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From a comment on the article. "You can't absorb all those people from Microsoft and not get infected by the same mindset. ". I wouldn't be surprised at all i
by plinkplonk 16y ago
From a comment on the article.
"You can't absorb all those people from Microsoft and not get infected by the same mindset. ".
I wouldn't be surprised at all if this initiative were being driven by an "acquired" (set of) VP s. DoubleClick maybe? Sounds right up their alley.
- Setsuna 16y agoSetsuna's law : "As an online discussion about Google/Apple grows longer, the probability of a comment comparing Microsoft to evil approaches 1."
- kirubakaran 16y agoYou've now compared Microsoft to Hitler :-)
- angelbob 16y agoGodwin's law says it's time for everybody to go home now.
- stanleydrew 16y agostanleydrew's law: as any online discussion about anything grows longer, the probability of any particular comment appearing approaches one.
- endtime 16y agoI'm not sure that's true - certain comments negate the need for others. For example, if I eventually get around to mentioning my mother's maiden name, the probability of the question "What is your mother's maiden name?" decreases.
- carllerche 16y agoHave you ever actually taken part of an online discussion?
- endtime 16y agoAre you just being cynical, or are you intentionally negating my "theorem" by asking a question that is implicitly answered by the fact that you were able to ask it? If the latter...ha.
- diggum 16y agoInteresting that you brought that up. What IS your mother's maiden name? (Also, I need the name of your first pet, and your high school mascot, if you don't mind.)
- endtime 16y agoStick around long enough and you're likely to find out. ;)
- Sephr 16y agosephr's law: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of sephr's law being mentioned approaches one."
- billswift 16y agoOnly strictly true as the length of the discussion approaches infinity.
- dieterrams 16y agoThe ensuing discussion has completely failed to add to the thread in any way, and now it's taking up all this real estate at the top. For future threads, please refrain from indulging in this sort of thing.
- Aaronontheweb 16y agoGoogle's always done what's in its best interest - it's not like they were some pure entity that was contaminated by evil talent they acquired from somewhere else.
- scorpion032 16y agoIt's easy to dismiss any good deed as "Everybody acts in their own interest" "Organizing the world's information for _everybody_ to access" seems as benevolent as it can get. Taking care of your employees by providing facilities only confirms the point of view. PS: I am not commenting about, how Google is now. I liked what someone else said it yesterday, "Creating a new successful social network is like starting a new night club"
- anamax 16y ago> "Organizing the world's information for _everybody_ to access" seems as benevolent as it can get. Except that Google doesn't claim to organize the world's information - there's plenty of stuff that they intentionally avoid. Also, Google doesn't do it out of the goodness of their hearts. Would you think that a company that charged you $1 for each search was benevolent? If not, Google's benevolence is due to either charging less or charging someone else - which is it? I don't place much value on benevolence - most of the world's horror stories are due to folks claiming that they were trying to "do good", but Google is not benevolent.
- scorpion032 16y ago"benevolence" does not mean "doing it for the sake of some one else". It is more like, "doing what is right; right for me and right for others"
- anamax 16y ago> "benevolence" does not mean "doing it for the sake of some one else". It is more like, "doing what is right; right for me and right for others" My sources, which include http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/benevolence http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/benevolence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolence disagree. What are your sources?
- shadowfox 16y agoEverything bad has to be somebody else's fault