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Comment If you want to find out how evil Google is... (Score 1) 182

...just ask any small business that has been banned from advertising on Google's Adwords network. I'm not going to plug my own business here, but I run a software company and was forced to lay off three people because Google decided my site violated their vague "Terms & Conditions." (They did not tell me what my supposed violations were.)

However, I will give you two examples of two other small businesses that were banned from Adwords. The first is this one, a small local pest-control company Reno. If anyone can find anything objectionable about that site, definitely let me know! Read their story here. (Scroll down to the 6th reply.)

Here's another company banned from Adwords, in this case a company in LA that has helped non-profits obtain grants for the past 35 years. You can read their story here.

Comment Re:Separate them (Score 1) 467

Best solution to keeping your boss out of your personal stuff? Don't do personal stuff on company time.

Eric Schmidt, is that you? (The CEO of Google said, "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.")

Comment Use Gmail (Score 1) 467

For any file up to 20 mb, you can create email drafts in Gmail and attach the files you want to save. Have the subject of the email be the name of the file you're saving to it. Then save it as a draft (don't send it to anybody).

Comment I'm a software co. owner and I don't mind piracy (Score 5, Insightful) 438

Here's why. Every individual has two commodities they own: 1. Time. 2. Money. People with #2 tend not to have #1, and vice versa. So for someone with a good income, it's just not worth the time involved to locate a torrent, download it from the few people seeding it, etc., etc. (Even if YOU could find it quickly, there's still a learning curve involved for the average person.) The people who pirate software almost always are those who wouldn't buy it in the first place, simply because they don't have any money. But by getting your software, a certain tiny percentage will help you via word of mouth, which in the end helps your bottom line.

Comment Re:Interesting Spin in the Summary (Score 1) 416

Given that I only got free internet at an airport when Google felt generous last holiday season, I'd gladly use it and gladly watch ads.

Given that Google, which is everyone's favorite monopoly, controls 90+ percent of Internet advertising, I wonder why they don't offer free Internet everywhere they can. Does anyone know why not?

Comment Re:People laugh at stuff like this (Score 1) 134

But when you reach a certain age, it becomes harder and harder to meet new friends. I used to have tons of them, but then I moved to a new city and have almost none here. And if you're too old for the clubs, don't have a family, and aren't religious or a sports fan--you're pretty much SOL in many places

You should go to meetup.com. Seriously, check it out. There's lots of opportunities there to meet new friends.

Comment Re:Not just women (Score 1) 706

My favorite quote from that article is this: "If women truly did earn less for doing exactly the same job as a man, any non-sexist CEO could thrash his competition by hiring only women, thus saving 25% on employee salaries relative to his competitors." I've often wondered about that myself.

Comment Re:Kindra Arnesen's speech (Score 1) 264

If the government seizes BP, for one thing there's the small aspect that it's not exactly legal. For another thing, now taxpayers are on the hook to pay for the clean-up. On the other hand, if BP stays in business, then it will be able to pay for the clean-up rather than taxpayers.

It's always important to ask the question, "And then what?" For example: "We have to seize BP. And then what?"

So you see, the world is not as simple as you think.

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