When you type a query, sometimes you'll see a search suggestion with an icon representing a website. Click on this link and you will go directly to that website. We let you look before you leap, because not everyone feels lucky.
I'm not sure why/. posted an advt ridden link, rather than posting the original link.. oh yeah, that would require folks to RTFA, and I'm not new here:-)
1. Get permission to re-post an article with advts 2. post the advt ridden link on/. 3. ??? 4. Profit
Please do not mod me funny. I've just tried to consolidate the two responses that I'm most likely to get, into this post itself.
India has had more sophisticated parking solutions than this. There are multi-level parking buildings, where one has to drive in a car into an elevator, lock it, and then the elevator would put the car in an available slot. Once you are back, the car can be retrieved from that slot, and ready for you to depart. All this for less than 50 cents an hour.
There are buildings which have car parks and motor cycle parking lots on the terrace, and use elevators to transfer the vehicles to the terrace.
These weren't the real sites, I believe. They were phishing sites, which passed logins and passwords in the URL. The URL's submitted by the users were supposed to be blacklisted, and hence the list was published.
If the user, before submitting the URL did not check for personal information in the URL, it's that user's problem, and not Google's.
I think it was pretty smart on behalf of Google to come up with an algorithm to look at the submitted URL, and remove the personal data.
If you send a signal back in time, one will have to go back in time to verify that it has been received. And since you cannot verify this, you can either claim that the signal has been sent successfully and celebrate, or start new experiments to send people back in time to verify that the signals that have just been sent have been received. Once people verify that, experiments will have to be done to bring people forward in time to testify that they have verified that the signal just sent has been received back in time. How would one prove that anyways ?
A better experiment is to try and catch signals to be sent in future. You can verify that this signal is sent, once you have received it.
Critics will say that scientists, once they catch a signal, will ensure that the signal is sent in the future. But then critics are always there...
This one is from Bill's India Visit, which he concluded yesterday:
Do you see any threat to Microsoft from companies like Yahoo! and Google which have entered the software market?
The software space always has new companies coming into the domain and for the first time people seem to underestimate Microsoft. It is healthy competition and it is good to be underestimated once in a while.
instead of email, why not use SMS. Register your mobile number with the bank and the bank texts you the code, which has to be used within some time period.
As a non-profit organization, the Mozilla Foundation will receive a highly discounted rate. Being flexible with the placement of the ad and the date that it runs also lowers the cost....
The ad will not necessarily run on the day Firefox 1.0 comes out (November 9), because we get better pricing if we provide a (small) window of time rather than an exact date.
All submissions will be personally reviewed. The intent of the ad is to show the strong support Firefox has among the grassroots technology community, so we are only allowing the verifiable names of individuals in the ad. Individual, verifiable names only. Company names, URLs and false names will be removed.
Slashdot Comment Submitter's Certificate of Origin 1.0
By submitting a comment to this slashdot story, I certify that:
(a) The comment was created in whole or in part by me and I have the right to submit it under the copyright laws; or
(b) The comment is based upon a previous comment from a dupe story, and to the best of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate copyright law and I have the right to submit that comment with modifications, whether created in whole or in part by me; or
(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified it.
I had read it recently, and I found it on/. But it seems that this is not a dupe:-). This link was posted in the comments section very recently. Here's the link.
It's good to look at comments, and submit stories. It gets you karma. Also, it's good to look around that comment, and then post comments in this story. That would gain karma too:-)
Posting a comment about the comment on which the current/. story is based, gains you karma too:-)
Your question about IP address portability gets me thinking of a telephone DNS service.
So you reserve a name from a registrar. The person wanting to contact you, dials the name. His/her phone contacts the DNS server, gets your telephone number and redirects the call to your cell. You kindof get the idea.. right ?
Now, you make verisign the registrar and then, if you make a typo, you are redirected to a marketing call and that too at your cost. Verisign would call that an innovation though..
I know of a distro at ofset.org that is available. It is being used at quite a few places in india to demonstrate linux and its capabilities for school children.
The Indian President, unlike the American president, is a ceremonial head of the state. All the powers lie in the hands of the Prime Minister (currently Atal Bihari Vajpayee). The president of India need not be a politician, and is not elected by the large electorate. The lawmakers elect the president.
The Indian President, APJ Abdul Kalam, has received the highest civilian award in India, Bharat Ratna, before he was elected President. He is a nuclear Scientist, who headed India's defense laboratories.
Slashdot Mirror
from http://www.cuil.com/info/features/
Feature # 4 : Search term suggestions:
When you type a query, sometimes you'll see a search suggestion with an icon representing a website. Click on this link and you will go directly to that website. We let you look before you leap, because not everyone feels lucky.
> (I didn't RTFA because of all the obnoxious ads).
Then why not check out the original post which is available at http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2008/06/29/TheGOOGMSFTExodusWorkingAtGoogleVsWorkingAtMicrosoft.aspx
I'm not sure why /. posted an advt ridden link, rather than posting the original link.. oh yeah, that would require folks to RTFA, and I'm not new here :-)
1. Get permission to re-post an article with advts /.
2. post the advt ridden link on
3. ???
4. Profit
Please do not mod me funny. I've just tried to consolidate the two responses that I'm most likely to get, into this post itself.
I assume that the keyword here is "Human Initiated New Software Download"
Why not use RFID ?
