Unusually evil... Technically evil... Kind of evil... Somewhat evil... A tiny bit evil... Slightly evil... Lesser evil... Pretty much evil... Just short of evil... Almost evil... Evil!!!
The "next big thing", if such a term is even appropriate, tend to be things that people couldn't imagine being a part of their daily lives until it literally was. Examples:
- Electricity - Combustion engine - TV - Computers - Telephones - Cell phones - The internet
Each of these items can be further broken down. Here's a few examples:
Electricity: - Lights - Air conditions - Powered elevators - Security systems
TV - Color TV - Audio - Personal recording - Cable
The guy is an idiot for thinking "the next big thing" is dead. First of all, they don't come along every day, month, or even year. In fact, I'd say maybe once a decade or two. Second, if you're smart enough to see it coming, you'd be the first guy in line to patent it.
I always thought the power of.NET was its speed for development, not its execution. I think it's kind of silly to think it's some magical tool that makes programming easier AND YET is as fast as native code. I'd be horrified if Microsoft made their OS based on.NET. Everything would be even more bloated than it already is. Seems like a trolling observation to me.
Alienware is like the Mercedes of PCs. Their computers are typically over priced and aim for a very specific niche market (gamers).
Meanwhile, Dell is a bulk seller of commodity parts. They're the Civics, man. How in the world is this a good fit? It seems more like a really awkward fit to me.
Not to troll, but I find this whole thing a little odd.
In the terms of service: "By accessing the web site Zooomr (hereafter known as the "Web Site"), a service of BlueBridge Technologies Group..."
While both the summary and TFA seem to focus on it being developed by a 17 year old in three months, the website has job postings. The article seems to gloss over the fact the entire project is sponsored (owned) by some company. Is this a case of sensationalistic journalism? This doesn't seem like a case where someone hacked it out of their basement. It seems unlikely the company picked it up AFTER development started since no mention of the company is made in any journal entry. So if the company is backing the project financially, am i the only one who finds it odd that it is not mentioned in any journal entry? It's a little weird that he's the face of the project, but it could be a PR move. It definintely doesn't add up the way the article's author seems to want to imply.
So I read this little press release and I wasn't that impressed. You want to talk about context parsing? Google started that type of search innovation. Not commonly known is that Google even suppresses ads when it guesses its users are searching without any intentions of making purchases, such as for research. This is illustrated here:
I tried a few searches before realizing the lack of a cache made many of the results useless. The engine spits back a tiny portion of the page, but there's no guarantee that page hasn't moved or changed. For example, for dynamic pages such as the slashdot front page, the engine incorrectly indexes it. Clicking on the link takes you to a new and updated version of the page, devoid of the original search term that brought you there. This was okay 5 or 6 years ago before Google went mainstream, but now I tend to click on caches about half the time I search since the main link is often not relevant.
Sorry, I'm really not trying to troll here, but who the heck is the author? The article summary doesn't say jack about this. It looks like a random rant on some dude's Livejournal to an article he read. What am I missing here and why is this slashdot news worthy again?
When you can't figure out why you have no friends, you hole yourself up in the basement for 3 years and come out with an equation that explains your shell of a social life.;D
Doing that would be the single biggest (and stupidest) gamble Microsoft would have ever taken. Not only do they stand to lose *all* of the business in the EU for the duration of their "protest," but if the protest backfired and they looked further like scum, they stand to *also* pay the fine. Not to mention their competitors (apple, IBM, Sun, Red Hat) would gain significant mindshare. It may even prove to the EU that Microsoft is not only an abusive Monopoly, but one that must be dismantled at all costs. If there's any political pressure that might result in a US government imposed MS breakup, it would be from the EU.
Most of all, if I was a business relying on a software vendor that one day decided to halt support to prove a political point, that would be the day I fire up the installer for their competitors.
So... all that hyper over a laptop that has a cheapo keyboard and an exposed screen? I'd rather it be the same size but open up into a laptop... but then I guess they couldn't market that as "innovation."
Remember that this project has been in and out of existance since 2001 (or was it earlier?). I'd say this product is 5 years too late to be given any serious consideration by the mass market.
They don't know how they did it? Then can we trust this report? Are we sure their measuring tools aren't messed up? Are we sure someone misheard something? How can SCIENTISTS not know how they achieved a result in an EXPERIMENT that they - as implied in the article - managed to reproduce?? Again, I repeat, they don't know HOW they did it?
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say their tools are not calibrated correctly or a computer glitch is crossing an i when it should be dotting it.
Slashdot Mirror
Scientists have developed artificial, super-strength muscles which are powered by alcohol and hydrogen.
This could take bar fights to a whole new level.
Well, I wonder how MS and Yahoo are feeling right about now for rolling over and handing over the information without a fight?
Upon closer inspection of the results, scientists found evidence of giant supergalactic noodles and meatballs.
Finally, a true "iPod Killer."
Their OS is even a computer killer!
Wait, mend socks?? But then how do I gold farm? How can I sell my clothes once I get it to look like everybody else's?
Bashing aside, this is still the smartest move Sony has made all YEAR.
The countdown:
Unusually evil...
Technically evil...
Kind of evil...
Somewhat evil...
A tiny bit evil...
Slightly evil...
Lesser evil...
Pretty much evil...
Just short of evil...
Almost evil...
