Yeah, the over-commercialism of Yahoo is one of the things that allowed Google the usership that got it to the point that... it could begin the same commercial process.
Irony!
I wonder if the process will repeat itself with another search engine... ?
[but I doubt it, I think we'll all just suck it up]
It should also be added that any policy change that comes from meeting with America Online... well, God only knows what other horrors have been unleashed.
I'd say it's downright Lovecraftian, but that might be a little melodramatic.
Not too much of a surprise, but considering the lack of 'tacky' advertising was what seemed to have led a lot of people to Google (as opposed to staying with Yahoo)... I have to wonder if it is really the best move.
Financially, it's a good move. They get a lot of traffic, it's good money.
Socially, perhaps not such a wise choice.... but we'll all take it in stride, since we have no other choice, I guess...
Word of impending doom spreads like wildfire... people would find out relatively quickly, I think everyone simultaneously trying to leave an area at the same time might cause a lot of problems actualling leaving...
So you'd wind up drowning in your car...
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However, there is always the chance you could be one of those first few to make it out... you never know!
It does seem to be part of the math community, as well. A former girlfriend of mine is a math major, she had similar complaints to yours (and to my CSCI pal)... it isn't from the professors, she had said, but rather the students.
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My aforementioned friend in CSCI never complained about the patronization as being racial, however, I noticed that the indian students were most often the ones patronizing (this is likely due to cultural differences)... (it might also have to be due to statistics, my university's grad level CSCI program is proably ~80% indian)...
It seems to me that a 'count' of peer to peer users without including BitTorrent (at least an estimation)... is rather pointless.
I would figure there are at least 9 million people using BitTorrent (legitemately or not)... and it isn't like BitTorrent is some secret to the P2P community, heck, Slyck even has a link right on their site with a bunch of info on it... so why they didn't even try to include it is beyond me.
Well, first let me say that I feel lucky, at my university, there is about a 10% female population in my CSCI classes.
Now, that being said, I have seen most women being viewed as technically inept. I have a friend who is working towards her masters in computer science who complained, quite frequently, that her classmates (entirely male) were not taking her seriously.
Could it be that our own geeky superiority complexes are keeping us from having the joy of female company? Something to think about before you suggest that a girl can't code.
With 1984 and McCarthy era paranoia "in" this year, my advice to everyone is to turn in as many people who act suspiciously as possible... to draw attention away from yourself!
Before you all flame Time for liking Bill Gates... bear in mind that Hitler also won man of the year back in his day...
I am not making any links, I am not vehemently anti-Gates, but I just thought it would be a good perspective to keep in mind before you went and sent letter bombs to Time:)
If we are not distinct, where are the 'spaces between' ape and man, now?
If ape exists as it has since we evolved... and we have evolved... despite ONE group splintering and dying off (the neanderthals)... we still have no variation in human physiology.
If we evolved from earlier apes, why haven't other apes similarly developed?
If humans are apes, shouldn't there be some intermediaries? SOMEWHERE? Heck, even in the rain forests or something...
I can't pretend to know much about physical anthropology, I had a one week overview in cultural anthropology and that's it. I was left with the same questions I have now... the same confusion.
Sadly, this is not the sort of confusion that can be cleared up by saying 'We are apes. This explains the lack of human variation, because there is plenty of variation in apes, and we are apes, so therefore, there is plenty of human variation.' (perhaps I am getting the wrong idea from your post)...
We have some physical evidence, but there things just don't seem to add up, to me.
The theory is that we became more intelligent when we started eating meat. I'd be curious to see some studious on the subject (where gorillas or other apes were fed meat, to see what impact it may have had on their offspring)...
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However, honestly, it is an issue of little real importance to me. Where I came from doesn't matter much, I am here now. Debating any sort of evolution seems rather like intellectual masturbation...... but hey, who doesn't like a little bit of that, ey?;)
Why is it that when Google makes a purchase, it is lauded as a brilliant idea...... and when Yahoo makes a purchase, it is bashed and made to be a horrible thing?
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Can someone explain this to me, and in a way that doesn't involve singular instances... a broad spectrum view of why so many people are so keen on Google and so unkeen on Yahoo...
