10.times do p "Ruby is it\n" end

Have you ever heard of the Linux based botnet? Neither do I.

"True Enough"

That's a title of the book by Farhad Manjoo

It is a human condition to search for the information that reaffirms a pre-established set of beliefs
(comes from the book) that reinforce our own opinions (like Slashdot).

Google weakness is their scope. When it comes to information, they are the GM of the 60's.
In house, vertical, total control.

Facebook banks on that a groups people that exchange information that they find _useful_.

Social networks should not be flat but holistic. They must grow withing their local contexts.

"True Enough"
Great book. I recommend it.

Facebook muscles itself on others by social norms and peer pressure (Like a Thanksgiving dinner you dread to assist)
Sure, go ahead and stay out of Facebook but don't blow a gasket by the the fact that people are talking about YOU on it.

The Market Norms put information exchange as a commodity.
The Social Norms put information exchange as a human activity (like breathing)

The trick is to make the humans feel a safe and familiar experience (like a quiet summer afternoon conversation in you uncle's porch) when
typing away are a social network web site. Trick people using social norms to hand out information to be treated using market norms.

Google knows it's that IT is being perceived as a information crunching machine and subconsciously humans don't trust machines.

Facebook, MySpace and Twitter (notice their names) are percieved as human driven connection "thingy" where humans interact. Like a cork
board outside the supermarket t.

But mark my words. Google is going to do something about that. They will spin off something or buy some start up to to create an aura
of humanity around their algorithms.

A simple GIF with o a floating balloon behind the search field won't do.

Contexts can be deceiving.
Be careful not to use these charts to decide what language to learn or what language is better for a given solution.
Let's remember the web server ecosystems: cgi, c#, perl, java, python, php, ruby.
A given algorithm implemented in you language of choice can give you the upper hand
and instant notoriety; but running the whole operation (labor/maintenance/testing) goes far beyond
controlled environment testing.

Lately I've been thinking that
the more powerful solution (language wise) is the one that you can build and tear down from scratch in less time/effort.
That gives you more confidence to try new/innovative solutions.
my 2 cents.

You nailed it. Among other things, of course, it is how the memory gets managed by you and the libraries, in whatever language you choose, a determining factor in efficiency. Some languages lean toward managing the memory for you while other languages leave that to your own device. It would be naive and stupid to state that my program is efficient because was written in c..right? But I have read dissertations here and many places on how, given the right conditions, Java may very efficient managing memory not wasting cpu cycles(by efficient mean thrifty with resources) which is a stretch (don't go there). Indeed, the idea that just because something is coded in C, it is going to be faster than it's counterpart in a different language, well that is a myth.

Like getting a free oil change and complaining about the windshield sticker next service reminder?

Make your date memorable as in live to tell another day, by not putting garments over halogen lamps. I know is just a prop but props can be set ablaze. Just ask Michael Jackson. Cool Valentine's card thought.

I feel better now. Thank you for the pep talk.