You know, as my eyes rolled at the appearance of another gasbag entry from Sir Haselton the Long-Winded this morning, I knew that I should be thankful. That in the past there were more annoying personalities in the past. I just couldn't remember any of them.
Thank you, A.C. Thank you for reminding me of that clown.
Perhaps as an end user there would be little benefit, but if the Zipcar franchise had a downtown holding pen, I'm sure they'd appreciate the ability to store almost twice as many cars on the same space.
Fuck your "business". I remember a different web. I remember a web that actually HAD content. It might not have been as polished. It might not have been as social. But there was untold original content. I remember a web where if someone put up a list of things, they just put up a list. On one page. They didn't string it out over several pages for ad impressions. I remember being curious about something simple, querying %searchengine%, and being able to glean the answer from the results. I didn't have to click through for the benefit of someone's metrics. Your "business" has enabled nothing great that I have ever seen. Your "business" makes the web uglier, noisier, and less helpful. Your "business" introduces lame presentation formats and (thanks to insecure hosting) opens my less knowledgeable friends and family to malware infections that they probably wouldn't encounter on their own.
You say your business pays for the web? Guess what. If the entire advertising industry were to dry up tonight, there would still be people putting things on the web tomorrow. Next week. Next month. Next year. Because people want to express themselves. The bar might be set a little higher. Content producers might have to pony up a bit to be heard. But content will still be produced.
If every bit of O.C. disappeared overnight, how long do you think people would stay online looking at your ads?
Well according the helpful lads at 4chan, that folder is usually just filled with malware. They recommend deleting that folder. Seems like a pretty good idea.
Per your example- Outsourced programmer: $500/month ($125/week) Domestic programmer: $3000/month ($750/week)
6x difference
Then you mention $2000/week for domestic code and say you'd want it to be 10x better than the outsourced, which comes out to either 6x or 16x the pay. One way you're expecting more than you're paying for, the other way you're paying more than you already believe you ought to be paying.
I think you need to get your maths right before you place any more demands.
Open worship is a primary vector for the transmission of the meme. Shared experience solidifies the meme and helps it survive longer than it would if adherents focus on it in private. A meme requires this shared experience among as large and diverse a sample as possible or else it will die.
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You know, as my eyes rolled at the appearance of another gasbag entry from Sir Haselton the Long-Winded this morning, I knew that I should be thankful. That in the past there were more annoying personalities in the past. I just couldn't remember any of them.
Thank you, A.C. Thank you for reminding me of that clown.
Blind Melon
Perhaps as an end user there would be little benefit, but if the Zipcar franchise had a downtown holding pen, I'm sure they'd appreciate the ability to store almost twice as many cars on the same space.
"So is this effort really charitable, or a cynical attempt to break into new markets?"
Are the Salvation Army's thrift stores really charitable, or a cynical attempt to fund proselytizing of their particular version of Christianity?
It seems that now that this has been observed, outcomes are bound to change.
no awareness of reality or real business.
Fuck your "business". I remember a different web. I remember a web that actually HAD content. It might not have been as polished. It might not have been as social. But there was untold original content. I remember a web where if someone put up a list of things, they just put up a list. On one page. They didn't string it out over several pages for ad impressions. I remember being curious about something simple, querying %searchengine%, and being able to glean the answer from the results. I didn't have to click through for the benefit of someone's metrics. Your "business" has enabled nothing great that I have ever seen. Your "business" makes the web uglier, noisier, and less helpful. Your "business" introduces lame presentation formats and (thanks to insecure hosting) opens my less knowledgeable friends and family to malware infections that they probably wouldn't encounter on their own.
You say your business pays for the web? Guess what. If the entire advertising industry were to dry up tonight, there would still be people putting things on the web tomorrow. Next week. Next month. Next year. Because people want to express themselves. The bar might be set a little higher. Content producers might have to pony up a bit to be heard. But content will still be produced.
If every bit of O.C. disappeared overnight, how long do you think people would stay online looking at your ads?
Business.
Less content?
I feel like there was MUCH more content on the web 10 years ago. Now everything is crosslinked or reposted.
Less content. If ad blocking can stop the existence of link aggregators like oddee and their ilk the practice will have done the web a great service.
The only real down-side is that the FM radio side sucks. If you mainly listen to playlists on your phone though it isn't a big issue.
Oh, that's not an issue restricted to Pioneers. FM radio sucks regardless of the manufacturer.
How is this scored 0?
I wish my car had a toilet in the driver seat so I could crap freely while driving around.
...you have to hack RegEdit...
Did you "learn computers" by watching Hackers?
That way even when I'm not at home I can have The Pixies thrown in with every kind of music that exists.
I swear it feels like that damned thing says, "Oh, you like having a sound in your ear? Have some Pixies!"
Come to the Old East in the coming weeks, whargoul. I'd guess 4 out of 5 yards with signs in them will be repping D, going by previous elections.
Well according the helpful lads at 4chan, that folder is usually just filled with malware. They recommend deleting that folder. Seems like a pretty good idea.
Brilliantly executed, sir.
Maybe because Jeff Dunham isn't worth quoting?
I mean, I wouldn't cry if I overheard someone repeating that garbage, but I certainly wouldn't mind if I never heard about the puppet man ever again.
I get the spirit of what you're saying, but there is a deeper truth here.
They don't have the same sensibility as us, so we're disinclined to like the things that they generate and/or circulate.
Subjectively speaking, anything that we like cannot help but suck once they get their hands on it.
The U.S. should invade Pakistan and never leave until they get their textbooks right.
Per your example-
Outsourced programmer: $500/month ($125/week)
Domestic programmer: $3000/month ($750/week)
6x difference
Then you mention $2000/week for domestic code and say you'd want it to be 10x better than the outsourced, which comes out to either 6x or 16x the pay. One way you're expecting more than you're paying for, the other way you're paying more than you already believe you ought to be paying.
I think you need to get your maths right before you place any more demands.
Physicist. Psh!
Nice try, Bootsy Collins!
+5, interesting?
The mods must be just dying to get rid of their points today.
He trusted the writers of his show to continue to write his lines.
Open worship is a primary vector for the transmission of the meme. Shared experience solidifies the meme and helps it survive longer than it would if adherents focus on it in private. A meme requires this shared experience among as large and diverse a sample as possible or else it will die.
"astronauts get to add more taste to their meals without the space traveler"
I does not have any experience or suggestions on this topic.