Google knew well that the decision to pull their search engine out of China would affect their other business interests there. They aren't dumb - they knew it well. Here they gave something up (some access the biggest potential market in the world) in order to stick to their guns. Their mantra is becoming more than just words.
The problem being illustrated is with the concept of 'democracy', an idea our Founding Fathers was aware of and not only discarded it was a notion they took great measures to prevent [...] This created the Rule of Laws instead of the Rule of Men. We had divided and limited government. But we threw that away and now have the Rule of Men and our civilization is declining.
You are wrong. A bunch of dead white men from several hundred years ago don't know what's best for 2009.
it's actually a hugely positive thing for several reasons [...]
Downloadable content, virtual items, subscription billing and fast-track social advancement
Sorry, the deafening Kerching! Kerching! Kerching! Kerching! drowned you out there..
1) Historically: thwarting piracy. Bigger apps were harder to pirate. Copying 32 floppies = pain in the ass.
2) The perception of value. More megabytes implies more features implies more value. You can charge more. Also, you can charge people again for what is basically the same product (there are companies that depend on this!)
"LGA 1366 is Intel's first new desktop socket in four years. It uses the same ZIF design as the familiar LGA 775 architecture, but it incorporates many more contacts
Bigger number! Woo-hoo! With the POWER of MATHS I can tell you...1366 over 775 = 76% better!
Reminds me of when I upgraded my disposable razor from one with 3 blades to 4 FREAKING BLADES!!!11!1
2) All UFO related files from 1967 (when it peaked) have been "deemed" classified and the Eurocrats in collusion with MoD has voted NEVER to release those details.
This, ladies and gents, is fascinating. Ordinarily, to varying degrees, governments use fear to keep the populace in check and maintain the status quo. This is every government, to an extent. To state that doesn't make me a conspiracy nut, does it? Even honourable causes use fear as a motivator. So. Why surpress this?
There is a school of thought which says "In order for people to set aside their differences, they need a common enemy". E.g. If France started saturation bombing Northern Ireland tomorrow, you can bet they'd pull together. It works to a global scale. Movie metaphors: Watchmen or, more alieny but cheesy example, Independence Day.
My point (I have one) is: Surpressed forever... is it us they really fear?
This video has sold it for me. Super Mario Bros. for the win!
I totally want one of these now. Only thing that concerns me slightly is how "clicky" the buttons sound. Might be an indicator of slightly inferior build quality. Then again, it could be how loud the mic is on the video..
The specs look great to me. 4G memory + mini SD? Yes please. No need for faffing.. Imagine how many ROMs that could hold. Also just the right size (compared to something like Pandora).
Hell, I've been using linux for years and I'm skittish about an update which involves the kernel. If I have a presentation later that day or the next, I'll put it off until afterward. I don't want to be googling and dmesg'ing the bug in console for upward of an hour, when I have something else to do. It has happened...
Parent is +++ insightful. I totally agree. I am by no means a Linux noob (I help noobs on the Ubuntu forums on occasion) but I too have been in that position, and done the exact same thing. I'd never touch that update button the day before a deadline, never!
In an odd way, there is a parallel between my earlier point and this one. Be it unfounded fear or "rational", experienced based caution, there's definitely a common theme here...
I think Mozilla needs to come up with an "official" consistent unbranded name for firefox for FOSS projects or start accepting upstream patches for other operating systems so that they can be blessed with trademark use.
That reminds me of something.
Imagine the average Firefox newbie. Do they really, really care if Mozilla is v2.0.2, v2.0.12, v3.0.10 or whatever. Why not just drop the whole "v3.0.10 is now available for download!" and just say "Update available. Want to update your Firefox?". Because anyone who knows the first thing about computers can go to Help -> About and check their version if they really want. To Joe Moz in the street who wants to browse and isn't yet a disciple, all the version stuff is just numbers. It means nothing. It's making their browsing experience a bit more complicated as opposed to a bit more easy.
Furthermore, this makes the point that it is in Microsoft's interest to not make the computer too safe. If people become comfortable experimenting with their machines, they might learn they don't need Microsoft software. - currently (-1, Troll)
I don't think the parent is trolling. It seems like a valid point in general that there is effectively two ways to sell things to people, be it new or existing customers.
Way 1: desire / feel good.......Example: The iPod. I want one of those and/or I will feel good
Way 2: fear / feel bad..........Example: beauty products. I fear I am ugly (and I will not be loved)
Obviously there are shades of grey, i.e. most products are both to varying degrees. But the culture of fear at the moment is something that nearly every company uses. So, the parent is right. It IS in Microsoft's interest to not make the computer too safe. They might not necessarily go round explicitly scaremongering (FUD and so on), perhaps they do, I don't know. But parent is right, effectively.
