Comment Re:Anybody remember MySpace? (Score 1) 64
Their hands are in enough things at this point that even if facebook itself stops seeing use (long time away) they'll still live a long long time in other ways.
Comment Re:Wrong name (Score 2) 165
Finally a use for crippling depression?
Comment Re:And money changes hands... (Score 1) 373
I wonder how many people somehow missed that, and then scrolled back up to see.
Comment Re:It's not (so much) the ads... (Score 1) 282
They do actually make an attempt at showing you ads they think you want to see. They frequently know a surprising amount about you by the time the ad hits your eyes. There are a whole bunch though that are just displayed to about everyone everywhere though. Those ones tend to be the most annoying.
Comment link? (Score 1) 201
Is the archive of Zuckerberg's pictures still up somewhere? Every link I have been sent has been devoid of images.
Comment Is it enough? (Score 1) 125
I'm curious if the categories available for download will be considered enough in the long run to satisfy the EU laws. If they know there are more categories and that they're not providing it all, is that considered holding back to much by those laws?
Comment How would you manage this? (Score 2) 195
If you run a site that is accessible internationally, how can you ensure that you're always abiding by all nations laws? At what point can a country up and decide you're breaking one of their laws and they can start fining you?
Comment wow... (Score 0) 554
Holy crap that's a terrible thing to ask of your employees.
Comment Fourth Amendment Abuse (Score 3, Insightful) 72
This really seems like quite the abuse of the fourth amendment. The whole lack of a need for probably cause is extremely troubling.
A nasty blow to privacy.
Comment Wait for the courts (Score 1) 168
It will be extremely interesting to see how this holds up in courts. It could impact a whole lot more than just social networks.
Comment About time (Score 1) 159
I'm glad they finally got around to adding this. Business support will be a big help with getting people to make the shift from Facebook to Google+.
Comment I hate this (Score 1) 127
Nowadays with things like OpenId and Disqus, it's very easy for a site to allow users to customize what provider they go through for a login. Restrictions like this seem just plain silly.
Comment Re:Blame big corporations. Really (Score 2) 143
He never said anything about forcing the companies to do anything. He just stated how the reshipping centers came about.
US Gov't Pays IT Contractors Twice As Much As Its Own IT Workers 382
bdcny7927 writes "The U.S. federal government pays outside IT contractors nearly twice as much for computer engineering services as it pays its own computer engineers, and 1.5 times more for IT management work, according to a non-profit watchdog group. 'The study points out that IT specifically "is widely outsourced throughout the federal government because of the assumption that IT companies provide vastly superior skills and cost savings." The Project on Government Oversight says its salary comparisons prove that those cost savings are not being realized. However, the comparisons do not address any cost savings that might be achieved through the skills, processes or systems that private IT services companies might deliver. The POGO researchers say that the federal government itself does not know how much money overall it saves or wastes with its sourcing decisions and has no system for doing so.'"
Comment Re:Bu...bu...bu...whaddabout da books? (Score 1) 230
Believe it or not, some of us actually prefer the feel, texture, and overall appearance of a BOOK. eBooks are nice and all but even when they're printed, they're no where near the same.
I will admit: seeing all these Bargain Book stores around Ann Arbor and Lansing, MI selling Borders property for $.25 a piece really has quadrupled my book collection. I may die before I ever get a chance to read all of them.
It's a shame Amazon doesn't sell physical books then. Oh wait... http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books
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