But A9 will have a much bigger database of print to search through, thanks to Amazon's "Search Inside the Book" technology. I don't think it'll be redundant at all! It just offers more alternatives. Plus, you never know when Google will go down again.
"We don't anticipating changing anything significantly from what we are currently doing," Larry Probst, chairman and chief executive of EA, said in an interview.
Not only is EA's CEO an evil monopolist, he's not very good at grammar either...
Why are people still railing on Amazon? Other than the controversial one-click patent a few years back, what have they done? I just think it's a little farfetched to be putting Amazon into the same "evil empire" category as Microsoft.
Wow, an even more absurd justification for the misuse! Why'd u post as AC? Afraid that I'd call out your blantantly obvious "definition" taken out of context? What is "own group" referring to in the definition? That would be ethnicity, hence the "ethno" prefix in the word. I can't believe there are people as idiotic as you. If "ethnocentric" was really such an all-encompassing word, then why is it not used in all cases? So I can replace words like "anthropocentric" with "ethnocentric" and derive the same meaning? OMFG PLEASE GO GET AN EDUCATION!!!!!
How much money would they extract from a 19-year old undergrad at an expensive private university? It's like a campus bully shaking a nerd down for his milk money...it's just for pride (or whatever you call it in corporate legal terms).
Why's the parent modded funny? I don't see the humor. Plus it's a mis-use of the word ethnocentric. I guess the poster's intelligence could be +funny:P
Um what's the asterisk for? If you're gonna post an article and simply copy + paste the article text into your submission, at the very least re-read it and make sure it makes sense. I wish I could mod an entire submission DOWN...
for those of you not understanding the premise behind his auction.. the point is NOT to sell his forehead space. that probably won't even happen. but the amount of press and interest from viewers like you are already doing enough to promote HIS domain AND also the domains of the bidders who have oh-so-cleverly OPENED NEW ACCOUNTS with their domain names in their account name just so they get some free publicity. my goodness, genius!
As competition in fields like programming becomes more intense, 4-year degrees are quickly becoming the baseline qualification that you must have to be considered for any job.
You really shouldn't be seeking a degree simply for the sake of getting a "programming" job. Generally, Computer Science degrees (atleast from the more prestigious institutions) don't teach students how to become programmers, but rather become computer scientists. I think there's a big difference between knowing how to write an application and understanding the principles behind a software architecture, designing the algorithms and protocols, AND writing the application. Just remember, go to school to learn and to enrich yourself in something you love. Money will follow.
Since you seem to be about 4 years out of date, here's some good reading material. Also note that their software platform isn't just used for their products. It runs other sites such as Target and Borders. The things they come up with have a potential of affecting many different businesses. Some other significant things Amazon has come up with that come to my mind immediately include Search Inside the Book and Amazon Web Services. I encourage you to do some research and formulate your own opinion before you respond anonymously with a post lacking in substance. Next time, I'll try to dumb-down my posts so your BS-buzzword detector and your English comprehension skills won't explode.
FYI, if you really wanted to see hot women this weekend in Vegas, there's also a Adult Film Convention taking place at the same time. Dunno where it is, but just follow all the flocking male crowds;)
No, I do not belive they have. But on the same topic, why is that important? I guess it could be important to you, judging by your username;). Here is a quote from a about Amazon.com's "undeserved kudos" for innovation:
The author or co-author of 11 books about branding and marketing thinks the man behind Amazon.com does not deserve the kudos of Business Week magazine. Al Ries said Jeff Bezos should not be touted as one of the greatest innovators of the past 75 years because... Amazon.com doesn't make money. Writing on AdAge.com, Ries says at the rate Amazon.com is going it will take the online retailer 85 years to break even from its accumulated $3 billion in losses. "Amazon.com pioneered a number of Internet innovations like one-click shopping," Ries concedes. But "Bezos went off the track" by adding dozens of other product categories to the business." Bezos should emulate Nintendo, Ries said. "If you want to make money, keep your brand focused. If you want to make the pages of Business Week, be our guest and get into everything."
