I think people need to be clear about what it is they're seeking when assessing whether blogs can replace media.
If it's news, it's highly unlikely that someone sitting in his bedroom somewhere in the suburbs or a city apartment can replace the networks with their hundreds of trained journalists around the world ready to be at the scene of the event.
If it's analysis and opinion, then fine. Read all you want. But personally, I have come to the conclusion that most of those whose analysis and opinion I value are very unlikely to be blogging because they usually have better things to do and better outlets to distribute their words.
If it's gossip and rumors, then yes, possibly, I could see blogs being of some use there. That's more likely.
I think blogs are musings, for amusement. Nothing more. Even those of the highest traffic usually have a very, very low standard of journalism.
"I am proud of, supportive of and grateful for those individuals in the public and private sector who are willing to take on the hard tasks, fight the good fight, and who surprise us with creative, fresh and unconventional thinking, and who make change where change is needed through their hard work and personal dedication," Kelly said. Kelly said Freeman will "bring his courage and conviction to the board, and will contribute productively--and constructively--to the board's and the public's dialogue on privacy and homeland security."
What I find most outrageous is such talk typical of this administration to lie, and lie, and lie; So now a software that installed itself without permission, was not easy to delete, and annoyed the hell out of people is something to be praised for and proud of as testimony of "courage and conviction", "willingness to take on the hard tasks", "willingness to fight the good fight", "creative, fresh and unconventional thinking"?
What about thieves? They're pretty much the same; are we going to admire trespassers and looters?
Over the past 3 years I have witnessed many groups being bombarded by prolific and profane troll posters who have sadly succeeded in putting off and driving away many, many decent regulars.
It's extremely, extremely annoying that I swear the immense irritation had often caused me to wish if i could only find those guys and lower them feet first into a giant shredder.
The US, especially this administration, has a very poor record when it comes to abiding by well-established international conventions, let alone fiction-derived 'rules of robotics'.
"There aren't a lot of assholes working for Apple customer service."
I agree. I bought an imac for my girlfriend and when Appleworks screwed up an essay before it was due for submission, the person working for Apple called her professor at the university to let him know what happened.
An inexpensive PC and an office suite! All that is needed for Apple to rock the world. Now let's just hope they can manufacture enough of them to keep up with demand (that's always been their problem).
FTFA Some may even remember the White Star Line promising that their ocean liner Titanic was unsinkable; an iceberg in the North Atlantic proved them wrong and demonstrated that there is no such thing as an unsinkable ship.
One of the key things I remember reading about is their extraordinarily high employee satisfaction ratings, so it follows that a whole lotta people would want to work there.
Wait, it's not that straightforward in social psychology. A social psychologist would likely tell you that their employees report high satisfaction because of the extraordinarily long hiring process. In flirting this is similar to 'playing hard to get'; Often what's acquired easily is not appreciated no matter how good it is. Google applies this to its 'invitation only' services too such as Gmail and Orkut.
Video games have a much higher cost per unit? How can this be true? Let's compare a blockbuster movie to a 'blockbuster' game. A typical 'blockbuster' movie costs more than $60m, and some cost hundreds of millions. Did a game like the wildly popular GTA cost hundreds of millions to make?
I have converted countless numbers of people to mozilla, firefox, gaim, openoffice, and the GIMP, and most have fallen in love with them. Those applications cover most of their computer use. If they were to encounter a linux desktop for the first time they would see the familiar mozilla, firefox, gaim, openoffice and the GIMP, and start using them.
Most people don't really care about OSs. They're not fanatical about them. They just want to surf, instant-message(v), write a document, and adjust a digital image.
Porting applications, imho, is the fastest way for Linux to render windows irrelevant.
Yes, the new Groups is a major headache that I stopped using it. It has no decent way to navigate around or keep up with a long thread without stressing yourself out.
I'm not white and I totoally agree with you. I've experienced the least racism from Whites; a rare event in fact. OTOH, I've experienced racism on regular, consistent basis from other minorities.
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I think people need to be clear about what it is they're seeking when assessing whether blogs can replace media.
If it's news, it's highly unlikely that someone sitting in his bedroom somewhere in the suburbs or a city apartment can replace the networks with their hundreds of trained journalists around the world ready to be at the scene of the event.
If it's analysis and opinion, then fine. Read all you want. But personally, I have come to the conclusion that most of those whose analysis and opinion I value are very unlikely to be blogging because they usually have better things to do and better outlets to distribute their words.
If it's gossip and rumors, then yes, possibly, I could see blogs being of some use there. That's more likely.
I think blogs are musings, for amusement. Nothing more. Even those of the highest traffic usually have a very, very low standard of journalism.
"I am proud of, supportive of and grateful for those individuals in the public and private sector who are willing to take on the hard tasks, fight the good fight, and who surprise us with creative, fresh and unconventional thinking, and who make change where change is needed through their hard work and personal dedication," Kelly said. Kelly said Freeman will "bring his courage and conviction to the board, and will contribute productively--and constructively--to the board's and the public's dialogue on privacy and homeland security."
