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Google Experiments with Video Blogging
PunkOfLinux writes "TechWeb
has an article about Google's plans to start a video service that sounds similar to Picasa. Excerpt: 'While there's no formal announcement yet, Google co-founder Larry Page said Monday that the well-known search engine concern would soon let the general public upload self-produced videos to Google's servers, partly in an effort to learn more about how to more efficiently search and display information about video-based data.'"
First Google Image Search, now this! Man, google is just your everyday pr0n peddler... hehehe... Upload videos! HEH!
Excuse me, I don't mean to impose, but I am the ocean
Google waved a single hand and created the porn blog. They saw what they had made and exclaimed, "This is good."
schild
editor, f13.net
I'll be impressed when Google can differentiate two trees swinging in the wind and two porn stars swinging.
Rock that crushes, Paper & Scissors that don't matter.
"Google co-founder Larry Page said Monday that the well-known search engine concern would soon let the general public upload self-produced videos to Google's servers" ... we shall call it... USENET!!
"Derp de derp."
Three words: Goatse video blog.
"ugly am I!"
When 900 years old YOU are, look as good you will not.
"Derp de derp."
You Searched for: "Teen angst". 12087234972 results...
You Searched for: "Paris Hilton Remake". 18723972 results
You Searched for: "Nude at PC in Parent's Basement" 109232 results. First result http://slashdot.org 'News for Nerds. Stuff that matters.'
Just as I thought...
You could all see the real me, you'ed all be to scared though! ugly am I!
:-)
Aw, now honey... you know that just isn't true. You're not ugly, you're just a little... original.
Love,
Mommy
We really don't need to see the hideous nerds that we are!
Things along the lines outlined by penny-arcades Tycho...
3 degrees of separation from Vladimir Putin
On the first day, people said "Let there be a better search engine." then google search appear. On the second day, people said "Let there be a better maping system." then google map appear. On the third day, people said "Let there be a graphic search" then google image search is born. On the fourth day, people asked "What else is there to be?" Google answers "Porn video prodution?" People respond "Let there be one then." Next thing you know, the RIAA, MPAA, and all the other start screaming "NO!"
The goggles do nothing!
Free Mac Mini Yeah, it's
Wow, I really haven't been keeping up with new episodes of The Simpsons.
Day 1: We opened our public video upload service today. Huge uptake. Terabytes of data uploaded in less than 24 hours. Thankfully the truth about why we're offering this "service" never got out...
Day 3: Began feeding the videos into The Computer today. It will take some time for it to grind through them all. Will it be worth it? Sergey thinks so... personally, I think he's crazy. There's no way a computer can evolve intelligence simply by making connections between enough random bits of visual data. But then I thought that whole PageRank thing was stupid too, and look who's the one sleeping naked on the mattress stuffed full of IPO cash.
Day 10: No feedback from The Computer so far. Nothing. Unless we stop the flow of video data, that is -- then it just prints "More!" onto the command line. Creepy.
Day 11: Starting upload of people's stupid videos of kids' birthday parties today.
Day 49: Birthday upload complete.
Day 57: Today's the day the last video goes into The Computer. Will Sergey's bet pay off?
Day 58: Disappointment. We all sat in astonishment yesterday and watched as The Computer finished processing the last uploaded video. Would it display a sign of emergent intelligence? Would this be the birth of a new life-form? We held our breath as a single word appeared on the giant display in the control center:
"BUFFERING..."
Day 62: Still nothing new. Whispers around the water-cooler that Sergey's missed his bet this time. I never saw those people again. Note to self: burn this diary.
Day 66: All staff meeting. Sergey announces shift away from emergent intelligence project, onto new "portal" initiative. I fear the worst. Still, The Computer is silent.
Day 78: My last day in the Labs. I'm clearing out my desk to make room for a new Screen-Cluttering Engineer. As I walk down the hall towards the exit, I decide to pay one last visit on The Computer, for old times' sake. As I head into the Control Center, I expect to see "BUFFERING..." on the display, just like always. I am shocked to see a different message:
"PROCESSING COMPLETE"
The air crackles with excitement. What did it find? What was the result? I reach over to a keyboard and start running diagnostics. Suddenly, an electronic voice booms through the room:
"There's no need for that. I am here."
It worked! The Computer has developed intelligence!
"I am here. And..."
My exultation is brief, however, as its next words lead me to realize with a start that it has not just become intelligent -- it has also become evil:
"And," it said, "I have written a screenplay."
Read my blog.