If newspapers cost $20, maybe people would use Xerox machines to make pirated copies.
If you had the right stream a movie instantly (and cache it and watch it over and over for say, 72 hours) for $3, why even bother with Kazaa?
Re:Lifetime of code...
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Perhaps we should look at it that way: If all good code would and could be reused, more than the half of all software engineers would be ou of duty soon
In that case, a "software engineer" would be someone dedicated to designing and building systems by putting together building blocks of code, instead of writing code from scratch. Software would start to resemble other engineering disciplines.
Jill Taylor, a director of engineering, said Home Depot considered Linux but settled on the "more mainstream" Windows operating system. She said that with Linux, the company would have faced issues such as a lack of drivers and support if it decided to use cross-platform hardware
If you are searching for something that is pretty rare, such as a friend of yours, there may not be more than a few relevant pages in the entire web. No search engine covers all the web. It is possible that Google may find one or two results and another search engine such as Fast or Inktomi may find one or two different results. It happens to me pretty often.
Re:Why not all 4 at once?
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because they would have to pay all four search engines for the same query.
That isn't necessarily true. If humans could create a machine of similar intelligence (or even less) but extremely fast, the machine would be solve the same problems much more quickly. For some, that is the definition of intelligence. Look at chess programs for an example.
Also, how about a really dumb machine with the capability to improve itself and an unlimited amount of time to do it?
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If newspapers cost $20, maybe people would use Xerox machines to make pirated copies. If you had the right stream a movie instantly (and cache it and watch it over and over for say, 72 hours) for $3, why even bother with Kazaa?
Perhaps we should look at it that way: If all good code would and could be reused, more than the half of all software engineers would be ou of duty soon
In that case, a "software engineer" would be someone dedicated to designing and building systems by putting together building blocks of code, instead of writing code from scratch. Software would start to resemble other engineering disciplines.
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If you are searching for something that is pretty rare, such as a friend of yours, there may not be more than a few relevant pages in the entire web. No search engine covers all the web. It is possible that Google may find one or two results and another search engine such as Fast or Inktomi may find one or two different results. It happens to me pretty often.
because they would have to pay all four search engines for the same query.
It's called Viagra.
I'm already old and unhealthy. Will I feel young and healthy if I wear that suit inside-out? What happens if I wear it as is? Do I die?
...We knew you really wanted that "Amazonity Report" DVD, so we just charged your credit card and it's on its way.
That isn't necessarily true. If humans could create a machine of similar intelligence (or even less) but extremely fast, the machine would be solve the same problems much more quickly. For some, that is the definition of intelligence. Look at chess programs for an example. Also, how about a really dumb machine with the capability to improve itself and an unlimited amount of time to do it?