What I find most outrageous is such talk typical of this administration to lie, and lie, and lie; So now a software that installed itself without permission, was not easy to delete, and annoyed the hell out of people is something to be praised for and proud of as testimony of "courage and conviction", "willingness to take on the hard tasks", "willingness to fight the good fight", "creative, fresh and unconventional thinking"?
What about thieves? They're pretty much the same; are we going to admire trespassers and looters?
Damn this kleptocracy; damn it!
"Progress bars made with tendrils of curves that smoothly twist and squirm like a bucket of snakes as the bar grows"
Why? what's wrong with a simple progress bar?!
Strive for originality, but if you can't be original, then steal, but steal the best from the best.
Over the past 3 years I have witnessed many groups being bombarded by prolific and profane troll posters who have sadly succeeded in putting off and driving away many, many decent regulars. It's extremely, extremely annoying that I swear the immense irritation had often caused me to wish if i could only find those guys and lower them feet first into a giant shredder.
'upholding the public sense of morality is not even a legitimate state interest.'
Tell that to Dubya and Co.
The US, especially this administration, has a very poor record when it comes to abiding by well-established international conventions, let alone fiction-derived 'rules of robotics'.
"There aren't a lot of assholes working for Apple customer service."
I agree. I bought an imac for my girlfriend and when Appleworks screwed up an essay before it was due for submission, the person working for Apple called her professor at the university to let him know what happened.
I thought that was excellent customer service.
Ma Ferguson:
"If the King's English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me!"
Governor of Texas (circa 1920)
Texas has a long tradition of electing Chimp Governors; makes you wonder who elects them!
it says "early post by BIFF"; who's BIFF?
An inexpensive PC and an office suite! All that is needed for Apple to rock the world. Now let's just hope they can manufacture enough of them to keep up with demand (that's always been their problem).
FTFA Some may even remember the White Star Line promising that their ocean liner Titanic was unsinkable; an iceberg in the North Atlantic proved them wrong and demonstrated that there is no such thing as an unsinkable ship.
Who 'remembers' that?
One of the key things I remember reading about is their extraordinarily high employee satisfaction ratings, so it follows that a whole lotta people would want to work there.
Wait, it's not that straightforward in social psychology. A social psychologist would likely tell you that their employees report high satisfaction because of the extraordinarily long hiring process. In flirting this is similar to 'playing hard to get'; Often what's acquired easily is not appreciated no matter how good it is. Google applies this to its 'invitation only' services too such as Gmail and Orkut.
Keeping email logs of your neighbours is creepy.
Are tidal waves. If this thing hit an ocean it could provoke an insanely huge mega-tsunami.
That's not the 'cost', that's the price.
Video games have a much higher cost per unit? How can this be true? Let's compare a blockbuster movie to a 'blockbuster' game. A typical 'blockbuster' movie costs more than $60m, and some cost hundreds of millions. Did a game like the wildly popular GTA cost hundreds of millions to make?
Mod parent up. Best comment on slashdot today.
Here is the Perl p2p one
$p=shift;$a=shift;i(shift);use Socket;socket S,PF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,6; bind S,&a($a);listen S,5;$/=undef;while(@ARGV&&($_="$p $a f".shift)|| accept(C,S)&&($_=)&&close C){m!^(.*?) (.*?) ([e-i])([^/]*)/(.*)$!s&& $1 eq$p&&&$3($2,$4,$5);}sub e{open F,'>',$_[1];print F $_[2];close F} sub f{&s($_,@_)foreach keys %k}sub g{open(F,');close F}sub h{&s($_[0],$_,'i')foreach keys %k}sub i{$k{ $_[0]}=1}sub a{$_[0]=~/^(.*):(\d+)$/&&$2>2e3&&sockaddr_in($2,i
I have converted countless numbers of people to mozilla, firefox, gaim, openoffice, and the GIMP, and most have fallen in love with them. Those applications cover most of their computer use. If they were to encounter a linux desktop for the first time they would see the familiar mozilla, firefox, gaim, openoffice and the GIMP, and start using them.
Most people don't really care about OSs. They're not fanatical about them. They just want to surf, instant-message(v), write a document, and adjust a digital image.
Porting applications, imho, is the fastest way for Linux to render windows irrelevant.
I don't understand. What do you scan for? what does it do?
I personally have had enough of those "how to build a better" something articles.
Yes, the new Groups is a major headache that I stopped using it. It has no decent way to navigate around or keep up with a long thread without stressing yourself out.
I'm not white and I totoally agree with you. I've experienced the least racism from Whites; a rare event in fact. OTOH, I've experienced racism on regular, consistent basis from other minorities.
The txtin' culture in the UK is even worse and unfortunately becoming increasingly fashionable.