I have friends that work as engineering directors of 100-300 person companies and every summer they recruit 'interns' to work for $10/hour as jr software engineers. The demand for these positions is high despite the low pay and the interns are usually hired on as full time after a few months.
Everyone is replaceable, even upper level management, but entry level positions are the easiest to replace.
I like how the author points out Google as being the "worlds largest computer company" in the same article as IBM. Apparently having the company name International Business Machines, having $100B in assets and revenues of $100B a year will not trump a hyped up dot-com company with $3B in assets and revenues of $3B a year. Surely Google is the world leader in search but when did that become the only function of computers?
That mod is an awesome idea. Surely one of BF2's problems is due to all the flag hopping that goes on. Having something in place that makes caping a flag more strategic and difficult would be cool.
The game is ok. It's a lot like BF1942 Vietnam, which is a turnoff IMHO. The game is too complex with the graphics and too realistic to the point where it's difficult to play. In BF1942 people are clearly outlined against their environment and with BF2 people blend in too well. Sure BF2 is more realistic but even with 64 people on a map you feel alone. BF2 has the feeling of so much empty space whereas BF1942 felt more accurate...even DC feels than BF2.
I guess my complaints are: - The server select screen sucks. Refresh is slow. You can't add favorites. - No CTF or anything other than conquest mode. - By default, rounds are set up to end too quickly.
That said, BF2 deserves credit for implementing VOIP, even though it's hardly used, and squads.
That's a bold statement considering 2005Q1 revenues increased 36% over 2004Q1 to something like $1.05 billion. Keyword spamming and megasellers may diminish the value of eBay but you got to admit the company is very successful and making money hand over fist.
The services are easy to use. The Restaurant Connection started doing deliveries over the phone years before the internet was readily available. The Dining Car moved into the city a few years ago with an established website. The thought was the Dining Car, with their superior technology and deep pockets, would push the Restaurnt Connection out of business however that did not happen. It was easier for the Restaurant Connection to create an online presence then it was for the Dining Car to establish relationships with local restaurants and customers. This technology is a commodity that anyone can create. Best of luck to Seamlessweb but I think this is the making of a sequel to startup.com.
I never thought the day would come when someone posts a joke and the respone, on/. of all places, references copyright restrictions. How ironic, if not a sad sign of how times have changed.
1. If anything can go wrong, it will. (see Murphy's law)
2. Systems in general work poorly or not at all.
3. Complicated systems seldom exceed five percent efficiency.
4. In complex systems, malfunction and even total non-function may not be detectable for long periods (if ever).
5. A system can fail in an infinite number of ways.
6. Systems tend to grow, and as they grow, they encroach.
7. As systems grow in complexity, they tend to oppose their stated function.
8. As systems grow in size, they tend to lose basic functions.
9. The larger the system, the less the variety in the product.
10. The larger the system, the narrower and more specialized the interfaces between individual elements.
11. Control of a system is exercised by the element with the greatest variety of behavioral responses.
12. Loose systems last longer and work better.
13. Complex systems exhibit complex and unexpected behaviors.
14. Colossal systems foster colossal errors.
-KISS
Seeing as though we're talking in expectations, 50% of G's revenue comes from AdWords. Y! has their contextual ad engine in public beta. MSN is working on their own. G is where they are today because of the low supply of clicks and contextual ads. That's about to change.
In this thread we're comparing Bell Labs to Google - G Maps is no transitor, and AdSense is no Laser. Does anyone else think this whole thing is strage?
At first glance this looks like a portal for people to manually review serps and provide feedback for the serps that are in beta. Yahoo does this. Google has recruited people over the past year to review results (first indication of this came from a craiglist ad). If this is true then it's cool to witness how this process is accomplished. While on the subject of monitoring serps, here's a way to search on Yahoo and tune your results.
As of today, Google is a one hit wonder. Why? -G has been around for only a few years -Half of G's revenue is derived from AdWords -G's PE ratio is through the roof
People point out services like gmail, froogle, G News, answers, etc yet none of them generate significant revenue. G openly admits froogle is a flop. They are unable to take G News out of beta. Their search appliances are a good example of expanding their portfolio of products yet no one on/. mentions it. What G needs to do is pull another rabbit out of their hat and diversify into something other than AdWords. Whatever it is needs to generate revenue. M$ has been doing this for decades and while their products may not be the best, their $50 billion in cash is enough to give them bragging rights.
