I used to go through the search logs of a long-ago-kerflushed search engine, and the url-in-the-search-box was common even back then. It's partly just ergonomics; I've caught myself a few times missing the address bar and hitting the search box. You can type an url and hit return in either box and the internet will respond(!).
Come to think of it, it's also a good way to avoid annoying domain squatters. If you can't remember if it's "cheapdiapers.com" or "diaperscheap.com", you can put the domain into any search engine and buffer the response.
Of course, it was also common for about 30% of the searches on a porn-free search engine to be for porn, so there's not an explanation for everything.
There's another story on this at sfgate, and it confirms what I thought: visibility was unrestricted. I was in the Presidio around noon and it was in the 60's with no fog.
This story covers some of his recent database work.
Several news stories say that he called his daughter Sunday morning to say he was going out of cellphone range, but he didn't indicate any problems. The weather was clear, so it's puzzling that there were no sightings.
My wife is Korean, and I used to get mad because I couldn't sign up for many Korean websites (Cyworld etc.) without a Korean ID number. Now I realize, it's for my own protection.
Bilingualism just means that, when you're old and people hear you babbling incoherently, they assume you're talking in a different language and take 2-3 years longer to recognize that you're nuts.
There are entire books about how to control dampness in structures. For most it's a simple matter of a damp-proof course (a seal between the foundation and parts above) a foot or so above the ground. Concrete mix and porosity, ventilation, and so on can also be tuned to avoid creeping damp.
Also, concrete and Portland-cement-based (lime) plasters do not mold due to their alkalinity. Other materials, such as wood and gypsum plaster, do.
Of course, I would prefer stone, and I consider all-concrete houses to be wasteful, but facts are facts.
They apparently make their money via the old "Who's who" scam. They spam webmasters with "You have been nominated" messages to get them to pony up the entry fee.
The important thing is that the author was able to pick a few important-sounding terms and place them decoratively throughout the paragraph. In this case he chose biology.
Let's take a look at what would have happened if the author had material from some other field:
Cooking:
"What naysayers don't understand is that the garlic of the Google brand is unlike anything ever seen in the modern market landscape. Google is actually the first company with a brand that is built entirely of chicken stock: able to grow and develop into whatever form it sees fit."
Weather forecasting:
"What naysayers don't understand is that the jet stream of the Google brand is unlike anything ever seen in the modern market landscape. Google is actually the first company with a brand that is built entirely of tropical depressions: able to grow and develop into whatever form it sees fit."
Bush Administration:
"What naysayers don't understand is that the classified information of the Google brand is unlike anything ever seen in the modern market landscape. Google is actually the first company with a brand that is built entirely of Homeland Security: able to grow and develop into whatever form it sees fit."
Unfortunately history repeats itself. OS/2 walked into the "Embrace and Extinguish" strategy without realizing it. Now Apple has sleepwalked into the same thing.
Now what are the chances of seeing new Powerbooks *not* running Windows? How will they innovate, if their hardware is tied to MS?
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If the guy was so offended, why didn't he just edit the Wikipedia entry to fix the mistakes?
Far from it. What really happened is that Bush heard the "What's to stop someone from marrying a horse" arguments against gay marriage, and he's hardly had a night's sleep since. Cheney finally had to let him sleep in his room with the light on.
There's also the question of whether a search engine is a natural monopoly:
In economics, a natural monopoly occurs when, due to the economies of scale of a particular industry, the maximum efficiency of production and distribution is realized through a single supplier.
The internet was once hailed as the equivalent of a land rush in the 1800's, when farm land was free for the taking, and it was presumed that independent farmers would rule the country. Unfortunately these small farms needed transportation to get their crops to market, and the railroad monopoly was born. Nowadays the "railroad" is a search engine, but the economics look the same.
If you've followed this story, you'll see that there's as much, if not more anti-intellectualism on the pro-Hwang side as the anti. After the "discoveries" were announced, anyone who questioned the results was persecuted. The news show that exposed ethical violations was suspended due to public pressure, and the reporter received death threats. The Korean government poured millions into glorifying Hwang, and it became impossible for anyone to question the truth of the matter. Science was replaced by politics, wishful thinking, and lies. If anything this story is about how science came to be replaced by pseudo-science before anyone could notice.
There's an interesting interview with the reporter who uncovered the fraud in the Korea Herald. He makes the point that the scientific community really dropped the ball here, and it was journalism that had to clean up the mess.
