSX and Linux, as well as interviews with people from the FCC and RIAA and other organizations of interest to slashdotters.
Too bad Bush won't allow the U.S. to fund this fantastic, useful research because it clashes with his religious ideals. I can only hope that universities and companies within Europe keep moving forward.
GE is only concerned about the bottom line. They wouldn't be laying off engineers every few years, particuarly ones close to retirement, if they were into good old fashioned R&D. They're there for profits, no matter what the cost. Google (until today, at least) makes a profit by producing really interesting, high quality services; GE turns profit by moving their offices all over the country to wherever the taxes are cheapest and laying off 'extraneous' workers.
I'm not implying that they're cheap, just that they don't pay for all their software (because it's open source, not pirated). Google will make no money -- unless it's Opera or some buyable mail software that it incorporates with.
I think it would be a good idea if they worked with one of the up and coming alternative OS's to do a tie-in with their e-mail client.
A good idea for whom? Linux users who pay nothing for their software? Why should Google put money into developing that when they'll get nothing back? At least Microsoft uses their tie-in as a selling point for Windows.
You have BLACK pigeons too? I just time the gaps between the white ones and make assumptions.
Originally I had only white pidgeons and I used your method. Then one day I got greedy and tried to establish a parellel connection. I sent half the pidgeons towards into the Northeast Wind Current and the other half into the Southeast Low-Pressure Stream -- while I was doubling the distance they would have to fly versus the old direct ("as the pidgeon flies") route, nature's airflow help push the pidgeons along twice as fast.
Much to my dismay, the Southeastern pidgeons happened to fly directly over an erupting volcano and were covered with dark soot, making them black. The black and white pidgeons returned in a pattern I was not expecting (since I had sent only white ones), and I interpretted this as some sort of "l337" nonsense. With the new dual colorings, I was able to begin the BPNP (binary pidgeon network protocol).
Now that I think about it, I think I will just leave the black pidgeons here and only send the white ones back -- I only need half of the information from Slashdot because I can just assume the other half is dupes.
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Who will be the one that gives away their cash for the "good of the (Internet) people"? Will you do it?
Mozilla can already browse through tars in that manner.
Already posted here.
Bloogle
Glog
Gooble
Gooblog
Any others?
You can have an affordable phone easily. Just buy an old one. Once these cameras hit the right price point, the phone you want (simple and small) will be dirt cheap because they're no longer cool. This is how all electronics markets work.
TechTV will likely be merged with G4, a gaming channel. The new channel will have a little bit of both channels' content but will be more slanted towards gaming. Comcast bought TechTV a while back and has probably been planning this for a while.
The Screen Savers was one of the few informational shows that didn't cater to the lowest common denominator or sponsors. The hosts seemed honest with their opinions and they gave good tips. They also had good coverage of OSX and Linux, as well as interviews with people from the FCC and RIAA and other organizations of interest to slashdotters.
Yeah, you're right.
I just type a bunch of asterisks.
I'm not saying most people are in favor of embryonic stem cell research, I just haven't seen any public polls on it to show me otherwise.
Too bad Bush won't allow the U.S. to fund this fantastic, useful research because it clashes with his religious ideals. I can only hope that universities and companies within Europe keep moving forward.
GE is only concerned about the bottom line. They wouldn't be laying off engineers every few years, particuarly ones close to retirement, if they were into good old fashioned R&D. They're there for profits, no matter what the cost. Google (until today, at least) makes a profit by producing really interesting, high quality services; GE turns profit by moving their offices all over the country to wherever the taxes are cheapest and laying off 'extraneous' workers.
Chill with the jargon, guys, this isn't The Matrix.
I'm pretty sure everyone who uses the word "boxen" is a virgin.
Nevermind, appears to have been fixed now in the blurb, please mod my post down to 2 so I don't gain/lose any karma.
I emailed "daddypants" while it was still in the Mysterious Future, but to no avail.
I'm not implying that they're cheap, just that they don't pay for all their software (because it's open source, not pirated). Google will make no money -- unless it's Opera or some buyable mail software that it incorporates with.
Friend Buys Computer Just Like That
Much to my dismay, the Southeastern pidgeons happened to fly directly over an erupting volcano and were covered with dark soot, making them black. The black and white pidgeons returned in a pattern I was not expecting (since I had sent only white ones), and I interpretted this as some sort of "l337" nonsense. With the new dual colorings, I was able to begin the BPNP (binary pidgeon network protocol).
Now that I think about it, I think I will just leave the black pidgeons here and only send the white ones back -- I only need half of the information from Slashdot because I can just assume the other half is dupes.