Begin by spouting lots of drivel that is pointless, meaningless nonsense. Draw a widely inaccurate troll-like conclusion from said drivel and conclude with "Of course I will be modded down..."
Slashdotters far and wide will assume your incompetence is brilliance and your quest for mod points as a sign of your freewilling don't-give-a-damn attitude. Watch them mod points roll in!
Damnit it's called reverse psychology! Why do slashdotters fall for this every time?
Not that I am calling out the parent alone on this. I am just sick of the phrase "Of course I will be modded down..." on the end of every semi-confrontational post.
Really, this is probably the biggest thing that Google can provide to TV. They can develop serious data on viewers. They could develop data to show how long viewers watched a show, what similar shows they have viewed, what the likes and dislikes of certain viewer populations are, etc.
Google can collect and present data in a meaningful way. This is something that TV advertisers have sorely needed. I'd suspect that if Google did go into the TV advertising realm, we would see more focused advertising based on a show and it's content (topics, actors, genre, etc.) rather than the the focusing on individual preferences as practiced by Google online.
No, the real problem is that you are not a patriot.
If you were a real patriot, you wouldn't have an issue with the government restricting your rights in the name of fighting terrorism. If you were a real American Patriot you wouldn't mind the government checking into every thing that you are doing on a daily basis. Becuase, if you have done nothing wrong you have nothing to hide, right?
Therefore, in the name of providing complete transparancy to the government. I suggest that everyone of us head over to the white house and drop our pants so that the government can take a thorough review of our anal oriface. Now that would be real patriotism.
Although I agree that Apple makes many nice bits of software, I don't think Keynote is one of them. My wife works for Apple right now, and most of the co-workers in her office absolutely hate keynote.
Personally, I really believe that keynote is one program that Apple could do much better.
Who died and left you arbiter of sexual correctness?
Hmmm... I don't believe anyone has to die to give this role to countless people. In fact, the opposite is true. As a parent, you will be your child's arbiter of sexual correctness.
If both you and the parent have (or will have) children, you will each be their "arbiter of sexual correctness," you will promote sexaul freedom and sexual experience for the sake of pleasure, while the parent poster will promote a view of sexuality that weds love and sex together.
As such, your argument is fallacious in that you assume that the parent is demanding more authority to assert their views that they are giving to you. This is inccrrect. The parent poster is promoting a view of sexuality that is consistant with their moral perspective as you are promoting you opposing view. No one is demanding that you change your view, they are just requesting the freedom to express their own.
"The nation sucks. The people don't want to do anything but whine about it. This is what they want. This is what they demand. This is what they deserve."
I suppose you have just proved your point. Your whole post is composed of bitching without any sort of solution.
You say that all politicans are swine. This may be true, but this will never be changed unless we roll in the mud with them. If we want a better political system, we must participate. I do not believe that this necessitates "selling out."
Even in our current political environment, there is hope. Senator McCain's Anti-torture laws and his attempts to correct issues with political fundraising are good things, no matter which side of the isle you root for. Similarly, Senator Byrd's well reasoned opposition to the Iraq invasion was brillant and exceptionally well presented. These politians aren't perfect, and there are certainly some things that they do that I disagree on, but they are doing more good than harm, and its a start.
The only reason that our political system is broke is that people only bitch without taking part in the system. The people still have the power to change our government, elect new representatives and pass new laws to make the system work better.
Well, past experience certainly do color perception of current actions. If Google promoted monopolistic practices time and time again, I'd question their motives too.
If you saw Mother Teresa (were she still alive) beating someone, you'd wonder if the person somehow deserved it.
Likewise, if you saw Hitler petting a bunny, you'd wonder if there was a more sinister motive.
Not that I am equating Mother Teresa to Google and Hitler to Microsoft...
I don't think you appreciate how iTunes video will most likely change consumer spending habits.
