The constraints on the preservation must be either real (Google's fault), legal (Google's fault, or privacy), or Google's decision (Google's fault)
Reasoning:
I'm guessing it's cheaper and easier for Google to provide IA with the data directly from the backend rather than scrape.
The vast majority of developing countries (Agentina, Libya Thailand and Brazil)
have major poverty problems I think you need to understand that just because a country has food doesn't mean the people do.
Do you realise that the OLPC project is suggestion governments spend >USD100 on each child in potentially poverty stricken communities with no electricity? How can the expense be truly justified, for what use is a shiny new laptop to a starving child other than a bartering chip?
Did the OLPC founders know that there were serious viability issues with the project?
WARNING: Conspiracy theory ahead
Yes, they have sapped thousands of hours of free community based expertise to buil a potentially very successful childrens laptop suitable for general retail.
I'm just waiting for one of them to split and take the profit.
10 November, 2006
The Qualifications Authority is actively discouraging candidates in NCEA exams from using abbreviations, including text-style abbreviations.
Deputy Chief Executive, Qualifications, Bali Haque said there had been no change in the Authority's policy in regard to use of abbreviations in examinations.
Where an examination requires candidates to demonstrate language use - i.e. sentence structure, grammar, spelling - they would be penalised for using abbreviations, Mr Haque said.
Where an examination requires candidates to demonstrate understanding in an area of study other than language use, they need to clearly show the required understanding.
In these cases, use of abbreviations creates a risk of answers not being understood, Mr Haque said.
"The candidates' priority at all times should be to ensure their answers are clearly understandable to markers. The best way to do this is to use standard English," he said.
I must say that the nzqa website puts it in less wow omg. terms
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The constraints on the preservation must be either real (Google's fault), legal (Google's fault, or privacy), or Google's decision (Google's fault) Reasoning: I'm guessing it's cheaper and easier for Google to provide IA with the data directly from the backend rather than scrape.
Surely access is not the issue here; it must violate DMCA and or the 5th. You can't have it both ways
Ummm. It's beta. or didn't you notice that.
The vast majority of developing countries (Agentina, Libya Thailand and Brazil)
have major poverty problems I think you need to understand that just because a country has food doesn't mean the people do.
Do you realise that the OLPC project is suggestion governments spend >USD100 on each child in potentially poverty stricken communities with no electricity? How can the expense be truly justified, for what use is a shiny new laptop to a starving child other than a bartering chip? Did the OLPC founders know that there were serious viability issues with the project? WARNING: Conspiracy theory ahead Yes, they have sapped thousands of hours of free community based expertise to buil a potentially very successful childrens laptop suitable for general retail. I'm just waiting for one of them to split and take the profit.
Why aren't any oss bodies pushing for non-verbatim patent infringement exemption int the EU, it seems like something they might go for at the moment.
10 November, 2006 The Qualifications Authority is actively discouraging candidates in NCEA exams from using abbreviations, including text-style abbreviations. Deputy Chief Executive, Qualifications, Bali Haque said there had been no change in the Authority's policy in regard to use of abbreviations in examinations. Where an examination requires candidates to demonstrate language use - i.e. sentence structure, grammar, spelling - they would be penalised for using abbreviations, Mr Haque said. Where an examination requires candidates to demonstrate understanding in an area of study other than language use, they need to clearly show the required understanding. In these cases, use of abbreviations creates a risk of answers not being understood, Mr Haque said. "The candidates' priority at all times should be to ensure their answers are clearly understandable to markers. The best way to do this is to use standard English," he said.
I must say that the nzqa website puts it in less wow omg. terms