Yahoo's coverage says: "Microsoft Corp., which is working on a similar file-searching tool that it recently said would not be ready for the next version of its Windows operating system promised for 2006."
So it looks like the new MS search functionality won't even make it into Longhorn? I don't see why it's so difficult... I mean if Google could accomplish it, without intimate knowledge of the OS, Office/Outlook/etc file formats, and such, why can't MS do it 5 times faster? I'm confused.
I don't know if playing games has helped me much, but I know for sure that my game development hobby got me at least one job.
I went into the interview with a CD-ROM of all of my past programming work, including a few of my partially completed game projects. When they asked me, "What qualifies you to be our programming guru?" I showed them my games, and they asked me when I could start! I think they understood that game programming is inherently quite complex, and that if I could make spaceships swarm and attack in real-time, I could probably handle the optimization of their relatively simple business applications. And they were right!
But your home VCR isn't connected to millions of other VCRs, as your computer is connected to millions of other computers. I suspect the RIAA won't be too happy if radio recordings are shared around the net!
Yes, you can record the radio on your $10 boombox, just as you can record it on your computer, but the similarities end there. Once you've got the song on your computer you can then share it with thousands of other people on the internet in a matter of hours. Can you do that with your casette tape?
Anyone want to take a guess on how long it'll be before the crackdown commences?
Actually, I just went to RIAA's website for the first time... all of the "latest news" articles on the main page are about lawsuits they've filed. Nice!
Don't they realize that something is wrong with their business when their news is about lawyers, and not musicians?!
I don't see what's wrong with it... if I could play against a poker-playing robot at a real casino, I would! People who write smart bots deserve the money, as far as I'm concerned.
Does this not enrage Google? I mean, I know there have been meta search engines around for ages, but none that was so clearly bent on replacing Google itself.
How is A9 getting the Google results? Screen scraping, or using some kind of API? I don't see what Google could possibly get out of this, since there are no Google ads on A9 to compensate them. A9 even links directly to Google's cache pages! This seems absurd to me.
Ha, I wish I didn't have to... normally I avoid the phone like the plague. But the maniacs at work seem to enjoy talking on the phone! And so they demand that I participate:(
But maybe the 156hour-player leaves the game on and tells his player to sleep while he sleeps (while dreaming nerdly dreams of shapely elves, no doubt).
That would leave him 12hours/week of non-gaming time wherein he might:
1. Use the facilities (and no, I'm not suggesting any bathing takes place)
2. Answer the door to pay the delivery human ("Greetings noble courier! I commend thee on thy speed!")
3. Participate in online MMOG surveys
I love the huge spike at "18 years old" on the "How old are you" graph.
Looks like that's when people move away from home, get high-speed internet, and play games non-stop. No more mom around to tell you to go play outside!
Yeah, I was going to call fraud on SCO's new website too; I looked at the source and it seems like they're expecting the ALT tag text to pop up when you mouseover (there's no javascript or anything)... which doesn't seem to be happening for me, in Firefox.
I love gaim, and I use it every day, but man it confuses me sometimes. How are you supposed to pronounce it? A bunch of people at work use it, and mention it sometimes in telephone conversations, pronouncing it "game", which I guess is correct (or is it (GEE-AIM?). Sample confusing usage:
THEM: Do you have gaim? ME: What game? I have lots of games.
OR
THEM: Send me a message, I've got gaim. ME: So... you want me to send you a message about playing some basketball? You got game?
And so on. How do other people combat this conversational conundrum?!
If there's no performance hit, there must not be true "emulation" going on... it would be impossible to emulate another OS and architecture without a few extra cycles!
The only way I can imagine this happening is if the software reads your executable and then does a one-time translation into a native executable. That way the native executable wouldn't be emulating anything, it would be the real deal. But... the complexity of such software would be staggering.
If you look at politics.slashdot.org and scroll down, you'll see a link to this article which is about the Australian Prime Minister. Hopefully this is a sign that all political content will be included, not merely US-based content.
Try Vonage. I live in Canada, and I have a Vonage phone for work. Free long distance to anywhere in US and Canada, for cheap. I haven't had any complaints with the service, either. The only times I've had trouble were when my ISP crapped out.
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Yahoo's coverage says: "Microsoft Corp., which is working on a similar file-searching tool that it recently said would not be ready for the next version of its Windows operating system promised for 2006."
So it looks like the new MS search functionality won't even make it into Longhorn? I don't see why it's so difficult... I mean if Google could accomplish it, without intimate knowledge of the OS, Office/Outlook/etc file formats, and such, why can't MS do it 5 times faster? I'm confused.
You're right, I became quite bored with the job, and ended up quitting about 1.5 years later.
Have you been in a similar situation?
I don't know if playing games has helped me much, but I know for sure that my game development hobby got me at least one job.
