You are never going to see AIM bundled with Winamp. You aren't going to be able to tune in to spinner radio through ICQ. This is a strategy which all has to do with one thing:
The Set Top Market.
AOL's acqusition of these companies, and its investments in the high speed bandwidth technologies from Bell Atlantic and others all point to AOL being your source for interactive couch potato entertainment.
Microsoft has a HUGE headstart when it comes to this sector with WebTV. AOL is just warming up for when it is time to tack on an extra $20 a month to be a cable provider too.
This is why AOL was rumored to be buying CBS a couple weeks ago. As cable companies are converging on the Internet as an extra service they can provide, AOL is converging upon Cable as an extra service it can provide.
In fact, I say after the DSS/USSB merger happens, AOL will seriously think about purchasing them. It just makes sense.
Then you can tune in to your AOLTV, to the songs that you want to hear, or the shows you want to see. Nonetheless, AOLTV has the entertainment you want to watch,hear or read all the time, 24 hours a day.
And that, my friends, is what AOL is doing.
"A few hours of peace and quiet..."
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Just do what I do to get peace and quiet. I do most of my programming for knowpost.com between the hours of midnight and 6AM. I find I can get twice as much done between those times as I can 9 to five, when the damn phone is ringing all the time.
Although I don't like it, the fact of the matter is, there's no real case here. At least in America, the Internet is considered a broadcast medium, and therefore falls under the jurisdiction of the of the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC mandates the censorship of a simple seven words on mediums owned by the people, of which the Internet is largely owned.
It's constitutional, as far as the Supreme court is concerned, since NSI gets $$$ from the Government. Its just as much of a violation of freedom-of-speech as not being able to say fuck on the radio or on television.
But, it is a slippery slope that leads to more 'constitutional' censorship via the FCC. I wonder if fireinacrowdedtheater.com is taken. If not, get it soon, before its illegal.
Whoever said this should have his mouth stapled shut, because only more idiotic things will come out.
AT&T had similar FUD going on about it when it was about to break up. Breaking up market reigns doesn't cost money to the consumer, it makes money for the consumer. In this case, market fragmentation would create more competition, which, in turn would cause more innovation for less money. Heck, how many distro's does Linux have? How much does Linux cost?
Mr. Jobs, Joseph Campbell's favorite high tech CEO, rarely makes decisions that are the "most profitable," rather he makes decisions based on the vision he has for his company. Sometimes they are good, sometimes they are bad. And yes, he did lose his job there for a little while, but I think it was good for his personal growth.
While sometimes I do agree with JWZ, I don't agree with his analysis here. There have been countless times where that very conflict has come into account, and indeed, people have chosen the right path and not lost their job.
It is interesting, even if there are only a couple posts so far, to see what people have to say about this.
It is interesting because I remember reading usenet posts back in the day, about Yahoo! going public. People said "Yahoo's revenue will be smaller than that of any magazine or newspaper. It would never get as much advertising revenue as say, any of the major CABLE networks." and "How can people invest in Yahoo when they give everything away for free!"
I think Redhat's comments bear striking similarities. But the fact is, Linux, from a market standpoint, doesn't have a set business model. It took a couple years AFTER the Internet hit the big commercial time for people to get it all figured out, and we still don't know what the heck we're doing.
But Open Source Software, much like the Internet before it, is due very soon for investor success. It may not be adopted as early and as quickly as YAhoo! and Netscape were, but believe me, the parallels as to what was going in in the early 90s for the Internet, and what is going on in OSS world now are strikingly similar.
Heck, we all learned that the stock market is a spiral from Pi, right?
Nope, its because I picked up the real magazine and read the article. Slashdot is great and all, but please, lets keep in mind that it is not the only form of news and information on the planet.
I'm suprised that you did not mention that There's an interview with Lucas by Bill Moyers. Bill Moyers, along with Joseph Campbell, is responsible for the rebirth of mythology theory and the Hero's journey stuff that y'all learned in High school. He's really quite a genius.
Duh! - Buy Dell instead - Compaq wishes they did!
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Why should I buy Dell when Compaq is having a half price sale?
Once their quarterly report comes out, and the reprecussions are set in (About a week after their quarterly report), I'm buying as much compaq as I can. The fact of the matter is, the company is not going anywhere, they own what may be the world's best search engine (as long as they dont implement that damn pay-for-search-results), and have a historic financial track record. I think Compaq is just having some financial troubles, but soon it will be back on track. I said the same thing about Apple two years ago. Compaq is having a similar experience.
And no, I don't work for Compaq. But I am looking forward to being a shareholder soon.
