Let us not forget that Google is foraying into Microsoft's domain.
Gmail and Google Desktop Search are not accidents. Hotmail is extremely popular, and with Google Desktop Search, Google has learned that people will install replacements to Microsoft's own built-in services if they are better, and if they are branded.
And the browser war was never won. That was just the browser battle. By removing value from browsers, all Microsoft did was reduce the incentive for it to update its own browser after it gained near-ubiquity. Open-source has no problem with zero value, and this is why Mozilla has no problems working tirelessly on Firefox and Seamonkey. The browser war has just begun.
Welkin is simply a PoC, IMO. It just attempts to prove that you can link information together in a fairly suitable way. This is always the first step in any new technology. Other products could, and probably should, use it for different purposes.
Your main objection lies in that it does not filter information, but adds to the mass information overload humans experience daily. However, this can be changed simply. Welkin seems to dump all data at once. The code could be changed so you could traverse ideas. I can already see the usefulness of such a thing for educational purposes.
The lack of content on the Semantic Web is a testament to its current lack of usefulness. If there was more content on it, it would be inherently more useful.
What is ultimately interesting is that if IE was not as popular as it is, the bugs would still exist, and it would still be exploited. The only difference is that it wouldn't have the impact that it does now.
The interesting thing is that C/C++ is not to blame. C and C++ provide enough means to avoid buffer overflows as they do the means to create them. But in any software company, getting products out in time takes precedence over good code. That is the problem. The language used only changes the exploits and vulnerabilities available, not the fact that they exist.
The only way to reduce such security concerns is to change the culture in the software world.
They don't control the media, nor do they control the information. They provide it. Besides, TV is a lot more pervasive than the internet, and would do a lot more in terms of controlling the media.
Anyhow, if their information was proved to be faulty, people would stop using it.
Ask significant questions and you'll get the same scripted answers.
There was no real point in asking those questions, as Kerry has nothing to answer for except his plans for the next four years. The media in general has done a pretty solid job of covering that, and the response is the same.
What would Jon achieve by asking those same questions? It would be of 0 entertainment value. Case in point was when Kerry was on Letterman. It was a boring interview, except for a few parts where he had funny jabs at the President, and his Top 10 list.
Interestingly, Jon asking those simple questions highlighted one important thing about Kerry - he can't answer simple questions simply. "Would that it were so."
What about, say, a Swiftboat-type claim against a politician? Would that mar the politician's opponent, even if he claims to have nothing to do with the aforementioned claim?
Just out of curiosity, how much would a claim such as this factor into your decision for the elections? Would dirty political actions supercede policies themselves in your final decision?
I'm not attempting to troll, but it is interesting to see in this time of immense importance as to how large a role dirty politics plays in the mind of the population at large.
Google's power comes not from its search algorithms or from its ability to skew the results. It comes because people use it. People use it because it is the best of the web search engines.
As soon as people stop using Google, Google has no power. Sort of like your avatar in Black & White. If Google is proven to skew results, people will stop using it.
Netscape also offers 7.1 of its venerable browser...It'll be the last Netscape-branded browser AOL produces.
What about Netscape 7.2? Technically, it is Mozilla 1.7, but it does have AOL-produced add-ons.
For example, Mozilla issued a patch that stops the browser from allowing an attacker to execute applications on a Windows system--something we're used to dealing with in IE.
For those of us that remember, the shell: vulnerability was because Mozilla passed it on to Windows to handle, and Windows failed at handling it. That's why Mozilla "patched" it.
Anything ActiveX-based won't work
There is an ActiveX addon for Mozilla.
Interesting too that he brings up the issue that non-IE browsers would be harder to manage using Microsoft products (ISA Server, etc.). I wonder why that is so.
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900,000(songs) / 1000(songs/day) = 900 days > 10 months
note that he "started slowly", which i assume means less than 1000 songs / day
the math does not add up for me. anyone can fix the anomaly?
Nope, they did something wrong means that they can't tell me not to do it.
Let us not forget that Google is foraying into Microsoft's domain.
Gmail and Google Desktop Search are not accidents. Hotmail is extremely popular, and with Google Desktop Search, Google has learned that people will install replacements to Microsoft's own built-in services if they are better, and if they are branded.
