True story: On Saturday, my wife and I walked past this building with large windows. She looked in and said, "Oh cool. A used book store. Let's go in." I felt bad pointing out that it was actually the local library.
> The desire for greater control over how search engines index and display Web sites
Then design your sites better. Seriously. When I was on the team that launched http://jacksonville.com/, we spent a decent amount of time thinking about how to optimize our site for search engines, and that was 10 years ago. Too much showing? Not enough showing? Spend more time developing and designing your site... instead of trying to emulate your print product (ahem... *cough http://nytimes.com/ cough*)
In journalism school, we were taught that no new medium ever eliminated an old one. My teachers didn't like my opinion that they were basing that belief on a limited data set: Their constant example? Newspapers didn't kill radio. But the Internet is doing a pretty good job of doing so.
The reality seems to be that new media will replace old formats if you consider it in just such a manner - Formats change, content doesn't. Paper replaced papyrus, telephone replaced telegraphs (I know, I know, not really the same, but still...) text printed on paper is being "replaced" by things like nytimes.com
We're at the point where one doesn't need to know how to "rip" a CD in order to get the songs in a more useful format. One can simply download a digital version of the song (set asside DRM considerations.)
The music industry as such will never go away. Why? Because right now, it's just not possible for a band to get a major concert together, get billboards in every city for their new album and get their faces on a happy meal all by itself. So it needs the music industry to do that stuff. In the future, the "music industry" might just morph into a specialized PR industry, where they take the product the artists produces entirely by themselves and then market the heck out of it. No CD sales, no mandatory 10-record deal, etc. Just "You get us the music, we'll get you the ad space."
... That google's purchase in the near future will be for a substantial plot of land (I'm talking miles by miles.) Their actions kind of remind me of Walt Disney's original plan for EPCOT - He wanted it to be the perfect '50s neighborhood (the Leave-it-to-Beaver kind, not necessarily realty.) They're looking at wireless, data centers, power/electrical considerations, gathering information on public transportation (google.com/transit). I don't know. Such a diverse set of items - some without direct revenue generation potential in the near future - is just strange. An attempt at a Utopia project (dear Lord, if it happens, don't "Gutopia") might not be realistic, but it's the only thing my (very) limited imagination can come up with...
Plus, even if you did want to watch movies, it better be damn near pitch black out or else you won't be able to see anything on the damn screen. That's the biggest reason my PSP sits in my office on a shelf: Unless I want to use it outside between the hours of 2100 and 0600, it's only good for playing when I'm inside.
Misrepresented himself. Is his resume completely honest? Some have been canned for claiming work that they didn't do or graduated from schools when they didn't
I resent that.
ubrgeek MA, BS, PhD - Cambridge, Yale, Harvard
Inventor of automobile, SuperBall(tm) and the Internet.
Slightly off-topic, but a random quote I received today seems to be related: "I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle"
But I thought there was a/. story awhile ago about Google trying to lay their own pipe and start up data centers? Wouldn't that be to control distribution of whatever content they chose?
Leave Kevin alone! Anyone who has a problem with Kevin has to go through me! Don't you know what he's been going through?!> Leave Kevin alone!... *grin*
Completely agree. Set aside how thin it is and the screen, the UI is amazing. From a product development standpoint, it's an amazing piece of user functionality (or human interface whatevertheycallit). It's fast, easy access to all of the different types of information on the phone. (Yeah, this sounds like fanboy crap, but I got to play around with one last week and I understood how to use it pretty much instantly. That's not the case with a lot of phones, where you have to dig through menus to get to features.)
JACK: Take the number of vehicles in the field (A), multiply it by the probable rate of failure (B), then multiply the result by the average out-of-court settlement (C). A times B times C equals X... If X is less that the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
BUSINESS WOMAN: Are there a lot of these kinds of accident?
Slashdot Mirror
Well sure: At AA they give you coffee and doughnuts ... ;)
Theatrical Release > Extended Version > Uncut Version > Director's Cut > Aniversary Edition > Remastered Edition > Final Cut > Final Cut: Pro > ??? > Profit
What is it?
;)
It's a really crappy movie, but that's not important.
Yeah, yeah Gramps. We know. You had to walk uphill in the snow to listen to the soundtrack from Karateka. *grin*
Along the same lines, I was wondering how long this becomes the 21st Century version of the Twinkie Defense? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie_defense/
"Hi. I'm with Verizon. We're trying to see if your computer is secure. Mind if we scan it for vulnerabilities?"
When they answered yes, why bother to go any further? In my mind, they're obviously potentially victims for spear-phishing types of attacks.
