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Re: Google: Let it snow

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Post by burgerbrain »

mike-cardwell wrote: post #59
mseebach wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> What if Google was pro SOPA? Would you be happy with them advertising for it on their front page? You're writing that as if SOPA was one side of an argument where good people could reasonably be on either one side or the other, and HN and Google just happens to be on the same. But it's not, SOPA has a right and a wrong side. We're on the right side, Google is on the right side and good people are either uninformed…

"My opinion is right because I say it is. Anyone who doesn't hold the same opinion is either bad, or needs educating" Well, that's me convinced.

If you actually need convincing that SOPA is wrong and are not just being unnecessarily argumentative, then I really don't know what to say to you... Do you know what SOPA is?

Re: Google: Let it snow

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Post by mike-cardwell »

burgerbrain wrote: post #61
mike-cardwell wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"My opinion is right because I say it is. Anyone who doesn't hold the same opinion is either bad, or needs educating" Well, that's me convinced.

If you actually need convincing that SOPA is wrong and are not just being unnecessarily argumentative, then I really don't know what to say to you... Do you know what SOPA is ?

I don't need convincing. I am aware that it is a bad thing. I am also aware that Google getting involved is a bad thing. I am also aware that the people on the other side of the argument aren't necessarily bad or uneducated people like the person I was replying to claimed.

Re: Google: Let it snow

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Post by seanp2k2 »

scarmig wrote: post #50
mike-cardwell wrote: post #46

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Exactly. Why do people want yet another hugely rich corporation using their money to interfere in politics? What if Google was pro SOPA? Would you be happy with them advertising for it on their front page? America needs to learn to govern it's self without the intervention of corporations. America doesn't need more of them getting involved.

That's very idealistic but isn't really a really good perspective of the situation facing us. Whatever resistance to SOPA that exists in the federal government exists because of some technology companies making very loud noises. Simply saying, "well, corporations shouldn't have a privileged voice in government at all, so we should condemn corporations even when they're arguing on the right side of an issue" is stabbi…

I agree and I'd support Google putting a message about SOPA on their homepage. However, the commenter above also has a point in that corporations shouldn't be involved in politics.

I'd go a step further and advocate pushing to get ALL the money out of politics. That said, with the way things work at this very moment, anti-SOPA needs all the corporate sponsorship it can get.

My hope is that people will once again be the biggest voice in government instead of corporations.

Re: Google: Let it snow

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Post by seanp2k2 »

est wrote: post #44
melling wrote: post #27

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Firefox takes one core, while Chrome seems to split it across two cores, with a lower combined CPU utilization. I'm using the Nightly's for both browsers. With open source technology we get multiple implementations and a lot more people working to improve the technology.

> multiple implementations Remember Android fragmentation? Talk about open source as golden hammer to solve problems.

Android fragmentation is not the same matter that was being referred to here. A better analogy might be Android and MeeGo or OpenMoko.

Having a real choice is great in my opinion, and having three mainstream browsers (one open, one mostly open, and one totally closed) to choose between is awesome.

Re: Google: Let it snow

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Post by patrickaljord »

mike-cardwell wrote: post #64
burgerbrain wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you actually need convincing that SOPA is wrong and are not just being unnecessarily argumentative, then I really don't know what to say to you... Do you know what SOPA is ?

I don't need convincing. I am aware that it is a bad thing. I am also aware that Google getting involved is a bad thing. I am also aware that the people on the other side of the argument aren't necessarily bad or uneducated people like the person I was replying to claimed.

He didn't say uneducated, just uninformed.

Re: Google: Let it snow

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Post by davidw »

Hrm. Xsnow did that back in the 90ies. Wonder if they'll do an xroach thing where you click on results and the roaches scurry out from under them to other result blocks...
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