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A Peek Into the Google

Posted by Hemos on from the going-under-the-hood dept.

A number of people sent in the most recent story from the NYTimes (reg yada yada) from a reporter who visited the Google-land. Interesting story, no real information though, but the ability to see what people are thinking about and interested in is pretty cool.

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  1. No real information? by F452 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What, if a story isn't packed with a blow-by-blow technical orgy, it doesn't have any "real information?" This story has lots of good stuff. Thanks for the link.

  2. Philosophy and Technology by Cap'n+Q · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That is a paradox of a Google log: it does not capture social phenomena per se, but merely the shadows they cast across the Internet.

    Wow. Google has implemented Plato's Cave.

    http://www.vrc.iastate.edu/why.html

  3. Re:Read an interview from Google's... by LinuxHam · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "we can usually find the guy who wrote the code and ask him." Must be nice...

    Why is this so spectacular? I have regularly chatted with the developers of OSS apps I use. Go to Sourceforge and get used to it! If you're thinking about the applications custom-written for Google, well, then its really scary if you (and 3 or 4 others) think its amazing that they get to ask questions to the developers they *hired* to write this stuff!

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    Intelligent Life on Earth