MSN users are like giant squid (but with fewer arms). You hear about them, occassionally a giant tentacle washes up on shore, but nobody's ever actually seen one.
Seriously though who the hell uses MSN? Nobody has ever asked me for my MSN address. For two years now, since ICQ died, it's always been AIM this AIM that. If MSN has even 10% of the AIM userbase, surely someone would have asked me for my MSN info by now? Am I missing something here?
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That should be illegal. Sharing other people's information with companies that the person has not authorized you to share it with is unethical.
But I realize that any law passed by any legislature will include thousands of loopholes.
So I'll write the law, and send it to my Congressmen:
Any entity that wishes to share any information about an entity with any other entity must acquire written permission from the customer for every entity.
No entity that chooses to retain their right to withhold information from any transfer may be discriminated against for doing so.
Any entity that caught sharing unauthorized information shall be fined no less than the total value of all assets owned by said entity.
See? It's that simple. Share information without asking permission for that specific person and with that specific company, and you lose *everything.*
How big is PGP? Could it fit on a floppy? Could said floppy be destroyed? How about a passcode you have to enter, and if you enter it wrong it'll burn anything naughty on your system.
The government will soon realize that we are smarter, faster, and more adaptable that it can every hope to be. Then it will have us hunted down and shot.
Difference: We weren't giving the Soviet Union all our money.
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Just wait until the government steps in, kicks broadband providers in their asses, and forces FTTP rollout for 98% of the American public with static IP, along with VoIP 911 regulations. Just like they did with electrification and telephone in the early part of last century.
In fifty years it'll seem strange that we used to pay so much for such crappy broadband, and that not everyone had it. Just like telephones and electricity.
So if a country has nukes, we won't go to war with them?
That answers so many questions like: Why did we invade Iraq instead of North Korea? And why is Iran trying so hard to get nuclear weapons? Not to mention: Did Iraq have WMD before the war?
Since you're an expert, answer one question: Why should any country who believes in the human rights of freedom of speech, religion, assembly and press have anything to do with a nation that does not? It seems to me that the US and Europe claim to support human rights, but only when it doesn't hurt profits.
And China is far from sustainable: The pollution problems there are rampant and growing worse.
But, like any degree, it's an investment that brings you greater future earnings. So if you forego a little tuna steak now, you'll be able to afford a lot later.
Unlike PBS, however, the web doesn't need to preempt content to ask for money. A little box saying "Donate to help keep us afloat!" is all you need. Or a list of unobtrusive text links to sponsors, or small images of sponsor logos.
I'd rather have that than flash ads asking me to spank the monkey to win an iPod.
Now that would be really cool to have. It would be like a scifi movie: Come home, have the TV show the latest news while you listen to your voice messages while you get changed.
We don't pay for anything in the current ad model. The sites are paid for by advertisers who want to get their ads in front of people. Most people hate this when the ads overwhelm the content.
Unfortunately, the point at which Internet ads become effective is above the point where they are annoying. So, we need to find a new way to support sites, or at least their bandwidth requirements.
To think that the Internet today can continue without ads based on some magical elf business model is simply absurd. Everyone says "Well they'll just have to find a new business model," but no one has any suggestions.
No, we'll just see glorified personal blogs go the way of the dodo. And I, for one, won't miss them.
An example of the new business model: MacDesktops. They run by donations because they provide a good service.
Or affiliate programs, where people get a cut of stuff actually purchased through referrals from their site. Picture our friend Wil Wheaton posting a great review of something he really likes, like his iBook, and getting a cut of the profit whenever someone clicks through and buys it. I buy things from Amazon through AtAT because I really like their site and want to support them.
So the future net won't be like TV, it'll be like PBS; you pay for things you like and support through direct action.
"My business has been cut ten fold by this communist software" say veteran spammer Ima A Shole. "I don't know how anyone expects to have free web sites if they don't let independent businessmen like me advertise porn and \/|@gr.r.r.a."
If a company makes something useful, that people are willing to pay for, then they'll survive.
I have no sympathy for someone who expects to have what amounts to a blog with ads and thinks he can get rich on the web. It's not 1998 anymore. You need a business model that works. Selling ad space doesn't, unless it's too obtrusive to make your site worthwhile.
No, Bush fully expects that he and all his "born again" pals will be taken up to heaven in the Rapture. Why do you think he's trying to cause Armageddon?
Then why not have effective public transportation? I'd gladly walk two miles to a train station that'll take me the 40 miles I commute to work every day.
