Google usage is more prevalent in certain global markets than others. Two particular markets stand apart from the rest in terms of their dependence on Google: Brazil and India. In July, 29.8 percent of total time spent online in Brazil was spent on Google Sites, with India only slightly lower at 28.9 percent. The next highest global market was Ireland at 15.9 percent.
I suspect that in Brazil one of these major "Google sites" is Orkut, and it is probably possible to target Orkut users just as effectively as normal Google search users, or combine the data on both (since the accounts are linked) to have some well targeted ads.
Are you implying that if the violence was against a man it would have in fact been funny? But somehow when it's a woman involved it suddenly becomes unfunny?
And then you have the gall to suggest that the person making the joke is the sexist one? Domestic abuse isn't exactly funny whether it's directed towards men or women.
It was a better interface than anything out before, but it's still kinda unresponsive and has that flimsy "Windowsy" feel. Personally I still have a customised Windows ROM on my phone, but I'm thinking of moving to Android for my next device. I'm thankful to Apple for inspiring a bit of competition and creativity in the marketplace, but I've never been one for buying iThings so far..
Long term successful products on computers do not empower users
I don't think that makes any sense, and your "arguments" are not actually arguments.. there is very little that you can do in Linux that you cannot also do in Windows or Mac OS if you know what you're doing. Certainly greater than 99.9999% of computer users will never even write their own drivers, let alone go deeper than that. Google and Facebook are both quite empowering services in their own way.. and as long as there are alternatives out there, then they do not actually take away any power or choice from the end user.
Users are empowered by the applications that they can run, not by understanding how they work. I don't need to blueprint my car's engine to be able to get to work in the morning.
I've never really enjoyed the Unreal style of "shoot your enemies a million times" compared to games where one or two decent hits will kill (not counting stuff like the Sniper rifle in Unreal). This discussion actually made me look into the subject and I've just ordered a Fragnstein, looks like a decent option and it should work with any of my FPS games:)
If your plan is to get to cover rather than kill the enemies, probably the door.. in this situation, mouse = good, keyboard = not quite so good (as an analog stick). I basically vowed years ago that I'd never play FPSes on a console, but it isn't so bad when you get used to it, and as long as you know everybody else is limited in the same way. Still, I'd like to be able to play most games with a mouse for aiming and a pad for other controls - and in fact you could do this with Quake 2 on the PS1. I wonder if any of my current PS3 FPSes support mouse aiming...
Take the Brutal Legend demo for example. What seems from the demo like God of War-esque with driving sequences, is actually a semi-RTS with a large mostly empty "sandbox" overworld.
Yeah that was one of the worst demos I've played for a while.. it made me wait til the price came down to £15 (games here start at about £40) before I bought it.. and then the game turned out to be way more fun than the demo due to the sandbox style, which I love. I pretty much never read previews or reviews of games these days, but I do sometimes check the PS Store and occasionally try interesting looking demos. I would not be trying these if I had to pay for them. What a joke.. for example Just Cause 2 is way more fun than the blurb on the store made it sound and I pre-ordered it immediately at full price after trying the demo.
We take this opportunity to express our regret at the issues you have had with the Sony PS3.
We have considered carefully the points expressed in your email, and we recommend that you bring this matter to the attention of the manufacturer, Sony. We do not consider the application of either EU Directive 1999/44/EC or the Sale of Goods Act 1979 to be relevant in these circumstances.
I did wonder if the initial refund story was a hoax even before I got this reply, and I'm not sure if it's worth pursuing it any further. They also gave me Sony's number and a link to one of their websites, but I suspect Sony will be even less helpful.
Except I paid good money to have the seat warmer option installed in my last, I really would not be happy if they removed that feature.
I tried to claim my refund from Amazon, but they said to go direct to Sony if I wanted that. Probably because of Sony saying they refuse to offer compensation, and it not being worth it for Amazon to damage their relationship with Sony.
Ahah - so I wasn't just imagining that blog! Being a guy who likes chicks and then having an operation to make yourself into a pseudo-chick is an amazing way to isolate yourself from 99.99999999999% of available sexual partners:s
It was some low UID account owner's speculation in a reply to me last week, in a rather condescending fashion actually, but I assumed that he knew what he was talking about. Oops.
What I mean is that it would probably break antitrust laws in several countries as it could be seen as it could be seen as taking advantage of monopoly conditions if they started purposely treating non Google ISP customers as 2nd rate citizens, effectively forcing everyone over to their own service.
2) Yep, aware of that, but the major use of flash on the web is obviously for videos and vector animations, which do have competitors in HTML 5 video and canvas elements..
Actually, since Apple are pushing for H.264 video (which they part own the patents to AFAIK) in HTML5 you could say that they're offering a competing product.
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Actually, Scotland is in the UK as well as sunlight.
And I think you'll find that we also have sunlight in Scotland every couple of decades.
Don't see why it wouldn't be.. hmm I have just found http://pr.watblog.com/2009/09/google-dominates-internet-landscape-in-india-and-brazil/
Google usage is more prevalent in certain global markets than others. Two particular markets stand apart from the rest in terms of their dependence on Google: Brazil and India. In July, 29.8 percent of total time spent online in Brazil was spent on Google Sites, with India only slightly lower at 28.9 percent. The next highest global market was Ireland at 15.9 percent.
