Right idea, wrong product. You're thinking about a ChromeOS laptop. It's the internet in your lap, it will just work and it will be fast. It also wont cost $500 per device.
I wouldn't say the whole article is a troll (the "omg Google book monopoly" stuff sure). It did bring to light some errors and even got them fixed, that's worth something.
With all the class act talent that Google hires right out of college, why can't Google create its own Public Library on the Internet? Chrome could be the entry way to any book that is in the Public Domain, or by the Authors written permission. Turning the page of a book could be as simple as the [Back], or [Next] button. The "Card Catalog" would be a No-Brainer. No Library goes through these many hops. There's even translation to other languages, Brail, and Audio; from my viewpoint, this SHOULD be the challenge, not what word category is or isn't. If it's a case of "buy the book", then to buy 10 copies of "Gone with the Wind", and ONLY allow up to 10 readers to ONLY read "Gone with the Wind". Google could even have a "Google Online Library Card"; this is were the company hums "Ka-Ching".
The impression I get from these stories is that once Google scans them, no one else can. Is that somehow the case?
Yes, once Google scans them they gather up all the copies and burn them. Just kidding, any one is free to scan them and put them online too. Microsoft used to scan books, and the Internet Archive has it's own scanning project that is still ongoing (but they might be restricting themselves to out of copyright works, I don't know).
Please give it a rest, anyone can scan all the books they want and post them online. The only problem is that the law hasn't established an efficent way to get the right to post books online. If Google had tried to do this with the laws current they would have had to figure out who owned the right to every book. Imagine how much the internet would suck if search engines had to do the same thing.
Also to get back to the topic at hand, it looks like they are trying to fix this as best they can and libraries have errors in them, it happens. zomg.
I just recently got a new DSLR camera so now I'm playing around with all it's fancy features. I figured I would see if I could get a picture of the Milky Way from my deck in Cambridge MA. After processing the heck out of it I got about 20-30 stars... it was really kinda sad.
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But I thought we already thought of this, that's why "Canada Dry" is sold!
+1, go kick some ass on the red planet India. The more people involved in space exploration the better. (:
It's a heads up display, totaly different.
Would be if there were actually robots. It's just a simulation and the graphics reminded me of Syndicate Wars.
Right idea, wrong product. You're thinking about a ChromeOS laptop. It's the internet in your lap, it will just work and it will be fast. It also wont cost $500 per device.
http://phandroid.com/2009/12/14/2-new-nexus-one-pictures/
Looks like he should re-write his webserver in C++ so it's not slashdotted so easily.
and I'm now about 93.8523% convinced you're making up statistics.
No, the smart criminals just become elected officials or run companies (sad part is I'm only half joking).
So a priest, a rabbi and an atheist walk into a bar. IPv6
Declare victory and get out.
I wouldn't say the whole article is a troll (the "omg Google book monopoly" stuff sure). It did bring to light some errors and even got them fixed, that's worth something.
With all the class act talent that Google hires right out of college, why can't Google create its own Public Library on the Internet? Chrome could be the entry way to any book that is in the Public Domain, or by the Authors written permission. Turning the page of a book could be as simple as the [Back], or [Next] button. The "Card Catalog" would be a No-Brainer. No Library goes through these many hops. There's even translation to other languages, Brail, and Audio; from my viewpoint, this SHOULD be the challenge, not what word category is or isn't. If it's a case of "buy the book", then to buy 10 copies of "Gone with the Wind", and ONLY allow up to 10 readers to ONLY read "Gone with the Wind". Google could even have a "Google Online Library Card"; this is were the company hums "Ka-Ching".
I think that's the idea, perhaps you should go check it out: http://books.google.com
The impression I get from these stories is that once Google scans them, no one else can. Is that somehow the case?
Yes, once Google scans them they gather up all the copies and burn them. Just kidding, any one is free to scan them and put them online too. Microsoft used to scan books, and the Internet Archive has it's own scanning project that is still ongoing (but they might be restricting themselves to out of copyright works, I don't know).
Please give it a rest, anyone can scan all the books they want and post them online. The only problem is that the law hasn't established an efficent way to get the right to post books online. If Google had tried to do this with the laws current they would have had to figure out who owned the right to every book. Imagine how much the internet would suck if search engines had to do the same thing.
Also to get back to the topic at hand, it looks like they are trying to fix this as best they can and libraries have errors in them, it happens. zomg.
This must be a new American unit of measure for viscosity. Water has .98 iphones at 80 degrees (on the hogshead).
I just recently got a new DSLR camera so now I'm playing around with all it's fancy features. I figured I would see if I could get a picture of the Milky Way from my deck in Cambridge MA. After processing the heck out of it I got about 20-30 stars... it was really kinda sad.
Keep fighting the good fight.
The best part is that it's never out of date!
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http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/extensions
Remember this is Valleywag. They try and make the valley into one big soap opera.
Don't you mean plenty of insightful comments for people to copy so they look smart? (:
Now news sources are just trolling /.
You want a fight? Don't make me clock you.
Oh yeah, because we really want to encourage that meme