How does making money and being profitable have anything to do with being innovative? His argument is blatantly weak, and highlights some ideologies that I personally find troublesome. Namely, the idea that innovation goes hand-in-hand with money. Granted, a fundamental principle of capitalism and the free market is that competition will spur innovation, and lead to new, cutting-edge ideas that will improve the quality of life and generate massive revenue. But to me, it seems counter-intuitive for a company to stop expansion into unconquered frontiers simply because the actions may not necessarily result in profits. In the article, Ries claims that Amazon.com should emulate Nintendo and maintain a focused approach. But how has Nintendo been doing? I'm not a big console gaming fan, but it seems like their grip on the market has been slipping to Sony and Microsoft. It wasn't until the recent release of the revolutionary, innovative (gasp) Nintendo DS system that they have seemingly regained some momentum. So why play it safe and stray from exploring new ideas and concepts just to make money? Then again, it is also possible to have the best of both worlds, and make money while coming up with new ideas. This is something Microsoft is quite good at, and I admire its business model and its ability to utilize such a business approach. Being a gigantic corporation with deep, deep pockets, Microsoft is able to take challenges on multiple fronts and try to come up with the next big thing in various sectors of technology. In contrast, companies like Electronic Arts take advantage of their big share of their respective markets and seem to be just slowly milking their successful products (ie. the endless lines of sports titles that are released every year with little improvement), hoping to make big money with quick, uninspired, non-creative tweaks to existing "brand name" products. But Microsoft is different. Just because they have money (and lots of it) and are consistently profitable and extremely stable, the company is still willing to innovate. I think such a mentality is extremely important for both the corporation and the individual. Atleast, this is the stance I personally take. Whenever I hear someone making a comment about a company's inability to "break even" or "make a profit," I cringe and chuckle at the same time. Why should that be the criteria for judgement? Personally, I would much rather work on something that has the potential to drastically change the way we live our lives than work on something that is guaranteed to make money, but is tried-and-done and mundane. It's just way more fun being creative, coming up with wild, crazy ideas, and having the opportunity to manifest these thoughts and transform them into real, practical goods and services. After all that, money is just an added bonus.
Wow, get your finger out of your butt please. I think 95% of people of the more internet/technology saavy folks out there (ie. slashdot readers) are like you. They rail on great companies like Amazon for one or two instances of things that are a little controversial. The 1-click patent aside, you need to understand the importance of Amazon as a present-day e-commerce leader, and recognize the different ways that they leverage (free, open source) technology to innovate and improve customer experience. Along the way of doing those things, competition necessitates certain business decisions that are extremely strategic business decisions. Sure it might have been wrong. It might be "evil" in your eyes. But it is less a fault of the company than it is the forces of capitalism that drive such behavior from corporations. "We" all hated Microsoft for their monopoliy-ish actions in bundling their browser with the operating system back in the day; but you gotta admit it was a very strategic concept: to provide a single platform for the user and merge the power of the internet with the desktop PC. I know I am just asking for it by seemingly justifying Microsoft's credibility on slashdot, but my point here really is to be more open-minded and not think with your emotions. You might have strong opinions about something, but you can't let those opinions dictate something that should be objective; namely, the contributions that a company has made in advancing technology or inventing new ways to apply technology. Whether or not their business actions are silly is, in my opinion, a separate issue.
When I first read the title, I thought it was for a next generation of scanners...single quotes (ie. a 'scanner darkly' sneak-peak) would've done the trick.
How are the various disks, boards, power supplies, etc. mounted? It seems like he could've just built some custom size holes to prevent the components from sliding around, but there's no real mounting mechanism such as screws.
Slashdot Mirror
More to come! eBay's stock is going to fall faster than a fat b*tch that sat down too fast!
But A9 will have a much bigger database of print to search through, thanks to Amazon's "Search Inside the Book" technology. I don't think it'll be redundant at all! It just offers more alternatives. Plus, you never know when Google will go down again.
"We don't anticipating changing anything significantly from what we are currently doing," Larry Probst, chairman and chief executive of EA, said in an interview.
