No, it is NOT a good business model.
It is, however, capitalism at it's finest. So even though I think it's BS, I gotta give it up to 'em for that much.
This is right down the line of everyone who bought one of those cell phone reflectors a few years ago, thinking that they were being protected from harmful radio waves going through their head.....
All it takes is on "respected Journalist" (please note the quote marks) to read this story on the web somewhere and decide to run it in the Times or some-such "respected" place. Suddently you have people everywhere thinking this BS is true.
I freely admit that I haven't read that Diller guy's article. What I HAVE read are several arguments about free content; ALL OF WHICH completely miss the point of the post against which they are arguing.
JOOC I googled Newegg to see if your scenario would happen. Duh, it didn't (at least not in the first 12 pages I scrolled through), but that doesn't invalidate your point. It just means that you'd have to include something in your search like "computer parts" (didn't check that).
I say this more for the benefit of the nay-sayers reading this. Everyone who thinks Google is at fault I have a challenge for you:
1)Google your own name and write down just the first hit result, but keep a mental note of the other 9
2)Google yourself 100 times using a slanderous parameter (yes, I'm asking you to slander yourself). Keep track of which number you're on as you go (yes, I'm asking you to count to 100)
3)Did the first hit results change to reflect the searches you, yourself, just performed? If not the first hit, I'd bet it's at least on the first page of results.
4)Now ask yourself: Is Google now guilty of libel, or did you slander yourself?
Answer: goto 2
An algorithm is a set of rules for solving a problem in a finite number of steps, as for finding the greatest common divisor. In other words, it's a mathematical equation.
So... if 5000 people "google" to see whether or not you (whoever you, in this case, might be) are a complete bastard, and then you "google" yourself and the first hit is:
"Is YOU a COMPLETE BASTARD?"
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If you KNOW a better way to do something, that's worthy of academic acclaim.
If you can DESIGN something that does the same thing as something else ONLY BETTER, that's worthy of a patent.
I challenge ANY lawyer reading this site to explain to me how you can patent knowledge.
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What you CLEARLY do not understand is how to NOT focus on minutia if the argument is still valid.
GTFOY
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nUKES...
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All the time...
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I'm merely referring to getting as much money as they can.
I am NOT referring talking about the "no-fair" attitude.
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It is, however, capitalism at it's finest. So even though I think it's BS, I gotta give it up to 'em for that much.
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It's a good day so far, and I don't want to think about that shit.
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Still....
All it takes is on "respected Journalist" (please note the quote marks) to read this story on the web somewhere and decide to run it in the Times or some-such "respected" place. Suddently you have people everywhere thinking this BS is true.
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Ironic
Now THAT'S irony!
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I say this more for the benefit of the nay-sayers reading this. Everyone who thinks Google is at fault I have a challenge for you:
1)Google your own name and write down just the first hit result, but keep a mental note of the other 9
2)Google yourself 100 times using a slanderous parameter (yes, I'm asking you to slander yourself). Keep track of which number you're on as you go (yes, I'm asking you to count to 100)
3)Did the first hit results change to reflect the searches you, yourself, just performed? If not the first hit, I'd bet it's at least on the first page of results.
4)Now ask yourself: Is Google now guilty of libel, or did you slander yourself?
Answer: goto 2
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A simplification...
An algorithm is a set of rules for solving a problem in a finite number of steps, as for finding the greatest common divisor. In other words, it's a mathematical equation.
So... if 5000 people "google" to see whether or not you (whoever you, in this case, might be) are a complete bastard, and then you "google" yourself and the first hit is:
"Is YOU a COMPLETE BASTARD?"
Did Google just call you a bastard?
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's just the algorithm bringing up the most common SEARCH PARAMETER!
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"So stop complaining and start complying!"
Cynicism?
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