Seriously, since when is this news? This is not a new or groundbreaking idea by any stretch of the imagination.
Lucky/. has all these meta-moderating reminders;)
Part of the reason ITunes is popular (and one of the reasons that I use Winamp instead of WMP) is that the user interface for Windows Media Player sucks. Likewise, Firefox isn't only more functional than IE, it also just looks and feels better and cleaner.
Even if "Zunes" had a better name, a seemless interface with online music stores, and no annoying DRM gimmicks, I would probably still pick another media player. Because Microsoft's UI's just suck. Microsoft's been sitting around waiting for the past 5-10 years for someone to come along with sleaker media players and browsers (and a cleaner OS), and now it's paying the price.
The government's decisions is motivated by economic interests--that's the whole point!
The open source community has realized that it's never going to dig into Microsoft's market share if it relies on people desire to "Increase the freedom of information". Most of the freeware-using population doesn't even understand the different between "open source" and "free"
The whole point is that you create a Multi-class character once you get to the 12th level as a Unix Mage. That way, if the level 15 XP Paladin dies, your lvl 12/2 Unix Mage/XP Paladin can do all the healing and patching you need.
It's hard to see how blog-watching would be of much use. After all, most of the information that bloggers supply is available on so many blogs because it's common knowledge in a certain demographic. Thus, blog-watching isn't really useful for spotting trends or learning things that people in your company (who hopefully know some of your consumers) don't already know.
But I can see how blog-watching could develop into an industry. One way companies watch teen trends is by keeping tabs on a few "trendsetters", who tend to adopt the next fad before the rest of their peers do. It makes sense that a "trendsetter" blog might be useful in the same way.
For some inexplicable reason Adbbusters and No Logo don't get a lot of exposure on commercial TV networks, wonder why?
Maybe the reason they don't is because commercial TV networks rely on ads to make a profit (keeping it "free", just like the internet). Considering that ads support the radio and tv industry, as well as a large portion of the webs, perhaps ads should be considered a necessary evil.
Also, a brief look at the No Logo site offers a few hints as to why they don't get TV coverage. Naomi Klein has always been anticapitalist rather than an anticorportatist.
some sites require IE as a browser (yahoo launchcast, for example). Of course, Opera could make IE an option rather than the default, but that might pose problems for its less tech-savvy adherents
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...but I queued up at midnight for dapper drake.
Seriously, since when is this news? This is not a new or groundbreaking idea by any stretch of the imagination. Lucky /. has all these meta-moderating reminders ;)
Part of the reason ITunes is popular (and one of the reasons that I use Winamp instead of WMP) is that the user interface for Windows Media Player sucks. Likewise, Firefox isn't only more functional than IE, it also just looks and feels better and cleaner. Even if "Zunes" had a better name, a seemless interface with online music stores, and no annoying DRM gimmicks, I would probably still pick another media player. Because Microsoft's UI's just suck. Microsoft's been sitting around waiting for the past 5-10 years for someone to come along with sleaker media players and browsers (and a cleaner OS), and now it's paying the price.
The government's decisions is motivated by economic interests--that's the whole point! The open source community has realized that it's never going to dig into Microsoft's market share if it relies on people desire to "Increase the freedom of information". Most of the freeware-using population doesn't even understand the different between "open source" and "free"
The whole point is that you create a Multi-class character once you get to the 12th level as a Unix Mage. That way, if the level 15 XP Paladin dies, your lvl 12/2 Unix Mage/XP Paladin can do all the healing and patching you need.
It's hard to see how blog-watching would be of much use. After all, most of the information that bloggers supply is available on so many blogs because it's common knowledge in a certain demographic. Thus, blog-watching isn't really useful for spotting trends or learning things that people in your company (who hopefully know some of your consumers) don't already know.
But I can see how blog-watching could develop into an industry. One way companies watch teen trends is by keeping tabs on a few "trendsetters", who tend to adopt the next fad before the rest of their peers do. It makes sense that a "trendsetter" blog might be useful in the same way.
For some inexplicable reason Adbbusters and No Logo don't get a lot of exposure on commercial TV networks, wonder why? Maybe the reason they don't is because commercial TV networks rely on ads to make a profit (keeping it "free", just like the internet). Considering that ads support the radio and tv industry, as well as a large portion of the webs, perhaps ads should be considered a necessary evil. Also, a brief look at the No Logo site offers a few hints as to why they don't get TV coverage. Naomi Klein has always been anticapitalist rather than an anticorportatist.
some sites require IE as a browser (yahoo launchcast, for example). Of course, Opera could make IE an option rather than the default, but that might pose problems for its less tech-savvy adherents
apparently, it does. just like the world's fastest toaster.
I don't think it's coming back. It obviously wants to be free.