'The BBC's technology correspondent, on the other hand, reckons: "it's safe to assume that Times Newspapers has yet to achieve the same revenues from its paywall experiment that were available when its website was free."'
No it isn't. It's possible to believe it (and so do I) but it's not safe to assume anything. Data please.
Cheers,
Ian
Since we seem to be playing "prime pedant" I should point out that neither you, the OP or I will be in any personal danger from making that assumption.
...I'm not impressed with any browser right now. Chrome still has privacy issues (and also has standards conformance issues), Firefox is getting very slow and will occasionally leave zombie processes
If its any consolation Firefox 4 beta is a lot faster. It is less stable than the stable version (Doh!), but I have not had to kill any zombie processes. If they get the reliability right before release FF4 could be great.
All these different types of keyboards for the android devices are making my head spin. Next it will be brain waves to text!
I'll stick with SwipeIT, thank you very much....
I think thatI hope my boss doesn't see me posting on slashdotbrain waveswow that girl from HR walked by, look at her titsto text is the Jesus how much coffee did that moron bob put in this cup?way of the future What else should i write. Uhm... I guess thats it
Actually, I would think that the people who block ads are the best customers, because they care about quality and details. They're not morons, they' know what they want, and if they dont, they will research it. They are generally the best, most informed shoppers because they are not interested in being told what they want, but instead are interested in buying what they want.
So they buy things with intent, often early adopters, tech geeks, people who are into the new....
People who block ads are going to be generally smarter people, and smarter people have money... and they spend it.
There is some truth in that, but will those "smarter" shoppers be influenced positively by being forced to watch a promotional video?
If I did that, I'd want car with two seats but a lot of luggage space, with just enough torque to get around UK B-roads at a sensible pace, that was priced at cost plus a sensible margin, and weighed less than 1000kg. In fact there are a large number of households that should want this as a perfect second car. There is no such car even though it's perfectly possible to engineer one. What does that tell you about consumer choice?
From TFA apparently he wants to be able to use (Omega) to name a variable, and ÷ (Division Sign) as an operator. My interpretation of his opinion is that a descriptive name for a variable is inferior to using greek letters, and that using mathematical operators that take an extra five or so keystrokes are superior to the standard +-*/^ set that people have become accustomed to.
Great, so code reviewers will have to worry whether
destaccount += credit
is an a ascii local variable or a global with the Cyrillic Ye character that puts money in some other account
Plus the fact that a spoken language changes - good chance you would not be able to understand English as it was spoken say 500 years ago. They would not only have used different words, also used a different pronunciation.
That depends on what accents you are used to. Many Northern British and lowland Scotts accents were not changed by the "Great Vowel Shift" nearly as much as Southern English, Received Pronunciation, or General American.
Being your slave, what should I do but tend
Upon the hours and times of your desire?
Will have an immediately obvious meaning when read in a lowland Scots accent
You know, this was tried. It was called APL. It sucked, and I mean, like the environment outside the ISS.
I thought it sucked. You thought it sucked. A load of guys from the maths department that wanted to do quick mathematical computations loved it. APLwas not meaningless symbols to everyone.
A google search could result in targeted marketing flyers through the door. Imagine all the slashdotters explaining to their mums why they are suddenly getting so many personally addressed letters from pornographic publishers.
Here in America, nobody believes in donating money; we are all supposed to be subverting each other, trying to extract as much money from each other as possible. Anything else is clearly "socialism."
From the studies I've seen, the American right give plenty of donations, it's the left who don't believe in donating money. I believe that's generally true across the West, and not really surprising as the right believe in personal responsibility whereas the left believe that 'the government ought to do something about that'.
That seems to be a bit of a generalisation. Look at all the left wing organisations that run on donations.
Because for one, by law adolescents cannot legally consent to a sexual relationship with an adult (depending on various states law)
and animals are incapable of consenting.
This is an old, tired, and idiotic argument.
Or maybe it will go the other way round and English Heritage will start taking all the money from collection boxes in St Pauls Cathedral, York Minster, etc - but once a year 'allow Christians "special access" for a religious ceremony.
Slashdot Mirror
As the politicians are keen to point out: it is right that those with the broadest shoulders should pay more. It is only "fair".
What have you got against Rugby players?
'The BBC's technology correspondent, on the other hand, reckons: "it's safe to assume that Times Newspapers has yet to achieve the same revenues from its paywall experiment that were available when its website was free."' No it isn't. It's possible to believe it (and so do I) but it's not safe to assume anything. Data please. Cheers, Ian
Since we seem to be playing "prime pedant" I should point out that neither you, the OP or I will be in any personal danger from making that assumption.
...I'm not impressed with any browser right now. Chrome still has privacy issues (and also has standards conformance issues), Firefox is getting very slow and will occasionally leave zombie processes
If its any consolation Firefox 4 beta is a lot faster. It is less stable than the stable version (Doh!), but I have not had to kill any zombie processes. If they get the reliability right before release FF4 could be great.
