epidemics affect defined populations or geographical areas, pandemics affect large areas. This is becoming more of a global issue, so I think pandemic is a more fitting term, though I don't know if it has reached that magnitude. yet.
Microsoft can easily beat Google if they are willing to shell out a few dollars. Google is by no means the end-all be-all of search engines. One area that Google has not even touched, that Microsoft will have a serious leg-up in, is user specific search. Microsoft has access to a ton of data about who uses the web and why, if they figure out a way to use all that data without everyone crying then google may be stopped in their tracks. Also, most of Google's searches actually come from other portals that have partnered with Google, not from their own website, so clearly having a light-weight interface is not a concern to a lot of people. Most people tend to use what is put before them, if Microsoft can build an equal or better engine (again, by no means improbable) then I think they will win this game.
I am using the same logic for my dental visits. In the next 10 or 20 years I should get used to the pain, which right now gives me symptoms like a cross between epilepsy and Tourette's, then I can coast along another 40 or so years pretty easily slowly moving to a fully liquid diet. By that time I figure they will have dental robots in the grocery store and I will just plop in 50 cents and they will rip out my teeth and give me some shiny new ones in the blink of an eye.
I got really pissed one day at my computer for being so stupid so I took a fairly heavy magnet and ran it back and forth over the top of my MFM (or was it RLL) hard drive. I showed THAT stupid computer who's stupid. From that point forward I had to boot from floppy, but everything else was fine...
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epidemics affect defined populations or geographical areas, pandemics affect large areas. This is becoming more of a global issue, so I think pandemic is a more fitting term, though I don't know if it has reached that magnitude. yet.
Microsoft can easily beat Google if they are willing to shell out a few dollars. Google is by no means the end-all be-all of search engines. One area that Google has not even touched, that Microsoft will have a serious leg-up in, is user specific search. Microsoft has access to a ton of data about who uses the web and why, if they figure out a way to use all that data without everyone crying then google may be stopped in their tracks. Also, most of Google's searches actually come from other portals that have partnered with Google, not from their own website, so clearly having a light-weight interface is not a concern to a lot of people. Most people tend to use what is put before them, if Microsoft can build an equal or better engine (again, by no means improbable) then I think they will win this game.
I am using the same logic for my dental visits. In the next 10 or 20 years I should get used to the pain, which right now gives me symptoms like a cross between epilepsy and Tourette's, then I can coast along another 40 or so years pretty easily slowly moving to a fully liquid diet. By that time I figure they will have dental robots in the grocery store and I will just plop in 50 cents and they will rip out my teeth and give me some shiny new ones in the blink of an eye.
with so many damn words to read in order to form a relevant witty comment! damn you ADD!
You're the one that lost the art to make intelligence. Jerkface.
Like he said, Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
would you like to buy a monkey?
you are right, 'nuff said, now let us never speak of it again
if it is please kill me
sounds like my trip to the asian massage parlor last week
try as i might, morons like you keep bringing it up
it's actually an entirely recycled plot turned into an entirely stupid waste of time
and you truly must be the only underappreciated moron that liked that piece of shit
I got really pissed one day at my computer for being so stupid so I took a fairly heavy magnet and ran it back and forth over the top of my MFM (or was it RLL) hard drive. I showed THAT stupid computer who's stupid. From that point forward I had to boot from floppy, but everything else was fine...