And the browser war was never won. That was just the browser battle. By removing value from browsers, all Microsoft did was reduce the incentive for it to update its own browser after it gained near-ubiquity. Open-source has no problem with zero value, and this is why Mozilla has no problems working tirelessly on Firefox and Seamonkey. The browser war has just begun.
Welkin is simply a PoC, IMO. It just attempts to prove that you can link information together in a fairly suitable way. This is always the first step in any new technology. Other products could, and probably should, use it for different purposes.
Your main objection lies in that it does not filter information, but adds to the mass information overload humans experience daily. However, this can be changed simply. Welkin seems to dump all data at once. The code could be changed so you could traverse ideas. I can already see the usefulness of such a thing for educational purposes.
The lack of content on the Semantic Web is a testament to its current lack of usefulness. If there was more content on it, it would be inherently more useful.
What is ultimately interesting is that if IE was not as popular as it is, the bugs would still exist, and it would still be exploited. The only difference is that it wouldn't have the impact that it does now.
The interesting thing is that C/C++ is not to blame. C and C++ provide enough means to avoid buffer overflows as they do the means to create them. But in any software company, getting products out in time takes precedence over good code. That is the problem. The language used only changes the exploits and vulnerabilities available, not the fact that they exist.
The only way to reduce such security concerns is to change the culture in the software world.
They don't control the media, nor do they control the information. They provide it. Besides, TV is a lot more pervasive than the internet, and would do a lot more in terms of controlling the media.
Anyhow, if their information was proved to be faulty, people would stop using it.
Ask significant questions and you'll get the same scripted answers.
There was no real point in asking those questions, as Kerry has nothing to answer for except his plans for the next four years. The media in general has done a pretty solid job of covering that, and the response is the same.
What would Jon achieve by asking those same questions? It would be of 0 entertainment value. Case in point was when Kerry was on Letterman. It was a boring interview, except for a few parts where he had funny jabs at the President, and his Top 10 list.
Interestingly, Jon asking those simple questions highlighted one important thing about Kerry - he can't answer simple questions simply. "Would that it were so."
you could try the Mozilla Suite itself, replacing both IE and OE. And Mozilla Seamonkey is 1.7 (1.8 if you like alpha releases).
What about, say, a Swiftboat-type claim against a politician? Would that mar the politician's opponent, even if he claims to have nothing to do with the aforementioned claim?
Just out of curiosity, how much would a claim such as this factor into your decision for the elections? Would dirty political actions supercede policies themselves in your final decision?
I'm not attempting to troll, but it is interesting to see in this time of immense importance as to how large a role dirty politics plays in the mind of the population at large.
Google's power comes not from its search algorithms or from its ability to skew the results. It comes because people use it. People use it because it is the best of the web search engines.
As soon as people stop using Google, Google has no power. Sort of like your avatar in Black & White. If Google is proven to skew results, people will stop using it.
If that were the case, Slashdot would be full of "first posts"....wait, nevermind...
Whether or not this is the case, the codec itself can be taken on its own merit. That is all I was suggesting.
What's wrong with the Real codec?
I've seen things compressed with RMVB which are on par with DivX and Xvid in terms of quality, but RMVB produces smaller filesizes.
Do not confuse the codec itself with the designated player. Real Alternative works too, without spyware, if that is what you're insinuating.
Care to explain this then?
Netscape also offers 7.1 of its venerable browser...It'll be the last Netscape-branded browser AOL produces.
What about Netscape 7.2? Technically, it is Mozilla 1.7, but it does have AOL-produced add-ons.
For example, Mozilla issued a patch that stops the browser from allowing an attacker to execute applications on a Windows system--something we're used to dealing with in IE.
For those of us that remember, the shell: vulnerability was because Mozilla passed it on to Windows to handle, and Windows failed at handling it. That's why Mozilla "patched" it.
Anything ActiveX-based won't work
There is an ActiveX addon for Mozilla.
Interesting too that he brings up the issue that non-IE browsers would be harder to manage using Microsoft products (ISA Server, etc.). I wonder why that is so.
Anyone have a cache of his printer? I think it's slashdotted....