I do a lot of contract based work, and I am at different work sites all the time. I very rarely take long term contracts where the work site doesn't allow internet access. I need to check my email. I need to read slashdot. I'd like to go onto myspace. Your not gonna let me do it? Go f*ck yourself, I am going to go work elsewhere.
How do most people buy and use software? 1) Fully functional software that is pre-installed on their computer 2) Use a light, but fully functional version, that is pre-installed on their computer 3) Buy the full version of software needed at a store. Or, buy the pro version of 2), that has more features. 4) Do internet research and find a list of shareware and freeware and try to find the best of the bunch for the lowest cost 5) Get a list of FOSS/freeware from a knowlegable guru to install on their computer.
Once someone gets software on their computer, they are usually very hesitant to get rid of it, especially if they like how it works. For example, I currently use CamFrog, which is slightly crippled. It only allows you view one camera at a time in a small window. Otherwise, it is fully functional. Now, as I become more addicted to using the software, I want to watch more than one webcam at a time, and in bigger windows. The marginal utility for the $50 pro version is huge!
If the software is so crippled that I can't try it out, or have a chance to become reliant upon it, paying $ to use it might not be worth it.
On the other hand, if its not crippled at all, and its fully functional, I have no incentive to give money at all, except altruisticly.
One of the lesser known forms of journalitic bias is the use of press releases. A press release is an organisations take on an event. They spin facts to make the organization look great. Thats why PR departments always issue them...because they know they will always be printed verbatim in the newspaper. Usually with attribution though.
Editors love press releases from the newswires and from the government. It frees up reporters to report on other stories, provides coverage in areas where you don't have reporters, and they come at a very low cost. Journalists love them because it makes writing a story a cinch! You change a few words here and there, add your own interview, and tada, in 15 minutes you have a local story from a national newswire story. You can see this in action if you read the headlines in more than one paper...all the stories are similar, because they are getting their news from the same sources! Think of press releases like using modules and libraries while coding.
Corporate PR has gotten smart and started to make video press releases. Nothing wrong with this per se. But television news editors have gotten sloppy and forgot to attribute their sources. This is a huge no-no. Federal regulations require the disclosure as a condition of the license. When a broadcast covers a matter involving the discussion of a controversial issue of public importance furnished by any other entity, the broadcaster must make disclose this, and keep a list of the entity's governance on file for public inspection. Check out http://www.prwatch.org/node/4826 and the complaint made to the FCC at http://www.freepress.net/docs/fcc_complaint_4-06-0 6.pdf . Also check out http://www.washingtonwatchdog.org/documents/cfr/ti tle47/part73.html and scroll down to section 1212 to read the actual regulation.
Requiring a notification is not censorship and is not unconstitutional in my book. It is similar to the "This Campaign Ad was Paid for by Bill Clinton" requirements for TV ads. Broadcasting on the radio and on the TV is not a right. You need a license from the government. So, you have to follow the rules you promised to follow. If you break those rules, your going to be fined.
Who cares about linux? Apparently, not students. From TFA: <i>Huffman said he's eager to get a read on student acceptance of Linux. In surveying one classroom last year, he asked a student what he thought of using a Linux desktop vs. a Windows desktop, and the student responded, "Who cares?"</i>
I've been arguing for years most end users, in general, don't give a sh*t about what OS they use, and most end users don't even understand what an OS is, and how it is different than "the internets" and "microsoft". It is all "just a computer.
But you know who does care? Bureaucrats and Business People! Why? From TFA: <i>....open source is so attractive [because w]e can cut those costs down to $5 [on each computer] per year."
Who knew...linux is about the bottom line!
So, why do most people not care about linux and opensource? They don't understand how much money it can save them and how useful it can be in their lives. But what hinders its adoption? Its percieved complexity. Lack of education. Lack of a strong brand. Lack of polish. Lack of hardcore popular games. Easy breakability. Lack of consistant features between distrobutions.
...then the rest of the world shall follow! These numbers are deceiving though, because although more than two thirds of UK universities and colleges have it installed, it is only installed on "some" of their hardware. It is depressing that the open source model and philosophy hasn't caught on with more force in universities, especially since it fits so well with many universities mission statements, to bring education and enlightenment to the masses.
