Comment Not the Google way... (Score 3, Insightful) 53
But Google doesn't try to get it completely right the first time. They release and iterate... and it is that philosophy which is (one of) the foundations of their speed.
Comment Re:$25,000 barrier to entry (Score 5, Insightful) 270
Why are we all so busy blaming Pandora for this?
IIRC, they were just trying to save themselves from getting annihilated by these preposterous fees... and now we're giving them a hard time because they didn't save every other tiny internet radio station all at once?
Seems to me that we won the battle, but not the war (yet). So let's celebrate that instead of flagellating those fighting on our side, yeah?
Comment Re:I hate to say it... (Score 1) 685
Same shit different name.
Well, that's not exactly true. In the name of profit, one would annoy and imprison us; the other would happily destroy the world.
Comment Re:Perhaps a bit like skydrive as well (Score 1) 342
Oh, yeah, skydrive...
but isn't that a bit like Office Live
but isn't that a bit like Live Mesh
Can anyone say "Confused Product Strategy" three time backwards?
but isn't that a bit like Office Live
but isn't that a bit like Live Mesh
Can anyone say "Confused Product Strategy" three time backwards?
Comment Re:Public-key crypto (Score 3, Informative) 303
Sure, but they saw fit not to share it with us plebs... and most likely still would not have. These guys are the reason why modern, publicly available crypto exists.
Meetings Make You Dumber 207
Maximum Prophet writes "Robert Heinlein once said that the committee was the only life form in the universe with three or more bellies and no brain. MSNBC reports that his statement may have some statistical truth to it. Researchers are finding that meetings are actually bad places to be creative. You're not actually 'dumber' when you're in the meeting, just more likely to lose your creative edge. Studies have now shown that, as collaborative primates, the more often a possibility is mentioned the more likely the group is to go along with it. Individuals placed by themselves were more likely to come up with imaginative alternatives to products, for example."
