Yahoo offers a lot of people a lot of things (games, email, search, calendar service, etc). Why not put EVERYTHING that people want to use in one spot?
People do NOT care about "freeing themselves from MS", they don't care about speed (we have insanely fast CPUs now), and they certainly don't want anything other than what they already are used to.
People HATED XP when it first came out (and most still do) because it was "different" and they couldn't find anything.
We have seen plenty of articles on here about how people are finding applications easily when switching from Windows-based OSs. They find the "start menu", they then find applications that are "familiar".
You think that a "freed desktop look" is going to have easy to find applications that are familiar?
We want people to switch but we don't want to make that switch easy? Get real.
people that are still using MSN as their search engine might not know the difference and that's more of the point I believe.
I guess that a massive majority of the general population knows to use google, but the fact that IE defaults to MSN (and much of that massive majority doesn't know how to stop it) is scary.
Although Linux India pointing to linuxsucks.com is almost too funny.
considering that he mentions that because of the availability of broadband as being one of the methods that allows this to happen, I doubt that they will continue to cater to the 56k realmedia format.
Hell, even that Denis Dyack character. Even games that do not strive for art have a cultural influence. Even BMXXX makes us think.
Eh, I don't think that video games make us think all that much (sure, there are those that do, RPG, puzzle games, etc), but the vast majority of games are there for blind entertainment.
Very little actual thinking goes into any of it (especially after playing it several times).
Take any racing game, first person shooter, or even any random new board game... None of them are full of all that much thought. You sort of do them over and over again and don't even need to have your eyes open.
I was playing a 1960's boardgame that my gf bought off EBay (nostalgia I guess, her mother had it in their house when my gf was little). "Careers" has WORDS all over the board. Directions right there on the board. You actually have to READ the directions to learn how to play.
I was shocked. Now we are filled with games that require no thought (how many people bought GTA3 to actually PLAY the game?) I don't know anyone that came over to my place to play GTA3 that wasn't interested in using the weapons cheat and shooting the shit out of everything in sight.
This guy is a gamer (has 600 titles). Of course he's pissed off about what media reports. Slashdotters used to be (and sometimes still are) pissed off about how Linux was portrayed.
She ADMITS to using Kazaa to share. She KNOWS how to rip her files (and if anyone showed her how to rip them), I will put money on the fact that they told her to use either WMP or WinAMP.
Not only that, what if someone is using a file-sharing system to download the music, listen once, then delete the file? That is a legit use, just like me handing a tape to my friend to listen to for a week is a legit "fair use" doctrine.
You are retaining a copy of the music on your computer and now giving it to someone else.
Unless Kazaa deleted your file after they downloaded it, it would be the same.
"The most important issue is that if you are innocent, if the RIAA has screwed up, it is critical that individuals have the ability to challenge the subpoenas before their identifies are compromised," said Fred von Lohmann, an EFF attorney.
Definitly. Problem here is this: She also "participated" in the Kazaa file-swapping community but tried to prevent other people from accessing files on her computer, the documents state. So, while she was using it as a media player (*cough*) she was also "participating" (whatever that means). Just because she "tried to block it" doesn't excuse her. This isn't going to help the public much.
it also claims that there are a ton of people on vacation? Is there some strange statistic that people go on more vacations this week than any other week in the summer?
I always thought that Memorial Day, July 4th, and Labor Day were the hot weeks to go on vacation.
I didn't notice any real change in the normal amounts of traffic this week over any other week. Where did they get this info from?
I don't know if you work where "normal" people work, but EVERYONE that I deal with daily has 19" LCDs running at 800x600. They come to my computer and go "how do you deal with things so small?"
People think that 640x480 and 800x600 are what computers should run at. Higher resolutions are apparently reserved for those of us w/a clue.
Everyone runs things maximized and doesn't care how much fits on the screen.
I think people are too used to 14" CRTs and are having a difficult time switching to higher resolutions on bigger displays. MS is just feeding the frenzy as far as I am concerned.
