This isn't criminal law. In a tort case, they don't have to prove it 'beyond a reasonable doubt.' They have to prove it 'based on a preponderance of the evidence.'
Which basically means, if the judge and/or jury thinks it's more likely you committed the tort than not, they can force you to pay damages.
I started a blog like this about a year ago... http://www.mesotheliomareporter.org . I even started one about mold remediation, but gave up on that one.
Now how in the hell are people saying his idea is original?
By the way, the reason that he isn't getting a high EPC (Earnings per click) is because of Google's smart pricing - they use certain metrics (such as user behavior and converion rate data) to automatically discount the price advertisers pay on contextual ads vs. search ads.
Rumors about this have been sprouting up for the last six months.
http://www.ugfc.org/2004/07/google_instant_.html
After GMail, it only seems logical they would try to work in keyword-based/contextual text ads into an IM client. IM features seem to have stagnated, maybe Google will add something cool into the mix.
The long rumored, much talked about, infamous Nintendo NES Controller Belt Buckle. This belt buckle, once brushed off as merely a myth in the gaming world, is now available to grace your pants.
His prediction of the death of Word is meaningless. It's carries about the same weight as the claims that BSD is dying (as comfirmed by Netcraft).
Yes, why exactly are we posting this story? Oooooh, someone at ABC News says it's time to kill Word. Done. Also while we're at it, let's stop capitalizing "Internet" since Wired said so. Done. This is so easy! In case you didn't notice, I was being sarcastic.
Looks like he took a walk on the wild side while building it...
As an added note, I did send something similar to this to Nintendo of America and got a response back which said that it was very neat that I could develop something like this, but they could not host it in their magazine for the following reason: Namely that the Nintendo GameCube has a Class I laser housed inside a Class I case and if the mechanism is bypassed that prevents operation of the laser while the lid is open, then potential eye damage is probable. They didn't want to give anyone the idea to take apart a GameCube and damage their vision. I totally understand, but it was neat to get a response that wasn't automated! - The Story of the NEC
Google's distributed OS has been discussed a lot on Slashdot, but it is more than just a search algorithm on their own servers:
Google Compute is a feature of the Google Toolbar that enables your computer to help solve challenging scientific problems when it would otherwise be idle. When you enable Google Compute, your computer will download a small piece of a large research project and perform calculations on it that will then be included with the calculations performed by thousands of other computers doing the same thing. This process is known as distributed computing.
The first beneficiary of this effort is Folding@home, a non-profit academic research project at Stanford University that is trying to understand the structure of proteins so they can develop better treatments for a number of illnesses. In the future Google Compute may allow you to also donate your computing time to other carefully selected worthwhile endeavors, including projects to improve Google and its services.
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Umm.. I don't think Google is necessarily trying to contain all blogs at Blogger (and even if they were, it would never happen)
Blogs have had a disproportionally high representation in the SERPs until recently, but this was because of PageRank... as Google phases in their authority-driven link popularity algorithm, I think you will find that the results are not so skewed.
And as for noise, I'd rather have crappy blog opinions than 100% commercial spam clogging up the SERPs.
While Google's PageRank algorithm does not consider that 'subject' of a page that is linking to another page, their search algorithm is heading that way (sorta like TEOMA).
Meanwhile Google-bombing will always work if there isn't a good REAL page about the text that is used for the Google-bomb.
As for the META robot tag, don't expect people to use it, if they won't even validate their code(hell, I don't). Google will find ways to sort through the vast amounts of disorganized, unstructured data that is the World Wide Web we know and love.
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As if you haven't read this book 6 times, nerd.
Which basically means, if the judge and/or jury thinks it's more likely you committed the tort than not, they can force you to pay damages.
I started a blog like this about a year ago... http://www.mesotheliomareporter.org . I even started one about mold remediation, but gave up on that one.
Now how in the hell are people saying his idea is original?
By the way, the reason that he isn't getting a high EPC (Earnings per click) is because of Google's smart pricing - they use certain metrics (such as user behavior and converion rate data) to automatically discount the price advertisers pay on contextual ads vs. search ads.
http://www.ugfc.org/2004/07/google_instant_.html
After GMail, it only seems logical they would try to work in keyword-based/contextual text ads into an IM client. IM features seem to have stagnated, maybe Google will add something cool into the mix.
It's almost as cool as The Legendary Nintendo NES Controller Belt Buckle.
The long rumored, much talked about, infamous Nintendo NES Controller Belt Buckle. This belt buckle, once brushed off as merely a myth in the gaming world, is now available to grace your pants.
I think the problem might be that he wants to use Word for just about everything. Half the time, Notepad is the answer.
His prediction of the death of Word is meaningless. It's carries about the same weight as the claims that BSD is dying (as comfirmed by Netcraft).
Yes, why exactly are we posting this story? Oooooh, someone at ABC News says it's time to kill Word. Done. Also while we're at it, let's stop capitalizing "Internet" since Wired said so. Done. This is so easy! In case you didn't notice, I was being sarcastic.
Well, duh.
Call me stupid, but it doesn't look like this book has anything that Google Hacks doesn't have...
Looks like he took a walk on the wild side while building it...
As an added note, I did send something similar to this to Nintendo of America and got a response back which said that it was very neat that I could develop something like this, but they could not host it in their magazine for the following reason: Namely that the Nintendo GameCube has a Class I laser housed inside a Class I case and if the mechanism is bypassed that prevents operation of the laser while the lid is open, then potential eye damage is probable. They didn't want to give anyone the idea to take apart a GameCube and damage their vision. I totally understand, but it was neat to get a response that wasn't automated! - The Story of the NEC
Google's distributed OS has been discussed a lot on Slashdot, but it is more than just a search algorithm on their own servers:
Google Compute is a feature of the Google Toolbar that enables your computer to help solve challenging scientific problems when it would otherwise be idle. When you enable Google Compute, your computer will download a small piece of a large research project and perform calculations on it that will then be included with the calculations performed by thousands of other computers doing the same thing. This process is known as distributed computing.
The first beneficiary of this effort is Folding@home, a non-profit academic research project at Stanford University that is trying to understand the structure of proteins so they can develop better treatments for a number of illnesses. In the future Google Compute may allow you to also donate your computing time to other carefully selected worthwhile endeavors, including projects to improve Google and its services.
- The Google Compute Project
Microwho?
Umm.. I don't think Google is necessarily trying to contain all blogs at Blogger (and even if they were, it would never happen) Blogs have had a disproportionally high representation in the SERPs until recently, but this was because of PageRank... as Google phases in their authority-driven link popularity algorithm, I think you will find that the results are not so skewed. And as for noise, I'd rather have crappy blog opinions than 100% commercial spam clogging up the SERPs.
While Google's PageRank algorithm does not consider that 'subject' of a page that is linking to another page, their search algorithm is heading that way (sorta like TEOMA). Meanwhile Google-bombing will always work if there isn't a good REAL page about the text that is used for the Google-bomb. As for the META robot tag, don't expect people to use it, if they won't even validate their code(hell, I don't). Google will find ways to sort through the vast amounts of disorganized, unstructured data that is the World Wide Web we know and love.