I know that all of us techies turn our noses up at integrated graphic chipsets, but I think that an enormous number of computers out there, including laptops, that utilize this technology. One of the more common complaints from people switching to linux is that the monitor resolution and graphics are sucky. A BSD and GPL licenced driver solution would be perfect to help more people make the switch!
If you want to stretch the analogy to its logical limit, it shows that a business needs a solid base of popular sales and a ever expanding long tail of indie, cult, and oldie stuff that serve as loss leaders and marginal profit makers. You can have a successful business with a well connected short tail, but a fabulous business needs a longer tail. If the end falls off, you can still be ok! But if you loose the base of the tail, well...all you have is a big ass:-)
...and realizing that DRM sucks. Recently a non-techie friend asked me if his ipod could "talk" to my Zen Mirco:M so he could borrow some music for a few days. I said "sure, they are just mp3s" - she wanted to know how that was possible...that it was so easy to copy and duplicate a file back and forth from my computer to my music device without any hassles...and after our discussion, she was flabbergasted that she had been locked into iTunes and how her rights and freedoms were restricted by its DRM.
Many other people are waking up to the fact that DRM is shorthand for "you really don't own this piece of music you paid $1 for, and that you can't share it, or copy it, or use it on a different computer." People, and the information they rely and enjoy, desire true freedom.
I love business undergrads...they always convienently forget important business theories and principles when it suits them...and then completely miss the point.
The point of the article is clear: Ubuntu will replace Red Hat in the server and desktop market because it is a BETTER product.
Economic Priciple: The 'better' 'cheaper' and 'most efficient' product will be chosen over a clunker.
Here is another economic principle: Free Ridership. Both Ubuntu Desktop and Server are FREE.
And another: Lots of money can be made by creating a value added service to a free/cheap product. (Eg. Tech Support...letting cattle graze on BLM land)
Your point: Switching infrastructure takes lots of effort.
My point: Its worth the effort to switch to Ubuntu at this point, given the drawbacks of RedHat, which I am not going to list here.
I currently run the free edition of Avast! as my real time virus scanner, and ClamAV as a second layer of protection on Windows XP. I recently got infected with an Aol IM worm, which neither program could root out or detect...ended up having to get a free specialty program, AIMfix, to get the crap off my computer.
Windows XP, Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Avast! should be able to prevent the worm from installing itself...Heck, my Ubuntu installation wouldn't let me install some stupid.inf type file without the correct permissions...
There is no way in hell I am going to listen to some politician bloviating for a half hour on my MP3 player when I could be using my time more productively to listen to something more enjoyable.
I am personally at wits end with podcasts. I have always been an avid talk show listener, tuning in to both commercial and public radio. I was excited when 'podcasting' started, first as streaming audio, and then as downloadable mp3s. I still enjoy listening to professionals bloviating on podcasts. What I dislike, intensely, is the amount of amateur garbage that floats around the pod-o-sphere. The final straw was when I listened to a Slate podcast today. What should have been a quick 45 second clip was a 3 minute long masturbation fest that had little redeeming content and a 20 second commercial!
Damn it...I demand better podcasting. What makes a radio show or podcast sound good (you know, professional) has not changed. Nationally syndicated broadcasters personally spend 7 to 12 hours preparing for a 1 to 4 hour show, not including the time their staff spend working on the content. And the actual audio quality is terrific.
What do we get with an average podcast? A guy who in his spare time spends maybe an hour throwing together a half hour long radio show recording on a $200 microphone and mixed with audacity. I got news for podcasters...reading other people's websites and blog posts is not what I want to waste my time listening to. I want ORIGINAL CREATIVE INFORMATIVE content, that I can not get from traditional media.
Solution? Shorter podcasts. Thats right. 1 to 2 minutes tops. I have a very short attention span. I was going to include a torrent link to an example of a short podcast that yours truely has made, but I cant seem to get it to work....give it a try though: http://torrentspy.com/torrent/798297/CrappyPodCast _mp3
I signed up to volunteer on Qunu a month or so ago, when I saw the service going alpha on Digg.
Qunu is an interesting concept, and I think slashdotters should go to the site and sign up to be experts.
I use a special jabber account on gaim that I created on the qunu server, that I only logon to when I am in the mood to volunteer my time. I created a profile that explains what I am willing to help with.