I suspect that in Brazil one of these major "Google sites" is Orkut, and it is probably possible to target Orkut users just as effectively as normal Google search users, or combine the data on both (since the accounts are linked) to have some well targeted ads.
Except that over half of Orkut users are Brazilian, so that would be a pretty stupid move.
Are you implying that if the violence was against a man it would have in fact been funny? But somehow when it's a woman involved it suddenly becomes unfunny?
And then you have the gall to suggest that the person making the joke is the sexist one? Domestic abuse isn't exactly funny whether it's directed towards men or women.
It was a better interface than anything out before, but it's still kinda unresponsive and has that flimsy "Windowsy" feel. Personally I still have a customised Windows ROM on my phone, but I'm thinking of moving to Android for my next device. I'm thankful to Apple for inspiring a bit of competition and creativity in the marketplace, but I've never been one for buying iThings so far..
Read his first sentence again a few times.
I'm using them to build a spaceship.
I'd like to encourage some natural evolution via another's slippery slope ad infinitum, if you get what I'm saying!
Oh wait, this is /.
I'll get me coat.
Long term successful products on computers do not empower users
I don't think that makes any sense, and your "arguments" are not actually arguments.. there is very little that you can do in Linux that you cannot also do in Windows or Mac OS if you know what you're doing. Certainly greater than 99.9999% of computer users will never even write their own drivers, let alone go deeper than that. Google and Facebook are both quite empowering services in their own way.. and as long as there are alternatives out there, then they do not actually take away any power or choice from the end user.
Users are empowered by the applications that they can run, not by understanding how they work. I don't need to blueprint my car's engine to be able to get to work in the morning.
small/discrete and non chafing.. perfect!
I was referring more to the "Microsoft" part, it's a perfect brand name for a line of feminine hygiene products.
Anything created by Microsoft also sounds like it's from a line of hygiene products - hasn't stopped them so far..
I've never really enjoyed the Unreal style of "shoot your enemies a million times" compared to games where one or two decent hits will kill (not counting stuff like the Sniper rifle in Unreal). This discussion actually made me look into the subject and I've just ordered a Fragnstein, looks like a decent option and it should work with any of my FPS games :)
If your plan is to get to cover rather than kill the enemies, probably the door.. in this situation, mouse = good, keyboard = not quite so good (as an analog stick). I basically vowed years ago that I'd never play FPSes on a console, but it isn't so bad when you get used to it, and as long as you know everybody else is limited in the same way. Still, I'd like to be able to play most games with a mouse for aiming and a pad for other controls - and in fact you could do this with Quake 2 on the PS1. I wonder if any of my current PS3 FPSes support mouse aiming...
Take the Brutal Legend demo for example. What seems from the demo like God of War-esque with driving sequences, is actually a semi-RTS with a large mostly empty "sandbox" overworld.
Yeah that was one of the worst demos I've played for a while.. it made me wait til the price came down to £15 (games here start at about £40) before I bought it.. and then the game turned out to be way more fun than the demo due to the sandbox style, which I love. I pretty much never read previews or reviews of games these days, but I do sometimes check the PS Store and occasionally try interesting looking demos. I would not be trying these if I had to pay for them. What a joke.. for example Just Cause 2 is way more fun than the blurb on the store made it sound and I pre-ordered it immediately at full price after trying the demo.
The reply was:
Thank you for your email.
We take this opportunity to express our regret at the issues you have had with the Sony PS3.
We have considered carefully the points expressed in your email, and we recommend that you bring this matter to the attention of the manufacturer, Sony. We do not consider the application of either EU Directive 1999/44/EC or the Sale of Goods Act 1979 to be relevant in these circumstances.
I did wonder if the initial refund story was a hoax even before I got this reply, and I'm not sure if it's worth pursuing it any further. They also gave me Sony's number and a link to one of their websites, but I suspect Sony will be even less helpful.
Except I paid good money to have the seat warmer option installed in my last, I really would not be happy if they removed that feature.
I tried to claim my refund from Amazon, but they said to go direct to Sony if I wanted that. Probably because of Sony saying they refuse to offer compensation, and it not being worth it for Amazon to damage their relationship with Sony.
A robot that handles your gear then goes tits-up when you hazard its mechanicals?!
Where do I sign up?
Ahah - so I wasn't just imagining that blog! Being a guy who likes chicks and then having an operation to make yourself into a pseudo-chick is an amazing way to isolate yourself from 99.99999999999% of available sexual partners :s
It was some low UID account owner's speculation in a reply to me last week, in a rather condescending fashion actually, but I assumed that he knew what he was talking about. Oops.
It wasn't meant to be boolean logic, he said "most". So you'd need some kind of probability in there.
What I mean is that it would probably break antitrust laws in several countries as it could be seen as it could be seen as taking advantage of monopoly conditions if they started purposely treating non Google ISP customers as 2nd rate citizens, effectively forcing everyone over to their own service.
1) Didn't know that
2) Yep, aware of that, but the major use of flash on the web is obviously for videos and vector animations, which do have competitors in HTML 5 video and canvas elements..
Actually, since Apple are pushing for H.264 video (which they part own the patents to AFAIK) in HTML5 you could say that they're offering a competing product.