I think of it as a children's software program. LARGE buttons, colorful pictures, and very little in the way of any "useful" interface.
I was recently (May I believe) visiting my family, and the youngest member (age 5) came down w/my Aunt and Uncle. She sat down w/me on the couch and fired up her favorite site (some disney webpage, see here). Where she had a screen full of large, colorful, cute, pictures. She was FLYING around the UI like it was nothing.
I was looking at all this "noise" and couldn't tell you how she would have even thought that she should click on these items.
I guess I am too used to being able to USE and INTERACT with a UI to think that these "new fangled" UIs with pretty pictures and hidden hints that you should click on them, are any good.
The younger generations are obviously being introduced to this at an early age and will be fine with it.
Me, give me the fucking command line and a few mouse drags. I am good with that.
If it was legal, anyone who wanted some could plant it in his backyard. It literally is a weed, and requires very little skill or maintainance to grow.
While this is 100% true, it's not actually worthwhile to do it.
You could grow your own tobacco (more skill needed obviously), but no one does. It's just easier to buy it from a company. They do all the work for you...
Marijuana is nearly worthless when you grow it w/o care or skill. If it was legal, who the hell would care to get downtown brown?
While your statements carry some truth, I doubt that's the only reason they aren't doing it...
of course she does. She is only 26. It's why we don't see a lot of 20 somethings in government, especially ones like governor...
She has little experience, she has no background, and while she's young, energetic, and passionate, her campaign basis is weak, uninteresting, and pointless.
She can use this as a learning experience and grow. Maybe in 8-16 years she will have learned enough to win.
you could look at the State of MN (where I currently reside)... They had an $8 billion deficit after good 'ol Jesse left (he was done when I got here).
The new governor is refusing (at this time) to raise taxes. Instead he is cutting funding all over the place. Higher education got the first hit (where I happen to work).
They want to limit benefits, end pay raises (in fact they want to give us two pay decreases), end new positions, drop funding for students, etc.
So instead of taxing everyone outright, they tax us in another way? What's the difference in the long run?
As for legalized marijuana, why is marijuana criminal when alcohol and cigarettes profit the government? I believe that when people are presented with intelligent and logical arguments, they will turn around. The problem is few politicians take the time to have intelligent discussions on these issues. Education on "controversial" issues is necessary to convince the electorate to make up or change its mind. I truly believe all of these issues will be passed someday. Politicians are wasting our time and money not passing them now.
While I see where you are coming from, I highly doubt that the legalization of marijuana is a necessary topic when there are many other topics which should be discussed.
Marijuana, my opinion on the subject is irrelevant, is not a priority in this country. It's still considered a drug, its prohibition "worked" and didn't cause a massive revolt like alcohol's did, and it's not terribly important (medical use is another thread totally).
You haven't really answered my question though. Of course the mainstream politicians avoid them like the plague, they know that they are possibly detrimental to their campgains. Why don't you think that they will be detrimental to yours?
no, they will just ban cell-phones altogether. "In the name of terrorism, we are banning all electronic devices from this establishment."
They will kill several birds with one stone. Install some metal detectors (at the viewers expense), check for devices (cameras, cell phones, pagers, PocketPCs, etc) and then they can stop a) ringing phones, b) assholes talking on their cell phones, c) a good majority of low-level piracy (at least they can claim they are), and d) text messaging.
of course not. I guarantee that 99% of people you ask will a) not know what Guantanamo Bay is, b) if they do, they will only know because of A Few Good Men, and c) don't care because it has nothing to do w/reality TV.
well before the Internet there wasn't a major source to get ALL the reviews about a movie. Now with sites like Rotten Tomatoes which give people listings like this about a movie (some are in advance, or right after release), I can't see why anyone would be suckered into watching a REALLY BAD movie (ie. To Gillian on her 35th Birthday)
If anything, it's not text messaging, instant messaging, word of mouth (in the traditional sense), it's people using the Internet to research what they should see before they see it.