I, for one, think it amazing that Alternic has yet to be mentioned in these postings here. I mean, Kashpureff worked his but off hacking Network Solutions, and went to jail over fighting this crap. Why hasn't the open source community really enveloped Alternic?
The Reversal--A Speak Up Feature
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The 'ShutUp' software is only ShutUp software because, by default, all authors are turned on. What if, by default, no authors are turned on in the Preferences?
I mean, look at it this way-- over the past year, slashdot authors have grown from around five or six authors, to seventeen. Lets say in the next year, it continues up to perhaps 25-30? I'm afraid there are too many editors, and too little page space and/. bandwidth. Same goes for the "/. departments" which seemingly take moore's law into account, but use days instead of months.
Jon, by their inherent nature, online communities, by their inherent nature, whether it is a chat room,/., or a newsgroup, produce a lot of content that isn't for everyone. Thats why irc has a mute option. Thats why DejaNews has a business model. And why there are Filters in most email clients. There is a thin line between Filtering and Personalization. And on/. the emphasis is on personalization. Would you still be ranting if every author and every topic was "ShutUp" be default, and you had to select them to "SpeakUp" to hear them?
Does anybody else find it Ironic that the Neoplanet code requires an ActiveX component to run Mozilla? Sounds like the Neo-punks are trying to pull a 'Gore' and jump on the "We're cutting edge technology because we are part of the open source revolution!" Glad to see they are using Microsoft Products to promote Gecko.
Perhaps Non-American coders just don't optimize as much? I mean, I guess you could say I've "written" 100,000 lines of code this year so far, but I've also copied, pasted, reused and modularized up the wazoo. The skill in programming isn't generating mass amounts of code, it is about generating the most functionality with the fewest lines of code possible, isn't it?
It depends on what you are looking for. Perl has a lot more functionality than PhP. But PhP is GREAT for databases, way easier and trimmer than Perl. Someone actually ported the public slashdot code over to PhP completely, a nice, trim neat little port.
Before you go flaming Al Gore, know the facts. Mr. Gore, as a senator is largely responsible for the commercial Internet we have today. As I recell, he was the Net's chief supporter in congress, actually helped move the closed research oritented internet to the Internet we know today. Granted, he did not "create" the Internet, but, of any presidential candidate, he is the most Internet friendly.
Slashdot Mirror
How much did they pay ya?
The greatest thing about a Free Software BeOS clone is the potential name:
FreeBe.
Its worth developing just for that.
You are never going to see AIM bundled with Winamp. You aren't going to be able to tune in to spinner radio through ICQ. This is a strategy which all has to do with one thing:
The Set Top Market.
AOL's acqusition of these companies, and its investments in the high speed bandwidth technologies from Bell Atlantic and others all point to AOL being your source for interactive couch potato entertainment.
Microsoft has a HUGE headstart when it comes to this sector with WebTV. AOL is just warming up for when it is time to tack on an extra $20 a month to be a cable provider too.
This is why AOL was rumored to be buying CBS a couple weeks ago. As cable companies are converging on the Internet as an extra service they can provide, AOL is converging upon Cable as an extra service it can provide.
In fact, I say after the DSS/USSB merger happens, AOL will seriously think about purchasing them. It just makes sense.
Then you can tune in to your AOLTV, to the songs that you want to hear, or the shows you want to see. Nonetheless, AOLTV has the entertainment you want to watch,hear or read all the time, 24 hours a day.
And that, my friends, is what AOL is doing.
Just do what I do to get peace and quiet. I do most of my programming for knowpost.com between the hours of midnight and 6AM. I find I can get twice as much done between those times as I can 9 to five, when the damn phone is ringing all the time.
Although I don't like it, the fact of the matter is, there's no real case here. At least in America, the Internet is considered a broadcast medium, and therefore falls under the jurisdiction of the of the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC mandates the censorship of a simple seven words on mediums owned by the people, of which the Internet is largely owned.
It's constitutional, as far as the Supreme court is concerned, since NSI gets $$$ from the Government. Its just as much of a violation of freedom-of-speech as not being able to say fuck on the radio or on television.
But, it is a slippery slope that leads to more 'constitutional' censorship via the FCC. I wonder if fireinacrowdedtheater.com is taken. If not, get it soon, before its illegal.
Whoever said this should have his mouth stapled shut, because only more idiotic things will come out.
AT&T had similar FUD going on about it when it was about to break up. Breaking up market reigns doesn't cost money to the consumer, it makes money for the consumer. In this case, market fragmentation would create more competition, which, in turn would cause more innovation for less money. Heck, how many distro's does Linux have? How much does Linux cost?
Exactly.
So true. Market power corrupts absolutely. Nobody wanted to have to PAY for stuff on the Internet when they could get it for free either.