Let's face it, the only economic reason for a company to build and host a bunch of unrelated applications is to link together advertising and user profiles. Why else would a search engine be talking about providing free WiFi service? So they can track users' locations and deliver location-targeted ads.
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That's my life, slowed down .975%.
But this is Boston. Tunnels collapse on their own, even without explosives.
I used to go through the search logs of a long-ago-kerflushed search engine, and the url-in-the-search-box was common even back then. It's partly just ergonomics; I've caught myself a few times missing the address bar and hitting the search box. You can type an url and hit return in either box and the internet will respond(!).
Come to think of it, it's also a good way to avoid annoying domain squatters. If you can't remember if it's "cheapdiapers.com" or "diaperscheap.com", you can put the domain into any search engine and buffer the response.
Of course, it was also common for about 30% of the searches on a porn-free search engine to be for porn, so there's not an explanation for everything.
There's another story on this at sfgate, and it confirms what I thought: visibility was unrestricted. I was in the Presidio around noon and it was in the 60's with no fog.
This story covers some of his recent database work.
Several news stories say that he called his daughter Sunday morning to say he was going out of cellphone range, but he didn't indicate any problems. The weather was clear, so it's puzzling that there were no sightings.
My wife is Korean, and I used to get mad because I couldn't sign up for many Korean websites (Cyworld etc.) without a Korean ID number. Now I realize, it's for my own protection.
Bilingualism just means that, when you're old and people hear you babbling incoherently, they assume you're talking in a different language and take 2-3 years longer to recognize that you're nuts.
There are entire books about how to control dampness in structures. For most it's a simple matter of a damp-proof course (a seal between the foundation and parts above) a foot or so above the ground. Concrete mix and porosity, ventilation, and so on can also be tuned to avoid creeping damp.
Also, concrete and Portland-cement-based (lime) plasters do not mold due to their alkalinity. Other materials, such as wood and gypsum plaster, do.
Of course, I would prefer stone, and I consider all-concrete houses to be wasteful, but facts are facts.
Yes, Oracle will soon offer a bus with Linux on it.
There's a good description here.
The Governator is coming up for de-election soon as well:
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The important thing is that the author was able to pick a few important-sounding terms and place them decoratively throughout the paragraph. In this case he chose biology.
Let's take a look at what would have happened if the author had material from some other field:
Cooking:
"What naysayers don't understand is that the garlic of the Google brand is unlike anything ever seen in the modern market landscape. Google is actually the first company with a brand that is built entirely of chicken stock: able to grow and develop into whatever form it sees fit."
Weather forecasting:
"What naysayers don't understand is that the jet stream of the Google brand is unlike anything ever seen in the modern market landscape. Google is actually the first company with a brand that is built entirely of tropical depressions: able to grow and develop into whatever form it sees fit."
Bush Administration:
"What naysayers don't understand is that the classified information of the Google brand is unlike anything ever seen in the modern market landscape. Google is actually the first company with a brand that is built entirely of Homeland Security: able to grow and develop into whatever form it sees fit."
It's true, nothing much is different for these folks, except that now the voices are saying "Buy and Sell Spare Change on EBay".
Unfortunately history repeats itself. OS/2 walked into the "Embrace and Extinguish" strategy without realizing it. Now Apple has sleepwalked into the same thing.
Now what are the chances of seeing new Powerbooks *not* running Windows? How will they innovate, if their hardware is tied to MS?
If the guy was so offended, why didn't he just edit the Wikipedia entry to fix the mistakes?
In other news, interweb usage is at 35%.
Far from it. What really happened is that Bush heard the "What's to stop someone from marrying a horse" arguments against gay marriage, and he's hardly had a night's sleep since. Cheney finally had to let him sleep in his room with the light on.
I ride a "Solar Challenge" vehicle to work every day. It's called a bicycle.
Some of those "Will Work for Food" signs are legit.
If you think that's bad, look what happened to Galois.
I'm not surprised. Larry and Sergey always seemed like the type of guys that would work in a video store.
There's an interesting interview with the reporter who uncovered the fraud in the Korea Herald. He makes the point that the scientific community really dropped the ball here, and it was journalism that had to clean up the mess.
Yes, maybe they should replace one of those USB ports with a straw.
Let's face it, the only economic reason for a company to build and host a bunch of unrelated applications is to link together advertising and user profiles. Why else would a search engine be talking about providing free WiFi service? So they can track users' locations and deliver location-targeted ads.