But those days are over, because the technology of hand-held text-message devices has drastically cut down the time it takes for movie-goers to tell their friends that a heavily promoted summer action movie is a waste of time and money.
I suppose this has SOME bearing on the spread of word of mouth, but I can certainly guarantee that here in the US that text messaging is not as prevelant is the cell phone companies would like (this article is from a.co.uk site so I assume they are talking about Europe?) I guess that instant messenger (a massive communication medium for most people under the age of 26) is having something to do with it (and I guess the ability of AOL's AIM to forward those messages straight to your cell phone (thank the lord for free inbound SMS)). So while mass communication is FASTER these days (24/7 Internet connections, AIM, etc), I doubt that it has any bearing on the movie industry. Would it account for GOOD MOVIES doing better as well? "HEY THIS movE ROX"
The movies this summer sucked, bad. Gigli, the Hulk (which wasn't terrible), Terminator 3 (again, not terrible), American Wedding, etc, are all going to be dwarfed by such fine examples such as My Boss's Daughter, the Medallion, etc.
I suppose that they have to blame it on something. Mass marketing full of smoke and mirrors can't save bullshit. Let's cut out the teen-heart-throb actors/actresses (My Boss's Daughter) and get back to plot, script, and real entertainment.
of course it is easiest to start with the homeless. Afterall it's ALL THEIR FAULT that they are homeless. Most of the population could give a rats ass if we tag them. "It will be good for the nation!" "It will stop terrorism!"
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Yahoo offers a lot of people a lot of things (games, email, search, calendar service, etc). Why not put EVERYTHING that people want to use in one spot?
this is Insightful?
People do NOT care about "freeing themselves from MS", they don't care about speed (we have insanely fast CPUs now), and they certainly don't want anything other than what they already are used to.
People HATED XP when it first came out (and most still do) because it was "different" and they couldn't find anything.
We have seen plenty of articles on here about how people are finding applications easily when switching from Windows-based OSs. They find the "start menu", they then find applications that are "familiar".
You think that a "freed desktop look" is going to have easy to find applications that are familiar?
We want people to switch but we don't want to make that switch easy? Get real.
I wouldn't want to support someone so wishy washy
You might not (and the rest of the "community") but the real world people do want to listen to Sun.
people that are still using MSN as their search engine might not know the difference and that's more of the point I believe.
I guess that a massive majority of the general population knows to use google, but the fact that IE defaults to MSN (and much of that massive majority doesn't know how to stop it) is scary.
Although Linux India pointing to linuxsucks.com is almost too funny.
considering that he mentions that because of the availability of broadband as being one of the methods that allows this to happen, I doubt that they will continue to cater to the 56k realmedia format.
for one round. That's when you memorize all the cards and it's no longer fun.
Hell, even that Denis Dyack character. Even games that do not strive for art have a cultural influence. Even BMXXX makes us think.
Eh, I don't think that video games make us think all that much (sure, there are those that do, RPG, puzzle games, etc), but the vast majority of games are there for blind entertainment.
Very little actual thinking goes into any of it (especially after playing it several times).
Take any racing game, first person shooter, or even any random new board game... None of them are full of all that much thought. You sort of do them over and over again and don't even need to have your eyes open.
I was playing a 1960's boardgame that my gf bought off EBay (nostalgia I guess, her mother had it in their house when my gf was little). "Careers" has WORDS all over the board. Directions right there on the board. You actually have to READ the directions to learn how to play.
I was shocked. Now we are filled with games that require no thought (how many people bought GTA3 to actually PLAY the game?) I don't know anyone that came over to my place to play GTA3 that wasn't interested in using the weapons cheat and shooting the shit out of everything in sight.
This guy is a gamer (has 600 titles). Of course he's pissed off about what media reports. Slashdotters used to be (and sometimes still are) pissed off about how Linux was portrayed.