I was going to say this is correlation not causation. However, it's not even correlation. The two aren't related. Achievements are motivational because off of a sense of accomplishment, giving a person a positive sense of self-worth (or introjected worth, external acceptance in other words). Obsessive behaviours are not the same at all. I can't speak for hoarders but as far as "checkers" go, it tends to be motivated by fear, from a chemical imbalance according to the medical theory, although more modern thinking now says it's due to introjects in early life.
But anyway. Obsessive behaviours are not the same as achievement behaviours, not the same AT ALL. Total nonsense.
Walt asks about the Firefox growth curve. Baker says the curve has been relatively linear after an initial spike. "Why don't people use Firefox?" Walt asks. Lilly says people just aren't aware. "Most people think of the browser as a pane of glass; they don't realize that it really effects the way they see the Web. Baker adds that many people fear their computers, and that might make them reticent to experiment with a new browser.
This last part really is a salient point. I think it's true that average end user really does come to fear the PC, and, in my experience, their local IT geek by association. "Leave the damn thing alone!" they cry, "I don't care about OpenOffice, or Foxit Reader, or Notepad++".
Bad experiences tend to be a motivator in this aspect, but sometimes it sends people the other way. After a spyware attack, say, people tend to go one of two ways: even more afraid of their PC or they become open minded to new things like Firefox. That's just my experience..
Slashdot Mirror
The setup uses a collection of sensors -- video, motion, biometric and even olfactory
"Hey guys! This dude smells like Garry Kasparov!"
Using real monsters? That's a complicated way of getting round the Trade Descriptions Act!
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Google knew well that the decision to pull their search engine out of China would affect their other business interests there. They aren't dumb - they knew it well. Here they gave something up (some access the biggest potential market in the world) in order to stick to their guns. Their mantra is becoming more than just words.
I think there will be two SHOCKING REVELATIONS!
1) Most people play waaay more WoW than they admit
2) There's a lot of botting going on
There, you're shocked now. aren't you! Hello?
My girlfriend always moans at me in the car "Do you know how fast you are going?". To which I ALWAYS say "No, but I know exactly where I am".
"Why aren't we moving?" "I'm lost"
Bloody woman
a two-armed nanorobotic device with the ability to place specific atoms and molecules where scientists want them
yes, but where the scientists want them and where the scientists have told its programs to put them are two different things!
The problem being illustrated is with the concept of 'democracy', an idea our Founding Fathers was aware of and not only discarded it was a notion they took great measures to prevent [...] This created the Rule of Laws instead of the Rule of Men. We had divided and limited government. But we threw that away and now have the Rule of Men and our civilization is declining.
You are wrong. A bunch of dead white men from several hundred years ago don't know what's best for 2009.
Firefox 3.5 Beta Boosts Open Video Standard
Well, bye bye karma... but..
How is this a Linux story/Firefox story? It's a new HTML standard. All browsers will support it, eventually.
The only correlation between math and sex that I can see: I don't get either of them
Unless Google teams their ebooks with Apple on a new tablet.
Then, watch out Amazon.
TBH, iPhone app + no DRM = curtains. Definitely.
it's actually a hugely positive thing for several reasons [...]
Downloadable content, virtual items, subscription billing and fast-track social advancement
Sorry, the deafening Kerching! Kerching! Kerching! Kerching! drowned you out there..
Man, this is so unfair to us Ubuntu users
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Someone please send me the
1) Historically: thwarting piracy. Bigger apps were harder to pirate. Copying 32 floppies = pain in the ass.
2) The perception of value. More megabytes implies more features implies more value. You can charge more. Also, you can charge people again for what is basically the same product (there are companies that depend on this!)
Written by Church of Scientology, Clearwater, FL
Hahahaha
If they didn't like what Wiki did, they're going to hate being Slashdotted!
"LGA 1366 is Intel's first new desktop socket in four years. It uses the same ZIF design as the familiar LGA 775 architecture, but it incorporates many more contacts
...1366 over 775 = 76% better!
Bigger number! Woo-hoo! With the POWER of MATHS I can tell you
Reminds me of when I upgraded my disposable razor from one with 3 blades to 4 FREAKING BLADES!!!11!1
I get 33% more hot babes now.. FUCK YEAH
(Yeah, yeah, 33% of 0....)
2) All UFO related files from 1967 (when it peaked) have been "deemed" classified and the Eurocrats in collusion with MoD has voted NEVER to release those details.
This, ladies and gents, is fascinating. Ordinarily, to varying degrees, governments use fear to keep the populace in check and maintain the status quo. This is every government, to an extent. To state that doesn't make me a conspiracy nut, does it? Even honourable causes use fear as a motivator. So. Why surpress this?