Take for instance regular music iTunes. For me, and most of the people I know, iTunes has spawned the rebirth of the single. Before, if you thought a radio song was good enough, you'd have to splurg on the entire ablum hoping the the rest of the songs were decent. Now with iTunes, you can admit that these bands are one hit wonders, pay for the one song and save a bunch of cash. I think many people are like me in the sense that if there is a full CD worth buying, I'll go out and buy the non-DRMed copy rather than buying it on iTunes. iTunes has changed how we view and spend on our music content.
Likewise with video content. If there really is an entire season of a T.V. show worth buying, people will almost certainly buy the DVD set. But, if you just want to catch an episode or so of a show that you aren't sure that you will like, or if you missed the last cliff-hanger on Lost, you can buy just an episode, instead of ponying up for the Box set.
Here's an analogy that most every slashdotter will understand. If ("and this is a really big IF, mind you"). iTunes put all of the Simpsons episodes up for sale, I personally would go out and buy seasons 4-9 (the "golden years" in my opinion) on DVD, and then cherry pick my favorite episodes of the remaining seasons of iTunes. The other seasons have shows that I like, but I don't know if I really want to buy all of season 12 because that was a bit of a low point in the series history. With the birth of Video iTunes, my perception and options regarding video has fundamentally shifted.
It is statements like these that makes me think that Ma Bell is daring customers to leave. Do they not realize that they may have a monopoly on POTS once again, but that they no longer have a monopoly on broadband or voice services?
A simple equation for Ma Bell: Cable + VOIP = NO MA BELL!!!
Granted, my family may die a horrible horrible death because our VOIP 911 service won't work, but at least our deaths would be for a good cause...
Ok, if you would like to define it that way. I'm good with that. The point is the follow comment:
Scientific Theory = Scientific Fact from the parent is still false.
Your comment seems to point to a false corollary that the the theory of germ disease is a theory, just like the theory of evolution is a theory, therefore both are equally accepted.
Theories can run a gamut of "acceptance" and still be theories (thus my original comment. Germ theory is a widely accepted theory, while Intellegent design is not (it also may be a very poor theory, but a theory none the less).
The parent stated that "Scientific theory = scientific fact." This is obviously false. Also false is the argument that "science can not prove a theory conclusively, so therefore scientific theory is as close to accepted fact as science will venture." A theory can be accepeted by most all scientists, or by none. The fact that it is called a scientific theory does not correspond to a how closely it correlates with truth, reality, or popular acceptance.
I do not believe this word "theory" means what you think it means.
Theories are, by nature unproved. Evolution may be a good theory, as provides explaination of the facts, it has predictability, and subsequent evidence has further reinforced the theory.
But, science still calls it a theory. It is not fact. It is not fact because evolution can not yet be proved conclusively. I am not saying that evolution is incorrect, I am just stating that it has not yet been provided with indisputable evidence to prove it's veracity.
Scientifically, evolution seems to provide a better explaination and is more acurately predictive than other theories out there, but just because it is miles above other theories does not place it on a level playing field with "fact."
A theory implies that something has been proven and is generally accepted as being true. The second part generally accepted to be true is correct, but the first part of your quote is not. Again, it is not conclusively proven, therefore it is still a theory. However, becuase the theory of Evolution has excellent predictive nature, many scientists accept it to be true and carry out experiments to further prove or deny it's plausiblity as a theory.
Scientific Theory = Scientific Fact. Bitches Read some philosophy of science or maybe even a highschool science book before you spout nonsense.
The difference for Google (as compared to small to mid sized companies) is that their hiring needs are massive. I think it is possible (and probably advantageous) for many small to mid-sized companies to locate somewhere besides Silicon Valley.
But for larger corporations, the situation is different. In general, larger corporations need to be located in areas with large workforces of people trained for their field. Thus, the american automotive corporations centered on detroit. Bio-tech is creating a center in the bay area, and Finance companies congregate around NY city. They congregate in these area because there is an established workforce specializing in their field. There is a large tech workforce here in silicon valley because there are a lot of other large tech companies who have lots of employees who savvy employers can poach.