People expect seo to get more complex as time goes on. This isn't news and SEO is not going to dissapear. What will happen is people with little motivation or resources will be further discouraged to do SEO as competition increases. That's it. Trustrank will take over Pagerank. Link history will become more important than simply having links. Easily created seo tools such as linkfarms and blog spammers will decrease in value. Everyone expects these things to happen.
SEO will always existly largely because there will always be a need to rank higher in search engines.
The city of Lompoc, California is getting citywide wireles from Lompoc Connect. Sure it's not a major city but it is further proof that wireless is growing. I had thought that DSL, cable, and satellite internet would solve most problems but I now think wireless can replace most of those technologies. Coincidentally my company of 10ish people is moving offices and our choice of internet providers is a wireless solution that offers double the bandwith at half the cost of a traditional solution - our 2nd option was a slower, more expensive 2 bonded T1s.
I'm oooooold! And I'm not happy! And I don't like things now compared to the way they used to be. All this progress -- phooey! In my day, we didn't have multiplayer video games or francy-shmancy graphics. There was only one arcade in each state with one game called pong -- it was open only one hour a year. And you'd get in line, seventeen miles long, and the line became an angry mob of people -- fornicators and thieves, mutant children and circus freaks -- and you waited for years and by the time you got to the teller, you were senile and arthritic and you couldn't remember your own name. You were born, got in line, and ya died! And that's the way it was and we liked it!
Life was a carnival! We entertained ourselves! We didn't need console games. In my day, there was only one game in town -- it was called "Stare at the sun!"... That's right! You'd sit in the middle of an open field and stare up at the sun till your eyeballs burst into flames! And you thought, "Oh, no! Maybe I shouldn't've stared directly into the burning sun with my eyes wide open." But it was too late! Your head was on fire and people were roastin' chickens over it.... And that's the way it was and we liked it!
Progress?! Flobble-de-flee! In my day, when we were angry and frustrated, we just said, "Flobble-de-flee!" 'cause we were idiots and we didn't know what else to say! Just a bunch o' illiterate Cro-Magnons, waitin' in lines for our head to burst into flame and that's the way it was and we liked it! -- John C. Dvorak
And just like that IGE's business model is shattered. What value could this company provide if other people are better at what they do? IGE can still sell virtual items for other games but what if other companies follow in Sony's footsteps? Surely IGE should worry.
It's not easy to track from the click to a purchase. There are several reasons why: Google does not control the shopping cart. Sales can have multiple states, ex pending, completed, reversed. You may encounter scaleability problems as the number of clicks increase.
Being able to track the customer down to the purchase is what separates CPC (cost per click, overture, adwords) ad networks from CPA (cost per aquisition, linkshare, cj.com) networks. Google does allow you to place a pixel on the confirmation page of a shopping cart however that's just a crutch. Google is a long ways from being able to do CPA.
This article fails to mention any company other than Doubleclick as being involved in online advertising. It's naive to think that any 10 page marketing document produce by Doubleclick would be about anything other than Doubleclick however the title of this article is the history of online advertising over the last decade. Give any college student a day and they surely could come up with something far superior to this narcissistic press release.
Alacritch Inc was founded in 1997. Google was founded in 1998. This is a david-vs-goliath story but certainly not on the scale that this article makes you believe...then again Alacritch did go through three rounds of funding for a total of only $35M.
I do not expect Sony to create the best digital walkman in the world no more than I expect Ford to create the best automobile on the market.
Another point worth mentioning - the iPod did not get to where it is today because it was a great product. It's where it is today because of the amazing marketing and advertising done by Apple.
Slashdot Mirror
I have friends that work as engineering directors of 100-300 person companies and every summer they recruit 'interns' to work for $10/hour as jr software engineers. The demand for these positions is high despite the low pay and the interns are usually hired on as full time after a few months.
Everyone is replaceable, even upper level management, but entry level positions are the easiest to replace.
