It is true that the OJ has more calories, but you are still better off drinking it for a number of reasons:
1. the glycemic index rating of OJ is much lower than coke's index. this translates to a difference in the amount of insulin that is released when you ingest the product, and is directly proportional to the energy you gain, the effect you feel later (slump) and the amount that goes directly to fat cells.
2. OJ has VITAMINS! Gasp! Coke? ZILCH.
Regardless.. both of these drinks will leave you dead tired after the sugar wears off. I'd drink OJ over Coke, but water is by far the best choice.
I agree, however a search algorithm is very different than a CD format, vehicle, or even an IBM compatible PC. These things are seen and touched by consumers many more times a day than a search algorithm is, and have much more impact on daily lives.
I guarantee you that major car manufacturers hold patents on aspects of vehicles that they have created. That doesn't mean it cant be created another way, just not in the same way the patent protects. Patenting doesn't always stop growth, it can also fuel innovation.
The average consumer doesn't care that the parts under their hood aren't yielding more performance due to patents, they care about what it looks like on the outside, and that they can get to the football game. The average surfer doesn't care that one engine returns slightly different results, they care that they can find some resources on their search.
> and they have released all their search algorithms to the scientific community
but patented them >:-(
Who the heck wouldn't patent an item that drives their complete business?
Google has some very impressive search capabilities, to give them away without laying some sort of claim would easily allow a group of students to improve and profit off of it. I'm sure this is not what Google has intended.:)
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It is true that the OJ has more calories, but you are still better off drinking it for a number of reasons:
1. the glycemic index rating of OJ is much lower than coke's index. this translates to a difference in the amount of insulin that is released when you ingest the product, and is directly proportional to the energy you gain, the effect you feel later (slump) and the amount that goes directly to fat cells.
2. OJ has VITAMINS! Gasp! Coke? ZILCH.
Regardless.. both of these drinks will leave you dead tired after the sugar wears off. I'd drink OJ over Coke, but water is by far the best choice.
~j
...of how we can study millions of years of evolution and use it to help our daily lives.
go ants!
STFU. Your baseless namecalling adds nothing to this discussion.
Afghanistan had nothing to rebuild.
I agree, however a search algorithm is very different than a CD format, vehicle, or even an IBM compatible PC. These things are seen and touched by consumers many more times a day than a search algorithm is, and have much more impact on daily lives.
I guarantee you that major car manufacturers hold patents on aspects of vehicles that they have created. That doesn't mean it cant be created another way, just not in the same way the patent protects. Patenting doesn't always stop growth, it can also fuel innovation.
The average consumer doesn't care that the parts under their hood aren't yielding more performance due to patents, they care about what it looks like on the outside, and that they can get to the football game. The average surfer doesn't care that one engine returns slightly different results, they care that they can find some resources on their search.
> and they have released all their search algorithms to the scientific community
:)
but patented them >:-(
Who the heck wouldn't patent an item that drives their complete business?
Google has some very impressive search capabilities, to give them away without laying some sort of claim would easily allow a group of students to improve and profit off of it. I'm sure this is not what Google has intended.