The companies that you mentioned that are similar in size to Google, and because of their size, may experience the same hiring difficulties are IBM, MS and Intel. Because IBM and Intel have multiple locations, they don't have as much of a concern about not finding a large pool of eligible tech workers in any single location.
So then the only head-scratcher is Microsoft. How does MS drum up so many adequate software engineers?
I think the the answer is two part. On one hand, when I personally use MS products, I come to the conclusion that the software engineers hired by MS aren't necessarily "adequate." Second, I think Bill Gates heavily relies on black magic and conjours up his minions to do his bidding from the gates of hell (who else would be willing to work for the evil empire?).
In actuality, lowering current utilities will benefit landlords because they will have no incentive to lower their rent. In reality, renters will be plum screwed.
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Although your points may be valid for most municipalities, it is way off with SF.
First off, SF isn't much into regulating public discourse/ nudity. Take the follow for example:
Gay (usually naked)Pride Parade
Usually Naked Castro Halloween
Bay to Breakers: Run (naked) across the City!
Folsom Street Fair: Get you S&M right here. We got everything and we are not afraid to use it... In public!
Second, even if there is federal and state laws on screening out certain content, San Francisco isn't one to follow them (see: Medical Pot, Gay Marriage).
And finally, Gavin (the mayor) is a now a single man. He wants his free p0rn as much as the next guy...
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Why is SF and Silicon valley considered the hotbed of technology in the US? Because the local governments do tech friendly things like this. It all feeds off each other.
1.Government passes tech friendly legislation
2.City is perceived as a tech center
3.More tech companies move to city
4.More high paying jobs for local economy
5.Repeat
("Profit!!!" should be in there somewhere...)
Free WiFi may not do much of anything for SF except improve it's tech reputation and give it a lot of free publicity.
Have you been to San Francisco recently? Our streets overflow with priuses (who cares if they cost more, I'm helping the environment!) and electric buses that tout "Zero Emissions," yet are inconvienient, costly and probably cause more harm to the environement via the polluting power plants that power them as compared to regular diesel buses.
San Francisco (and especially it's politics) are all about doing things because it's makes people feel good promoting them. Because it is supposedly for the good of the disadvantaged, everyone (and I mean everyone) will be on board ths proposal.
In SF politics, there is no Republican party. There is really no one who is opposed to more taxes and bigger government on our political scene. I don't like it, but that is the way that our city works.
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How to be modded "5+ Insightful"
Begin by spouting lots of drivel that is pointless, meaningless nonsense. Draw a widely inaccurate troll-like conclusion from said drivel and conclude with "Of course I will be modded down..."
Slashdotters far and wide will assume your incompetence is brilliance and your quest for mod points as a sign of your freewilling don't-give-a-damn attitude. Watch them mod points roll in!
Damnit it's called reverse psychology! Why do slashdotters fall for this every time?
Not that I am calling out the parent alone on this. I am just sick of the phrase "Of course I will be modded down..." on the end of every semi-confrontational post.
Google can collect and present data in a meaningful way. This is something that TV advertisers have sorely needed. I'd suspect that if Google did go into the TV advertising realm, we would see more focused advertising based on a show and it's content (topics, actors, genre, etc.) rather than the the focusing on individual preferences as practiced by Google online.
If you were a real patriot, you wouldn't have an issue with the government restricting your rights in the name of fighting terrorism. If you were a real American Patriot you wouldn't mind the government checking into every thing that you are doing on a daily basis. Becuase, if you have done nothing wrong you have nothing to hide, right?
Therefore, in the name of providing complete transparancy to the government. I suggest that everyone of us head over to the white house and drop our pants so that the government can take a thorough review of our anal oriface. Now that would be real patriotism.
Although I agree that Apple makes many nice bits of software, I don't think Keynote is one of them. My wife works for Apple right now, and most of the co-workers in her office absolutely hate keynote.
Personally, I really believe that keynote is one program that Apple could do much better.
Hmmm... I don't believe anyone has to die to give this role to countless people. In fact, the opposite is true. As a parent, you will be your child's arbiter of sexual correctness.