There is a school of thought which says "In order for people to set aside their differences, they need a common enemy". E.g. If France started saturation bombing Northern Ireland tomorrow, you can bet they'd pull together. It works to a global scale. Movie metaphors: Watchmen or, more alieny but cheesy example, Independence Day.
My point (I have one) is: Surpressed forever... is it us they really fear?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCE2Vv4Srvw
This video has sold it for me. Super Mario Bros. for the win!
I totally want one of these now. Only thing that concerns me slightly is how "clicky" the buttons sound. Might be an indicator of slightly inferior build quality. Then again, it could be how loud the mic is on the video..
The specs look great to me. 4G memory + mini SD? Yes please. No need for faffing.. Imagine how many ROMs that could hold. Also just the right size (compared to something like Pandora).
Hell, I've been using linux for years and I'm skittish about an update which involves the kernel. If I have a presentation later that day or the next, I'll put it off until afterward. I don't want to be googling and dmesg'ing the bug in console for upward of an hour, when I have something else to do. It has happened...
Parent is +++ insightful. I totally agree. I am by no means a Linux noob (I help noobs on the Ubuntu forums on occasion) but I too have been in that position, and done the exact same thing. I'd never touch that update button the day before a deadline, never!
In an odd way, there is a parallel between my earlier point and this one. Be it unfounded fear or "rational", experienced based caution, there's definitely a common theme here...
> Is google.cn only censored when it detects IP addresses within China?
Yes. Do not use a Chinese proxy, even if you are curious. You could get someone killed or thrown in jail.
If you are really curious, try putting some banned keywords into some Chinese websites from your own internet connection.
Many Chinese web searches are accessible from $your_country.
Whither, Mavis Beacon?
I think Mozilla needs to come up with an "official" consistent unbranded name for firefox for FOSS projects or start accepting upstream patches for other operating systems so that they can be blessed with trademark use.
That reminds me of something.
Imagine the average Firefox newbie. Do they really, really care if Mozilla is v2.0.2, v2.0.12, v3.0.10 or whatever. Why not just drop the whole "v3.0.10 is now available for download!" and just say "Update available. Want to update your Firefox?". Because anyone who knows the first thing about computers can go to Help -> About and check their version if they really want. To Joe Moz in the street who wants to browse and isn't yet a disciple, all the version stuff is just numbers. It means nothing. It's making their browsing experience a bit more complicated as opposed to a bit more easy.
Furthermore, this makes the point that it is in Microsoft's interest to not make the computer too safe. If people become comfortable experimenting with their machines, they might learn they don't need Microsoft software. - currently (-1, Troll)
I don't think the parent is trolling. It seems like a valid point in general that there is effectively two ways to sell things to people, be it new or existing customers.
Way 1: desire / feel good.......Example: The iPod. I want one of those and/or I will feel good
Way 2: fear / feel bad..........Example: beauty products. I fear I am ugly (and I will not be loved)
Obviously there are shades of grey, i.e. most products are both to varying degrees. But the culture of fear at the moment is something that nearly every company uses. So, the parent is right. It IS in Microsoft's interest to not make the computer too safe. They might not necessarily go round explicitly scaremongering (FUD and so on), perhaps they do, I don't know. But parent is right, effectively.
I was going to say this is correlation not causation. However, it's not even correlation. The two aren't related. Achievements are motivational because off of a sense of accomplishment, giving a person a positive sense of self-worth (or introjected worth, external acceptance in other words). Obsessive behaviours are not the same at all. I can't speak for hoarders but as far as "checkers" go, it tends to be motivated by fear, from a chemical imbalance according to the medical theory, although more modern thinking now says it's due to introjects in early life.
But anyway. Obsessive behaviours are not the same as achievement behaviours, not the same AT ALL. Total nonsense.
Walt asks about the Firefox growth curve. Baker says the curve has been relatively linear after an initial spike. "Why don't people use Firefox?" Walt asks. Lilly says people just aren't aware. "Most people think of the browser as a pane of glass; they don't realize that it really effects the way they see the Web. Baker adds that many people fear their computers, and that might make them reticent to experiment with a new browser.
This last part really is a salient point. I think it's true that average end user really does come to fear the PC, and, in my experience, their local IT geek by association. "Leave the damn thing alone!" they cry, "I don't care about OpenOffice, or Foxit Reader, or Notepad++".
Bad experiences tend to be a motivator in this aspect, but sometimes it sends people the other way. After a spyware attack, say, people tend to go one of two ways: even more afraid of their PC or they become open minded to new things like Firefox. That's just my experience..