I like how the author points out Google as being the "worlds largest computer company" in the same article as IBM. Apparently having the company name International Business Machines, having $100B in assets and revenues of $100B a year will not trump a hyped up dot-com company with $3B in assets and revenues of $3B a year. Surely Google is the world leader in search but when did that become the only function of computers?
Jesus H. Christ in a chicken basket.
That mod is an awesome idea. Surely one of BF2's problems is due to all the flag hopping that goes on. Having something in place that makes caping a flag more strategic and difficult would be cool.
The game is ok. It's a lot like BF1942 Vietnam, which is a turnoff IMHO. The game is too complex with the graphics and too realistic to the point where it's difficult to play. In BF1942 people are clearly outlined against their environment and with BF2 people blend in too well. Sure BF2 is more realistic but even with 64 people on a map you feel alone. BF2 has the feeling of so much empty space whereas BF1942 felt more accurate...even DC feels than BF2.
I guess my complaints are:
- The server select screen sucks. Refresh is slow. You can't add favorites.
- No CTF or anything other than conquest mode.
- By default, rounds are set up to end too quickly.
That said, BF2 deserves credit for implementing VOIP, even though it's hardly used, and squads.
Just watch. It will happen. One day you'll be typing and look down at a viagra pill where your enter key used to be.
That's a bold statement considering 2005Q1 revenues increased 36% over 2004Q1 to something like $1.05 billion. Keyword spamming and megasellers may diminish the value of eBay but you got to admit the company is very successful and making money hand over fist.
I second your motion. wtf is newsworthy about this article?
How much did howstuffworks pay slashdot for this article? Same price as the lightsaber article?
/karma to waste
Two company's have been doing this for years in Santa Barbara:
Dining Car
Restaurant Connection
The services are easy to use. The Restaurant Connection started doing deliveries over the phone years before the internet was readily available. The Dining Car moved into the city a few years ago with an established website. The thought was the Dining Car, with their superior technology and deep pockets, would push the Restaurnt Connection out of business however that did not happen. It was easier for the Restaurant Connection to create an online presence then it was for the Dining Car to establish relationships with local restaurants and customers. This technology is a commodity that anyone can create. Best of luck to Seamlessweb but I think this is the making of a sequel to startup.com.
I never thought the day would come when someone posts a joke and the respone, on /. of all places, references copyright restrictions. How ironic, if not a sad sign of how times have changed.
1. If anything can go wrong, it will. (see Murphy's law)
2. Systems in general work poorly or not at all.
3. Complicated systems seldom exceed five percent efficiency.
4. In complex systems, malfunction and even total non-function may not be detectable for long periods (if ever).
5. A system can fail in an infinite number of ways.
6. Systems tend to grow, and as they grow, they encroach.
7. As systems grow in complexity, they tend to oppose their stated function.
8. As systems grow in size, they tend to lose basic functions.
9. The larger the system, the less the variety in the product.
10. The larger the system, the narrower and more specialized the interfaces between individual elements.
11. Control of a system is exercised by the element with the greatest variety of behavioral responses.
12. Loose systems last longer and work better.
13. Complex systems exhibit complex and unexpected behaviors.
14. Colossal systems foster colossal errors.
-KISS
Seeing as though we're talking in expectations, 50% of G's revenue comes from AdWords. Y! has their contextual ad engine in public beta. MSN is working on their own. G is where they are today because of the low supply of clicks and contextual ads. That's about to change.
In this thread we're comparing Bell Labs to Google - G Maps is no transitor, and AdSense is no Laser. Does anyone else think this whole thing is strage?
At first glance this looks like a portal for people to manually review serps and provide feedback for the serps that are in beta. Yahoo does this. Google has recruited people over the past year to review results (first indication of this came from a craiglist ad). If this is true then it's cool to witness how this process is accomplished. While on the subject of monitoring serps, here's a way to search on Yahoo and tune your results.
As of today, Google is a one hit wonder. Why?
/. mentions it. What G needs to do is pull another rabbit out of their hat and diversify into something other than AdWords. Whatever it is needs to generate revenue. M$ has been doing this for decades and while their products may not be the best, their $50 billion in cash is enough to give them bragging rights.