So far, I have helped an Ubuntu newbie trouble shoot an install problem and then fix his screen resolution and helped a Windows user encrypt some files. It was a good feeling to help out.
Note that the help interface does not require the user to have a jabber client, but only access to the web.
The problem with live tech support like this is that it is very draining on the volunteer expert. It is like a real job. Too much handholding is involved. I'd rather give tech support over email.
A lot of people seem to think that since this internet gambling is hosted overseas, that therefore these companies are immune from the legal consequences of a US law. Not true. A State Attorney General or a Federal Prosecutor could bring a lawsuit against the company in the United States and gain jurisdiction over the company since it is doing business in the US. Once it has obtained a judgment in the U.S., the prevailing party would contact the government where the company is physically located and notify it that it has a judgment, using letters rogatory or treaty provisions to attach and execute on the US judgment in the foreign country. It is complicated, and often takes a few years, but it is effective. How do I know? I've done it.
...that you can convert ODF documents to and from Microsoft products with a simple plugin, I hope. Otherwise, I will have to keep on converting to.doc whenever I have to send out my CV.
And, as a follow up, I find myself going out and buying peripheral upgrades to my current system that are way more expensive and quality than what I have bought in the past. I just bought a $400 LCD screen and a $200 speaker system. I just hope that I am not screwed with the Hi-Def TV stuff, when I finally get a video card that supports it!
No No No. Your missing my point. The problem right now is that the switch over to AM2 isn't an upgrade...its a "sidegrade". Same performance, same chip for the most part, and you get to use DDR2 memory. Woooop-di-doo! Conroe is basically a dual core with slightly better performance than the FX-62. Yippee.
Right now I run the first generation of the AMD 3200+. Performance-wise, If I were to upgrade to an FX-60, I would see approximately a 100% to 125% performance boost. However, upgrading to a more affordable midrange processor would only give me a 50% increase in speed. I am going by tomshardware.com processor charts, btw. I usually get a new chip when there is a HUGE performance increase. The last time I upgraded, I went from a 300Mhz computer to the 2gig 3200, which was basically 10 times faster. (Although for me, one times faster is not enough to warrant an upgrade usually...but waiting 6 hours to process movie files into a format my mp3 player can handle is crazy.)
I am currently in the market for a new computer. I was going to buy a new computer back in January, but I waited for a price drop for the AMD X2 chip that I wanted. Then I learned that there was going to be a completely new socket AM2 coming out that will use DDR2 RAM. So I held off a little longer. Its six months later, and now I hear that there is another AMD chipset coming out in January with 4 cores, and a new Intel chip coming out in a month that trounces anything AMD has.
Plus, there are no reliable reviews of the new motherboards yet...and the reviews of both the new AMD and Intel chips are all preliminary...so, why should I commit right now? In fact, most major websites and magazines are saying to hold off buying!
eefoof? is that supposed to be a play on e-foof? what is a foof? I went onto http://www.urbandictionary.com and looked up foof, just to make sure, because I remember a few of my ex's calling their vagina a foof. I thought it was a cute name too, better than the C word. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=foo f
Why is one disgustingly inappropriate and the other light-hearted and funny, if they're both negative stereotypes of a religion?
Good question. The reason is that there is a long and sad history of Jews being demonized as Christ killers. The demonization and dehumanizing of Jews through jokes, has had the direct impact of Jews ending up killed as the victims of crusades, pograms, and gas chambers. Making fun of Catholics, on the other hand, is not usually about demonization, but is about true or mostly true overgeneralizations and stereotypes about gay priests sodomizing young boys, how the Pope was a Nazi, etc. There is no truth that the Jews killed Christ, are cheap, control the media, poison wells, or drink the blood of Christian children. Some jokes are harmless or mostly harmless, and others are very very harmful. Jokes by white people about black people and Jews fall into this category. Just MHO.
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A couple of years back, Remington tried to market an electrical rifle, the EtronX. It had an electric primer that would supposedly cut back on the "lock time" between you squeezing the trigger and hammer hitting the primer, therefore improving accuracy. In practice, shooters had trouble getting MOA shots and the whole idea fizzled.
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>I don't supposed it matters that these animal-rights extremists probably were Kerry voters.
Don't be a moron, they voted for Ralph Nader of the Green Party.
