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Comment Re:one-meter square (Score 1) 125

With cars, we say 'it gets the better milage' because you aren't actually comparing cost

According to your argument we should say "it gets better distance for a given amount of fuel." Saying "mileage" incorporates the unit "mile" and incorporating a unit to denote a dimension is apparently something you are vehemently opposed to.

Saying "it costs the same as painting a wall" is less accurate than saying "it costs the same per unit area as paint."

I'll just ignore your ad hominem bullshit.

Comment Re:And what good was "Search" (Score 1) 496

Precisely.

what will you really be able to do with Google Glass, beyond having information presented before your eyes?

Isn't that kind of a description of Google search?

I don't think a product has to have fancy use cases for it to be viable. Often the simplest is the best. Sure smart phones have millions of interesting apps, but what do you use yours for 90% of the time? If you're like me, it's looking stuff up on the web and communicating with people.

Google's approach to search has been heading in this direction for a while now. First it was a traditional search engine, then offering predictions and suggestions, then search-as-you-type, and now, with Google Now, its essentially search results before you even have to ask for them.

As I see it, Google Glass is primarily a display for Google Now. It brings you from pulling your phone out, unlocking, opening Google Now and seeing it's results, to seeing results as soon as you gesture your head.

It's still just search results (from your calendar/diary/history as well as the web) just quicker than ever before.

Comment Re:Sites that prevent the browser from remembering (Score 1) 538

I like that Google asks you for your password again for certain tasks. I don't tell my google password to anyone, but I do often leave my session open when I walk away (who doesn't?). I'm willing to take the risk that someone could get 5 minutes looking at my inbox, but I don't want to take the risk that the person could read my web history or change my password.

Prompting you again for these tasks makes perfect sense.

Comment Re:Not Thankful (Score 1) 197

Of course he should admin Gnome 3 is bad design! He should stop using it on a daily basis, and recommending it to his friends! He should stop refining the presentation and workflow! He should ignore everyone out there who actually likes Gnome 3!

Obviously, since Culture20 and other people on the internet don't like it, it's bad design. *Clearly* he is being dishonest when he says he thinks it is good. We all know deep down inside he hates it too!

Give up this preposterous charade!

Comment Dynamic programming (Score 1) 514

Dynamic Programming (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_programming) find the optimal path in any problem like this.

Assuming you set up the problem well, the DP solution is indisputably the best (proven mathematically).

It requires the problem to be modelled in discrete time and space i believe, but it looks like they're doing something like that already.

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