Not only is EA's CEO an evil monopolist, he's not very good at grammar either...
Bezos has probably been listening to Kanye West's song Spaceship a little too much:
"I've been workin' this graveshift and I ain't made shit
I wish I could buy me a spaceship and fly past the sky"
I'm gonna try to cut in line when he's taking a shower and see what he does....hope he doesn't go jar-jar on me!
Hey, it's Nemo! Boy did he let himself go...
One lucky Amazon customer will win a free trip to Mars! w00t w00t!
It has natalie portman in it! Holla!
Why are people still railing on Amazon? Other than the controversial one-click patent a few years back, what have they done? I just think it's a little farfetched to be putting Amazon into the same "evil empire" category as Microsoft.
Wow, an even more absurd justification for the misuse! Why'd u post as AC? Afraid that I'd call out your blantantly obvious "definition" taken out of context? What is "own group" referring to in the definition? That would be ethnicity, hence the "ethno" prefix in the word. I can't believe there are people as idiotic as you. If "ethnocentric" was really such an all-encompassing word, then why is it not used in all cases? So I can replace words like "anthropocentric" with "ethnocentric" and derive the same meaning? OMFG PLEASE GO GET AN EDUCATION!!!!!
How much money would they extract from a 19-year old undergrad at an expensive private university? It's like a campus bully shaking a nerd down for his milk money...it's just for pride (or whatever you call it in corporate legal terms).
Why's the parent modded funny? I don't see the humor. Plus it's a mis-use of the word ethnocentric. I guess the poster's intelligence could be +funny :P
"Longporn"...heh heh heh...he said "long"
Yet another sign that the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" may be becoming real..........I'm scared...
You can always get it at Amazon. Availability: Usually ships within 1 to 2 weeks.
Um what's the asterisk for? If you're gonna post an article and simply copy + paste the article text into your submission, at the very least re-read it and make sure it makes sense. I wish I could mod an entire submission DOWN...
for those of you not understanding the premise behind his auction.. the point is NOT to sell his forehead space. that probably won't even happen. but the amount of press and interest from viewers like you are already doing enough to promote HIS domain AND also the domains of the bidders who have oh-so-cleverly OPENED NEW ACCOUNTS with their domain names in their account name just so they get some free publicity. my goodness, genius!
As competition in fields like programming becomes more intense, 4-year degrees are quickly becoming the baseline qualification that you must have to be considered for any job.
You really shouldn't be seeking a degree simply for the sake of getting a "programming" job. Generally, Computer Science degrees (atleast from the more prestigious institutions) don't teach students how to become programmers, but rather become computer scientists. I think there's a big difference between knowing how to write an application and understanding the principles behind a software architecture, designing the algorithms and protocols, AND writing the application. Just remember, go to school to learn and to enrich yourself in something you love. Money will follow.
Since you seem to be about 4 years out of date, here's some good reading material. Also note that their software platform isn't just used for their products. It runs other sites such as Target and Borders. The things they come up with have a potential of affecting many different businesses. Some other significant things Amazon has come up with that come to my mind immediately include Search Inside the Book and Amazon Web Services. I encourage you to do some research and formulate your own opinion before you respond anonymously with a post lacking in substance. Next time, I'll try to dumb-down my posts so your BS-buzzword detector and your English comprehension skills won't explode.
What made you leave the company? Was this a decision that you regretted?
FYI, if you really wanted to see hot women this weekend in Vegas, there's also a Adult Film Convention taking place at the same time. Dunno where it is, but just follow all the flocking male crowds ;)
No, I do not belive they have. But on the same topic, why is that important? I guess it could be important to you, judging by your username ;). Here is a quote from a about Amazon.com's "undeserved kudos" for innovation:
The author or co-author of 11 books about branding and marketing thinks the man behind Amazon.com does not deserve the kudos of Business Week magazine. Al Ries said Jeff Bezos should not be touted as one of the greatest innovators of the past 75 years because ... Amazon.com doesn't make money. Writing on AdAge.com, Ries says at the rate Amazon.com is going it will take the online retailer 85 years to break even from its accumulated $3 billion in losses. "Amazon.com pioneered a number of Internet innovations like one-click shopping," Ries concedes. But "Bezos went off the track" by adding dozens of other product categories to the business." Bezos should emulate Nintendo, Ries said. "If you want to make money, keep your brand focused. If you want to make the pages of Business Week, be our guest and get into everything."
