Where was Amazon when New York passed a similar law? I guess cutting off the entirety of NYC from Amazon.com would prove to be too costly, so they wait for a smaller (and therefore less profitable) state before they decide to play political hardball. It is Amazon's right to pick and choose their battles, I just can't help but think the US would be better off if they would have started this with the first state to try such a stunt rather than picking on the easiest.
Of course I didn't RTFA, but I did visit bing.com to watch a promotional video - which surprising enough wasn't done in Silverlight. Two things about this promotional video really stuck out about how bad Microsoft really wants to be Google.
The first thing that struck me was the name. Over time Google's name has become a verb, you can "Google It" (tm) for yourself. So Microsoft innovates the only way they know how by scheduling a series of marketing meetings for their droids to come up with a name that out-verbs the competition. "Bing" there you have it, an uninspired and pathetic attempt to squeeze a brand name into our common vernacular.
The second thing that really caught my attention in the video was the first search they show. While the narrator goes on about revolutionary new ways to search the internet, he pulls up Bing to search for "Hotels in Dublin" - a natural way to search for hotels near Dublin that Google implemented into their mapping engine years ago. Just as the search itself was ripped off from Google, so are the results. A map of Dublin pops up with a number of icons, each representing a hotel exactly as Google did... years ago.
Bing's marketing narrator continues on about these "new ways to search" that feel so familiar, and well, old. I'm not convinced they have anything new to offer, but maybe if they keep saying "Bing" enough they will at least convince themselves. I think the only people who will "Bing" anything in the near future are the same ones who have always used Live Search simply because it was available by default.
I am anecdotal evidence that video games do not make people fat. I used to play Nintendo far more than the average kid and I'm nowhere near overweight. I've always been quite the opposite, a scrawny build with tons of energy. Video games helped me release some of that energy, especially in the winter time when playing outside wasn't even an option.
I'm so tired of video games being used as a scape goat for (insert problematic trend) and I strongly oppose all sin taxes. There is no such thing as a tax that is good for you, but that is how they always present the issue.
Instead they slapped a GPS on his vehicle and allowed it to save them the time, labor, and expense of doing so.
They are saving time and money with a highly accurate technology. As a tax payer, I think this approach sounds great. As a citizen, I think this approach should always require a warrant.
I'm sorry but "Colbert" and "Comedian" only belong in the sentence if the words between them are "is not a ". Maybe I'm English and I just don't get him....
I think you have to suffer through large exposure of American news before Colbert's humor would make any sense.
The point is that it is always bad to subvert or exploit the voting process when it is made available. And such actions should ALWAYS be protested.
I think that Colbert may very well agree with you. As he turns each exploit into a public spectacle, he raises awareness of these problems and brings them into discussion. Raising awareness of these issues is a very good first step to solving them.
Putting this into another light, what do you think about security researchers who publicly release software exploit information? They have found a weakness in some process, exploited it and then released that information to the public - often receiving acclaim and publicity for their work. Do you protest their acts, as well?
I opened my mailbox yesterday to some junk mail that actually caught my eye. Embarq is now offering DSL service to people who don't have or want a home phone line. Suddenly there's competition that makes sense, so if TWC wants to apply a bandwidth cap that my household exceeds then I'm changing providers.
I can see it now, the Hulu pauses for a two minute commercial break. In order to resume playback, you have to answer a CAPTCHA concerning the content in the paid advertisement.
If you forget how many MPG they advertised for their new Mazda, you have to replay the commercial and pay attention until you get the answer right.
Of course the commercials, CAPTCHA questions and their answers will always be determined by the highest paying bidder.
Personally I'd use the revenue to fund traffic safety courses and make everybody who violates the traffic law sit in them.
Well here in Ohio our governor is pushing to create new traffic penalties and increase the fines of existing ones. It's not about his concern for our safety, he's pushing this agenda to turn tickets into revenue for the state. If you're not breaking the law, you're not funding his system, so he'll keep changing the law until you are. Ticks me off to no end that politicians behave this way and people still vote for it.
If you think that's a semantic point, consider having a felony (murder) on your record, as opposed to a misdemeanor (jaywalking).
And you are not a lawyer. Both of those are crimes that will get you tried in a criminal court. Don't confuse a misdemeanor offense with a civil judgment, they are two very separate things.
That being said, I don't understand why the antitrust case against Microsoft was brought as a lawsuit.
So does that mean if MS Office costs $200, but OpenOffice costs $0, then the government employees can't adopt OpenOffice because there's a cost difference?
Deploying any piece of software requires proper planning, configuration, infrastructure and training. Even free software costs money to own, hence the 'overall cost' they refer to. This is a good thing though, it's what keeps us employed even though the software is 'free.'
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Where was Amazon when New York passed a similar law? I guess cutting off the entirety of NYC from Amazon.com would prove to be too costly, so they wait for a smaller (and therefore less profitable) state before they decide to play political hardball. It is Amazon's right to pick and choose their battles, I just can't help but think the US would be better off if they would have started this with the first state to try such a stunt rather than picking on the easiest.
Yeah, and I've never been able to eat that box of animal crackers!
It's probably too early for most publications to bash on New Orleans again. Wait for a giant hurricane to take out a different city first.
Whereas the current generation of iPods is usable with open source software? Gimmie a break dude.
Hell no it's not, but my 4G Photo worked just fine. Since I replaced it with an 80GB model, I've been cursing the purchase ever since.
Inevitably Apple will move to block this, making the next model of iPods that much harder to use with open source software.