If both you and the parent have (or will have) children, you will each be their "arbiter of sexual correctness," you will promote sexaul freedom and sexual experience for the sake of pleasure, while the parent poster will promote a view of sexuality that weds love and sex together.
As such, your argument is fallacious in that you assume that the parent is demanding more authority to assert their views that they are giving to you. This is inccrrect. The parent poster is promoting a view of sexuality that is consistant with their moral perspective as you are promoting you opposing view. No one is demanding that you change your view, they are just requesting the freedom to express their own.
"The nation sucks. The people don't want to do anything but whine about it. This is what they want. This is what they demand. This is what they deserve." I suppose you have just proved your point. Your whole post is composed of bitching without any sort of solution. You say that all politicans are swine. This may be true, but this will never be changed unless we roll in the mud with them. If we want a better political system, we must participate. I do not believe that this necessitates "selling out." Even in our current political environment, there is hope. Senator McCain's Anti-torture laws and his attempts to correct issues with political fundraising are good things, no matter which side of the isle you root for. Similarly, Senator Byrd's well reasoned opposition to the Iraq invasion was brillant and exceptionally well presented. These politians aren't perfect, and there are certainly some things that they do that I disagree on, but they are doing more good than harm, and its a start. The only reason that our political system is broke is that people only bitch without taking part in the system. The people still have the power to change our government, elect new representatives and pass new laws to make the system work better.
umm... I don't think I want to know about their preferred sexual positions...
If you saw Mother Teresa (were she still alive) beating someone, you'd wonder if the person somehow deserved it.
Likewise, if you saw Hitler petting a bunny, you'd wonder if there was a more sinister motive.
Not that I am equating Mother Teresa to Google and Hitler to Microsoft...
oh wait... I am.
I don't think you appreciate how iTunes video will most likely change consumer spending habits. Take for instance regular music iTunes. For me, and most of the people I know, iTunes has spawned the rebirth of the single. Before, if you thought a radio song was good enough, you'd have to splurg on the entire ablum hoping the the rest of the songs were decent. Now with iTunes, you can admit that these bands are one hit wonders, pay for the one song and save a bunch of cash. I think many people are like me in the sense that if there is a full CD worth buying, I'll go out and buy the non-DRMed copy rather than buying it on iTunes. iTunes has changed how we view and spend on our music content. Likewise with video content. If there really is an entire season of a T.V. show worth buying, people will almost certainly buy the DVD set. But, if you just want to catch an episode or so of a show that you aren't sure that you will like, or if you missed the last cliff-hanger on Lost, you can buy just an episode, instead of ponying up for the Box set. Here's an analogy that most every slashdotter will understand. If ("and this is a really big IF, mind you"). iTunes put all of the Simpsons episodes up for sale, I personally would go out and buy seasons 4-9 (the "golden years" in my opinion) on DVD, and then cherry pick my favorite episodes of the remaining seasons of iTunes. The other seasons have shows that I like, but I don't know if I really want to buy all of season 12 because that was a bit of a low point in the series history. With the birth of Video iTunes, my perception and options regarding video has fundamentally shifted.
It is statements like these that makes me think that Ma Bell is daring customers to leave. Do they not realize that they may have a monopoly on POTS once again, but that they no longer have a monopoly on broadband or voice services?
A simple equation for Ma Bell: Cable + VOIP = NO MA BELL!!!
Granted, my family may die a horrible horrible death because our VOIP 911 service won't work, but at least our deaths would be for a good cause...
...I want to know more about this 7 day holiday business!
"Stupid poetic justice."
Ladies and gentlemen, the apocolypse is upon us.
Ah the trials of a Genetech intern...
Scientific Theory = Scientific Fact from the parent is still false.
Your comment seems to point to a false corollary that the the theory of germ disease is a theory, just like the theory of evolution is a theory, therefore both are equally accepted.
Theories can run a gamut of "acceptance" and still be theories (thus my original comment. Germ theory is a widely accepted theory, while Intellegent design is not (it also may be a very poor theory, but a theory none the less).
