Having Jessica Simpson say "google" on national TV might be a big thing for google but with Windows and Office being synonymous with operating system and word proc/spreadsheet etc for a vast majority of the customer base, I don't think Microsoft is worried about brand name recognition. They no longer need celebrities to say "Microsoft" on TV - everyone who matters knows about them already.
"Google" becoming a verb might actually be a bad thing for the company when they try to diversify into areas other than search, if the masses associate them only with web search.
The working conditions are what is so different, with many people willing to be paid lower in return for such good conditions.
Exactly. I am going through a similar situation. I have to choose between a s/w industry job and a 'research staff' position in a university with the former expected to pay around $15K more (at least) than the latter. I still choose to go with the research staff because of the flexibility, freedom to pursue my own interests, more 'visibility' in the community, etc.
If you really like a job, you are willing to accept less at least in the short term and review your options again after a few years..
Most of the people whose details are Googled and published aren't billionaire kidnapping risks.
Hmm.. two of the many things one can conclude you are trying (perhaps unwittingly) to imply: (i) it is OK to google 'common folk' because they won't be kidnapped for money, and not OK to google rich people, and (ii) we should sue Forbes magazines for their '400 Richest Americans' and other lists which give almost exact dollar amounts those guys are worth, where they work, etc.
I have given up Thunderbird entirely; it kept getting more and more unusable. Now I just forward everything to a gmail account specifically for that purpose. Of course, I am in a univ so I dont have any restrictions on forwarding email sent to the univ account to another 'public' account.. Maybe I will try Opera as someone suggests..
"If we're successful in Iraq then we will have struck a major blow right at the heart of the base, if you will, the geographic base of the terrorists who had us under assault now for many years, but most especially on 9/11,"
Maybe he was talking about the geographic center of gravity or center of mass of the terrorists spread out all over the middle east. Maybe it is indeed in Iraq. Did you think of that you... you... Democrat! huh?
Google is claiming that it has invented a unique way to distribute online advertising via syndicated news feeds--and it wants a patent for the technology.
If granted, the patent would presumably give Google the exclusive rights for "incorporating targeted ads into information in a syndicated, e.g., RSS, presentation format in an automated manner," according to its patent application titled, "Embedding advertisements in syndicated content."...
Google, Yahoo and a number of start-ups are eyeing syndication as a new outlet for delivering online ads. If Google is granted the patent, it could be a big blow to its rivals in the field, said Forrester Research analyst Charlene Li.
"It would really stifle competition," Li said. "It would be a pretty powerful patent to have."
Most "Japanese" cars sold in the USA are made in North America by North Americans. More and more they are designed by Americans. I sincerely hope that Americans do not get to design more cars. Chris Bangle has made a mess of the BMW designs (compare the old 5 and 7 series with the new ones). In fact, there is a petition to fire him which you might want to hop over and sign. The good news is that the value of the pre-Bangle BMWs must have increased greatly in the pre-owned market.
A bit OT but some relevant info about the Nissan and Mitsubishi situation. The Mitsubishi fiasco is blamed on the miserable skills of Jurgen Schrempp who recently stepped down as CEO of DaimlerChrysler after years of bad decisions. The valuation of the company increased by $4 billion on news of his resignation! Also, Nissan didn't "hire a Frenchman"; they were *bought* by Renault - a French company. DaimlerChrysler had the opportunity of buying Nissan (thank goodness they didn't) but bought Mitsubishi instead.
I have never understood why Skype is considered good quality VoIP. Perhaps my experience is the only bad one? I tried Skype for an international chat whether the other machine was on a dial up connection (mine on DSL). Skype worked well only the first time and all that I got on later attempts was weird voice quality, long lags, etc. Nowadays, I have settled on Yahoo Messenger which does an amazing job of voice chat - beats the latest MSN Msgr hands down; rarely a lag, excellent quality, near instant call connect. I have uninstalled Skype a long time ago. Did anyone else have a chance to compare Skype with the IM voice chats?
