The reason bloggers are courted is because they can put a personal touch with communication with their followers. Thus if they plug a product, then advertisers will get more bang for their buck, even with smaller reading audiences.
My mostly unread blog [only about a dozen regular readers who aren't family or close friends] still has people finding it, and using the information on it. Unlike a newspaper, they aren't as shy about asking me a question about my content, and I'm more likely to give a personalized response to a request for additional info.
It would be a lot easier to find data if we tagged it with things like the Evil Bit, and Broadcast Flag, or like Technocrati's blog tags that the user associates with their data so a search can find it.
http://www.thecochranelibrary.com/ has India beat by a long shot. It's the world's most comprehensive medical database, and Saskatchewan is the first province in Canada to offer free access to it for anyone in the province with a library card.
"Slashdotters are cheering on the exact same tactics which they spat upon and villified before."
The "tactic" is not at issue here. Suing or negotiation is both the legal and ethical way to recoup losses from someone who did willful damage to you or your physical property. In the case of the RIAA suing for lost "information property" they can neither prove loss, or damage, only copyright violation of which the ethicality is debatable. And in some caes they can't even PROVE that there was copyright violation by the people they are suing, like grandmothers, pre-teens, and dead people.
Slashdot geeks might not have installed DRM that broke their computers, but they have sisters and brothers that might have, and asked for the Slashdotter's time in fixing their messed up computer. Sony's arrogance has affected us all.
"So in Sweden, schoolchildren can legitimately go around saying "fart" and "sex" all day." So THAT'S why my Sweedish 6 speed bike always had people making fun of me...
"but are hypocrtitical enough to use excessive lawsuits as a weapon as well."
Suing Sony because they broke people's Windows isn't acting in a hypocritical way. Slashdotters are just generally against companies suing individuals or other organizations over information property issues. Sony rooting your computer isn't an IP issue.
"13% of users would not even be able to use a site with ajax. Sure, it is possible in principle to use graceful degradation to serve alternate content to these users, but most designers don't bother designing two versions of their pages and reserve the no script option for a "helpful" link to the download site for an ajax-supporting browser version."
Wouldn't it be nice if Frontpage or Mozilla Composer would allow a plain HTML page to be saved and linked along side one with javascript, flash, and other advanced web designs?
It really annoying too how Tab-clicking at javascript link ends up producing a blank tab in Firefox. That AJAX breaks the Back button is nothing new too. All sorts of sites tell you that you'll be re-submitting data if you press Back on a screen you've just sent information from. That's essentially a broken Back button. And printing a webpage? Good luck if it isn't plain HTML.
3rd World sweat shops don't have the Internet, or computers for the "employees". Otherwise your idea has merit. Perhaps with the dawn of the $100 laptop [next Duke Nukem 3D anyone?], we'll see more of what you've put into motion.
It'd penetrate every AIM computer on the planet in minutes.
I've speculated for a while that viruses would start to use bots or AI to try and convince a user that a file sent was clean. If I ever get a file through an IM program I challenge the user before I consider opening it, and I wouldn't open something called "happy.pif" under any circumstances.
27 + 23 Canadian discs [some same artist] = 50 affected titles. You can figure out how many unique artists will be pissed off at Sony for this latest blunder...
http://www.boycottsony.us/ has the latest news on developments in the Sony case, and www.sonysuit.com lists the lawsuits.
A New lawsuit for Candians is being opened by http://www.glynhotz.com/ an Ontario lawyer. The XCP CDs appear to still be on many store shelves, more than a week after the recall was announced in Canada.
Over-use of alcohol. Those with the "bad" gene are prone to drinking too much, and killing off their brain cells with intoxicants. They also prefer NFL, George Bush, Slashdot, and C#. Emacs is their favourite text editor.
In women this gene has no affect, because the duplicate on the other X chromisone cancels the effect so none of them prefer any of the above things that are the result of a lower IQ.
