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Google vs. MSN Search : Fight!

Microsoft is much too greedy - they won't ever come just close to Google's good reputation for untainted results. Microsoft stealthily places the 'paid results' in a manner so as to camouflage them and blend them in with the 'normal' hits. Then there's the cheezy ads and popups and generally skewed results nowhere near as relevant as Google's.

Try searching for scientology : Google's #2 and #4 hits goes to critics of that criminal organisation. MSN has operation clambake listed only as #6.

Actually, yes - they do. The EXIF fields on a Nikon D1 recorded image are loaded with data about the shot, including lens type used. On my half-baked photo website I have extracted these data and displayed them below the photos, in a simulated LCD display, for precisely the reason you mention.

There's a new version of the site in the works with GPS and map coordinates to go with the shots. On my photo journeys I've used a palmpilot to record a GPS trail with timestamps - these timestamps, when matched to the EXIF timestamps, produces an adequate shooting location marker.

That's not the worst of it. The apparently random, unexplained exclusions of a handful of U.S. states (and the rest of the world) from participation in the contest. It would have been decent of Taco & co. to at least state why they feel so inclined to disregard the vast international community around slashdot. What's wrong with t-shirt designs from England, Austria, Belgium, Sweden?

The contemptous boilerplate legalese bullshit their reptilian lawyer pulled out of his ass, Taco can go cram up HIS ass. So much horseshit for seventy-five fucking bucks? Bah!

You better get the vector art to go with the copyright. ;)

It started as a 3-color design, but ended up as a 5-color design once I read the happy-fun and absolutely agreeable T&C's. Yay! Lawyers!

This would allow more monitors to be put side by side forming a giant panoramic screen. One benefit of such screens would be uniform eye-to-screen distance which should greatly reduce eye stress (since you won't have to refocus when looking at a different part of the screen.)

The actual optimal resolution of the screen should be determined by intended viewing distance : Individual pixels would still need to be discernable at a distance of about 3 feet, which makes me think the Panasonic resolution is only slightly under par.

The curving screen technology will almost certainly be available with the advent of OLED screens - perhaps even with semi-flexible, adjustable curvature.

About Sen to Chihiro : Fixing Sen , with review, sample images and SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS!

However, there's apparently only one track on this site - I listened to the Groundhog Day track and it's certainly not bad. The guy admits he doesn't have filler commentary for every scene on the screen and the microphone rattle in the beginning reveals a limited amount of preparation, so for what it's worth it's certainly a nice first try. I been to Punxsutawney couple times, and love Groundhog Day the Movie, so it was rather interesting to listen to the guy's comments.

I think perhaps though it was premature to feature this site on slashdot - don't you think you should have waited until there was a few more tracks on there? As it is, it looks like a thousand people are gonna download the same track - it would have made a better impression if you had let it mature a bit. All the same, it would be nice to see more things like this. It's a good and creative way to 'share' stuff without pirating. :)