Yet apes exist, and in great variety... but there is no variety in the developmental stages of humans.
The apes we are descended from have not changed much in thousands of years, meanwhile we've developed from apes and there are none of our anscestor species in the world today.
This causes me great confusion.
So basically, you mean to say, we are evolved from apes, and there are some apes that didn't evolve, so they are still around. Many species of apes, really.
Then we have men, who have evolved from a common anscestor, and we just didn't look back, we kept going. We had a number of physiological changes and migrations throughout Africa, but we never diverged into seperate population groups, and every single population group (dispersed throughout Africa) simultaneously evolved (with variations of a thousand years here or there)...... then as we moved out of Africa, we had no splinter groups, all over the world... no lost chains? We all evolved at almost the same rate (again with minutely small variations)... and now we are equally developed... while the apes remain incredibly diverse (and largely unchanged)...
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, the over-commercialism of Yahoo is one of the things that allowed Google the usership that got it to the point that... it could begin the same commercial process.
Irony!
I wonder if the process will repeat itself with another search engine... ?
[but I doubt it, I think we'll all just suck it up]
It should also be added that any policy change that comes from meeting with America Online... well, God only knows what other horrors have been unleashed.
I'd say it's downright Lovecraftian, but that might be a little melodramatic.
Not too much of a surprise, but considering the lack of 'tacky' advertising was what seemed to have led a lot of people to Google (as opposed to staying with Yahoo) ... I have to wonder if it is really the best move.
... but we'll all take it in stride, since we have no other choice, I guess...
Financially, it's a good move. They get a lot of traffic, it's good money.
Socially, perhaps not such a wise choice.
What do those two things have in common?
Horrible photos (usually blurry)
Mega Man at number 2? Honestly, I can't understand that. I was not a fan of them (and after awhile, the "Man" names ... they were really reaching) ...
... shouldn't be RANKED number two.
I mean, Mega Man is number 2, just
Ooo! If it is a Beagle Active Probe, we will be able to see 4 hexes, regardless of terrain! It is the ultimate close quarters detection tool, really.
Incredibly lucky for the guy, really... but do you think it was because prosecutor couldn't figure out how to get the guy?
Word of impending doom spreads like wildfire... people would find out relatively quickly, I think everyone simultaneously trying to leave an area at the same time might cause a lot of problems actualling leaving...
So you'd wind up drowning in your car...
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However, there is always the chance you could be one of those first few to make it out... you never know!
Excellent, if you live in a coastal city, you'll get to know that you have 20 minutes left to live...
I was referring to Americans going into space in general, no need to be scathing.
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We seem to encounter a lot of problems that we never used to, that's all I'm saying, my pedigree chum.
Cheers!
It does seem to be part of the math community, as well. A former girlfriend of mine is a math major, she had similar complaints to yours (and to my CSCI pal)... it isn't from the professors, she had said, but rather the students.
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My aforementioned friend in CSCI never complained about the patronization as being racial, however, I noticed that the indian students were most often the ones patronizing (this is likely due to cultural differences)... (it might also have to be due to statistics, my university's grad level CSCI program is proably ~80% indian)...
I don't quite understand what has happened to our space program.
We have been around the earth, been to the moon, we've had many successful missions, so why is it that now all we seem to suffer are problems?
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
It seems to me that a 'count' of peer to peer users without including BitTorrent (at least an estimation) ... is rather pointless.
... and it isn't like BitTorrent is some secret to the P2P community, heck, Slyck even has a link right on their site with a bunch of info on it... so why they didn't even try to include it is beyond me.
I would figure there are at least 9 million people using BitTorrent (legitemately or not)
Well, first let me say that I feel lucky, at my university, there is about a 10% female population in my CSCI classes.
Now, that being said, I have seen most women being viewed as technically inept. I have a friend who is working towards her masters in computer science who complained, quite frequently, that her classmates (entirely male) were not taking her seriously.
Could it be that our own geeky superiority complexes are keeping us from having the joy of female company? Something to think about before you suggest that a girl can't code.
No blockbuster titles? Must all "blockbusters" by first person shooters?
In my opinion, Civilization 4 is quite a blockbuster release!
Hmph.
