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Google Revises Usenet Search
michaelmalak writes "Wednesday night, Google Groups announced in a thread the rollout of their revised 20-year Usenet archive search engine. Among the various 'improvements': ability to search by date has been eliminated, as has the ability to deep link to a single post. See the announcement thread for others' reaction." An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet has published some interesting insights into what makes Google tick. In this lengthy article, Google's vice-president of engineering, Urs Hölzle delves into the nuts and bolts behind Google's operations, what back-up mechanisms and hardware setup is in place and even some interesting homegrown technology like the Google File System (GFS)."
We're the users. That's our right as users.
Ah, but to gain real respect in the business world, you have to be a customer, not a user.
How much do you pay for google's services?
If it's that obvious, why does somebody need to pay you to do it?
I mean, sure, there's good money in snake oil, but aren't there better uses of your time and talents?
Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
Uh, so you profit (get a paycheck) because somebody else does that sort of thing.
Sure, if that helps you sleep at night, cool. Whatever.
Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!