If he really was concerned about the consumers, why not create products to plug into the Playstation/PSP or the IPod?
Forgive my cynicism, but I think the main reason is because Apple's IPod and Sony's Playstation have a much larger share than Microsoft's XBox. Of course, Microsoft would want to play "fair", since it'll benefit the XBox 360 more than it would benefit the products of the other companies.
They just have to do it right. Things to think of:
Ads should be relevant to the article, but I don't think pornography/drugs/gambling should be permitted. They'll only affect the image of the project.
They must be noticeable, but not intrusive. No pop-ups! Text-based would be best, something akin to Google's.
They must not seriously affect performance of the site. Wikipedia isn't exactly the fastest kid on the block right now, so I hope the addition of advertising doesn't make it choke.
Actually, after reading the vague press release, it seems like the ads won't be on Wikipedia itself.
Many crooks try to justify what they are doing by making it seem that they are not hurting anyone, at least not as much as they are.
WMD! Freedom! =)
Seriously though, nobody thinks they're the bad guy. I remember reading a Terry Pratchett book, where this ruler said "I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides."
Why not get Russia, China and even India involved in design a new space orbiter? When they share costs and brain power wouldn't it be cheaper and faster?
Because each wants to colonise space on their own terms.
There's a secret mode. If you defeat Dr. Octopus and sacrifice him to the Sun god at a 45 NE degree position at the top of the Daily Bugle, Mary-Jane will appear nude in the cutscenes.
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If you really believe Microsoft is dying, then nothing it does can be considered anti-competitive.
...for providing the username/password. =)
If you can't beat them, join them. =)
When we finally colonise Mars, I guess we know the right spot to practice husbandry.
If he really was concerned about the consumers, why not create products to plug into the Playstation/PSP or the IPod?
Forgive my cynicism, but I think the main reason is because Apple's IPod and Sony's Playstation have a much larger share than Microsoft's XBox. Of course, Microsoft would want to play "fair", since it'll benefit the XBox 360 more than it would benefit the products of the other companies.
- Ads should be relevant to the article, but I don't think pornography/drugs/gambling should be permitted. They'll only affect the image of the project.
- They must be noticeable, but not intrusive. No pop-ups! Text-based would be best, something akin to Google's.
- They must not seriously affect performance of the site. Wikipedia isn't exactly the fastest kid on the block right now, so I hope the addition of advertising doesn't make it choke.
Actually, after reading the vague press release, it seems like the ads won't be on Wikipedia itself.A witty saying proves nothing.
- Voltaire
What he means folks, is that he has thrown a chair dishonestly.
WMD! Freedom! =)
Seriously though, nobody thinks they're the bad guy. I remember reading a Terry Pratchett book, where this ruler said "I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides."
Standards? Don't you mean women?
...is free. If you've never read Dilbert, you should. If there ever was a comic that engineers could appreciate, this would be it.
Takes one to know one.
Now how did that get there? Nerds/geeks are stereotypically hardworking. Do you mean lack of physical activity?
Get bored easilyBored of what? Cheerleading? Drinking? Watching football on TV?
And not just today. They've been calling smart people nerds/geeks for years. The irony is these labels are negative insults towards a positive trait.
You guys think I was kidding? I actually work on a farm. =|
I drink it straight from the source.
Seriously.
Write an award-winning browser or desktop environment?
Because each wants to colonise space on their own terms.
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There's a secret mode. If you defeat Dr. Octopus and sacrifice him to the Sun god at a 45 NE degree position at the top of the Daily Bugle, Mary-Jane will appear nude in the cutscenes.
A spokesman for the music companies says that talks officially ended after "one of the Microsoft guys started doing chair-hadokens".
And here's why...
Wikipedia: "Many Linux fans tend to worship Torvalds as a kind of god. In his book "Just for Fun" he complains that he finds it annoying."Run your Windows command prompt. Then type the following: del *.*
I said "many", not "all". Compared to the hundreds of blogs being created each day, yours is in the minority.