The parent stated that "Scientific theory = scientific fact." This is obviously false. Also false is the argument that "science can not prove a theory conclusively, so therefore scientific theory is as close to accepted fact as science will venture." A theory can be accepeted by most all scientists, or by none. The fact that it is called a scientific theory does not correspond to a how closely it correlates with truth, reality, or popular acceptance.
Theories are, by nature unproved. Evolution may be a good theory, as provides explaination of the facts, it has predictability, and subsequent evidence has further reinforced the theory.
But, science still calls it a theory. It is not fact. It is not fact because evolution can not yet be proved conclusively. I am not saying that evolution is incorrect, I am just stating that it has not yet been provided with indisputable evidence to prove it's veracity.
Scientifically, evolution seems to provide a better explaination and is more acurately predictive than other theories out there, but just because it is miles above other theories does not place it on a level playing field with "fact."
A theory implies that something has been proven and is generally accepted as being true. The second part generally accepted to be true is correct, but the first part of your quote is not. Again, it is not conclusively proven, therefore it is still a theory. However, becuase the theory of Evolution has excellent predictive nature, many scientists accept it to be true and carry out experiments to further prove or deny it's plausiblity as a theory.
Scientific Theory = Scientific Fact. Bitches Read some philosophy of science or maybe even a highschool science book before you spout nonsense.
But for larger corporations, the situation is different. In general, larger corporations need to be located in areas with large workforces of people trained for their field. Thus, the american automotive corporations centered on detroit. Bio-tech is creating a center in the bay area, and Finance companies congregate around NY city. They congregate in these area because there is an established workforce specializing in their field. There is a large tech workforce here in silicon valley because there are a lot of other large tech companies who have lots of employees who savvy employers can poach.
The companies that you mentioned that are similar in size to Google, and because of their size, may experience the same hiring difficulties are IBM, MS and Intel. Because IBM and Intel have multiple locations, they don't have as much of a concern about not finding a large pool of eligible tech workers in any single location.
So then the only head-scratcher is Microsoft. How does MS drum up so many adequate software engineers?
I think the the answer is two part. On one hand, when I personally use MS products, I come to the conclusion that the software engineers hired by MS aren't necessarily "adequate." Second, I think Bill Gates heavily relies on black magic and conjours up his minions to do his bidding from the gates of hell (who else would be willing to work for the evil empire?).
In Texas, one needs to take these things into account...
They are handing out mod points to damn well anyone these days...
Chicago? Denver? NC? All of those places are nice and trying to become "centers of technology," but they aren't there.
Like it or not, Google's product would suffer if they moved out of Silicon Valley...
In actuality, lowering current utilities will benefit landlords because they will have no incentive to lower their rent. In reality, renters will be plum screwed.
First off, SF isn't much into regulating public discourse/ nudity. Take the follow for example:
Gay (usually naked)Pride Parade
Usually Naked Castro Halloween
Bay to Breakers: Run (naked) across the City!
Folsom Street Fair: Get you S&M right here. We got everything and we are not afraid to use it... In public!
Second, even if there is federal and state laws on screening out certain content, San Francisco isn't one to follow them (see: Medical Pot, Gay Marriage).
And finally, Gavin (the mayor) is a now a single man. He wants his free p0rn as much as the next guy...
Wonderful. Now mom can nag me from the grave.
1.Government passes tech friendly legislation
2.City is perceived as a tech center
3.More tech companies move to city
4.More high paying jobs for local economy 5.Repeat
("Profit!!!" should be in there somewhere...)
Free WiFi may not do much of anything for SF except improve it's tech reputation and give it a lot of free publicity.
San Francisco (and especially it's politics) are all about doing things because it's makes people feel good promoting them. Because it is supposedly for the good of the disadvantaged, everyone (and I mean everyone) will be on board ths proposal.
In SF politics, there is no Republican party. There is really no one who is opposed to more taxes and bigger government on our political scene. I don't like it, but that is the way that our city works.