Fear is the wrong reaction. I just ordered a book from ABE based on what I found using this feature.
The deciding factor between the three books I was considering (they are non-fiction reference books) was the content and layout. Using Google Print I was able to see how the books were layed out in the sample excerpts and I bought the best of the three. I suppose if you were a publisher releasing crap you would have reason for concern...
Until you've used the Google tool, please don't post on its merits or dangers. From what I've seen using the tool it really looks to be useful for researchers and students. Claiming this is stealing from authors it completely wrong headed. If anything this is a giant electronic library card catalog tool.
Corporate America of course won't be happy until you pay a per-word usage fee for reading a library book.
No, they shouldn't. I can go to a library and photocopy to my heart's content. What's to stop me from photocopying the whole library? Well, for one it's not very practical.
If anything, this is a GREAT thing for authors, it is a research tool for people looking for books on a certain topic. Explain to me how this is NOT like a library, without the driving.
Read before speaking. I can (if I want) go to a library and read a book from cover to cover. Oh noes!!1!1eleventy1! Libraries should be burned down and librarians should all be shot!!!!! God damned thieves!!!!!
An excerpt from the tool:
Why can't I read the entire book?
We respect copyright law and the tremendous creative effort authors put into their work. So you'll only be able to see a limited portion - in some cases only a few sentences - of books that we treat as under copyright. If the book is not under copyright, then you can browse the entire book. In general, Google Print aims to help you discover books, not read them from start to finish. It's like going to a bookstore and browsing - only with a Google twist.
The EARTH is not fragile, true enough. WE are. What drives me nuts about typical tree huggers is they play the "we're destroying the planet" crap. The planet isn't going anywhere. "We're killing ourselves" is a much more accurate description.,
This is an example of two great big balls of suck combining to form a critical mass of suck the likes of which have never been seen. The sheer density of suckage will actually tear a hole in the internet.
You can delete text with more than just backspace.
I don't think a natural (freak of nature maybe heh heh) keyboard would throw this off though. They don't CARE what your keyboard layout is like, just the sound of keys being typed. The keys could be arranged in a square grid, it wouldn't matter.
Wow! There aren't even any trees on Mars and there are still tree-huggers there. Bravo! I hate to break it to you, but the environment on Mars is an airless ball of rock and dust. And as far as 'mining catastrophies', life is dangerous. Like Al says: "You can get killed walking your doggie"
Be that as it may, this whole plan is silly, and most likely an attempt to bilk cash out of suckers.
No, the Germans (and later Amercians) in WWII had active IR night vision. An IR spotlight illuminated objects and a device (an EO tube) displayed a visible light version of the IR lit scene. This was great... unless the bad guys had a scope, because if they could also see in IR, you looked like a moron with a spotlight and a sign that said "Shoot Me!".
"First gen" NV should refer to the image intensifier family of NVDs, the first of which was the "starlight scope" fielded by the US in Vietnam. These function by amplifing ambient light (hence "starlight") and did not require additional illumination. Unless it was cloudy and moonless, then you were boned.
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Fear is the wrong reaction. I just ordered a book from ABE based on what I found using this feature.
The deciding factor between the three books I was considering (they are non-fiction reference books) was the content and layout. Using Google Print I was able to see how the books were layed out in the sample excerpts and I bought the best of the three. I suppose if you were a publisher releasing crap you would have reason for concern...
Until you've used the Google tool, please don't post on its merits or dangers. From what I've seen using the tool it really looks to be useful for researchers and students. Claiming this is stealing from authors it completely wrong headed. If anything this is a giant electronic library card catalog tool.
Corporate America of course won't be happy until you pay a per-word usage fee for reading a library book.
Correct link is http://altera.com/
No, they shouldn't. I can go to a library and photocopy to my heart's content. What's to stop me from photocopying the whole library? Well, for one it's not very practical.
If anything, this is a GREAT thing for authors, it is a research tool for people looking for books on a certain topic. Explain to me how this is NOT like a library, without the driving.
Read before speaking. I can (if I want) go to a library and read a book from cover to cover. Oh noes!!1!1eleventy1! Libraries should be burned down and librarians should all be shot!!!!! God damned thieves!!!!!
An excerpt from the tool:
Why can't I read the entire book? We respect copyright law and the tremendous creative effort authors put into their work. So you'll only be able to see a limited portion - in some cases only a few sentences - of books that we treat as under copyright. If the book is not under copyright, then you can browse the entire book. In general, Google Print aims to help you discover books, not read them from start to finish. It's like going to a bookstore and browsing - only with a Google twist.
Let me look up the answer on Wikipedia and get back to you.
The EARTH is not fragile, true enough. WE are. What drives me nuts about typical tree huggers is they play the "we're destroying the planet" crap. The planet isn't going anywhere. "We're killing ourselves" is a much more accurate description.,
Obviously you haven't seen the studies predicting higher percentages of overweight and obese adults.
Actually not really, cause the American Midwest got all your topsoil. Thanks glaciers! :)
Sweet! If we're past the point of no return, there is no sense worrying about it now!
Repeal the Kyoto Treaty and fire up the coal power plants. If we're all going to die, it mine as well be full speed ahead!
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The latest AOHell browser is a monstrosity based on IE already.
This is an example of two great big balls of suck combining to form a critical mass of suck the likes of which have never been seen. The sheer density of suckage will actually tear a hole in the internet.
Or what about:
a b c "shift+home" x z "backspace" y z
You can delete text with more than just backspace.
I don't think a natural (freak of nature maybe heh heh) keyboard would throw this off though. They don't CARE what your keyboard layout is like, just the sound of keys being typed. The keys could be arranged in a square grid, it wouldn't matter.
Well, you will if your senator is head of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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Wow! There aren't even any trees on Mars and there are still tree-huggers there. Bravo! I hate to break it to you, but the environment on Mars is an airless ball of rock and dust. And as far as 'mining catastrophies', life is dangerous. Like Al says: "You can get killed walking your doggie"
Be that as it may, this whole plan is silly, and most likely an attempt to bilk cash out of suckers.
Well, alrighty then.
You should probably patent that process before some evil-doer tries to steal your ideas.
See, that was a joke. Now if Mars was made of Unobtainium, then we'd be in business.
Warning: The above comment was made in jest. The poster is aware there is no such element as Unobtainium, and that the movie The Core sucked.
Diamonds are nothing but carbon. The only reason diamonds are worth money is because De Beers tells us you can't get laid without them.
I DID read the article. Someone please tell ME how they are going to achieve this.
Iron as far as the eye can see! I'm tellin' ya, it's the motherlode!
Too bad its not called the Gold Planet, or this might actually turn a profit.
No, the Germans (and later Amercians) in WWII had active IR night vision. An IR spotlight illuminated objects and a device (an EO tube) displayed a visible light version of the IR lit scene. This was great... unless the bad guys had a scope, because if they could also see in IR, you looked like a moron with a spotlight and a sign that said "Shoot Me!".
"First gen" NV should refer to the image intensifier family of NVDs, the first of which was the "starlight scope" fielded by the US in Vietnam. These function by amplifing ambient light (hence "starlight") and did not require additional illumination. Unless it was cloudy and moonless, then you were boned.
MMORPGs are time sinks? In other news today: The sky is blue.
Seriously, the POINT of a game is to waste time. But if you're not having fun, it's time to move on.
See also: Watertight integrity of seams in concrete slabs and asthetic appeal of giant bare concrete dome.
Have they SEEN how IE stores history data? You want to talk about hidden data, sheesh.