Evil!!!
[I almost put "Microsoft!!!" but I refrained]
The "next big thing", if such a term is even appropriate, tend to be things that people couldn't imagine being a part of their daily lives until it literally was. Examples:
- Electricity
- Combustion engine
- TV
- Computers
- Telephones
- Cell phones
- The internet
Each of these items can be further broken down. Here's a few examples:
Electricity:
- Lights
- Air conditions
- Powered elevators
- Security systems
TV
- Color TV
- Audio
- Personal recording
- Cable
Internet:
- Online shopping
- Email
- Chat
- Instant News
The guy is an idiot for thinking "the next big thing" is dead. First of all, they don't come along every day, month, or even year. In fact, I'd say maybe once a decade or two. Second, if you're smart enough to see it coming, you'd be the first guy in line to patent it.
When I invent my remote bitch slapping machine, he'll be the first to feel its wrath.
I always thought the power of .NET was its speed for development, not its execution. I think it's kind of silly to think it's some magical tool that makes programming easier AND YET is as fast as native code. I'd be horrified if Microsoft made their OS based on .NET. Everything would be even more bloated than it already is. Seems like a trolling observation to me.
And as we zoom back you'll realize we're just part of a microbe on a giant marble being tossed around by an even bigger being.
It really would fit Dell well.
Alienware is like the Mercedes of PCs. Their computers are typically over priced and aim for a very specific niche market (gamers).
Meanwhile, Dell is a bulk seller of commodity parts. They're the Civics, man. How in the world is this a good fit? It seems more like a really awkward fit to me.
Good.
Not to troll, but I find this whole thing a little odd.
In the terms of service: "By accessing the web site Zooomr (hereafter known as the "Web Site"), a service of BlueBridge Technologies Group..."
While both the summary and TFA seem to focus on it being developed by a 17 year old in three months, the website has job postings. The article seems to gloss over the fact the entire project is sponsored (owned) by some company. Is this a case of sensationalistic journalism? This doesn't seem like a case where someone hacked it out of their basement. It seems unlikely the company picked it up AFTER development started since no mention of the company is made in any journal entry. So if the company is backing the project financially, am i the only one who finds it odd that it is not mentioned in any journal entry? It's a little weird that he's the face of the project, but it could be a PR move. It definintely doesn't add up the way the article's author seems to want to imply.
So I read this little press release and I wasn't that impressed. You want to talk about context parsing? Google started that type of search innovation. Not commonly known is that Google even suppresses ads when it guesses its users are searching without any intentions of making purchases, such as for research. This is illustrated here:
Search Argentina
Search Population
Search Both (no ads)
I'd say that's pretty contextual if you ask me. This search engine is a bunch of hype, and much farther behind than it thinks.
I tried a few searches before realizing the lack of a cache made many of the results useless. The engine spits back a tiny portion of the page, but there's no guarantee that page hasn't moved or changed. For example, for dynamic pages such as the slashdot front page, the engine incorrectly indexes it. Clicking on the link takes you to a new and updated version of the page, devoid of the original search term that brought you there. This was okay 5 or 6 years ago before Google went mainstream, but now I tend to click on caches about half the time I search since the main link is often not relevant.
Sorry, I'm really not trying to troll here, but who the heck is the author? The article summary doesn't say jack about this. It looks like a random rant on some dude's Livejournal to an article he read. What am I missing here and why is this slashdot news worthy again?
Thinking about spending $100,000? Spend $200 for a plane ticket to check the place out first.
"Don't know what it is? Just Google it." (google.com)
"Old and useless? Ebay that shit." (ebay.com)
"Wanna know more about me? Facebook me." (facebook.com)
"Blog it." (blog.com)
"Sneeze? Use a kleenex."
"Red eye? Photoshop it." (Photoshop)
It's not very easy to unseat the champion when its name is synonymous to the activity it is dominating in.
When you can't figure out why you have no friends, you hole yourself up in the basement for 3 years and come out with an equation that explains your shell of a social life. ;D
Doing that would be the single biggest (and stupidest) gamble Microsoft would have ever taken. Not only do they stand to lose *all* of the business in the EU for the duration of their "protest," but if the protest backfired and they looked further like scum, they stand to *also* pay the fine. Not to mention their competitors (apple, IBM, Sun, Red Hat) would gain significant mindshare. It may even prove to the EU that Microsoft is not only an abusive Monopoly, but one that must be dismantled at all costs. If there's any political pressure that might result in a US government imposed MS breakup, it would be from the EU.
Most of all, if I was a business relying on a software vendor that one day decided to halt support to prove a political point, that would be the day I fire up the installer for their competitors.
So... all that hyper over a laptop that has a cheapo keyboard and an exposed screen? I'd rather it be the same size but open up into a laptop... but then I guess they couldn't market that as "innovation."
Remember that this project has been in and out of existance since 2001 (or was it earlier?). I'd say this product is 5 years too late to be given any serious consideration by the mass market.
They don't know how they did it? Then can we trust this report? Are we sure their measuring tools aren't messed up? Are we sure someone misheard something? How can SCIENTISTS not know how they achieved a result in an EXPERIMENT that they - as implied in the article - managed to reproduce?? Again, I repeat, they don't know HOW they did it?
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say their tools are not calibrated correctly or a computer glitch is crossing an i when it should be dotting it.