No, but to buy it you have to deal with Auction House lag ;)
True story: On Saturday, my wife and I walked past this building with large windows. She looked in and said, "Oh cool. A used book store. Let's go in." I felt bad pointing out that it was actually the local library.
;)
Thank goodness we have a comfortable couch
> The desire for greater control over how search engines index and display Web sites
... instead of trying to emulate your print product (ahem ... *cough http://nytimes.com/ cough*)
Then design your sites better. Seriously. When I was on the team that launched http://jacksonville.com/, we spent a decent amount of time thinking about how to optimize our site for search engines, and that was 10 years ago. Too much showing? Not enough showing? Spend more time developing and designing your site
In journalism school, we were taught that no new medium ever eliminated an old one. My teachers didn't like my opinion that they were basing that belief on a limited data set: Their constant example? Newspapers didn't kill radio. But the Internet is doing a pretty good job of doing so.
...) text printed on paper is being "replaced" by things like nytimes.com
The reality seems to be that new media will replace old formats if you consider it in just such a manner - Formats change, content doesn't. Paper replaced papyrus, telephone replaced telegraphs (I know, I know, not really the same, but still
We're at the point where one doesn't need to know how to "rip" a CD in order to get the songs in a more useful format. One can simply download a digital version of the song (set asside DRM considerations.)
The music industry as such will never go away. Why? Because right now, it's just not possible for a band to get a major concert together, get billboards in every city for their new album and get their faces on a happy meal all by itself. So it needs the music industry to do that stuff. In the future, the "music industry" might just morph into a specialized PR industry, where they take the product the artists produces entirely by themselves and then market the heck out of it. No CD sales, no mandatory 10-record deal, etc. Just "You get us the music, we'll get you the ad space."
... That google's purchase in the near future will be for a substantial plot of land (I'm talking miles by miles.) Their actions kind of remind me of Walt Disney's original plan for EPCOT - He wanted it to be the perfect '50s neighborhood (the Leave-it-to-Beaver kind, not necessarily realty.) They're looking at wireless, data centers, power/electrical considerations, gathering information on public transportation (google.com/transit). I don't know. Such a diverse set of items - some without direct revenue generation potential in the near future - is just strange. An attempt at a Utopia project (dear Lord, if it happens, don't "Gutopia") might not be realistic, but it's the only thing my (very) limited imagination can come up with...
TM: Hi, would you be interested in switching over to TMI long distance service.
Jerry Seinfeld: Gee, I can't talk right now. Why don't you give me your home number and I'll call you later.
TM: Uh, I'm sorry we're not allowed to do that.
Jerry Seinfeld: Oh, I guess you don't want people calling you at home.
TM: No.
Jerry Seinfeld: Well now you know how I feel.
I have frequently been seated on a window seat with the shade up
... :)
I don't know. I've never been comfortable flying at night
Steve Ballmer reads Slashdot?!?? *grin*
Plus, even if you did want to watch movies, it better be damn near pitch black out or else you won't be able to see anything on the damn screen. That's the biggest reason my PSP sits in my office on a shelf: Unless I want to use it outside between the hours of 2100 and 0600, it's only good for playing when I'm inside.
Let Sealand claim it :)
Misrepresented himself. Is his resume completely honest? Some have been canned for claiming work that they didn't do or graduated from schools when they didn't
I resent that.
ubrgeek
MA, BS, PhD - Cambridge, Yale, Harvard
Inventor of automobile, SuperBall(tm) and the Internet.
Something very fishy - A /. post filled with paranoia ...
Come on, it's just playboy.com ... The sound of one hand typing :)
Slightly off-topic, but a random quote I received today seems to be related: "I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle"
But I thought there was a /. story awhile ago about Google trying to lay their own pipe and start up data centers? Wouldn't that be to control distribution of whatever content they chose?
Leave Kevin alone! Anyone who has a problem with Kevin has to go through me! Don't you know what he's been going through?!> Leave Kevin alone! ... *grin*
Completely agree. Set aside how thin it is and the screen, the UI is amazing. From a product development standpoint, it's an amazing piece of user functionality (or human interface whatevertheycallit). It's fast, easy access to all of the different types of information on the phone. (Yeah, this sounds like fanboy crap, but I got to play around with one last week and I understood how to use it pretty much instantly. That's not the case with a lot of phones, where you have to dig through menus to get to features.)
JACK: Take the number of vehicles in the field (A), multiply it by the probable rate of failure (B), then multiply the result by the average out-of-court settlement (C). A times B times C equals X... If X is less that the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
BUSINESS WOMAN: Are there a lot of these kinds of accident?
JACK: You wouldn't believe.
They paid him with the profits from Ishtar.