""Technically, Windows is an "operating system," which means that it supplies your computer with the basic commands that it needs to suddenly, with no warning whatsoever, stop operating." --db.
Who modded this insightful? You start off by saying that IM is NOT for conversation, real time communication, communication with someone online, temporary messaging, or instant messaging??? WTF is it for then? The protocols have nothing to do with the list; it is the *purpose* of *instant* messaging as against mail sent electronically. As for your telephone analogy, I have a 'land' line and a cell phone; I am required to have two different phones to talk to people on the telephone network. I guess this will cause you to claim that "telephone is not for real time communication".
From their FAQ:
"Well, although some of us might feel a special closeness to certain bots, it's important to remember that bots aren't real people and therefore don't count as buddies. You probably shouldn't try to date them, either."
"What we need in this country, instead of Daylight Savings Time, which nobody really understands anyway, is a new concept called Weekday Morning Time, whereby at 7 a.m. every weekday we go into a space- launch-style "hold" for two to three hours, during which it just remains 7 a.m. This way we could all wake up via a civilized gradual process of stretching and belching and scratching, and it would still be only 7 a.m. when we were ready to actually emerge from bed."
--Dave Barry
"Experts agree that the best type of computer for your individual needs is one that comes on the market about two days after you actually purchase some other computer."
--Dave Barry
Amen to that! MS is putting their money where their mouth is - MSR has an annual budget of $7 billion and dream jobs for well qualified researchers who can basically do what they want without worrying about converting research into products in the near term.
Offtopic: I have been a google-only user for quite some time now. Recently, I find myself using yahoo occasionally because the google server seems to be delaying its responses with increasing frequency. I also noticed that I am so used to seeing instant responses than if google doesn't come back with results for 5 seconds, I just paste the same query in the firefox search bar, select yahoo and usually get instant (if slightly low quality) results... Google needs to pay attention to their response time if it wants to hang on to impatient users - like me..
I agree. The article (not the slashdot post) seems quite 'arrogant'. Pervasive computing has been around for about 25 years now (also overlapping with ubiquitous computing). There is an IEEE magazine (IEEE Pervasive Computing) about it, conferences about it (PerCom) - these people never mention anything about what's already happened; being "The MIT", that is not unexpected but is still unfortunate.
Slashdot Mirror
"Google" becoming a verb might actually be a bad thing for the company when they try to diversify into areas other than search, if the masses associate them only with web search.
Exactly. I am going through a similar situation. I have to choose between a s/w industry job and a 'research staff' position in a university with the former expected to pay around $15K more (at least) than the latter. I still choose to go with the research staff because of the flexibility, freedom to pursue my own interests, more 'visibility' in the community, etc.
If you really like a job, you are willing to accept less at least in the short term and review your options again after a few years..
Hmm.. two of the many things one can conclude you are trying (perhaps unwittingly) to imply: (i) it is OK to google 'common folk' because they won't be kidnapped for money, and not OK to google rich people, and (ii) we should sue Forbes magazines for their '400 Richest Americans' and other lists which give almost exact dollar amounts those guys are worth, where they work, etc.
What say?
Every last one of them!!!
Please make sure that the kid is not on the scene when you do this. Kids are exposed to enough sex and violence already. Thank you.
"vd writes:".. and "According to Varun Dubey..."
This guy linking to his own blog entry and submitting the post to slashdot?
I have given up Thunderbird entirely; it kept getting more and more unusable. Now I just forward everything to a gmail account specifically for that purpose. Of course, I am in a univ so I dont have any restrictions on forwarding email sent to the univ account to another 'public' account.. Maybe I will try Opera as someone suggests..
Maybe he was talking about the geographic center of gravity or center of mass of the terrorists spread out all over the middle east. Maybe it is indeed in Iraq. Did you think of that you... you... Democrat! huh?
Google tries to patent Web syndication ads
Google is claiming that it has invented a unique way to distribute online advertising via syndicated news feeds--and it wants a patent for the technology.
