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  hugo at fsfe dot org; Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:21:16 -0700 (PDT)

Not even apple thinks xserves are worth a shit

I freaking knew it

Access owns PalmOS, Access owns BeOS, WebOS was a failure, and it's a damn shame, but Palm hasn't done anything worthwhile since the Treo 650. I loved my Treos, and I loved the Kyocera 6035 I had before them, but the only value Palm provides these days is nostalgia.

Wait, wait, let me get this straight: you're complaining that the big ISPs got billions of dollars because of previous government intervention, so the solution to that is MORE government intervention?

State-enforced "net neutrality" will NOT harm the big ISPs, even though Comcast is one of them. What it would mean is that new bureaucratic rules and regulations would restrict new entrants into the market. No one can understand government rules in any industry, except for the big players who have the money and lobbying power to reach up to the requirements.

Net neutrality can be enforced through more competition, which can only come through LESS regulations, not more.

I don't keep a television in my house. Is there anywhere on the net to watch Dr. Who streaming that anyone could recommend?

Perhaps the GP meant that Microsoft is the only alternative to Apple, and that Russian programmers can easily circumvent Windows security. That still doesn't explain how they would get into my Linux box.

The real reason could be as simple as the sample size is fucking tiny.

Old people can't use computers. Even if it involves lightly pressing on the accelerator.

Licensing for 3G and 2G and other cell phone chip hardware is expensive.

Also, you have to add additional interfaces (SIM card interface, internal antenna, etc) that increase the cost of delivery and design.

I have 3 Android devices and all of them do a fairly good job of rendering websites for "Mobile" display. In fact, I am currently working on porting my Wordpress sites to a mobile friendly auto-switching theme bases on visits from mobile devices.

Just because it's laptop shaped doesn't mean it will display websites like a full PC would. It'll display mobile versions, which are still perfect for that resolution.

I just want Cyanogen to make a mod for this sucker.

The minute someone puts Ben Bernanke on a "Person of the _____" list as a choice, the list is invalidated. Bernanke, like Greenspan, created policy that causes recessions and depressions and then makes them worse.

I can't understand why people continue to give any credibility to these deadpulp periodicals and their online offspring.

...the mouthpiece for the State clamoring for MORE State control.

Shocking.

I've worked pretty hard to pull away from the mainstream dead-pulp press sites unless they offer a variety of features I think are necessary:

1. No login, but if I do voluntarily create an account, I should get some advantages (targeted ads would be nice, like Facebook where I can vote on ads)
2. Comments. If the deadpulpsters don't want my input, I don't want theirs.
3. Reasonable variety of facts over what the AP and other wires vomit. Originality counts, even if I disagree with it.

Yet there's another short-rule I follow: if they're going to put up ads that make no sense, I will generally back off of their site. I don't use adblock because I am WILLING to visit advertisers of the blogs and news-sites I read, if the ads are relevant. But if it's "Rachel Ray lost 40 lbs using this diet" or "Find out more about acai" or "Quit smoking today with a vaporizer" then I'm pretty much done with that site.

The ad desks need to accept LESS money from advertisers in exchange for ads that are actually relevant. Why can't these companies offer real-time advertising on a per-article basis? That way, Mike Flower Shop can advertise on the poinsettia article, and Subaru can advertise on the article about Saab going under.

It isn't Google who is killing these papers, it is their lack of advertisers who actually matter to the readers. Heck, I have no problem giving away my information when I register (voluntarily) for an account. My age, my sex, my income, my general location -- that way, advertisers can target me at those sites, and maybe I'll even buy.

For what it's worth, I advertise for some of my businesses on Facebook. I pick the keywords, the sex, the age and more, and my ad conversion rate is pretty high (I pay about $4 per new buying customer, on average). It costs me $100 to get a new client through other means (direct mail, even referrals that require me to spend time winning the new customer). Facebook has it right, even if a lot of their ads are shady (I can dislike them, thumbs down). It's time for the deadpulp media to do the same thing, or even turn their advertising over to another venture who will shut down the diet, anti-smoking and cleaner skin spammers.