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prostoalex writes "Andy Beal from SearchEngineGuide.com interviews Robert Scoble from Microsoft. Scoble tells the audience what current search technologies Microsoft is working on as part of its Longhorn/WinFS development as well as in the field of Internet. Scoble also discusses current problems with local drive and Internet searching, such as absence of metadata for a lot of files out there: "When I take pictures off of my Nikon, they have some metadata (for instance, inside the file is the date it was taken, along with the exposure information) but that metadata isn't useful for most human searches. For instance, how about if I wanted to search for "my wedding photos?" Neither X1, nor Windows XP's built in search would find your wedding photos. Why? Because they have useless names like DSC0001.jpg and there's no metadata that says they are wedding photos.""
Anonymous Coward posting "is it good, or is it whack?" What is it all about... is it good, or is it whack?
TECHNO PARTY!!!!1111
yeah and does it run Linux, or how about a beowulf cluster of MSN search engines!!!!
continue to pretend if you believe you must. it's no mistake.
Could anyone tell me why the default filenames for most digital cameras is DSC....?
Mr Viv.W.Bartlett
First Naiional Bank Holdings LTD,
6th floor 1 first place,bank city,Johannesburg,
2001,Republic of South Africa.
Email: bartlettviv@zwallet.com
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Viv.W.Bartlett, Bank Manager of First Naiional Bank Holdings LTD,South Africa.This is
an urgent and very confidential business proposition.
On June 6, 2000,a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the South African Institute
of Mining and Metallurgy, Mr.Paul Farrel made a numbered
time(Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$26,500,000.00,(Twenty-si
x Million, five hundred thousand Dollars) in my branch.
Upon maturity,I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no repl
y. After a month,we sent a reminder and finally we discovered
from his contract employers, the National Petroleum Corporation that Mr.Paul Farrel
died from an automobile accident.
On further investigation,I found out that he died without making a WILL,and all attem
pts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr.Paul Farrel did not
declare any kin or relations in all his official documents,including
his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$26,500,000.00 has carefully bee
n fixed in my bank for safekeeping.
No one will ever come forward to claim it.According to South African Law, at the expi
ration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of
the Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a Foreigner to stand in as the o
wner of the money which was fixed deposited in my bank. I am
writing you because I as a public servant,i cannot operate a foreign account.
I want to present you as the owner of the funds so you can be able to claim them with
the help of my attorney. This is simple.I will like you to
provide immediately your full names and address so that the Attorney will prepare the
necessary documents which will put you in place as the
beneficiary of the funds.
The money will be moved out for us to share in the ratio of 80% for me and 20% for yo
u. The paperwork for this transaction will be done by the Attorney
If you are interested, please reply immediately via my email address and Upon your
response,I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that
will help you understand the transaction.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction woul
d be most profitable for both of us because I shall require
your assistance to invest my share in real estate within your country.
Due to the nature of confidentiality in this Transaction our communication can only b
e via email and fax mostly.
Awaiting your urgent reply via my email Above.
Thanks and my regards.
Mr Viv.W.Bartlett
First Naiional Bank Holdings LTD
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