"Sony installed stealth spyware on many thousands of Windows computers (although calling it a rootkit is an exaggeration), "
BZZZZZZ! WRONG -1 to author.
Sony's XCP hides files from the Operating System, it doesn't haveto be a stretch to call it a rootkit. What's HIS definition of a rootkit? Does it have to be a program designed by a non-multi-billion dollar corporation?
Fortunately the EFF in the USA, and www.glynhotz.com in Canada are there to point that out to the courts, and explain it to the judges who couldn't download an MP3 to save their life.
"Because if, against all odds, you managed to do it, you'd be rich and famous beyond your wildest dreams." Firestone invented new wheels for Ford Exploders, and it didn't make them rich.
http://www.419eater.com/ There are entire groups of civilians devoted to bringing down criminals and other IT security nightmares. The guys and gals at 419Eater do a better job than eBay in policing fake escrow sites, and taking them down [legally most times I'd hope].
Did they monitor the rate at which regular tea drinkers get kidney stones? I've heard that the rate that milk-in-tea drinkers have, is higher than other groups, possibly because of the tanic acid in the tea, and the calcium in the milk. Sorry I can't cite a source.
The high traffic warning is to new eyes, and to old eyes, for different reasons. It lets experienced Wiki users know that things might have ben changed with malice, and it lets new people know that things can be changed.
It's not saying that more eyes are bad, it just means that more eyes means more vandals as well as fixers too.
Slashdot Mirror
"You could say that the 10% are in both the bottom and top half..."
:-P
I'm not sure now if a comment like that puts you in the top half, or bottom half.
The reason bloggers are courted is because they can put a personal touch with communication with their followers. Thus if they plug a product, then advertisers will get more bang for their buck, even with smaller reading audiences.
My mostly unread blog [only about a dozen regular readers who aren't family or close friends] still has people finding it, and using the information on it. Unlike a newspaper, they aren't as shy about asking me a question about my content, and I'm more likely to give a personalized response to a request for additional info.
"82.67% of all statistics are made up anyway..."
Well yeah, 50% of all statisticians finished in the bottom half of their class.
It would be a lot easier to find data if we tagged it with things like the Evil Bit, and Broadcast Flag, or like Technocrati's blog tags that the user associates with their data so a search can find it.
What does God use to tag a galaxy with though?
http://www.thecochranelibrary.com/ has India beat by a long shot. It's the world's most comprehensive medical database, and Saskatchewan is the first province in Canada to offer free access to it for anyone in the province with a library card.
"Slashdotters are cheering on the exact same tactics which they spat upon and villified before."
The "tactic" is not at issue here. Suing or negotiation is both the legal and ethical way to recoup losses from someone who did willful damage to you or your physical property. In the case of the RIAA suing for lost "information property" they can neither prove loss, or damage, only copyright violation of which the ethicality is debatable. And in some caes they can't even PROVE that there was copyright violation by the people they are suing, like grandmothers, pre-teens, and dead people.
Slashdot geeks might not have installed DRM that broke their computers, but they have sisters and brothers that might have, and asked for the Slashdotter's time in fixing their messed up computer. Sony's arrogance has affected us all.
"So in Sweden, schoolchildren can legitimately go around saying "fart" and "sex" all day."
So THAT'S why my Sweedish 6 speed bike always had people making fun of me...
Who thinks that Taco will forget to register slashdot.eu?
Then the GNAA or some old people in Korea will use it instead.
"but are hypocrtitical enough to use excessive lawsuits as a weapon as well."
Suing Sony because they broke people's Windows isn't acting in a hypocritical way. Slashdotters are just generally against companies suing individuals or other organizations over information property issues. Sony rooting your computer isn't an IP issue.
"13% of users would not even be able to use a site with ajax. Sure, it is possible in principle to use graceful degradation to serve alternate content to these users, but most designers don't bother designing two versions of their pages and reserve the no script option for a "helpful" link to the download site for an ajax-supporting browser version."