:)
I went into the interview with a CD-ROM of all of my past programming work, including a few of my partially completed game projects. When they asked me, "What qualifies you to be our programming guru?" I showed them my games, and they asked me when I could start! I think they understood that game programming is inherently quite complex, and that if I could make spaceships swarm and attack in real-time, I could probably handle the optimization of their relatively simple business applications. And they were right!
Anyway, that's my story
But your home VCR isn't connected to millions of other VCRs, as your computer is connected to millions of other computers. I suspect the RIAA won't be too happy if radio recordings are shared around the net!
However, I certainly hope you're right!
Yes, you can record the radio on your $10 boombox, just as you can record it on your computer, but the similarities end there. Once you've got the song on your computer you can then share it with thousands of other people on the internet in a matter of hours. Can you do that with your casette tape?
Anyone want to take a guess on how long it'll be before the crackdown commences?
Actually, I just went to RIAA's website for the first time... all of the "latest news" articles on the main page are about lawsuits they've filed. Nice!
Don't they realize that something is wrong with their business when their news is about lawyers, and not musicians?!
Hey man, the clarity on R2D2's emitter wasn't great either, but it was sufficient to...
omg, I'm going to stop now before this post gets any nerdier.
It looks like FF3 has been confirmed in Japan at least. Should be able to find it on eBay, at some point!
You just gained yourself a fan. Funny post!
I don't see what's wrong with it... if I could play against a poker-playing robot at a real casino, I would! People who write smart bots deserve the money, as far as I'm concerned.
Clearly someone tried to nuke the whales, and then covered it up!
Gotta nuke somethin'!
Does this not enrage Google? I mean, I know there have been meta search engines around for ages, but none that was so clearly bent on replacing Google itself.
How is A9 getting the Google results? Screen scraping, or using some kind of API? I don't see what Google could possibly get out of this, since there are no Google ads on A9 to compensate them. A9 even links directly to Google's cache pages! This seems absurd to me.
Am I missing something?
Ha, I wish I didn't have to... normally I avoid the phone like the plague. But the maniacs at work seem to enjoy talking on the phone! And so they demand that I participate :(
Woe is me!
But maybe the 156hour-player leaves the game on and tells his player to sleep while he sleeps (while dreaming nerdly dreams of shapely elves, no doubt).
That would leave him 12hours/week of non-gaming time wherein he might:
1. Use the facilities (and no, I'm not suggesting any bathing takes place)
2. Answer the door to pay the delivery human ("Greetings noble courier! I commend thee on thy speed!")
3. Participate in online MMOG surveys
I love the huge spike at "18 years old" on the "How old are you" graph.
Looks like that's when people move away from home, get high-speed internet, and play games non-stop. No more mom around to tell you to go play outside!
Yeah, I was going to call fraud on SCO's new website too; I looked at the source and it seems like they're expecting the ALT tag text to pop up when you mouseover (there's no javascript or anything)... which doesn't seem to be happening for me, in Firefox.
Fraud! Fraud!
Yeah, the least they could do is put some pr0n on it, or something.
I love gaim, and I use it every day, but man it confuses me sometimes. How are you supposed to pronounce it? A bunch of people at work use it, and mention it sometimes in telephone conversations, pronouncing it "game", which I guess is correct (or is it (GEE-AIM?). Sample confusing usage:
THEM: Do you have gaim?
ME: What game? I have lots of games.
OR
THEM: Send me a message, I've got gaim.
ME: So... you want me to send you a message about playing some basketball? You got game?
And so on. How do other people combat this conversational conundrum?!
*waits for the RIAA gorillas/lawyers to catch wind of this*
I just bought my first iPod today, too! And no, I didn't get it from one of those free iPod pyramid schemes.
Fight the Gorilla!
OMG, I took my tinfoil hat off for one second, and you managed to read my mind?
Time to invest in that tinfoil skull plating...
Hm... the privacy policy says they won't share user data with 3rd parties, but they do store it, and will share it with subsidiaries like Amazon.com.
On generic.A9.com, we will not recognize your Amazon.com cookie
So, on regular A9.com they will recognize your Amazon.com cookie? Nice! So now they can link your purchase history and your search history.
Hm, I don't really know why this is bothering me so much. It's early, and my tinfoil hat kept poking me in the head as I slept last night, I think.
A9.com personalizes your search experience by remembering your searches
Could it possibly do this with cookies? What if you search a lot?
If there's no performance hit, there must not be true "emulation" going on... it would be impossible to emulate another OS and architecture without a few extra cycles!
The only way I can imagine this happening is if the software reads your executable and then does a one-time translation into a native executable. That way the native executable wouldn't be emulating anything, it would be the real deal. But... the complexity of such software would be staggering.
Here's hoping it works!
If you look at politics.slashdot.org and scroll down, you'll see a link to this article which is about the Australian Prime Minister. Hopefully this is a sign that all political content will be included, not merely US-based content.
Try Vonage. I live in Canada, and I have a Vonage phone for work. Free long distance to anywhere in US and Canada, for cheap. I haven't had any complaints with the service, either. The only times I've had trouble were when my ISP crapped out.