http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/09/30/google-its-everywhere/ Just another Pajamasmedia.com weblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:00:43 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/09/30/google-its-everywhere/#comment-65798 Duke Mon, 03 Oct 2005 01:39:06 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/09/30/google-its-everywhere/#comment-65798 You guys are missing something much worse (much more irrelevant??) in the attempt of the EU to take over the internet. I've been posting on this issue, but the EU is another name for gentle fascism, suffocating rules, or whatever else you want to call it. Today's example of EU crap has to do <a href="http://oraculations.blogspot.com/2005/10/media-bias-ree-ducks-just-in-case-you.html" rel="nofollow">with Finland.</a> You guys are missing something much worse (much more irrelevant??) in the attempt of the EU to take over the internet. I’ve been posting on this issue, but the EU is another name for gentle fascism, suffocating rules, or whatever else you want to call it. Today’s example of EU crap has to do with Finland.

]]> http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/09/30/google-its-everywhere/#comment-65797 WichitaBoy Sat, 01 Oct 2005 17:57:25 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/09/30/google-its-everywhere/#comment-65797 Pride goeth before a fall. I think Google is about to get it's comeuppance. Pride goeth before a fall. I think Google is about to get it’s comeuppance.

]]> http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/09/30/google-its-everywhere/#comment-65796 Silicon valley Jim Sat, 01 Oct 2005 14:07:31 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/09/30/google-its-everywhere/#comment-65796 Mountain View's city government is already complaining that they won't be collecting property taxes, since the site is on federal land. As far as I can tell, it hasn't occurred to them that every home within five miles of Nasa Ames (including mine) just increased in value, and they'll be getting more property taxes when any of them sells, nor that employing a few thousand people might be good for a city in which commercial and R&D space are still running 15% to 20% vacancy rates. Mountain View’s city government is already complaining that they won’t be collecting property taxes, since the site is on federal land. As far as I can tell, it hasn’t occurred to them that every home within five miles of Nasa Ames (including mine) just increased in value, and they’ll be getting more property taxes when any of them sells, nor that employing a few thousand people might be good for a city in which commercial and R&D space are still running 15% to 20% vacancy rates.

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