All these different types of keyboards for the android devices are making my head spin. Next it will be brain waves to text! I'll stick with SwipeIT, thank you very much....
I think that I hope my boss doesn't see me posting on slashdot brain waves wow that girl from HR walked by, look at her tits to text is the Jesus how much coffee did that moron bob put in this cup? way of the future What else should i write. Uhm ... I guess thats it
I think this is largely due to certain extremes branding centerists as opposing extremists rather than what they are.
If you are not for us you are against us!
What if you have a liberal/conservative government? In the UK liberal is becoming conservative
If you and your girlfriend aren't careful, you'll get Baby 1.0. That'll wake you up very early, and without fail.
No, they're as safe as houses. They use the iPhone rhythm method app for contraception so what could possibly go wron.... oh wait.
my girlfriends 3gs (running iOS 4.x) had the same bug this morning.
Fortunately, my $99 android phone woke us up at the right time
I am sure that Apple will fix it shortly, then patent alarm clock apps for mobile phones that adjust automatically for daylight savings.
I stopped putting anything of consequence on Facebook (including pictures) over a year ago.
Too late! I've seen the pictures. I don't know who I feel more sorry for, you, your sister, or the dog.
Actually, I would think that the people who block ads are the best customers, because they care about quality and details. They're not morons, they' know what they want, and if they dont, they will research it. They are generally the best, most informed shoppers because they are not interested in being told what they want, but instead are interested in buying what they want.
So they buy things with intent, often early adopters, tech geeks, people who are into the new....
People who block ads are going to be generally smarter people, and smarter people have money... and they spend it.
There is some truth in that, but will those "smarter" shoppers be influenced positively by being forced to watch a promotional video?
It'd have to be something really compelling to make me endure that kind of abuse.
You mean, like ... porn?
That might be to compelling - I can see many people missing the capture phrase
Advertising is murder.
That's a retarded thing to say
Yes, its just as stupid as "copyright infringement its theft".
From TFA apparently he wants to be able to use (Omega) to name a variable, and ÷ (Division Sign) as an operator. My interpretation of his opinion is that a descriptive name for a variable is inferior to using greek letters, and that using mathematical operators that take an extra five or so keystrokes are superior to the standard +-*/^ set that people have become accustomed to.
Great, so code reviewers will have to worry whether
destaccount += credit
is an a ascii local variable or a global with the Cyrillic Ye character that puts money in some other account
Plus the fact that a spoken language changes - good chance you would not be able to understand English as it was spoken say 500 years ago. They would not only have used different words, also used a different pronunciation.
That depends on what accents you are used to. Many Northern British and lowland Scotts accents were not changed by the "Great Vowel Shift" nearly as much as Southern English, Received Pronunciation, or General American.
Being your slave, what should I do but tend
Upon the hours and times of your desire?
Will have an immediately obvious meaning when read in a lowland Scots accent
You know, this was tried. It was called APL. It sucked, and I mean, like the environment outside the ISS.
I thought it sucked. You thought it sucked. A load of guys from the maths department that wanted to do quick mathematical computations loved it. APLwas not meaningless symbols to everyone.
... 160 programmers is all you'll ever need?
I would be interested in a then/now of how many lawyers they have. That would really reflect the change in the IT industry.
Seriously would you like to say "my new car's a Jeep Wrangler Call of Duty: Black Ops Edition"? Doesn't that just say "nerd" rather than "action man"?
Tornado Strength? I think that's rather more than the Category 3 hurricane!
A google search could result in targeted marketing flyers through the door. Imagine all the slashdotters explaining to their mums why they are suddenly getting so many personally addressed letters from pornographic publishers.
Here in America, nobody believes in donating money; we are all supposed to be subverting each other, trying to extract as much money from each other as possible. Anything else is clearly "socialism."
From the studies I've seen, the American right give plenty of donations, it's the left who don't believe in donating money. I believe that's generally true across the West, and not really surprising as the right believe in personal responsibility whereas the left believe that 'the government ought to do something about that'.
That seems to be a bit of a generalisation. Look at all the left wing organisations that run on donations.
Hey, is that different than stuff pulled by the Bush White House? Or for that matter, Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller having his security team handcuff reporters for asking questions he didn't want to answer?
Sure - they didn't have God, justice and the American way on their side.
"sex with adolescents, zoophilia,"
Because for one, by law adolescents cannot legally consent to a sexual relationship with an adult (depending on various states law) and animals are incapable of consenting. This is an old, tired, and idiotic argument.
But what about adolescent zoophiliacs?
Druidism has just been recognized as a religion in the UK, wouldn't they have some ground to claim "intellectual property" on Stonehenge?
Or maybe it will go the other way round and English Heritage will start taking all the money from collection boxes in St Pauls Cathedral, York Minster, etc - but once a year 'allow Christians "special access" for a religious ceremony.
Disney will love the precedent. Don't worry about copyright running out 75 years after the artist dies, 4,500 years will do us for now.