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Really? I got a good laugh out of your post, and I agree with the point you've made. Those with mod points must be having a bad week.
Of course I didn't RTFA, but I did visit bing.com to watch a promotional video - which surprising enough wasn't done in Silverlight. Two things about this promotional video really stuck out about how bad Microsoft really wants to be Google.
The first thing that struck me was the name. Over time Google's name has become a verb, you can "Google It" (tm) for yourself. So Microsoft innovates the only way they know how by scheduling a series of marketing meetings for their droids to come up with a name that out-verbs the competition. "Bing" there you have it, an uninspired and pathetic attempt to squeeze a brand name into our common vernacular.
The second thing that really caught my attention in the video was the first search they show. While the narrator goes on about revolutionary new ways to search the internet, he pulls up Bing to search for "Hotels in Dublin" - a natural way to search for hotels near Dublin that Google implemented into their mapping engine years ago. Just as the search itself was ripped off from Google, so are the results. A map of Dublin pops up with a number of icons, each representing a hotel exactly as Google did... years ago.
Bing's marketing narrator continues on about these "new ways to search" that feel so familiar, and well, old. I'm not convinced they have anything new to offer, but maybe if they keep saying "Bing" enough they will at least convince themselves. I think the only people who will "Bing" anything in the near future are the same ones who have always used Live Search simply because it was available by default.
I am anecdotal evidence that video games do not make people fat. I used to play Nintendo far more than the average kid and I'm nowhere near overweight. I've always been quite the opposite, a scrawny build with tons of energy. Video games helped me release some of that energy, especially in the winter time when playing outside wasn't even an option.
I'm so tired of video games being used as a scape goat for (insert problematic trend) and I strongly oppose all sin taxes. There is no such thing as a tax that is good for you, but that is how they always present the issue.
This just in: People don't choose their browser based on Javascript performance alone.
Instead they slapped a GPS on his vehicle and allowed it to save them the time, labor, and expense of doing so.
They are saving time and money with a highly accurate technology. As a tax payer, I think this approach sounds great. As a citizen, I think this approach should always require a warrant.
Everyone whines about security, then they get it and they whine about having to click "allow" or "accept" on popup boxes.
But that's not security, it's annoying and it reinforces the bad habit many people have of clicking"Yes / OK / Allow" on every dialog they see.
I'm sorry but "Colbert" and "Comedian" only belong in the sentence if the words between them are "is not a ". Maybe I'm English and I just don't get him....
I think you have to suffer through large exposure of American news before Colbert's humor would make any sense.
The point is that it is always bad to subvert or exploit the voting process when it is made available. And such actions should ALWAYS be protested.
I think that Colbert may very well agree with you. As he turns each exploit into a public spectacle, he raises awareness of these problems and brings them into discussion. Raising awareness of these issues is a very good first step to solving them.
Putting this into another light, what do you think about security researchers who publicly release software exploit information? They have found a weakness in some process, exploited it and then released that information to the public - often receiving acclaim and publicity for their work. Do you protest their acts, as well?
Resist the racism!
Doesn't Ext4 have occasional issues with data integr)_SF*@)_M#$ I'm surprised to see it used by defau#%FVN641
I opened my mailbox yesterday to some junk mail that actually caught my eye. Embarq is now offering DSL service to people who don't have or want a home phone line. Suddenly there's competition that makes sense, so if TWC wants to apply a bandwidth cap that my household exceeds then I'm changing providers.
I can see it now, the Hulu pauses for a two minute commercial break. In order to resume playback, you have to answer a CAPTCHA concerning the content in the paid advertisement.
If you forget how many MPG they advertised for their new Mazda, you have to replay the commercial and pay attention until you get the answer right.
Of course the commercials, CAPTCHA questions and their answers will always be determined by the highest paying bidder.
Personally I'd use the revenue to fund traffic safety courses and make everybody who violates the traffic law sit in them.
Well here in Ohio our governor is pushing to create new traffic penalties and increase the fines of existing ones. It's not about his concern for our safety, he's pushing this agenda to turn tickets into revenue for the state. If you're not breaking the law, you're not funding his system, so he'll keep changing the law until you are. Ticks me off to no end that politicians behave this way and people still vote for it.
A single-core system at 5GHz would be less-responsive for most users than a dual-core 2GHz. Here's why:
Because you're going to claim it takes more than 20% CPU time for the faster core to switch tasks? That's doubtful, I'll take the 5GHz chip any day.
If you think that's a semantic point, consider having a felony (murder) on your record, as opposed to a misdemeanor (jaywalking).
And you are not a lawyer. Both of those are crimes that will get you tried in a criminal court. Don't confuse a misdemeanor offense with a civil judgment, they are two very separate things.
That being said, I don't understand why the antitrust case against Microsoft was brought as a lawsuit.
Except that it requires the root password, and lusers aren't given root.
You're not an Ubuntu user, are you?
This is a desktop comparison, VMware ESXi is of the server variety and I assume by the name Citrix XenServer is as well.
I have TFA open right now.
What is this so-called TFA you speak of?
I am not an Aussie...
So why in the hell would you spend money to meddle in foreign politics that don't affect you in any way?
That makes you just as bad as the us in the US, always wanting to tell other nations what they can and can't do with their sovereignty.
So does that mean if MS Office costs $200, but OpenOffice costs $0, then the government employees can't adopt OpenOffice because there's a cost difference?
Deploying any piece of software requires proper planning, configuration, infrastructure and training. Even free software costs money to own, hence the 'overall cost' they refer to. This is a good thing though, it's what keeps us employed even though the software is 'free.'