Let's not forget how many of those Linux security patches needed a reboot. Although, to be fair Windows only needs a reboot when a patch makes significant changes to the system... or should I say, Internet Explorer.
Don't think of it as search for information you already know you want. Think of it as being exposed to information you are not aware of yet
You're right, I didn't think of it like that. I guess it does have its uses.
Here's an example, an undergrad student is searching for "belief revision". He finished clicking belief, and "belief net" pops up from google. Sounds related. Great, he makes a mental note to check it out, and is introduced to belief revision models based on Bayesian Reasoning.
That reminds me of when I'm trying to look through a dictionary. I'm looking for word x and see word y while paging through and I can't help but see what it means (providing I don't know) causing me to forget the original word I was looking for, or end up with my fingers in 5-6 pages of words whose definition I want to read.
I hope that doesn't happen if I ever try use Google Suggest for that purpose!
Unfortunately Google Suggest has really no use. If you know what you want to search for, you search for it. Suggesting search terms isn't really going to do anything apart from distract you. Hopefully this technology will be used for other things where it actually IS useful.
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They force SP2 on us because Microsoft can't be bothered testing updates on XP/SP1.
Let's not forget how many of those Linux security patches needed a reboot. Although, to be fair Windows only needs a reboot when a patch makes significant changes to the system... or should I say, Internet Explorer.
Their HTML doesn't validate! What a bunch of amateurs.
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/2/15/71552/7795
There was an article which told us all that but I can't find it. Maybe someone else can reply to this with the URL.
Stupid question, but does the LoadImage() one affect images which are viewed in FireFox or Thunderbird?
Don't think of it as search for information you already know you want. Think of it as being exposed to information you are not aware of yet
You're right, I didn't think of it like that. I guess it does have its uses.
Here's an example, an undergrad student is searching for "belief revision". He finished clicking belief, and "belief net" pops up from google. Sounds related. Great, he makes a mental note to check it out, and is introduced to belief revision models based on Bayesian Reasoning.
That reminds me of when I'm trying to look through a dictionary. I'm looking for word x and see word y while paging through and I can't help but see what it means (providing I don't know) causing me to forget the original word I was looking for, or end up with my fingers in 5-6 pages of words whose definition I want to read.
I hope that doesn't happen if I ever try use Google Suggest for that purpose!
Unfortunately Google Suggest has really no use. If you know what you want to search for, you search for it. Suggesting search terms isn't really going to do anything apart from distract you. Hopefully this technology will be used for other things where it actually IS useful.