And maybe they should stop ripping up sidewalks to widen roads so that people *can* walk places. I live less than a mile from the grocery store, two pizza places, a beer distributor, a liquor store, a pharmacy, and a chinese restaurant, but I have to drive to all of them because there are no sidewalks or bike paths, and walking along the main road is suicide, especially in the dark.
There's a street in my town that's the same way, but only during rush hour. It's so predictable that I'm able to set my cruise control for 35mph and go about a mile through heavily congested city streets without worry.
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MSN users are like giant squid (but with fewer arms). You hear about them, occassionally a giant tentacle washes up on shore, but nobody's ever actually seen one. Seriously though who the hell uses MSN? Nobody has ever asked me for my MSN address. For two years now, since ICQ died, it's always been AIM this AIM that. If MSN has even 10% of the AIM userbase, surely someone would have asked me for my MSN info by now? Am I missing something here?
/head a splode
But I realize that any law passed by any legislature will include thousands of loopholes.
So I'll write the law, and send it to my Congressmen:
Any entity that wishes to share any information about an entity with any other entity must acquire written permission from the customer for every entity.
No entity that chooses to retain their right to withhold information from any transfer may be discriminated against for doing so.
Any entity that caught sharing unauthorized information shall be fined no less than the total value of all assets owned by said entity.
See? It's that simple. Share information without asking permission for that specific person and with that specific company, and you lose *everything.*
"Captain Spam-it, he's our hero. Gonna make your compuer divide by zero!"
The government will soon realize that we are smarter, faster, and more adaptable that it can every hope to be. Then it will have us hunted down and shot.
Difference: We weren't giving the Soviet Union all our money.
In fifty years it'll seem strange that we used to pay so much for such crappy broadband, and that not everyone had it. Just like telephones and electricity.
That answers so many questions like: Why did we invade Iraq instead of North Korea? And why is Iran trying so hard to get nuclear weapons? Not to mention: Did Iraq have WMD before the war?
Thank you for clarifying.
And China is far from sustainable: The pollution problems there are rampant and growing worse.
You must be new here.
It's called "No." When used in combination with "Get a job" it can be suprisingly effective.
But, like any degree, it's an investment that brings you greater future earnings. So if you forego a little tuna steak now, you'll be able to afford a lot later.
I'd rather have that than flash ads asking me to spank the monkey to win an iPod.
I wonder when MythTV will have that feature.
We don't pay for anything in the current ad model. The sites are paid for by advertisers who want to get their ads in front of people. Most people hate this when the ads overwhelm the content.
Unfortunately, the point at which Internet ads become effective is above the point where they are annoying. So, we need to find a new way to support sites, or at least their bandwidth requirements.
No, we'll just see glorified personal blogs go the way of the dodo. And I, for one, won't miss them.
An example of the new business model: MacDesktops. They run by donations because they provide a good service.
Or affiliate programs, where people get a cut of stuff actually purchased through referrals from their site. Picture our friend Wil Wheaton posting a great review of something he really likes, like his iBook, and getting a cut of the profit whenever someone clicks through and buys it. I buy things from Amazon through AtAT because I really like their site and want to support them.
So the future net won't be like TV, it'll be like PBS; you pay for things you like and support through direct action.
"My business has been cut ten fold by this communist software" say veteran spammer Ima A Shole. "I don't know how anyone expects to have free web sites if they don't let independent businessmen like me advertise porn and \/|@gr.r.r.a."
I have no sympathy for someone who expects to have what amounts to a blog with ads and thinks he can get rich on the web. It's not 1998 anymore. You need a business model that works. Selling ad space doesn't, unless it's too obtrusive to make your site worthwhile.
Traditional archiving creates such big files. Anybody know how to run a gzip on a box of pictures?
I thought the problem was uploading music without the creator's permission.
But only if Halliburton gets the (no-bid) contract for extraction. The poor babies would lose all their money if we switched to fusion power!
No, Bush fully expects that he and all his "born again" pals will be taken up to heaven in the Rapture. Why do you think he's trying to cause Armageddon?
And maybe they should stop ripping up sidewalks to widen roads so that people *can* walk places. I live less than a mile from the grocery store, two pizza places, a beer distributor, a liquor store, a pharmacy, and a chinese restaurant, but I have to drive to all of them because there are no sidewalks or bike paths, and walking along the main road is suicide, especially in the dark.
There's a street in my town that's the same way, but only during rush hour. It's so predictable that I'm able to set my cruise control for 35mph and go about a mile through heavily congested city streets without worry.
Is it me or shouldn't the yellow light time be added to the green light time. Yellow means slow down, not floor it to get through the light.