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Google To Offer Free Database Storage for Scientists

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the are-they-supporting-science-or-science! dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Google has revealed a new project aimed at the scientific community. Called Palimpsest, the site research.google.com will play host to 'terabytes of open-source scientific datasets'. It was originally previewed for scientists last August . 'Building on the company's acquisition of the data visualization technology, Trendalyzer, from the oft-lauded, TED presenting Gapminder team, Google will also be offering algorithms for the examination and probing of the information. The new site will have YouTube-style annotating and commenting features.'"

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  1. mining for ads by spud603 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So will they be mining the data for contextual ads?
    I'd be curious what their algorithms think my data says I want to buy...

  2. OMG WTF THIS SUX by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The new site will have YouTube-style annotating and commenting features.

    And hopefully the commentary will be just as insightful and poignant!

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  3. oblig by qw0ntum · · Score: 4, Funny

    So we're going to have YouTube-like commenting?

    Is this the future of scientific discourse?

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  4. Scientific Research by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This should come in handy for my research on normal variants of the female mammary glands.

  5. Are they insane? by Hognoxious · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why would you want to store a scientist in a database?

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    1. Re:Are they insane? by jd · · Score: 3, Funny

      Because you can then replicate the really good ones. I would have thought that obvious.

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    2. Re:Are they insane? by Malevolent+Tester · · Score: 3, Funny

      Might be a way to get them to join a union.

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    3. Re:Are they insane? by jma05 · · Score: 5, Funny

      > Why would you want to store a scientist in a database?

      So that these geeks can have normal relationships.

    4. Re:Are they insane? by Amitz+Sekali · · Score: 2, Funny

      > Why would you want to store a scientist in a database?

      So that these geeks can have normal relationships. But they probably won't perform as well as before normalization. After all. there will be performance hit in joining tables.

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  6. Re:And in Redmond.... by SnowZero · · Score: 3, Funny

    IN SOVIET RUSSIA, quote messages YOU! You fail at quoting.
  7. Re:It'll All End In Tears by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do you have any datasets to back up this claim?

  8. Comment System? by dysfunct · · Score: 2, Funny

    [...] YouTube-style annotating and commenting features.

    I'm looking forward to "OMG, ur resrch is teh sux" comments and "CHEEP FUNDING M0RTG4GE" spam from elite universities around the world.

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