That rule exists to keep Google's books clean. Otherwise, my grandmother could set up a "charity" to funnel money out of google and into, oh say Larry's mother's pocket.
Don't be such a tool. Register for the damn 501(c)3s and grow up.
At some point, you've got to make use of this feature.
I know there are reasons for storing email, but come on, a 13GB mailbox? Either you're saving all your spam, or you've got a lot of crap going out with your emails.
Try this: remove html/rich text ability, enforce auto archiving, and "delete" emails over 5 years old. (Move 'em to tape in case needed)
There's simply no need to keep that much email around.
I think it's lovely that companies can align their noble stances on democracy and freedom in such a way that they can still continue to make millions of dollars in profit.
To really ajax this site web two point oh style you'd have to have it automatically checking for new comments, new posts, alerts or notifications that someone's replied to you, modded a comment etc.
No, those things would be useless... AJAX is about improving the user experience, not loading as much crap onto a page that you can, just 'cause.
1. $10,000 is too expensive for a product that is a) instantly "out of date" and b) whose competition (Google) is "free" - at least as viewed by the customer.
2. It isn't scalable. One must assume that Google is working on cashing large sections of the net itself, eventually offering that as an "internet light". I would imagine that with all the dark fibre they're scooping up, they'll be able to deliver their platform directly to consumers - probably for something like $5 a month. Any plans to contend with that?
Step Number 1 >> Don't ask a bunch of geeks on slashdot about business plans, or anything business related.
Step Number 2 >> Ask this question again once you've located the correct forum for decent feedback... I'd start by searching "small business help" in google.
It's idiotic to think that people should just start dropping conveniences from their lives for economic reasons that are being forced on them by artificially inflated prices.
You know, it would convenient for me to have a private jet, and a condo in whistler, and one in Maui, and one in Rome while I'm at it. I could really get a lot more work done that way, with all the leisure time I'd have to de-stress. Damn those bastard corporations for making those things so artificially expensive!
It's time for a little lesson in economics - mainly, supply and demand. If you want something, and so does everyone else, I will change you more. Simple as that. Want to stick it to me, "the man"?
Don't "want" what I'm selling. Simple as that. Please tell me you aren't lacking this very basic understanding of how a capitalist system works...
The fact is that while people will accept those prices it doesn't mean they can afford them.
However, that means in certain cases I have to completely bypass something I actually want.
Are we saying that it's OK that I'm "too poor" to be able to afford [X]
Are people actually walking around with this sense of entitlment? Do you realize that most people on this earth can't get enough food to eat? You know, the food they need?
No offense editors but you'd think that a story title "official announcment" would at least link to something official from Microsoft?
Instead we get a story linking to the register, which in turn links to some website I've never heard of that claims to have interviewed someone from MS.
Seriously editors, let's at least try to have these stories reflect the articles they actually link to.
But could they not, as a result of this, sue the USPTO for causing them to spend millions of dollars "defending" patents that were rightfully theirs until the rug was miracolously pulled out from under them?
I mean, they did everything by the book, however sneaky, and now they're changing the book?
Doesn't that mean the USPTO is negligent - their actions directly not only cost NTP a lot of money, but damaged their reputation as well.
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That rule exists to keep Google's books clean. Otherwise, my grandmother could set up a "charity" to funnel money out of google and into, oh say Larry's mother's pocket.
Don't be such a tool. Register for the damn 501(c)3s and grow up.
Cool, and how well does Active Record's cache work in a clustered environment?
Why don't you build one and find out? If you don't have one, what the hell are you worried about that for?
It's like asking how well you toyota will withstand the pressures of the antartic climate... who the fuck cares?
"Everyone knows that no programming language is a perfect fit for every job."
Somebody mod this guy/gal up. This is the most insightful comment in the whole thread.
This is a religous war that's being fought.. and the troops are supposed to be non-partisan.
What kind of fucked up logic dictates that you fight a war and somehow remain non-partisan?
No wonder the US is losing Iraq to the mobs.
Um, you can leave them in your inbox without pressing a key at all.