With 1984 and McCarthy era paranoia "in" this year, my advice to everyone is to turn in as many people who act suspiciously as possible... to draw attention away from yourself!
I was only making the point Hitler made "Man of the Year", I am not saying that Gates is Hitler, I was trying to nip that in the bud.
:)
If you inferred that connection, you must have missed the part about not making links, or thought I meant I wasn't making a web link or something.
Cheers!
Before you all flame Time for liking Bill Gates... bear in mind that Hitler also won man of the year back in his day...
:)
I am not making any links, I am not vehemently anti-Gates, but I just thought it would be a good perspective to keep in mind before you went and sent letter bombs to Time
Video games aren't like public buildings, you shouldn't need to make the handicap accessible.
That they were before is great... but they're not now, sad, sure, but move on, it's just a game.
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There are plenty of other games which don't rely on keyboards AND mice...
Here is one that has always been handicapable!
http://www.nethack.org/
If we are not distinct, where are the 'spaces between' ape and man, now?
... we still have no variation in human physiology.
...
... but hey, who doesn't like a little bit of that, ey? ;)
If ape exists as it has since we evolved... and we have evolved... despite ONE group splintering and dying off (the neanderthals)
If we evolved from earlier apes, why haven't other apes similarly developed?
If humans are apes, shouldn't there be some intermediaries? SOMEWHERE? Heck, even in the rain forests or something...
I can't pretend to know much about physical anthropology, I had a one week overview in cultural anthropology and that's it. I was left with the same questions I have now... the same confusion.
Sadly, this is not the sort of confusion that can be cleared up by saying 'We are apes. This explains the lack of human variation, because there is plenty of variation in apes, and we are apes, so therefore, there is plenty of human variation.' (perhaps I am getting the wrong idea from your post)
We have some physical evidence, but there things just don't seem to add up, to me.
The theory is that we became more intelligent when we started eating meat. I'd be curious to see some studious on the subject (where gorillas or other apes were fed meat, to see what impact it may have had on their offspring)...
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However, honestly, it is an issue of little real importance to me. Where I came from doesn't matter much, I am here now. Debating any sort of evolution seems rather like intellectual masturbation...
Well, I didn't mean in the whole of the interweb, I meant on Slashdot in particular... :)
... and I just want to know... why?
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It seems the vast majority of Slashdotters are vehemently pro-Google (and therefore, anti-Yahoo)
Google has done its share of copying ideas from Yahoo, but when Google copies, it is called 'improvement'
It is the kind of double standard that reminds me of this:
http://yahooracists.ytmnd.com/
Yeah, but Yahoo! Maps hasn't been being used by enemy soldiers in Iraq (like Google Earth) for coordinating troop movements and such.
Yahoo may have given information to Chinese authorities, but it's not like they jailed the person.
Google helps greatly with the Great Firewall, too... [you may recall several articles on Slashdot about this]
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If this is your point of contention, the reason you think Yahoo should be bashed, then shouldn't Google be bashed, as well?
This would be a good time to supply some examples... thanks!
Why is it that when Google makes a purchase, it is lauded as a brilliant idea... ... and when Yahoo makes a purchase, it is bashed and made to be a horrible thing?
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Can someone explain this to me, and in a way that doesn't involve singular instances... a broad spectrum view of why so many people are so keen on Google and so unkeen on Yahoo...
I'd really like to know!
Yet apes exist, and in great variety... but there is no variety in the developmental stages of humans.
... then as we moved out of Africa, we had no splinter groups, all over the world... no lost chains? We all evolved at almost the same rate (again with minutely small variations)... and now we are equally developed... while the apes remain incredibly diverse (and largely unchanged) ...
The apes we are descended from have not changed much in thousands of years, meanwhile we've developed from apes and there are none of our anscestor species in the world today.
This causes me great confusion.
So basically, you mean to say, we are evolved from apes, and there are some apes that didn't evolve, so they are still around. Many species of apes, really.
Then we have men, who have evolved from a common anscestor, and we just didn't look back, we kept going. We had a number of physiological changes and migrations throughout Africa, but we never diverged into seperate population groups, and every single population group (dispersed throughout Africa) simultaneously evolved (with variations of a thousand years here or there)...
Perhaps you can see why I am confused...