On 9/29/05, Will Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Most people don't have time for BS detection and that's why the web, > search > engines and online resources are revolutionary. The average person has > fifteen minutes a day for news. Most people would rather do anything than > listen to talking heads BS on things they don't have time to understand, > much > less change. A curious person, armed with a good search engine will be > able > to understand much more in less time. Sites like Google, Snopes and > Wikipedia make FUD much harder to pull off. This promises better informed > decision making all around.
I'd have to agree: http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html The problem is that there are damned few curious people out there: That's the big reason M$ hates Google. You can't be serious. Bill Gates hates Google because he doesn't want the public to inform themselves? Reminds me of Dennis Miller's quote about Bill Gates: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dennis_Miller Are you sure it has nothing to do with Google competing with Microsoft as an Internet application services suite? Honest reports are not favorable to them. They don't have the money or time > to astroturf everyone, nor would that work. Um, yes, they _do_ have the money and the time, and yes, it is working. Apparently you missed the fact that though Microsoft _was_ convicted of violating anti-trust law, they received no punishment. And they got FoxNews to print up an editorial from the head of the ATL without pointing out the ATL's history. I could point out a half-dozen examples without trying hard. <insert anti-MS rant> The "I Agree" button would still chaff. I chafe at your inability to seperate the wheat from the chaff. ;) <more anti-MS rant> Reality is what people see, do and talk about. It is? Are you sure you are not leaving a few details out in your definition? > Google is the grand indexer of all the above. As long as that "reality" exists in a digitized format. It was interesting to see CompUSA listed as a founding company for DCI. > That's one more good reason to shop local. Cherry pick CompUSA and Staples > for cheap supplies then buy your system from Bits Technical or one of > their > dealers, Applix, Computer Exchange, Computer Heaven, etc. No argument there. Anyone willing to compose a list of local PC vendors and send those addresses (and URLs, if they exist) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd like to see local PC vendors prominently displayed on the www.brlug.net<http://www.brlug.net>site. 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Apress is gearing up for fall, and we have lots of > book news and events to share with you. > > We just wrapped up the Apress Fractal Programming Contest. After receiving > 24 submissions from around the world, we selected three winners from three > different language categories. The grand-prize winner received a Sony PSP, > and the two runners-up each received an iPod Shuffle. Check out the > winning fractals here: > http://www.apress.com/promo/fractal/result.html > > *************************************** > > 2. New Features on Apress.com > > Check out our cool User Groups page. The features that were forthcoming at > the time of our last newsletter are now live and ready for you to use! > http://www.apress.com/userGroups/index.html > > Features include downloadable Apress logos to post on your site and use in > printed materials. We also offer a User Group Finder to locate other > groups in your area (or just take a peek to see who's registered around > the world). 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