Can't google propose an extension of the robots.txt file format to allow the original publishers to set a time limit on when the search engines should expire the cache?
That still wouldn't solve the problem, which is that the publishers shouldn't have to specify that they don't want to be cached. Like someone else wrote, book publishers don't have to write that you cannot photocopy the book.
Google gets jillions of gazillions of revenue from their AdSense program. It never hit you that every Google project carries advertisement? More space only makes it easier for them to find relevant ads.
The main reason that domain parking is so beneficial is that you don't have to buy the domain -- it's ok to turn it back after a few days. This means that you could buy a million of domains, see which get enough traffic to be profitable, and then use your warranty so you won't have to pay for the rest.
Insurance companies, airline customers and airports are private entities and will act to maximize their own, personal benefit. The insurance companies' meddling is just another variable for the airports to take in mind in optimizing themselves.
If the rate decrease is enough to offset the cost of the system, airlines will install it, otherwise, they won't.
Exactly. If the benefit is not large enough, the anti-missile systems will not be used. However, it is almost always beneficial to the society to install these systems since letting a jet get struck down would have several consequences that the consumers do not take in mind:
Loss of workforce.
Loss of education. Society has wasted much money on the passengers' education.
Fear affecting morale. After such an incident, a large part of the population would see a decrease in their efficiency.
Dissatisfaction with the current leaders. Of course, this is not anything that the leaders (who can intervene in the market in order to avoid these consequences) want.
Letting the market take care of itself in such a situation just won't work as well, even though it would work.
That's my point -- everyone will only optimize for themselves. State intervention is required in order to optimize for the society. For the society, it is more important that no plane is shot down than there is for each individual, including the individuals in the plane, since it would mean general dissatisfaction along with the risk of damaging even more people, who are not part in the transaction from the beginning.
This is why a market controlling the mounting of anti-missile defenses would not be the best way to solve the problem. The state is also interested in preventing jets from being shot down.
This is a good example of market failure. Protected airplanes do certainly have a positive social externality. Even though the consumers might take the risk into account, the demand for protected airplanes will be lower than the optimal demand for the society. This is caused by the society demanding protected airplanes more than every individual does, just like the society has a higher demand for electric cars and a lower demand for drugs.
Gravity is a theory, too. So is the theory of evolution. Yet, both are seen as true by almost every modern scientist. The word theory has a certain meaning when used in science.
I wonder how many new email addresses that the spammers can extract from that harddrive. They're probably hoping for Joel to forget about all the stored passwords, too.
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$5.02402e+11 ought to be enough for anybody. It's $1e+12 now. Why do they even allow bids that big? It can't be serious.
There is actually a Swedish version of DVORAK called SVORAK.
Tell everyone that you're celebrating Valentine's-and-a-month, and when they're all used to this to-be tradition, you reveal the truth.
Google gets jillions of gazillions of revenue from their AdSense program. It never hit you that every Google project carries advertisement? More space only makes it easier for them to find relevant ads.
And when the show starts, I will resign and agree to all of the Linux supporter's statements.
I for one welcome our new not-I-for-one joke overlords.
The main reason that domain parking is so beneficial is that you don't have to buy the domain -- it's ok to turn it back after a few days. This means that you could buy a million of domains, see which get enough traffic to be profitable, and then use your warranty so you won't have to pay for the rest.
Don't complain. The stones with binary dots are too heavy for FedEx, so I have to walk to their headquarter in two meters of snow.
- Loss of workforce.
- Loss of education. Society has wasted much money on the passengers' education.
- Fear affecting morale. After such an incident, a large part of the population would see a decrease in their efficiency.
- Dissatisfaction with the current leaders. Of course, this is not anything that the leaders (who can intervene in the market in order to avoid these consequences) want.
Letting the market take care of itself in such a situation just won't work as well, even though it would work.That's my point -- everyone will only optimize for themselves. State intervention is required in order to optimize for the society. For the society, it is more important that no plane is shot down than there is for each individual, including the individuals in the plane, since it would mean general dissatisfaction along with the risk of damaging even more people, who are not part in the transaction from the beginning. This is why a market controlling the mounting of anti-missile defenses would not be the best way to solve the problem. The state is also interested in preventing jets from being shot down.
I'm not a Player's Handbook. You're confusing me with my handbook.
This is a good example of market failure. Protected airplanes do certainly have a positive social externality. Even though the consumers might take the risk into account, the demand for protected airplanes will be lower than the optimal demand for the society. This is caused by the society demanding protected airplanes more than every individual does, just like the society has a higher demand for electric cars and a lower demand for drugs.
Gravity is a theory, too. So is the theory of evolution. Yet, both are seen as true by almost every modern scientist. The word theory has a certain meaning when used in science.
In Soviet Wiki, leaks wiki YOU!
In Soviet Cryptome, Wikileaks leak YOU!
Ah the possibilities!
Still, Google has a few IP-ranges which are only for Google.
What reason could there be for botnet owners to attack EveryDNS? I can't see that they'd gain anything from it.
That's hot!
Are you going to sue Slashdot now?
Also, there are 98.99% spam sites. The remaining 0.01 are regular sites.
I wonder how many new email addresses that the spammers can extract from that harddrive. They're probably hoping for Joel to forget about all the stored passwords, too.