Google is fast becoming the "killer app". And of course Microsoft has a lot to be worried about. But not just Microsoft, virtually every single other software house should be concerned as well, including many that the OSS world "likes". Google may very well become the next "extend and embrace" monster... Sure they have very smart people working for them. And they are working for them, it's not a collectively run commune or something. I believe the warm fuzzy Google will soon fade away...
On the whole, it sounds like the number of affected users is quite small, but may reflect a common lack of knowledge of what a 'beta' release really is: Not ready for prime-time.
And we can put this squarely at Google's feet for perverting the meaning of "Beta". Honestly.
Sure, users need to take some responsibility for their actions, and having a clue. But the idea that beta bight be buggy but still basically works just fine is a direct result of Google's perpetual Betaware.
It's almost irrelevant. The "Do Not Call" list is rarely paid attention to by spammers anymore anyway; they know that the authorities almost never enforce it. I receive 3 or 4 calls a day from various numbers; usually Canadian, trying to sell me Dish TV, and I thought that issue had been addressed. Apparently not strictly enough.
Managers are banning Skype and some of these other applications because they don't understand what they do, and in this respect they need to educate themselves. But a much better and valid reason to look at non-work related employee use is issues of Network load, bandwidth consumption, and productivity. I think most people agree that a sweatshop mentality is unpleasant and actually reduces productivity. Yet without question, the purpose of being at work is to conduct work, not play on the Internet and chat with friends.
About Skype, as it moves more and more in the direction of Napster in terms of commercialism, I trust it less and less, and halfway expect that sooner or later, network analysis will show evidence of spyware traits.
Old school thinking. That was only really true years ago when "legit" business was still new to the Internet. In my opinion, Porn really hasn't moved that much since the 2000 timeframe. Sure, there are better video codecs, but they are nolonger the product of porn production.
Do porn sites actually make any profit out of that, though? Children that are blocked by the filters wouldn't have paid anyways.
Filters don't only filter children out. But this whole.xxx thing is silly anyway. It is based on the idea that the United States "owns" the Internet, and the rest of the world views porn the same way we do. And, this just isn't the case.
Sometimes I'm not sure what IBM is thinking. I don't "get" this campaign. IBM is spending $300M on a campaign to convince customers to switch from MS' propietary to their propietary message product?
Well, the way I understand it, IBM isn't an "Open Source" development company. I know they have some, but I do believe most of their stuff is "proprietary".
To the average non-techie internet user, there isn't any difference when going to google and searching. But to the person running multiple torrents on one machine, MMORPG's on another computer, and browsing the internet on a third (more than one person, but only one connection) there is a HUGE difference between 1.5Mbps and 6Mbps.
While there may be huge numbers of people doing these things in your social circle, I think over all Interweb users, it's actually a small number. To most people, the issue will be an increase in multimedia delivery over the internet such as subscription entertainment like movies and sporting events. And when it's increasingly obvious that the copper wire technology of the past is already starting to choke, it becomes obvious that fiber is the only reasonable choice of the two. It isn't even reasonable to think that internally, AT&T actually believes this. They will either have to make the investment, of die.
The whole Hot Coffee thing was absurd, and an excellent example of how out of step with the rest of the world the United States is. The US is a very conservative nation, overall. And it will never get any better, it's sort of like inbreeding in a way. We have a very closed world view due to the fact most Americans have very little day to day interaction with people from other countries. The word xenophobic comes to mind.
Wow. Kettle and soot and all. CNet complaining about HYPE? CNet IS the definition of hype. They are one of the preferred corporate hype tools... Apple must not have greased the story's author with enough free shit.
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Google is fast becoming the "killer app". And of course Microsoft has a lot to be worried about. But not just Microsoft, virtually every single other software house should be concerned as well, including many that the OSS world "likes". Google may very well become the next "extend and embrace" monster... Sure they have very smart people working for them. And they are working for them, it's not a collectively run commune or something. I believe the warm fuzzy Google will soon fade away...
Within two clicks of the Slashdot story page, I found THIS.
No, not at all. The software and content are freely available.
But, bandwidth and server capacity would be an issue. It's not run on some vanilla PC...
The Wikimedia server set is described here http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_servers
Yeh, I mis-read it as $30 a month...
Of course not! Microsoft is in this out of the kindness of their pure heart.
You're paying WAY too much.
And we can put this squarely at Google's feet for perverting the meaning of "Beta". Honestly.
Sure, users need to take some responsibility for their actions, and having a clue. But the idea that beta bight be buggy but still basically works just fine is a direct result of Google's perpetual Betaware.
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THIS-DOMAIN-FOR-SALE.COM NS.BUYDOMAINS.COM
It's almost irrelevant. The "Do Not Call" list is rarely paid attention to by spammers anymore anyway; they know that the authorities almost never enforce it. I receive 3 or 4 calls a day from various numbers; usually Canadian, trying to sell me Dish TV, and I thought that issue had been addressed. Apparently not strictly enough.
Besides, don't all the Starbucks on every other corner serve the same purpose?
About Skype, as it moves more and more in the direction of Napster in terms of commercialism, I trust it less and less, and halfway expect that sooner or later, network analysis will show evidence of spyware traits.
Hey! It's a joke people!
And what will their standard answer be? "Upgrade to Windows Vista"?
Old school thinking. That was only really true years ago when "legit" business was still new to the Internet. In my opinion, Porn really hasn't moved that much since the 2000 timeframe. Sure, there are better video codecs, but they are nolonger the product of porn production.
Filters don't only filter children out. But this whole .xxx thing is silly anyway. It is based on the idea that the United States "owns" the Internet, and the rest of the world views porn the same way we do. And, this just isn't the case.
Well, the way I understand it, IBM isn't an "Open Source" development company. I know they have some, but I do believe most of their stuff is "proprietary".
While there may be huge numbers of people doing these things in your social circle, I think over all Interweb users, it's actually a small number. To most people, the issue will be an increase in multimedia delivery over the internet such as subscription entertainment like movies and sporting events. And when it's increasingly obvious that the copper wire technology of the past is already starting to choke, it becomes obvious that fiber is the only reasonable choice of the two. It isn't even reasonable to think that internally, AT&T actually believes this. They will either have to make the investment, of die.
Why isn't this made clear in any of the stories on this? It would certainly reduce the amount of hyperventilating.
Women trade sex for love
A symbiotic relationship? And what of the "metrosexual"? Myth?
The whole Hot Coffee thing was absurd, and an excellent example of how out of step with the rest of the world the United States is. The US is a very conservative nation, overall. And it will never get any better, it's sort of like inbreeding in a way. We have a very closed world view due to the fact most Americans have very little day to day interaction with people from other countries. The word xenophobic comes to mind.
There are always exceptions, but by and large weman don't veiw porn because their concepts of sexuality are a little more complex than most mens.
The problem is not the viewing technology, it's the quality of the clips themselves.
On a different note, if these people send me one of these screens, I'll be happy to send email them a report on its quality...
No. It is not a Microsoft product. Was that easy?
Wow. Kettle and soot and all. CNet complaining about HYPE? CNet IS the definition of hype. They are one of the preferred corporate hype tools... Apple must not have greased the story's author with enough free shit.
What? Huh?