I do a lot of contract based work, and I am at different work sites all the time. I very rarely take long term contracts where the work site doesn't allow internet access. I need to check my email. I need to read slashdot. I'd like to go onto myspace. Your not gonna let me do it? Go f*ck yourself, I am going to go work elsewhere.
How do most people buy and use software?
1) Fully functional software that is pre-installed on their computer
2) Use a light, but fully functional version, that is pre-installed on their computer
3) Buy the full version of software needed at a store. Or, buy the pro version of 2), that has more features.
4) Do internet research and find a list of shareware and freeware and try to find the best of the bunch for the lowest cost
5) Get a list of FOSS/freeware from a knowlegable guru to install on their computer.
Once someone gets software on their computer, they are usually very hesitant to get rid of it, especially if they like how it works. For example, I currently use CamFrog, which is slightly crippled. It only allows you view one camera at a time in a small window. Otherwise, it is fully functional. Now, as I become more addicted to using the software, I want to watch more than one webcam at a time, and in bigger windows. The marginal utility for the $50 pro version is huge!
If the software is so crippled that I can't try it out, or have a chance to become reliant upon it, paying $ to use it might not be worth it.
On the other hand, if its not crippled at all, and its fully functional, I have no incentive to give money at all, except altruisticly.
One of the lesser known forms of journalitic bias is the use of press releases. A press release is an organisations take on an event. They spin facts to make the organization look great. Thats why PR departments always issue them...because they know they will always be printed verbatim in the newspaper. Usually with attribution though.
0 6.pdf . Also check out http://www.washingtonwatchdog.org/documents/cfr/ti tle47/part73.html and scroll down to section 1212 to read the actual regulation.
Editors love press releases from the newswires and from the government. It frees up reporters to report on other stories, provides coverage in areas where you don't have reporters, and they come at a very low cost. Journalists love them because it makes writing a story a cinch! You change a few words here and there, add your own interview, and tada, in 15 minutes you have a local story from a national newswire story. You can see this in action if you read the headlines in more than one paper...all the stories are similar, because they are getting their news from the same sources! Think of press releases like using modules and libraries while coding.
Corporate PR has gotten smart and started to make video press releases. Nothing wrong with this per se. But television news editors have gotten sloppy and forgot to attribute their sources. This is a huge no-no. Federal regulations require the disclosure as a condition of the license. When a broadcast covers a matter involving the discussion of a controversial issue of public importance furnished by any other entity, the broadcaster must make disclose this, and keep a list of the entity's governance on file for public inspection. Check out http://www.prwatch.org/node/4826 and the complaint made to the FCC at http://www.freepress.net/docs/fcc_complaint_4-06-
Requiring a notification is not censorship and is not unconstitutional in my book. It is similar to the "This Campaign Ad was Paid for by Bill Clinton" requirements for TV ads. Broadcasting on the radio and on the TV is not a right. You need a license from the government. So, you have to follow the rules you promised to follow. If you break those rules, your going to be fined.
Who cares about linux? Apparently, not students. From TFA:
<i>Huffman said he's eager to get a read on student acceptance of Linux. In surveying one classroom last year, he asked a student what he thought of using a Linux desktop vs. a Windows desktop, and the student responded, "Who cares?"</i>
I've been arguing for years most end users, in general, don't give a sh*t about what OS they use, and most end users don't even understand what an OS is, and how it is different than "the internets" and "microsoft". It is all "just a computer.
But you know who does care? Bureaucrats and Business People! Why? From TFA:
<i>....open source is so attractive [because w]e can cut those costs down to $5 [on each computer] per year."
Who knew...linux is about the bottom line!
So, why do most people not care about linux and opensource? They don't understand how much money it can save them and how useful it can be in their lives. But what hinders its adoption? Its percieved complexity. Lack of education. Lack of a strong brand. Lack of polish. Lack of hardcore popular games. Easy breakability. Lack of consistant features between distrobutions.
0. An application may not injure humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
...then the rest of the world shall follow! These numbers are deceiving though, because although more than two thirds of UK universities and colleges have it installed, it is only installed on "some" of their hardware. It is depressing that the open source model and philosophy hasn't caught on with more force in universities, especially since it fits so well with many universities mission statements, to bring education and enlightenment to the masses.
