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The Story Of Larry Page's Comeback
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Re: The Story Of Larry Page's Comeback
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why specifically? History is long, think of Einstein, the person that invented the penicillin, vaccines, the transistor.... Search engines existed before Page, granted not as good but they existed. Google rode the internet explosion, whereas Jobs and (drumroll...) Gates brought a computer in every home. What he will be remembered is for tainting the Google brand. It was golden, now in many circles they see them as bi…
Honestly, I think widespread automated cars will be enough (And I am going to go out on a limb and say that Google technology will be in a huge number of automobiles 25 years from today), but if G has its way, and GFiber transforms ISP/Content delivery, their energy initiatives with windblimp turbines, deep machine learning for medicine, actual robotic assistants, G Books... The list goes on and on. Search is just th…
And I am going to go out on a limb...
Everything you said is in early stages or very limited markets. Sure Google has bought a lot of things and rushes to do press releases but what can be bought in the store right now? GFiber in a few cities? That's all.
Search is just the cash engine for the truly transformative tech.
Got any numbers on ho much Google spent on "transformative tech"? It looks peanuts to me, everything they spend real money and resources on seems to be linked to getting users click those ads.
Re: The Story Of Larry Page's Comeback
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Autism and asperger's are now on the "autism spectrum disorder": http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/autism-spectrum-disord...
For the record, Asperger's is gone. It was cast out because it seemed that everyone was "suffering" from it. http://www.autismspeaks.org/dsm-5/faq#asperger The above means people can use the word "Asperger's" if they want, but it has been denied any clinical meaning. The reason is that it didn't have a clearly defined clinical meaning to begin with.
That crap bothers me, autism is hip, especially Aspergers. If this continues, soon 50% of the children will have it. Then 10 years later, they'll come up with a new syndrome.
Not to say that autism doesn't exist, just saying that, IMO, far too many 'normal' kids are being labeled as autistic.
Re: The Story Of Larry Page's Comeback
#54I find it funny that Page complained about Gmail taking 600 milliseconds to load back when it was created. It probably takes longer than that these days unless you have a really fast connection.
Re: The Story Of Larry Page's Comeback
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly, I think widespread automated cars will be enough (And I am going to go out on a limb and say that Google technology will be in a huge number of automobiles 25 years from today), but if G has its way, and GFiber transforms ISP/Content delivery, their energy initiatives with windblimp turbines, deep machine learning for medicine, actual robotic assistants, G Books... The list goes on and on. Search is just th…
And I am going to go out on a limb... Everything you said is in early stages or very limited markets. Sure Google has bought a lot of things and rushes to do press releases but what can be bought in the store right now? GFiber in a few cities? That's all. Search is just the cash engine for the truly transformative tech. Got any numbers on ho much Google spent on "transformative tech"? It looks peanuts to me, everythi…
Edit: Do you seriously think that GFiber isn't going to be a major player nationally? Or that automated cars will never see market? On the second part I think we're a lot closer than you might imagine:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/04/09/autonomou...
As for R&D spending: http://ycharts.com/companies/GOOG/r_and_d_expense
Over 2.1b quarterly.
Not exactly peanuts.
Re: The Story Of Larry Page's Comeback
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
For the record, Asperger's is gone. It was cast out because it seemed that everyone was "suffering" from it. http://www.autismspeaks.org/dsm-5/faq#asperger The above means people can use the word "Asperger's" if they want, but it has been denied any clinical meaning. The reason is that it didn't have a clearly defined clinical meaning to begin with.
That crap bothers me, autism is hip, especially Aspergers. If this continues, soon 50% of the children will have it. Then 10 years later, they'll come up with a new syndrome. Not to say that autism doesn't exist, just saying that, IMO, far too many 'normal' kids are being labeled as autistic.
I think the problem in the end is the narrowing definition of normal behavior.
First it was ADD - adolescent boys who were fidgety and distractible now had an illness, previously this was considered normal for young boys - then we decided that people who are not as social, perhaps shy - were now ill as well, whereas before again, this was considered within the definition of normal human behavior.
Re: The Story Of Larry Page's Comeback
#57Google was a better company when Eric was at the helm. Now we get G+.
Yes, let's point to this one failed example as how the entire company has been misled by Page...
Re: The Story Of Larry Page's Comeback
#5850, 100 years from now, Larry Page (if he's even dead yet) will be remembered as one of the more impactful people in human history.
Why specifically? History is long, think of Einstein, the person that invented the penicillin, vaccines, the transistor.... Search engines existed before Page, granted not as good but they existed. Google rode the internet explosion, whereas Jobs and (drumroll...) Gates brought a computer in every home. What he will be remembered is for tainting the Google brand. It was golden, now in many circles they see them as bi…
I'd argue he'll be viewed as a Henry Ford like figure - Important, but flawed.
Re: The Story Of Larry Page's Comeback
#59I feel like there are so many stories of tech leaders being assholes that perhaps maybe its just a way for the author to sex up a story. That's not to suggest Page didn't act like a dick. But given that its a thread in just about every story about tech founders I have to question the severity of many of the reported actions.
Re: The Story Of Larry Page's Comeback
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
And I am going to go out on a limb... Everything you said is in early stages or very limited markets. Sure Google has bought a lot of things and rushes to do press releases but what can be bought in the store right now? GFiber in a few cities? That's all. Search is just the cash engine for the truly transformative tech. Got any numbers on ho much Google spent on "transformative tech"? It looks peanuts to me, everythi…
Edit: Do you seriously think that GFiber isn't going to be a major player nationally? Or that automated cars will never see market? On the second part I think we're a lot closer than you might imagine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/04/09/autonomou... As for R&D spending: http://ycharts.com/companies/GOOG/r_and_d_expense Over 2.1b quarterly. Not exactly peanuts.
Fiber, NO! Google will discontinue it soon, they just want to force AT&t and others to offer higher speeds. It cost a fortune and even if they get their money back, it messes up their margins.
Everyone and their mom has a self-driving car prototype. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_car#2010s
I guess Microsoft is "beating" Google with $2.74 Billion a year. http://ycharts.com/companies/MSFT/r_and_d_expense
I think that R&D is too wide of an entry, a breakdown would be useful.