Comments on: Nick Carr is wrong on Google – again

By: Frymaster

Frymaster — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:13:10 +0000

Should I stop using the word "cool" as an affirmative? Must I only use it to indicate temperature?

Language is alive. Usage masters now accept "data" as singular. Infinitive verbs can now be split by a single adverb.

You may dislike the usage, but it is, in fact, idiomatic and entirely reflective of the polarized society in which I live (USA).

So don't hate the player. Hate the game.

By: Frymaster

Frymaster — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:13:10 +0000

By: jmy

jmy — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:33:28 +0000

What if I wanted to develop my own, personal search engine? And run it on my own desktop?

Would the publishers open their First Click indices to me? Or would they only open them to large players, such as Google, MS and Yahoo?

I suspect that they would not open their indices to me.

And if that's the case, then it's not a question about Google vs. Microsoft, because they're both "big guys". It's a question of big guys vs. little guys. And if this is an option that is only available to the big guys, then it is not very net neutral.

By: mathewi

mathewi — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:45:14 +0000

Agree, Shelley — especially about the broccoli :-)

By: Shelley

Shelley — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:30:20 +0000

I wish people would stop using the word “hater” for those who are critical, or who disagree.

Hate is something that should be reserved for cold-blooded mass murderers of babies or broccoli, not for those being critical (necessary for balance) or in disagreement (necessary for balance).