Wouldn't it be nice if Frontpage or Mozilla Composer would allow a plain HTML page to be saved and linked along side one with javascript, flash, and other advanced web designs?
It really annoying too how Tab-clicking at javascript link ends up producing a blank tab in Firefox. That AJAX breaks the Back button is nothing new too. All sorts of sites tell you that you'll be re-submitting data if you press Back on a screen you've just sent information from. That's essentially a broken Back button. And printing a webpage? Good luck if it isn't plain HTML.
There ought to be a new Slashdot Poll:
Who enjoys article summaries that make no sense and have obvious errors?
-Me
-Not Me
-CowboyNeal
"Brent Spiner"
The virus wouldn't realize that Data doesn't need a tin foil hat.
You ARE the virus, aren't you?!
3rd World sweat shops don't have the Internet, or computers for the "employees". Otherwise your idea has merit. Perhaps with the dawn of the $100 laptop [next Duke Nukem 3D anyone?], we'll see more of what you've put into motion.
Imagine if it said:
LOLOMGBBQ!!!11!
It'd penetrate every AIM computer on the planet in minutes.
I've speculated for a while that viruses would start to use bots or AI to try and convince a user that a file sent was clean. If I ever get a file through an IM program I challenge the user before I consider opening it, and I wouldn't open something called "happy.pif" under any circumstances.
27 + 23 Canadian discs [some same artist] = 50 affected titles. You can figure out how many unique artists will be pissed off at Sony for this latest blunder...
http://www.sonybmg.com/mediamax/titles.html
Patience...
http://www.boycottsony.us/ has the latest news on developments in the Sony case, and www.sonysuit.com lists the lawsuits.
A New lawsuit for Candians is being opened by http://www.glynhotz.com/ an Ontario lawyer. The XCP CDs appear to still be on many store shelves, more than a week after the recall was announced in Canada.
Over-use of alcohol. Those with the "bad" gene are prone to drinking too much, and killing off their brain cells with intoxicants. They also prefer NFL, George Bush, Slashdot, and C#. Emacs is their favourite text editor.
In women this gene has no affect, because the duplicate on the other X chromisone cancels the effect so none of them prefer any of the above things that are the result of a lower IQ.
-/Karma burning made up stuff.
Just think what they'll say when they miss their target, and collateral damage the cheese and their mouse cousins?
"RATS," they'll exclaim!
I just made a list of things, and Slashdot will be making ad money from the list of other people's software being here:
http://sf.net/
http://digg.com/
http://grisoft.com/
Someone sue Slashdot! Quickly now!
"Sony installed stealth spyware on many thousands of Windows computers (although calling it a rootkit is an exaggeration), "
BZZZZZZ! WRONG -1 to author.
Sony's XCP hides files from the Operating System, it doesn't haveto be a stretch to call it a rootkit. What's HIS definition of a rootkit? Does it have to be a program designed by a non-multi-billion dollar corporation?
Fortunately the EFF in the USA, and www.glynhotz.com in Canada are there to point that out to the courts, and explain it to the judges who couldn't download an MP3 to save their life.
"Because if, against all odds, you managed to do it, you'd be rich and famous beyond your wildest dreams."
Firestone invented new wheels for Ford Exploders, and it didn't make them rich.
http://www.419eater.com/
There are entire groups of civilians devoted to bringing down criminals and other IT security nightmares. The guys and gals at 419Eater do a better job than eBay in policing fake escrow sites, and taking them down [legally most times I'd hope].
Did they monitor the rate at which regular tea drinkers get kidney stones? I've heard that the rate that milk-in-tea drinkers have, is higher than other groups, possibly because of the tanic acid in the tea, and the calcium in the milk. Sorry I can't cite a source.
The high traffic warning is to new eyes, and to old eyes, for different reasons. It lets experienced Wiki users know that things might have ben changed with malice, and it lets new people know that things can be changed.
It's not saying that more eyes are bad, it just means that more eyes means more vandals as well as fixers too.
It won't be long now, we'll have an antispyware product called One Ring.