Nifty ad re: Google

[CBradSmith]

 

[CowboyJD]

I think that is an absolutely apt analogy.

Big data = big oil in that sense.

 

[07pilt]

Has anyone quit using big oil yet?

 

[Medic007]

Has anyone quit using big oil yet?

No, because they can't. But you should see the frequent high level hand wringing that goes on about big oil.

 

[07pilt]

No, because they can't. But you should see the frequent high level hand wringing that goes on about big oil.

Hand wringing: an effective strategy?

 

[Medic007]

Hand wringing: and effective strategy?

Effective strategy?

 

[07pilt]

Effective strategy?

Typo.

 

[Medic007]

Typo.

I knew that. How is hand wringing an effective strategy? Is that what climate science alarmism is based on? Preach the doom and gloom as a political strategy and not based on actual scientific evidence?

 

[07pilt]

I knew that. How is hand wringing an effective strategy? Is that what climate science alarmism is based on? Preach the doom and gloom as a political strategy and not based on actual scientific evidence?

Exactly

 

[squeak]

Been saying for a little while now that data is the new oil.

 

[Medic007]

Exactly

Well of course it's an effective strategy. Fear mongering has been a mainstay of getting people to support things and do things that aren't necessarily logical or in their best interest since the beginning of man.