Comment Re:A quick couple of things wrong with the study.. (Score 2) 611
2) it did not take into account the costs associated with the malware distributed by the various ad platforms.
That's not covered by the fee you paid to run Windows?
2) it did not take into account the costs associated with the malware distributed by the various ad platforms.
That's not covered by the fee you paid to run Windows?
The simple fact is that we cannot ever trust companies to actually honor the social contract of subscription models. Since they cannot stick to the rules, the only option is for end-users endure the constant ads, since at least in this case we don't have to pay subscription costs.
Which is why I have no qualms whatsoever about blocking ads and taking multiple technological measures to make myself difficult to track. Let them cry a river about it. The real problem is: what little trust may have been there has been thoroughly eroded by an advertising industry showing time and again that it, as an industry, is completely incapable of being reasonable or otherwise regulating itself.
It's too bad for the marketing majors that they want to offer a "service" I do not need and do not want and have chosen to provide endless examples of "offering" (shoving it down throats) it in the most sleazy and underhanded ways. They'll get along without me, somehow.
My intuition is that I'd be just fine with the only content available being content that did not seek a revenue stream. I thought the internet was better back then anyway.
The geek always thinks that way
Because way back then the Internet was his personal playground. He was the both content provider and consumer. I haven't forgiven him yet for the multitude of user-unfriendly clients he devised for communication over the snail slow connections of the dial-up modem days.
Yeah. Currently we're working hard on the problem of operating rooms being doctors' personal playgrounds. Anyone who complains about that, points out that doctors have the expertise, or produces any "practical" reason why surgical procedures were designed that way is, of course, advocating for the evil stranglehold doctors have on performing surgery. The doctors always think that way, you know.
I've been using bing for years mostly because I didn't want there to be only one search engine. Try them out. They have boolean searches. I know... the evil microsoft... but the search engine is good.
I've been using Startpage for years now. They perform a Google search on your behalf while guarding your privacy. They don't even log your IP address. They're the same company that runs Ixquick.com if you want a truly independent search engine to go with the privacy features (their own indexer, no dependency on Google). Personally I enjoy the idea of getting Google results without the Google tracking for which I never signed an agreement.
That assumes that anyone would want to subsidize every single site that receives ad revenue. I strongly suspect that this is not the case. But even at only $230 a year, that would be a bargain. The viruses, the flash ads, the spam. God, make it all go away please.
But it will not. They want brand awareness, not just click-throughs. Paying it would be rather like paying the danegeld. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D...
Even if you had the option to pay this, there would still be ads, because greed cannot be satisfied. See: cable TV.
I was thinking he looks like he was born to be a gym teacher. He has plenty of energy, a balding head, and he sweats profusely.
That is an interesting graph. To summarize what it says, it says that we should not waste any more money studying fusion. Rather sad, but there you have it. They even said it themselves.
LOL. At first, I thought you might be serious, then I heard you mention the Midwest and I wondered if you had ever lived out there, but your description went on and I was wondering if you were serious again... and then you mentioned Ferguson.
LOL. What a wild ride. Thank you.
Every once in a while I read a post here that starts out as normal but after a moment of thought, actually hits pretty damned hard. I am glad that your post is moderated +5. It definitely deserves it. Very insightful. I especially liked the part about the incentive to keep other cops in line. Very interesting idea there.
I cry every damn time I read that one.
I understand why. Definitely high art there. It has great impact.
When I open up the tap in my kitchen sink, am I "blowing off water straight to atmosphere" ???
Erm... Heh. Actually, yes you are. Not all of it or even a significant percentage of it is blowing straight into the atmosphere but some of it assuredly is.
As a test, take two rooms of equal size, one with a running a faucet and the other without. Measure the humidity level after as little as 10 minutes.
Have a nice day.
What if I erected a sign with the text "Small Cock -->" next to you? You maybe wouldn't want me to have the sign there. At that point would it be OK to you if I just said "I ain't hosting the penis, I am just making pointers to it"?
Assuming you are not violating zoning laws, I see no problem with this. It is an issue of free speech. I think it sucks and I definitely would not like it, but I would support your right to point out my small cock.
Do you also insist on owning your own elevator? If socialized vertical transportation is acceptable, then why is horizontal transportation so different?
What you are describing is called a train, El, or subway. And, those are perfectly acceptable.
What is being talked about here is not equivalent. The factors that affect reliability do not seem to be adequately addressed.
I think the main problem is that Linux is *TOO* configurable. "Normals" don't want hundreds of options. They want people to tell them which of a limited number of options will work for them.
I hate being an ass... but, shut the fuck up you stupid moron. YOU are the reason Gnome sucks.
It is not the number of options that are available, it is how they are presented. You remove the ability to configure, you remove the most important part of your user base.
DO NOT EVER MAKE IT LESS CONFIGURABLE.
If someone is telling you it is too confusing, give sane defaults and then think of a way to organize the configuration options in such a way that the ordinary user does not feel they need to go in and start playing with those options.
"It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God but to create him." -Arthur C. Clarke
