Of course this is yet another way for Google to aggregate additional information about you, and also brings about the concern when you're relying on a company for everything, what happens when it goes down for an extended period? I'll admit I'm also excited about this, but it's not all a corporate utopia. I do like the increase of transparency to the end user.
Most of the geekiest people here at Slashdot lack the necessary tools to hold a decent conversation; if two slashdotters marry and produce offspring, the result would be dangerous to society!
You should really use The Patriot Search. Read their mission for more information: "Instead of letting the government waste tax money by going through complicated procedures to get user and search data from Yahoo, MSN, Ask Jeeves or Google, users of Patriot Search make sure their queries end up right where they belong - in the databases of the government and its various agencies."
How much will the thing cost? From the sounds of it, these HD DVD players are going to be expensive...is this going to cost as much or even more than the XBox itself?
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This is the sort of book that you put in your parents, relatives, or friends stocking to introduce them to Firefox and make it super-easy for them to get started.
Or, you could just give them a link to one of the many sites that simply lists the benefits of Firefox, and then help them install it. That would be super-easy and they wouldn't have to read a book. It just seems like this information is already easily accessible to those that really need it through tons of websites, and those that aren't able to find it are the people who want it as simple as possible.
FTA: "But in March, everything changed when India submitted to pressure from the World Trade Organization to stop the practice and implement rules that prohibit local companies from creating generic versions of patented drugs."
WHy do they want to prevent that? What about in the U.S. where we have things like Walgreen's Wal-tussin to compete with Robitussin (same ingredients, cheaper cost for the consumer)? (same with Sudafed, etc.) Does this fall under the kind of thing WTO wants to stop?
Actually, it looks like traffic is still climbing. Last year there appears to have been a drop-off in September or so, but that also was climbing during the holidays.
Learning from examples and code snippets is one thing, but learning to code robustly is another. I think that is the emphasis here. Plus, as mentioned, "Although the best part of the book contains the three start-to-finish sample projects at the end - a calendar system, weblog engine, and e-commerce store, the lead-in chapters are nicely done, too...The three working examples are extensively commented and contain complete code examples."
The New Scientist says that software capable of recognising emotions just by looking at photographs could lead to PCs that adjust their response depending on the user's mood.
Finally!
Computer:"Clippy senses you're getting pissed off at it and want to kill it! It'll go hide in a corner now out of view. So sorry!"
The preceding is a plug. If you don't like it, you don't have to click it:) Really though, with this music search, movie search would be the next logical step for Google. They could do price comparisons and link to online retailers. The only question is: with all that Google is doing with Purchases, are they eventually out to get imdb and amazon?
I too thought this isn't all that useful. I can already do all they offer on Amazon, plus listen to a clip of the songs on most albums. One nice benefit: they list the prices for several stores for those who like to buy the physical album. (Under "Buy Album" you have to hit the "Show all stores" link.
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Of course this is yet another way for Google to aggregate additional information about you, and also brings about the concern when you're relying on a company for everything, what happens when it goes down for an extended period? I'll admit I'm also excited about this, but it's not all a corporate utopia. I do like the increase of transparency to the end user.
Most of the geekiest people here at Slashdot lack the necessary tools to hold a decent conversation; if two slashdotters marry and produce offspring, the result would be dangerous to society!
This effect is now known as Slashdautism.
'I don't see how it's different than selling a used CD,'
iPod and used CDs to become next fair-use battleground
You don't have to like the link whore page that is Yahoo: http://search.yahoo.com/
You should really use The Patriot Search. Read their mission for more information: "Instead of letting the government waste tax money by going through complicated procedures to get user and search data from Yahoo, MSN, Ask Jeeves or Google, users of Patriot Search make sure their queries end up right where they belong - in the databases of the government and its various agencies."
Not to mention with so many cellphones with cameras, would it be that hard to take a picture of someone else's barcode?
It's where they make all their money - they have to push it everywhere to be able to have enough income to fund their expansion into everything.
It'll be interesting to see if anyone is able to compete with adsense as it expands into other mediums.
Not for everyone though :(
I realize it's Monday, but it must be one hell of a slow news day...
"Do you like green eggs and ham?"
So are green chickens next?
While not necessarily what you're looking for, here's a cheap alternative: http://www.kodakgallery.com/KPTOverview.jsp?
Kodak's Perfect Touch usually does a good job of enhancing pictures, yet it's an automatic process and consequently cheap and always available. YMMV
Powerful, easy, expensive: Aperture = $499
I can tell you post was intended to annoy me (though it didn't), so I've dispatched the authorities to take you away.
How much will the thing cost? From the sounds of it, these HD DVD players are going to be expensive...is this going to cost as much or even more than the XBox itself?
This is the sort of book that you put in your parents, relatives, or friends stocking to introduce them to Firefox and make it super-easy for them to get started.
Or, you could just give them a link to one of the many sites that simply lists the benefits of Firefox, and then help them install it. That would be super-easy and they wouldn't have to read a book. It just seems like this information is already easily accessible to those that really need it through tons of websites, and those that aren't able to find it are the people who want it as simple as possible.
From the message:
--[ Discovery Date: 15/11/2005
--[ Initial Vendor Response: 15/11/2005
--[ Issue solved: 01/12/2005
Message posted: 21/12/2005
They did give them a chance to fix it first.
More like 11 months ago! :)
FTA: "But in March, everything changed when India submitted to pressure from the World Trade Organization to stop the practice and implement rules that prohibit local companies from creating generic versions of patented drugs."
WHy do they want to prevent that? What about in the U.S. where we have things like Walgreen's Wal-tussin to compete with Robitussin (same ingredients, cheaper cost for the consumer)? (same with Sudafed, etc.) Does this fall under the kind of thing WTO wants to stop?
Actually, it looks like traffic is still climbing. Last year there appears to have been a drop-off in September or so, but that also was climbing during the holidays.
Learning from examples and code snippets is one thing, but learning to code robustly is another. I think that is the emphasis here. Plus, as mentioned, "Although the best part of the book contains the three start-to-finish sample projects at the end - a calendar system, weblog engine, and e-commerce store, the lead-in chapters are nicely done, too...The three working examples are extensively commented and contain complete code examples."
I can't wait for Google + AIM = GAIM :)
The New Scientist says that software capable of recognising emotions just by looking at photographs could lead to PCs that adjust their response depending on the user's mood.
Finally!
Computer:"Clippy senses you're getting pissed off at it and want to kill it! It'll go hide in a corner now out of view. So sorry!"
...but I never bid an amount I'm not willing to lose.
:)
You may send all amounts you're willing to lose to my savings account
And on a related note, when will they let you compare prices on DVDs?
:) Really though, with this music search, movie search would be the next logical step for Google. They could do price comparisons and link to online retailers. The only question is: with all that Google is doing with Purchases, are they eventually out to get imdb and amazon?
The preceding is a plug. If you don't like it, you don't have to click it
I too thought this isn't all that useful. I can already do all they offer on Amazon, plus listen to a clip of the songs on most albums. One nice benefit: they list the prices for several stores for those who like to buy the physical album. (Under "Buy Album" you have to hit the "Show all stores" link.