If granted, the patent would presumably give Google the exclusive rights for "incorporating targeted ads into information in a syndicated, e.g., RSS, presentation format in an automated manner," according to its patent application titled, "Embedding advertisements in syndicated content." ...
Google, Yahoo and a number of start-ups are eyeing syndication as a new outlet for delivering online ads. If Google is granted the patent, it could be a big blow to its rivals in the field, said Forrester Research analyst Charlene Li.
"It would really stifle competition," Li said. "It would be a pretty powerful patent to have."
(read more on CNET)
Most "Japanese" cars sold in the USA are made in North America by North Americans. More and more they are designed by Americans.
I sincerely hope that Americans do not get to design more cars. Chris Bangle has made a mess of the BMW designs (compare the old 5 and 7 series with the new ones). In fact, there is a petition to fire him which you might want to hop over and sign. The good news is that the value of the pre-Bangle BMWs must have increased greatly in the pre-owned market.
A bit OT but some relevant info about the Nissan and Mitsubishi situation. The Mitsubishi fiasco is blamed on the miserable skills of Jurgen Schrempp who recently stepped down as CEO of DaimlerChrysler after years of bad decisions. The valuation of the company increased by $4 billion on news of his resignation! Also, Nissan didn't "hire a Frenchman"; they were *bought* by Renault - a French company. DaimlerChrysler had the opportunity of buying Nissan (thank goodness they didn't) but bought Mitsubishi instead.
I have never understood why Skype is considered good quality VoIP. Perhaps my experience is the only bad one? I tried Skype for an international chat whether the other machine was on a dial up connection (mine on DSL). Skype worked well only the first time and all that I got on later attempts was weird voice quality, long lags, etc. Nowadays, I have settled on Yahoo Messenger which does an amazing job of voice chat - beats the latest MSN Msgr hands down; rarely a lag, excellent quality, near instant call connect. I have uninstalled Skype a long time ago. Did anyone else have a chance to compare Skype with the IM voice chats?
""Technically, Windows is an "operating system," which means that it supplies your computer with the basic commands that it needs to suddenly, with no warning whatsoever, stop operating." --db.
Who modded this insightful? You start off by saying that IM is NOT for conversation, real time communication, communication with someone online, temporary messaging, or instant messaging??? WTF is it for then? The protocols have nothing to do with the list; it is the *purpose* of *instant* messaging as against mail sent electronically. As for your telephone analogy, I have a 'land' line and a cell phone; I am required to have two different phones to talk to people on the telephone network. I guess this will cause you to claim that "telephone is not for real time communication".
:)
"What we need in this country, instead of Daylight Savings Time, which nobody really understands anyway, is a new concept called Weekday Morning Time, whereby at 7 a.m. every weekday we go into a space- launch-style "hold" for two to three hours, during which it just remains 7 a.m. This way we could all wake up via a civilized gradual process of stretching and belching and scratching, and it would still be only 7 a.m. when we were ready to actually emerge from bed."
--Dave Barry
"Experts agree that the best type of computer for your individual needs is one that comes on the market about two days after you actually purchase some other computer."
--Dave Barry
Amen to that! MS is putting their money where their mouth is - MSR has an annual budget of $7 billion and dream jobs for well qualified researchers who can basically do what they want without worrying about converting research into products in the near term.
If you are in Korea, maybe not :) (oblig)
Offtopic: I have been a google-only user for quite some time now. Recently, I find myself using yahoo occasionally because the google server seems to be delaying its responses with increasing frequency. I also noticed that I am so used to seeing instant responses than if google doesn't come back with results for 5 seconds, I just paste the same query in the firefox search bar, select yahoo and usually get instant (if slightly low quality) results... Google needs to pay attention to their response time if it wants to hang on to impatient users - like me..
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/circ92.pdf
I agree. The article (not the slashdot post) seems quite 'arrogant'. Pervasive computing has been around for about 25 years now (also overlapping with ubiquitous computing). There is an IEEE magazine (IEEE Pervasive Computing) about it, conferences about it (PerCom) - these people never mention anything about what's already happened; being "The MIT", that is not unexpected but is still unfortunate.