Mr. Jobs, Joseph Campbell's favorite high tech CEO, rarely makes decisions that are the "most profitable," rather he makes decisions based on the vision he has for his company. Sometimes they are good, sometimes they are bad. And yes, he did lose his job there for a little while, but I think it was good for his personal growth.
While sometimes I do agree with JWZ, I don't agree with his analysis here. There have been countless times where that very conflict has come into account, and indeed, people have chosen the right path and not lost their job.
It is interesting, even if there are only a couple posts so far, to see what people have to say about this.
It is interesting because I remember reading usenet posts back in the day, about Yahoo! going public. People said "Yahoo's revenue will be smaller than that of any magazine or newspaper. It would never get as much advertising revenue as say, any of the major CABLE networks." and "How can people invest in Yahoo when they give everything away for free!"
I think Redhat's comments bear striking similarities. But the fact is, Linux, from a market standpoint, doesn't have a set business model. It took a couple years AFTER the Internet hit the big commercial time for people to get it all figured out, and we still don't know what the heck we're doing.
But Open Source Software, much like the Internet before it, is due very soon for investor success. It may not be adopted as early and as quickly as YAhoo! and Netscape were, but believe me, the parallels as to what was going in in the early 90s for the Internet, and what is going on in OSS world now are strikingly similar.
Heck, we all learned that the stock market is a spiral from Pi, right?
--Clay
http://www.knowpost.com
Nope, its because I picked up the real magazine and read the article. Slashdot is great and all, but please, lets keep in mind that it is not the only form of news and information on the planet.
I'm suprised that you did not mention that There's an interview with Lucas by Bill Moyers. Bill Moyers, along with Joseph Campbell, is responsible for the rebirth of mythology theory and the Hero's journey stuff that y'all learned in High school. He's really quite a genius.
Why should I buy Dell when Compaq is having a half price sale?
Once their quarterly report comes out, and the reprecussions are set in (About a week after their quarterly report), I'm buying as much compaq as I can. The fact of the matter is, the company is not going anywhere, they own what may be the world's best search engine (as long as they dont implement that damn pay-for-search-results), and have a historic financial track record. I think Compaq is just having some financial troubles, but soon it will be back on track. I said the same thing about Apple two years ago. Compaq is having a similar experience.
And no, I don't work for Compaq. But I am looking forward to being a shareholder soon.
I, for one, think it amazing that Alternic has yet to be mentioned in these postings here. I mean, Kashpureff worked his but off hacking Network Solutions, and went to jail over fighting this crap. Why hasn't the open source community really enveloped Alternic?
The 'ShutUp' software is only ShutUp software because, by default, all authors are turned on. What if, by default, no authors are turned on in the Preferences?
/. bandwidth. Same goes for the "/. departments" which seemingly take moore's law into account, but use days instead of months.
/., or a newsgroup, produce a lot of content that isn't for everyone. Thats why irc has a mute option. Thats why DejaNews has a business model. And why there are Filters in most email clients. There is a thin line between Filtering and Personalization. And on /. the emphasis is on personalization. Would you still be ranting if every author and every topic was "ShutUp" be default, and you had to select them to "SpeakUp" to hear them?
I mean, look at it this way-- over the past year, slashdot authors have grown from around five or six authors, to seventeen. Lets say in the next year, it continues up to perhaps 25-30? I'm afraid there are too many editors, and too little page space and
Jon, by their inherent nature, online communities, by their inherent nature, whether it is a chat room,
Something to think about.
Does anybody else find it Ironic that the Neoplanet code requires an ActiveX component to run Mozilla? Sounds like the Neo-punks are trying to pull a 'Gore' and jump on the "We're cutting edge technology because we are part of the open source revolution!" Glad to see they are using Microsoft Products to promote Gecko.
Perhaps Non-American coders just don't optimize as much? I mean, I guess you could say I've "written" 100,000 lines of code this year so far, but I've also copied, pasted, reused and modularized up the wazoo. The skill in programming isn't generating mass amounts of code, it is about generating the most functionality with the fewest lines of code possible, isn't it?
It depends on what you are looking for. Perl has a lot more functionality than PhP. But PhP is GREAT for databases, way easier and trimmer than Perl. Someone actually ported the public slashdot code over to PhP completely, a nice, trim neat little port.
Before you go flaming Al Gore, know the facts. Mr. Gore, as a senator is largely responsible for the commercial Internet we have today. As I recell, he was the Net's chief supporter in congress, actually helped move the closed research oritented internet to the Internet we know today. Granted, he did not "create" the Internet, but, of any presidential candidate, he is the most Internet friendly.
No wonder Wired News calls you "Smug" in their headline story, Rob.