I think a significant part of this particular difference is that Google results much easier to scan quickly with your eyes because the blurbs don't go all the way across the page, but are concentrated on the left. This mans I can scan the results without moving my eyes left/right. This means that users can look through more search results without actually clicking through which in turn means that the click throughs that are chosen will be more often on average 'closer' to what they were looking for. That said, I wish Yahoo/MSN (and google too, although they innovated first so the pressure should not be on them) would innovate a little bit to differentiate themselves, right now they are just Google clones. The Colors, the placement, hell, even the settings (http://search.msn.com/settings.aspx?ru=%2Fimages% 2Fresults.aspx%3Fq%3Dnarine%2Bsarvazyan%26size%3D1 p%26color%3Dno%26FORM%3DIFIR6&FORM=SEIN) are all fucking identicall clones... then we the browser toolbars, local.. lets see something interesting PLEASE.. there is so much room, you have so many resources.. don't. just. copy. each. other..
More often than not there exists a way to make money which requires one to be unethical, the fact that a company can be ethical and make money has no bearing here.
What I was getting at was that you have a (much) higher chance of dying each time you get in your car than you have of ever being sued by RIAA, yet I bet you've made the value judgement that its worth it. So, I'm pointint out the fact that there is a contradiction in those two judgements, and therefore you are being irrational.:)
there is a project at my university which is developing a game that is specifically centered around training soldiers which are capable of learning. pretty interesting:
yes it should run in a sandbox, which is essentially means it should not have access to the filesystem, I think java's ability to do so at all is a mistake. Flash doesn't allow this at all, and they have not had any security problems except for one (which was a pretty bad one, but nonetheless) in 2003.
anything that expects local rather than remote content
which I guess is vague. On the first surface read I read that as anything that runs code on the client, but now I realize that the statement is rather vague.. so I should have said that instead.
Reading the article its pretty clear from the langauge that he's been spoon fed this stuff by some anti-PR industry business interests.
but seriously, and maybe this is old news, I found this article of his about cultural and moral fashion to be even more interesting (or perhaps reaffirming): http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html
Taking this further, I wish they had a more authoritative and systematic versioning and voting system. Voting rights could be distributed based on your contributions and how others have voted your contributions, etc. A sort of PageRank idea. They have a semi informal system like this set up, but it would just be nice if it was all automated. Think slashdot moderation on steroids and recursively applied to all of wikipedia.
This would really help articles that are hotly disputed.
I've also been trying to push the idea (along with others) of getting some sort of rich client interface for editing which would allow you to edit in place without reloading the page as well, but thats another topic.
In this context its easy to see why web apps are becoming more and more popular. As technologies improve the gap between RIA and desktop application narrow, and yet the threshold for using an application online, ie visiting a url, vs installing software and all that entails (security risks, uninstalling if you didn't like it, etc) is substantially lower.
This actually gives me an idea.. why not have a framework for the installation/removal of applications which removes most of this hastle, making installing (and removing) an application as easy as visiting a website?
Ignoring the security problems for a second, isn't this possible? I know I just click "next" a x times until the app installs. Just standardize and automate this process completely, everytime I use the software download a new version if its available, etc..
Webstart and Central come close, but there is nothing like this for native apps.. or is there?
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I think a significant part of this particular difference is that Google results much easier to scan quickly with your eyes because the blurbs don't go all the way across the page, but are concentrated on the left. This mans I can scan the results without moving my eyes left/right. This means that users can look through more search results without actually clicking through which in turn means that the click throughs that are chosen will be more often on average 'closer' to what they were looking for.% 2Fresults.aspx%3Fq%3Dnarine%2Bsarvazyan%26size%3D1 p%26color%3Dno%26FORM%3DIFIR6&FORM=SEIN) are all fucking identicall clones... then we the browser toolbars, local.. lets see something interesting PLEASE.. there is so much room, you have so many resources.. don't. just. copy. each. other..
That said, I wish Yahoo/MSN (and google too, although they innovated first so the pressure should not be on them) would innovate a little bit to differentiate themselves, right now they are just Google clones. The Colors, the placement, hell, even the settings (http://search.msn.com/settings.aspx?ru=%2Fimages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_economy
More often than not there exists a way to make money which requires one to be unethical, the fact that a company can be ethical and make money has no bearing here.
bram cohen has (probably biased) analysis:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/bramcohen/
Bram Cohen's analysis:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/bramcohen/
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What I was getting at was that you have a (much) higher chance of dying each time you get in your car than you have of ever being sued by RIAA, yet I bet you've made the value judgement that its worth it. So, I'm pointint out the fact that there is a contradiction in those two judgements, and therefore you are being irrational. :)
is driving a car worth the risk for you?
drivel.
A much easier (software) modification I've made is to remap capslock to control.
there is a project at my university which is developing a game that is specifically centered around training soldiers which are capable of learning. pretty interesting:
http://dev.ic2.org/nero_public/index.php
a real programmign langauge doesn't need brackets.
yes it should run in a sandbox, which is essentially means it should not have access to the filesystem, I think java's ability to do so at all is a mistake. Flash doesn't allow this at all, and they have not had any security problems except for one (which was a pretty bad one, but nonetheless) in 2003.
well the original comment said:
anything that expects local rather than remote content
which I guess is vague. On the first surface read I read that as anything that runs code on the client, but now I realize that the statement is rather vague.. so I should have said that instead.
so I take it then that all web apps are an 'incredibly stupid idea'?
since when has it been cool to post these in the story?
o urceid=39391960&isbn=0689877978 n quiry.asp?sourceid=00393919608443593340&ISBN=06898 77978&bfdate=05-02-2005+13:47:41 ) ..thats going to be a fat chunk of change when the story is through.
http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=2181&s
(links to http://search.barnesandnoble.com/bookSearch/isbnI
Reading the article its pretty clear from the langauge that he's been spoon fed this stuff by some anti-PR industry business interests.
but seriously, and maybe this is old news, I found this article of his about cultural and moral fashion to be even more interesting (or perhaps reaffirming):
http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html
you must be new here.
gmail labels = m2 filters
touché
Taking this further, I wish they had a more authoritative and systematic versioning and voting system. Voting rights could be distributed based on your contributions and how others have voted your contributions, etc. A sort of PageRank idea. They have a semi informal system like this set up, but it would just be nice if it was all automated. Think slashdot moderation on steroids and recursively applied to all of wikipedia.
This would really help articles that are hotly disputed.
I've also been trying to push the idea (along with others) of getting some sort of rich client interface for editing which would allow you to edit in place without reloading the page as well, but thats another topic.
The google maps entry in wikipedia has a long list of intesting images found in google's sattelite database, including the Hollywood Sign, Golden Gate Bridge, and Ground Zero.
well, yes.. exactly like that.. but now for Windows so that it actually makes a difference.. *ducks*
Really though, does that work well? Thats exactly what I'm talking about.
In this context its easy to see why web apps are becoming more and more popular. As technologies improve the gap between RIA and desktop application narrow, and yet the threshold for using an application online, ie visiting a url, vs installing software and all that entails (security risks, uninstalling if you didn't like it, etc) is substantially lower.
This actually gives me an idea.. why not have a framework for the installation/removal of applications which removes most of this hastle, making installing (and removing) an application as easy as visiting a website?
Ignoring the security problems for a second, isn't this possible? I know I just click "next" a x times until the app installs. Just standardize and automate this process completely, everytime I use the software download a new version if its available, etc..
Webstart and Central come close, but there is nothing like this for native apps.. or is there?