I Got a DMCA Notice from Fox

Well, as much as you punch Fox in the face (not that they''re your only target--they're just such a big one lol) I'm surprised that they haven't tried to stop you more often...

Keep it REALLY fair and balanced, brother!

Haha, I just found 2 mirrors of your taken down video using Google video and it was really great.

Ever hear of voice inflection? You reading your script is a snore-fest.

Hey, it's not about winning.

It's just a conversation. You have an opinion and I wanted to know what it was. For once, it didn't get down to trading personal insults! A relief, I can tell you.

Nobody is really right or wrong.

Unlike some (not you - clearly) I don't consider YouTube as a stalking ground for a good argument.

Been nice chatting. Hope you feel less exhausted soon.

Go sleep! :-)

Anyway, my original point (a day ago now) was that Google portrays itself as being holier-than-thou, when the reality is that they don't shy away from aggressive business practice.

I mean they stole AdSense from Yahoo (had to settle out of court on that one).

They bought their rival DoubleClick for $3.1 billion.

They tried to do a deal with Yahoo. But antitrust (monopoly) rules kicked in.

I'm not saying I don't like Google. Just don't think they are fantastic as advertised :-)

lol you win, you beat me on fortitude... for the record i still think im right. I just dont care to argue the point anymore.

Well thats for the time being, ill probably respond to you in the future when im less exhausted. So you win for now.

Well, Google had a better revenue model that allowed greater investment capitalisation. In 2006 they made $10 billion alone.

Yahoo, Excite etc had terrible capital models. They relied on regular capital investor injection and banner advertising in order to maintain a profile. The numbers just didn't add up.

It also helped that Google was marketed so brilliantly, turning itself into a verb.

"cant stop waving genitals, these bad girls just got a rhythm down." - ha!

cant stop waving genitals, these bad girls just got a rhythm down.

I dont even know if you mispelled something, i just know everyone does... and i felt it was up to snuff with your method of invalidating my argument, so i rolled with it.

As someone who has been online so long you should know google took a rapidly different approach to business than most companies. And google WAS the little guy back when all those search engines were around.

I apologise, I assumed as it was the subject of our conversation that you meant Google. To be honest, I wasn't really giving it my full attention.

As for "you misspelled a word in your other post, so i think that invalidates you first." - that's just childish. Don't.

"I remember chatting on university mainframes" - Me too, in 1986-89 at Portsmouth, then 90-92 at UAE. Then I did a stint working at Nottingham Trent... got bored. Started own company.

Can we stop waving our genitals about now?

you misspelled a word in your other post, so i think that invalidates you first.

Is this the current standard we hold people to? first of all i stated a principle that at the dawn of the internet, a single programmer could have the most advanced product. I never even said google. I was stating the setting.

It also doesnt take much intellect to know i meant the start of the commercial internet boom. I remember chatting on university mainframes. There were no companies back then.