That way, one could even find out the details of the items left out, if any.
India has had more sophisticated parking solutions than this. There are multi-level parking buildings, where one has to drive in a car into an elevator, lock it, and then the elevator would put the car in an available slot. Once you are back, the car can be retrieved from that slot, and ready for you to depart. All this for less than 50 cents an hour.
There are buildings which have car parks and motor cycle parking lots on the terrace, and use elevators to transfer the vehicles to the terrace.
Multiple news reports about the multi-level parking solutions could be found here.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/03/07/stories/2007030703420500.htm
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2002/03/28/stories/2002032801021900.htm
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/39396831.cms
has anyone seen sandboxie ?
It is sort of virtualization of individual applications.
GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation aka GAGAN is what India calls it. This system is supposed to be operational in 2008.
wiki page
Details in google's cached copy of the announcement.
Google search would also get more details on this.
Ah.. Finally, someone using the term Yahoo to mean anything other than Yahoo!
These weren't the real sites, I believe. They were phishing sites, which passed logins and passwords in the URL. The URL's submitted by the users were supposed to be blacklisted, and hence the list was published.
If the user, before submitting the URL did not check for personal information in the URL, it's that user's problem, and not Google's.
I think it was pretty smart on behalf of Google to come up with an algorithm to look at the submitted URL, and remove the personal data.
Please give a printable link to this article in your comment.
If you send a signal back in time, one will have to go back in time to verify that it has been received. And since you cannot verify this, you can either claim that the signal has been sent successfully and celebrate, or start new experiments to send people back in time to verify that the signals that have just been sent have been received. Once people verify that, experiments will have to be done to bring people forward in time to testify that they have verified that the signal just sent has been received back in time. How would one prove that anyways ?
A better experiment is to try and catch signals to be sent in future. You can verify that this signal is sent, once you have received it.
Critics will say that scientists, once they catch a signal, will ensure that the signal is sent in the future. But then critics are always there...
(Confusing ? Time related writing is like that)
yup. We all need to check out the new eyepod.
This one is from Bill's India Visit, which he concluded yesterday:
Do you see any threat to Microsoft from companies like Yahoo! and Google which have entered the software market?
The software space always has new companies coming into the domain and for the first time people seem to underestimate Microsoft. It is healthy competition and it is good to be underestimated once in a while.
Full Interview Here
instead of email, why not use SMS. Register your mobile number with the bank and the bank texts you the code, which has to be used within some time period.
From the FAQ:
...
# How much does the ad cost?
As a non-profit organization, the Mozilla Foundation will receive a highly discounted rate. Being flexible with the placement of the ad and the date that it runs also lowers the cost.
The ad will not necessarily run on the day Firefox 1.0 comes out (November 9), because we get better pricing if we provide a (small) window of time rather than an exact date.
from the FAQ:
# Can I put any text in the ad or just my name?
All submissions will be personally reviewed. The intent of the ad is to show the strong support Firefox has among the grassroots technology community, so we are only allowing the verifiable names of individuals in the ad. Individual, verifiable names only. Company names, URLs and false names will be removed.
It's not necessary that all clicks lead to a sale.
Have you heard about "brand building" ?
Slashdot Comment Submitter's Certificate of Origin 1.0
By submitting a comment to this slashdot story, I certify that:
(a) The comment was created in whole or in part by me and I have the right to submit it under the copyright laws; or
(b) The comment is based upon a previous comment from a dupe story, and to the best of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate copyright law and I have the right to submit that comment with modifications, whether created in whole or in part by me; or
(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified it.
I had read it recently, and I found it on /. But it seems that this is not a dupe :-). This link was posted in the comments section very recently.
:-)
/. story is based, gains you karma too :-)
Here's the link.
It's good to look at comments, and submit stories. It gets you karma. Also, it's good to look around that comment, and then post comments in this story. That would gain karma too
Posting a comment about the comment on which the current
No, The best part is that people reach slashdot via that alt page which they reach through google, and then it slashdots slashdot.
(I guess that's what happened this morning..)
Your question about IP address portability gets me thinking of a telephone DNS service.
So you reserve a name from a registrar. The person wanting to contact you, dials the name. His/her phone contacts the DNS server, gets your telephone number and redirects the call to your cell. You kindof get the idea.. right ?
Now, you make verisign the registrar and then, if you make a typo, you are redirected to a marketing call and that too at your cost. Verisign would call that an innovation though..
http://physics.about.com/library/weekly/aa01270
The link given in the story here is for the second page.
Maybe NASA will scoop up the wreckage, figure out what went wrong, and then build another one
;-)
The last line of the article says:
Brown said NASA intends to develop another Helios aircraft, calling it "technology worth pursuing."
(This just proves that i read the article before posting
I know of a distro at ofset.org that is available. It is being used at quite a few places in india to demonstrate linux and its capabilities for school children.
The Indian President, unlike the American president, is a ceremonial head of the state. All the powers lie in the hands of the Prime Minister (currently Atal Bihari Vajpayee). The president of India need not be a politician, and is not elected by the large electorate. The lawmakers elect the president.
The Indian President, APJ Abdul Kalam, has received the highest civilian award in India, Bharat Ratna, before he was elected President. He is a nuclear Scientist, who headed India's defense laboratories.