At some point, you've got to make use of this feature.
I know there are reasons for storing email, but come on, a 13GB mailbox? Either you're saving all your spam, or you've got a lot of crap going out with your emails.
Try this: remove html/rich text ability, enforce auto archiving, and "delete" emails over 5 years old. (Move 'em to tape in case needed)
There's simply no need to keep that much email around.
no, an MP would be closer to a congressman.
seriously, mod that up... the flash video is great.
um, since when to the french speak spanish?
they have these things, called bookmarks, where YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO TYPE AT ALL! :-)
Seriously, RIM needs to really play hard ball here... Just turn the system off tomorrow for all US users. Done.
They'd win this case and destroy the patent system within a week.
Hey I can dream, can't I.
But as usual any Canadian with any brains/balls leaves the country.
But they also come back to raise their kids a few years later.
I think it's lovely that companies can align their noble stances on democracy and freedom in such a way that they can still continue to make millions of dollars in profit.
It's win win all around!
Except if you're chinese I guess.
To really ajax this site web two point oh style you'd have to have it automatically checking for new comments, new posts, alerts or notifications that someone's replied to you, modded a comment etc.
No, those things would be useless... AJAX is about improving the user experience, not loading as much crap onto a page that you can, just 'cause.
Where's the ajax on slashdot?
Click on the word "Sections" in the menu....
Your idea isn't feasible, fo a few reasons:
1. $10,000 is too expensive for a product that is a) instantly "out of date" and b) whose competition (Google) is "free" - at least as viewed by the customer.
2. It isn't scalable. One must assume that Google is working on cashing large sections of the net itself, eventually offering that as an "internet light". I would imagine that with all the dark fibre they're scooping up, they'll be able to deliver their platform directly to consumers - probably for something like $5 a month. Any plans to contend with that?
Step Number 1
>> Don't ask a bunch of geeks on slashdot about business plans, or anything business related.
Step Number 2
>> Ask this question again once you've located the correct forum for decent feedback... I'd start by searching "small business help" in google.
It's idiotic to think that people should just start dropping conveniences from their lives for economic reasons that are being forced on them by artificially inflated prices.
You know, it would convenient for me to have a private jet, and a condo in whistler, and one in Maui, and one in Rome while I'm at it. I could really get a lot more work done that way, with all the leisure time I'd have to de-stress. Damn those bastard corporations for making those things so artificially expensive!
It's time for a little lesson in economics - mainly, supply and demand. If you want something, and so does everyone else, I will change you more. Simple as that. Want to stick it to me, "the man"?
Don't "want" what I'm selling. Simple as that. Please tell me you aren't lacking this very basic understanding of how a capitalist system works...
Ah hell, I must stop feeding the trolls
not where I live it didn't.
Bare minimum, $.75... it was maybe a quarter in the sixties, but not the eighties.
The fact is that while people will accept those prices it doesn't mean they can afford them.
However, that means in certain cases I have to completely bypass something I actually want.
Are we saying that it's OK that I'm "too poor" to be able to afford [X]
Are people actually walking around with this sense of entitlment? Do you realize that most people on this earth can't get enough food to eat? You know, the food they need?
And here you are worried about what you want!
not really.
If what you said was true, it would cost $5 for a can of coke. It doesn't.
When manufacturing costs stay the same, or are reduced (as they have been in the CD market), the effects of inflation are reduced.
Anyone out there a former Laser Disk fan
Talk about proving the opponent's point for them.
No offense editors but you'd think that a story title "official announcment" would at least link to something official from Microsoft?
Instead we get a story linking to the register, which in turn links to some website I've never heard of that claims to have interviewed someone from MS.
Seriously editors, let's at least try to have these stories reflect the articles they actually link to.
But could they not, as a result of this, sue the USPTO for causing them to spend millions of dollars "defending" patents that were rightfully theirs until the rug was miracolously pulled out from under them?
I mean, they did everything by the book, however sneaky, and now they're changing the book?
Doesn't that mean the USPTO is negligent - their actions directly not only cost NTP a lot of money, but damaged their reputation as well.