This article was too much.
you are making excuses, and you know it.
She ADMITS to using Kazaa to share. She KNOWS how to rip her files (and if anyone showed her how to rip them), I will put money on the fact that they told her to use either WMP or WinAMP.
NO.
Not only that, what if someone is using a file-sharing system to download the music, listen once, then delete the file? That is a legit use, just like me handing a tape to my friend to listen to for a week is a legit "fair use" doctrine.
You are retaining a copy of the music on your computer and now giving it to someone else.
Unless Kazaa deleted your file after they downloaded it, it would be the same.
this person knows how to rip her own music from CD. She's not using Kazaa to listen to her collection.
This isn't Joe Blow downloading songs and thinking that he has to use Kazaa to listen to them.
"The most important issue is that if you are innocent, if the RIAA has screwed up, it is critical that individuals have the ability to challenge the subpoenas before their identifies are compromised," said Fred von Lohmann, an EFF attorney.
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Definitly. Problem here is this: She also "participated" in the Kazaa file-swapping community but tried to prevent other people from accessing files on her computer, the documents state. So, while she was using it as a media player (*cough*) she was also "participating" (whatever that means). Just because she "tried to block it" doesn't excuse her. This isn't going to help the public much.
Just my worthless
it also claims that there are a ton of people on vacation? Is there some strange statistic that people go on more vacations this week than any other week in the summer?
I always thought that Memorial Day, July 4th, and Labor Day were the hot weeks to go on vacation.
I didn't notice any real change in the normal amounts of traffic this week over any other week. Where did they get this info from?
I don't know if you work where "normal" people work, but EVERYONE that I deal with daily has 19" LCDs running at 800x600. They come to my computer and go "how do you deal with things so small?"
People think that 640x480 and 800x600 are what computers should run at. Higher resolutions are apparently reserved for those of us w/a clue.
Everyone runs things maximized and doesn't care how much fits on the screen.
I think people are too used to 14" CRTs and are having a difficult time switching to higher resolutions on bigger displays. MS is just feeding the frenzy as far as I am concerned.
I think of it as a children's software program. LARGE buttons, colorful pictures, and very little in the way of any "useful" interface.
I was recently (May I believe) visiting my family, and the youngest member (age 5) came down w/my Aunt and Uncle. She sat down w/me on the couch and fired up her favorite site (some disney webpage, see here). Where she had a screen full of large, colorful, cute, pictures. She was FLYING around the UI like it was nothing.
I was looking at all this "noise" and couldn't tell you how she would have even thought that she should click on these items.
I guess I am too used to being able to USE and INTERACT with a UI to think that these "new fangled" UIs with pretty pictures and hidden hints that you should click on them, are any good.
The younger generations are obviously being introduced to this at an early age and will be fine with it.
Me, give me the fucking command line and a few mouse drags. I am good with that.
using someone else's data is beneficial to you, getting spam in your mailbox is nothing but an annoyance.
If it was legal, anyone who wanted some could plant it in his backyard. It literally is a weed, and requires very little skill or maintainance to grow.
While this is 100% true, it's not actually worthwhile to do it.
You could grow your own tobacco (more skill needed obviously), but no one does. It's just easier to buy it from a company. They do all the work for you...
Marijuana is nearly worthless when you grow it w/o care or skill. If it was legal, who the hell would care to get downtown brown?
While your statements carry some truth, I doubt that's the only reason they aren't doing it...
of course she does. She is only 26. It's why we don't see a lot of 20 somethings in government, especially ones like governor...
She has little experience, she has no background, and while she's young, energetic, and passionate, her campaign basis is weak, uninteresting, and pointless.
She can use this as a learning experience and grow. Maybe in 8-16 years she will have learned enough to win.
my opinion on marijuana is irrelevant
Don't smoke it then, don't deal it then, and don't have it in your system.
It's illegal and they are allowed to prosecute you for it.