How does making money and being profitable have anything to do with being innovative? His argument is blatantly weak, and highlights some ideologies that I personally find troublesome. Namely, the idea that innovation goes hand-in-hand with money. Granted, a fundamental principle of capitalism and the free market is that competition will spur innovation, and lead to new, cutting-edge ideas that will improve the quality of life and generate massive revenue. But to me, it seems counter-intuitive for a company to stop expansion into unconquered frontiers simply because the actions may not necessarily result in profits. In the article, Ries claims that Amazon.com should emulate Nintendo and maintain a focused approach. But how has Nintendo been doing? I'm not a big console gaming fan, but it seems like their grip on the market has been slipping to Sony and Microsoft. It wasn't until the recent release of the revolutionary, innovative (gasp) Nintendo DS system that they have seemingly regained some momentum. So why play it safe and stray from exploring new ideas and concepts just to make money? Then again, it is also possible to have the best of both worlds, and make money while coming up with new ideas. This is something Microsoft is quite good at, and I admire its business model and its ability to utilize such a business approach. Being a gigantic corporation with deep, deep pockets, Microsoft is able to take challenges on multiple fronts and try to come up with the next big thing in various sectors of technology. In contrast, companies like Electronic Arts take advantage of their big share of their respective markets and seem to be just slowly milking their successful products (ie. the endless lines of sports titles that are released every year with little improvement), hoping to make big money with quick, uninspired, non-creative tweaks to existing "brand name" products. But Microsoft is different. Just because they have money (and lots of it) and are consistently profitable and extremely stable, the company is still willing to innovate. I think such a mentality is extremely important for both the corporation and the individual. Atleast, this is the stance I personally take. Whenever I hear someone making a comment about a company's inability to "break even" or "make a profit," I cringe and chuckle at the same time. Why should that be the criteria for judgement? Personally, I would much rather work on something that has the potential to drastically change the way we live our lives than work on something that is guaranteed to make money, but is tried-and-done and mundane. It's just way more fun being creative, coming up with wild, crazy ideas, and having the opportunity to manifest these thoughts and transform them into real, practical goods and services. After all that, money is just an added bonus.
Wow, get your finger out of your butt please. I think 95% of people of the more internet/technology saavy folks out there (ie. slashdot readers) are like you. They rail on great companies like Amazon for one or two instances of things that are a little controversial. The 1-click patent aside, you need to understand the importance of Amazon as a present-day e-commerce leader, and recognize the different ways that they leverage (free, open source) technology to innovate and improve customer experience. Along the way of doing those things, competition necessitates certain business decisions that are extremely strategic business decisions. Sure it might have been wrong. It might be "evil" in your eyes. But it is less a fault of the company than it is the forces of capitalism that drive such behavior from corporations. "We" all hated Microsoft for their monopoliy-ish actions in bundling their browser with the operating system back in the day; but you gotta admit it was a very strategic concept: to provide a single platform for the user and merge the power of the internet with the desktop PC. I know I am just asking for it by seemingly justifying Microsoft's credibility on slashdot, but my point here really is to be more open-minded and not think with your emotions. You might have strong opinions about something, but you can't let those opinions dictate something that should be objective; namely, the contributions that a company has made in advancing technology or inventing new ways to apply technology. Whether or not their business actions are silly is, in my opinion, a separate issue.
When I first read the title, I thought it was for a next generation of scanners...single quotes (ie. a 'scanner darkly' sneak-peak) would've done the trick.
How are the various disks, boards, power supplies, etc. mounted? It seems like he could've just built some custom size holes to prevent the components from sliding around, but there's no real mounting mechanism such as screws.