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Wednesday, June 12, 2002 |
Today, an application for Radio's outliner that will be new for many. We've brought a feature from Manila into Radio Community Server, making it possible for people to create Yahoo-like directories that appear in their Radio weblogs. These directories can include other directories. They're built on an open format, OPML; which can be created in any compatible outliner, including Radio's outliner. Viewed another way, directories are hiearchic blogrolls. When you start getting hundreds of links in your blogroll, and start categorizing them, it's time to look for something richer, and that's where directories come in. [Scripting News]
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Google SVG Search, Pt. III. The final adjustments to our Google-to-SVG search script will allow it to function as a Web accessible CGI application. Michael Classen describes how to add interactivity to the script via the CGI module. 0612 [WebReference News]
10:13:57 AM
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Pirating Software. Here's the reason for Windows Product Activation. I've been in China and know firsthand that almost no one buys software over there. Of course, someday they will (hey, I pirated software when I was in high school. I no longer do). On the other hand, these kinds of reports are simply paid for by the computer software industry, so they tend to skew things a bit. I doubt the software industry would sell all the copies they say we're stealing, even if it were impossible to copy them. So, the industry is getting larger thanks to its easy-to-copy products. Did the car industry go from no cars to more than half of the population having cars in 25 years? I don't think so. Microsoft and Adobe have definitely benefitted from gaining market share due to piracy. I remember pirating both company's software in the early 1990's. It got me addicted to both company's software and now I'm a legal owner of lots of both company's software. Is Photoshop really worth $500? Who's ripping off whom? In China the average annual wage is about what a copy of Photoshop costs here. Is there any question why piracy is going on? The industry's products are overpriced. But companies can't lower their prices because they've grown too used to the high margins that they've been making. So, we're all criminals. Pointing the fingers at each other. Looks like we're going to get more product activation stuff. Didn't ya know? I'm a criminal and I must be stopped. [Scobleizer Radio Weblog]
8:25:04 AM
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Douglas Adams. "He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it." [Jake's Radio 'Blog]
8:07:46 AM
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