It's only an issue for pot smokers.
you could look at the State of MN (where I currently reside)... They had an $8 billion deficit after good 'ol Jesse left (he was done when I got here).
The new governor is refusing (at this time) to raise taxes. Instead he is cutting funding all over the place. Higher education got the first hit (where I happen to work).
They want to limit benefits, end pay raises (in fact they want to give us two pay decreases), end new positions, drop funding for students, etc.
So instead of taxing everyone outright, they tax us in another way? What's the difference in the long run?
As for legalized marijuana, why is marijuana criminal when alcohol and cigarettes profit the government? I believe that when people are presented with intelligent and logical arguments, they will turn around. The problem is few politicians take the time to have intelligent discussions on these issues. Education on "controversial" issues is necessary to convince the electorate to make up or change its mind. I truly believe all of these issues will be passed someday. Politicians are wasting our time and money not passing them now.
While I see where you are coming from, I highly doubt that the legalization of marijuana is a necessary topic when there are many other topics which should be discussed.
Marijuana, my opinion on the subject is irrelevant, is not a priority in this country. It's still considered a drug, its prohibition "worked" and didn't cause a massive revolt like alcohol's did, and it's not terribly important (medical use is another thread totally).
You haven't really answered my question though. Of course the mainstream politicians avoid them like the plague, they know that they are possibly detrimental to their campgains. Why don't you think that they will be detrimental to yours?
no, they will just ban cell-phones altogether. "In the name of terrorism, we are banning all electronic devices from this establishment."
They will kill several birds with one stone. Install some metal detectors (at the viewers expense), check for devices (cameras, cell phones, pagers, PocketPCs, etc) and then they can stop a) ringing phones, b) assholes talking on their cell phones, c) a good majority of low-level piracy (at least they can claim they are), and d) text messaging.
Welcome to the future.
of course not. I guarantee that 99% of people you ask will a) not know what Guantanamo Bay is, b) if they do, they will only know because of A Few Good Men, and c) don't care because it has nothing to do w/reality TV.
well before the Internet there wasn't a major source to get ALL the reviews about a movie. Now with sites like Rotten Tomatoes which give people listings like this about a movie (some are in advance, or right after release), I can't see why anyone would be suckered into watching a REALLY BAD movie (ie. To Gillian on her 35th Birthday)
If anything, it's not text messaging, instant messaging, word of mouth (in the traditional sense), it's people using the Internet to research what they should see before they see it.
But those days are over, because the technology of hand-held text-message devices has drastically cut down the time it takes for movie-goers to tell their friends that a heavily promoted summer action movie is a waste of time and money.
.co.uk site so I assume they are talking about Europe?) I guess that instant messenger (a massive communication medium for most people under the age of 26) is having something to do with it (and I guess the ability of AOL's AIM to forward those messages straight to your cell phone (thank the lord for free inbound SMS)). So while mass communication is FASTER these days (24/7 Internet connections, AIM, etc), I doubt that it has any bearing on the movie industry. Would it account for GOOD MOVIES doing better as well? "HEY THIS movE ROX"
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I suppose this has SOME bearing on the spread of word of mouth, but I can certainly guarantee that here in the US that text messaging is not as prevelant is the cell phone companies would like (this article is from a
The movies this summer sucked, bad. Gigli, the Hulk (which wasn't terrible), Terminator 3 (again, not terrible), American Wedding, etc, are all going to be dwarfed by such fine examples such as My Boss's Daughter, the Medallion, etc.
I suppose that they have to blame it on something. Mass marketing full of smoke and mirrors can't save bullshit. Let's cut out the teen-heart-throb actors/actresses (My Boss's Daughter) and get back to plot, script, and real entertainment.
Just my worthless
of course it is easiest to start with the homeless. Afterall it's ALL THEIR FAULT that they are homeless. Most of the population could give a rats ass if we tag them. "It will be good for the nation!" "It will stop terrorism!"
First they came for the homeless...