I know that all of us techies turn our noses up at integrated graphic chipsets, but I think that an enormous number of computers out there, including laptops, that utilize this technology. One of the more common complaints from people switching to linux is that the monitor resolution and graphics are sucky. A BSD and GPL licenced driver solution would be perfect to help more people make the switch!
If you want to stretch the analogy to its logical limit, it shows that a business needs a solid base of popular sales and a ever expanding long tail of indie, cult, and oldie stuff that serve as loss leaders and marginal profit makers. You can have a successful business with a well connected short tail, but a fabulous business needs a longer tail. If the end falls off, you can still be ok! But if you loose the base of the tail, well...all you have is a big ass :-)
...and realizing that DRM sucks. Recently a non-techie friend asked me if his ipod could "talk" to my Zen Mirco:M so he could borrow some music for a few days. I said "sure, they are just mp3s" - she wanted to know how that was possible...that it was so easy to copy and duplicate a file back and forth from my computer to my music device without any hassles...and after our discussion, she was flabbergasted that she had been locked into iTunes and how her rights and freedoms were restricted by its DRM.
Many other people are waking up to the fact that DRM is shorthand for "you really don't own this piece of music you paid $1 for, and that you can't share it, or copy it, or use it on a different computer." People, and the information they rely and enjoy, desire true freedom.
I love business undergrads...they always convienently forget important business theories and principles when it suits them...and then completely miss the point.
The point of the article is clear: Ubuntu will replace Red Hat in the server and desktop market because it is a BETTER product.
Economic Priciple: The 'better' 'cheaper' and 'most efficient' product will be chosen over a clunker.
Here is another economic principle: Free Ridership. Both Ubuntu Desktop and Server are FREE.
And another: Lots of money can be made by creating a value added service to a free/cheap product. (Eg. Tech Support...letting cattle graze on BLM land)
Your point: Switching infrastructure takes lots of effort.
My point: Its worth the effort to switch to Ubuntu at this point, given the drawbacks of RedHat, which I am not going to list here.
Oh wait, thats the fire breathing mindless snake.
I currently run the free edition of Avast! as my real time virus scanner, and ClamAV as a second layer of protection on Windows XP. I recently got infected with an Aol IM worm, which neither program could root out or detect...ended up having to get a free specialty program, AIMfix, to get the crap off my computer.
.inf type file without the correct permissions...
Windows XP, Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Avast! should be able to prevent the worm from installing itself...Heck, my Ubuntu installation wouldn't let me install some stupid
There is no way in hell I am going to listen to some politician bloviating for a half hour on my MP3 player when I could be using my time more productively to listen to something more enjoyable.
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I am personally at wits end with podcasts. I have always been an avid talk show listener, tuning in to both commercial and public radio. I was excited when 'podcasting' started, first as streaming audio, and then as downloadable mp3s. I still enjoy listening to professionals bloviating on podcasts. What I dislike, intensely, is the amount of amateur garbage that floats around the pod-o-sphere. The final straw was when I listened to a Slate podcast today. What should have been a quick 45 second clip was a 3 minute long masturbation fest that had little redeeming content and a 20 second commercial!
Damn it...I demand better podcasting. What makes a radio show or podcast sound good (you know, professional) has not changed. Nationally syndicated broadcasters personally spend 7 to 12 hours preparing for a 1 to 4 hour show, not including the time their staff spend working on the content. And the actual audio quality is terrific.
What do we get with an average podcast? A guy who in his spare time spends maybe an hour throwing together a half hour long radio show recording on a $200 microphone and mixed with audacity. I got news for podcasters...reading other people's websites and blog posts is not what I want to waste my time listening to. I want ORIGINAL CREATIVE INFORMATIVE content, that I can not get from traditional media.
Solution? Shorter podcasts. Thats right. 1 to 2 minutes tops. I have a very short attention span. I was going to include a torrent link to an example of a short podcast that yours truely has made, but I cant seem to get it to work....give it a try though: http://torrentspy.com/torrent/798297/CrappyPodCas
Well, I am talking about civil sanctions here, not criminal sanctions.
I signed up to volunteer on Qunu a month or so ago, when I saw the service going alpha on Digg.
Qunu is an interesting concept, and I think slashdotters should go to the site and sign up to be experts.
I use a special jabber account on gaim that I created on the qunu server, that I only logon to when I am in the mood to volunteer my time. I created a profile that explains what I am willing to help with.