-G has been around for only a few years
-Half of G's revenue is derived from AdWords
-G's PE ratio is through the roof
People point out services like gmail, froogle, G News, answers, etc yet none of them generate significant revenue. G openly admits froogle is a flop. They are unable to take G News out of beta. Their search appliances are a good example of expanding their portfolio of products yet no one on
People expect seo to get more complex as time goes on. This isn't news and SEO is not going to dissapear. What will happen is people with little motivation or resources will be further discouraged to do SEO as competition increases. That's it. Trustrank will take over Pagerank. Link history will become more important than simply having links. Easily created seo tools such as linkfarms and blog spammers will decrease in value. Everyone expects these things to happen. SEO will always existly largely because there will always be a need to rank higher in search engines.
From Google, You may not send automated queries of any sort to Google's system without express permission in advance from Google.
It's good to see Google abiding by their own rules.
People on WMW have pointed out that you can stop Google pre-fetching by banning IPs 72.14.192.0/20.
The city of Lompoc, California is getting citywide wireles from Lompoc Connect. Sure it's not a major city but it is further proof that wireless is growing. I had thought that DSL, cable, and satellite internet would solve most problems but I now think wireless can replace most of those technologies. Coincidentally my company of 10ish people is moving offices and our choice of internet providers is a wireless solution that offers double the bandwith at half the cost of a traditional solution - our 2nd option was a slower, more expensive 2 bonded T1s.
I'm oooooold! And I'm not happy! And I don't like things now compared to the way they used to be. All this progress -- phooey! In my day, we didn't have multiplayer video games or francy-shmancy graphics. There was only one arcade in each state with one game called pong -- it was open only one hour a year. And you'd get in line, seventeen miles long, and the line became an angry mob of people -- fornicators and thieves, mutant children and circus freaks -- and you waited for years and by the time you got to the teller, you were senile and arthritic and you couldn't remember your own name. You were born, got in line, and ya died! And that's the way it was and we liked it!
... That's right! You'd sit in the middle of an open field and stare up at the sun till your eyeballs burst into flames! And you thought, "Oh, no! Maybe I shouldn't've stared directly into the burning sun with my eyes wide open." But it was too late! Your head was on fire and people were roastin' chickens over it. ... And that's the way it was and we liked it!
Life was a carnival! We entertained ourselves! We didn't need console games. In my day, there was only one game in town -- it was called "Stare at the sun!"
Progress?! Flobble-de-flee! In my day, when we were angry and frustrated, we just said, "Flobble-de-flee!" 'cause we were idiots and we didn't know what else to say! Just a bunch o' illiterate Cro-Magnons, waitin' in lines for our head to burst into flame and that's the way it was and we liked it! -- John C. Dvorak
And just like that IGE's business model is shattered. What value could this company provide if other people are better at what they do? IGE can still sell virtual items for other games but what if other companies follow in Sony's footsteps? Surely IGE should worry.
It's not easy to track from the click to a purchase. There are several reasons why: Google does not control the shopping cart. Sales can have multiple states, ex pending, completed, reversed. You may encounter scaleability problems as the number of clicks increase.
Being able to track the customer down to the purchase is what separates CPC (cost per click, overture, adwords) ad networks from CPA (cost per aquisition, linkshare, cj.com) networks. Google does allow you to place a pixel on the confirmation page of a shopping cart however that's just a crutch. Google is a long ways from being able to do CPA.
This article fails to mention any company other than Doubleclick as being involved in online advertising. It's naive to think that any 10 page marketing document produce by Doubleclick would be about anything other than Doubleclick however the title of this article is the history of online advertising over the last decade. Give any college student a day and they surely could come up with something far superior to this narcissistic press release.
Nice. I bet my Real Estate on the moon just went up!
Alacritch Inc was founded in 1997. Google was founded in 1998. This is a david-vs-goliath story but certainly not on the scale that this article makes you believe...then again Alacritch did go through three rounds of funding for a total of only $35M.
I do not expect Sony to create the best digital walkman in the world no more than I expect Ford to create the best automobile on the market.
Another point worth mentioning - the iPod did not get to where it is today because it was a great product. It's where it is today because of the amazing marketing and advertising done by Apple.