So far, I have helped an Ubuntu newbie trouble shoot an install problem and then fix his screen resolution and helped a Windows user encrypt some files. It was a good feeling to help out.
Note that the help interface does not require the user to have a jabber client, but only access to the web.
The problem with live tech support like this is that it is very draining on the volunteer expert. It is like a real job. Too much handholding is involved. I'd rather give tech support over email.
A lot of people seem to think that since this internet gambling is hosted overseas, that therefore these companies are immune from the legal consequences of a US law. Not true. A State Attorney General or a Federal Prosecutor could bring a lawsuit against the company in the United States and gain jurisdiction over the company since it is doing business in the US. Once it has obtained a judgment in the U.S., the prevailing party would contact the government where the company is physically located and notify it that it has a judgment, using letters rogatory or treaty provisions to attach and execute on the US judgment in the foreign country. It is complicated, and often takes a few years, but it is effective. How do I know? I've done it.
...that you can convert ODF documents to and from Microsoft products with a simple plugin, I hope. Otherwise, I will have to keep on converting to .doc whenever I have to send out my CV.
And, as a follow up, I find myself going out and buying peripheral upgrades to my current system that are way more expensive and quality than what I have bought in the past. I just bought a $400 LCD screen and a $200 speaker system. I just hope that I am not screwed with the Hi-Def TV stuff, when I finally get a video card that supports it!
No No No. Your missing my point. The problem right now is that the switch over to AM2 isn't an upgrade...its a "sidegrade". Same performance, same chip for the most part, and you get to use DDR2 memory. Woooop-di-doo! Conroe is basically a dual core with slightly better performance than the FX-62. Yippee.
Right now I run the first generation of the AMD 3200+. Performance-wise, If I were to upgrade to an FX-60, I would see approximately a 100% to 125% performance boost. However, upgrading to a more affordable midrange processor would only give me a 50% increase in speed. I am going by tomshardware.com processor charts, btw. I usually get a new chip when there is a HUGE performance increase. The last time I upgraded, I went from a 300Mhz computer to the 2gig 3200, which was basically 10 times faster. (Although for me, one times faster is not enough to warrant an upgrade usually...but waiting 6 hours to process movie files into a format my mp3 player can handle is crazy.)
I am currently in the market for a new computer. I was going to buy a new computer back in January, but I waited for a price drop for the AMD X2 chip that I wanted. Then I learned that there was going to be a completely new socket AM2 coming out that will use DDR2 RAM. So I held off a little longer. Its six months later, and now I hear that there is another AMD chipset coming out in January with 4 cores, and a new Intel chip coming out in a month that trounces anything AMD has.
Plus, there are no reliable reviews of the new motherboards yet...and the reviews of both the new AMD and Intel chips are all preliminary...so, why should I commit right now? In fact, most major websites and magazines are saying to hold off buying!
eefoof? is that supposed to be a play on e-foof? what is a foof? I went onto http://www.urbandictionary.com and looked up foof, just to make sure, because I remember a few of my ex's calling their vagina a foof. I thought it was a cute name too, better than the C word. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=foo f
Why is one disgustingly inappropriate and the other light-hearted and funny, if they're both negative stereotypes of a religion?
Good question. The reason is that there is a long and sad history of Jews being demonized as Christ killers. The demonization and dehumanizing of Jews through jokes, has had the direct impact of Jews ending up killed as the victims of crusades, pograms, and gas chambers. Making fun of Catholics, on the other hand, is not usually about demonization, but is about true or mostly true overgeneralizations and stereotypes about gay priests sodomizing young boys, how the Pope was a Nazi, etc. There is no truth that the Jews killed Christ, are cheap, control the media, poison wells, or drink the blood of Christian children. Some jokes are harmless or mostly harmless, and others are very very harmful. Jokes by white people about black people and Jews fall into this category. Just MHO.
A couple of years back, Remington tried to market an electrical rifle, the EtronX. It had an electric primer that would supposedly cut back on the "lock time" between you squeezing the trigger and hammer hitting the primer, therefore improving accuracy. In practice, shooters had trouble getting MOA shots and the whole idea fizzled.
If Gbuy would support micropayments, that would be groundbreaking! I have plenty of stuff to sell in the $1 range, but no economical way to do it!
The other big question would be whether Ebay will allow people to pay with Gbuy!