Comment Obligatory... (Score 2) 123
But does it have support for UTF-8? :)
Comment As a portuguese... (Score 1) 122
The summary title seems to come from the Department of Redundancy Department. :)
Comment Re:I'm not an Apple fan so... (Score 1) 241
... and here we see the birth of a internet meme ;)
Comment Congratulations on the 15 years! (Score 1) 229
I have learned alot of stuff about a good number of topics thanks to the interesting and insightful comments. To the community, my sincere thank you and please keep sharing your knowledge.
/. has been under some criticism (quite rightfully) about the bad writing of most summaries. But one thing that distinguishes this site from others, is that normally the conversation, around even a uninteresting not-for-nerds story, brings a interesting discussion, thanks to the good comment's system and community.
Don't ruin what /. has of value and keep evolving. Like others have already said, embrace support for todays standard web technologies and for sure well be around for other 15 years ;)
Don't ruin what
Comment If the headline... (Score 2) 544
If the headline is a question, then the answer is no... oh... nevermind.
Comment Re:When you can't innovate (Score 2) 349
Watch out, soon we will have to pay to voice our protests against it.
I believe that is called "lobbying".
Or "bribing". Depends on the country, thought.
Submission + - Hollywood Agent Ari Emanuel wants Google to Invent A Magic Stop Piracy Button (techdirt.com)
closer2it writes: At this week's All Things D conference, Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher invited Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel. Things like TV not dying, cord-cutting being some kind of myth, and that googlers are smart guys and they should do something about the stealing of content. Josh Topolsky, from The Verge, apparently challenged him on this point, asking: "Aren’t you saying that the road is responsible for the fact that someone drove on it before they robbed my house?" Emanuel didn't like this analogy, and even ended the reply asking Topolsky where he works. Mike Masnick also wrote a piece about the interview. I guess that if the Internet has enemies, I'd say Emanuel gives them a face.
Comment Re:Inevitable (Score 1) 122
The big questions are a) battery life, b) how the various governments will assess this as a potential driving hazard, and c) whether Apple will steal Google's thunder by doing the same thing, only sleeker.
It seems they solved that problem.
Comment Questions... (Score 1) 215
... demand a simple answer: No!
Oh... and he lost me just by comparing Google to Facebook. That's just ignorance.
Oh... and he lost me just by comparing Google to Facebook. That's just ignorance.
Submission + - Reddit Founder Leads Charge for a "Bat Signal for the Internet" (internetdefenseleague.org)
TheGift73 writes: "Beyond the Blackout
The Internet Defense League takes the tactic that killed SOPA & PIPA and turns it into a permanent force for defending the internet, and making it better. Think of it like the internet's Emergency Broadcast System, or its bat signal!
The Plan
When the internet's in danger and we need millions of people to act, the League will ask its members to broadcast an action. (Say, a prominent message asking everyone to call their elected leaders.) With the combined reach of our websites and social networks, we can be massively more effective than any one organization."
The Internet Defense League takes the tactic that killed SOPA & PIPA and turns it into a permanent force for defending the internet, and making it better. Think of it like the internet's Emergency Broadcast System, or its bat signal!
The Plan
When the internet's in danger and we need millions of people to act, the League will ask its members to broadcast an action. (Say, a prominent message asking everyone to call their elected leaders.) With the combined reach of our websites and social networks, we can be massively more effective than any one organization."
Submission + - Google Now Searches JavaScript (i-programmer.info)
mikejuk writes: Google has been improving the way that its Googlebot searches dynamic web pages for some time — but it seems to be causing some added interest just at the moment. In the past Google has encouraged developers to avoid using JavaScript to deliver content or links to content because of the difficulty of indexing dynamic content. Over time, however, the Googlebot has incorporated ways of searching content that is provided via JavaScript.
Now it seems that it has got so good at the task Google is asking us to allow the Googlebot to scan the JavaScript used by our sites.
Working with JavaScript means that the Googlebot has to actually download and run the scripts and this is more complicated than you might think. This has led to speculation of whether or not it might be possible to include JavaScript on a site that could use the Google cloud to compute something. For example, imagine that you set up a JavaScript program to compute the n-digits of Pi, or a BitCoin miner, and had the result formed into a custom URL — which the Googlebot would then try to access as part of its crawl. By looking at, say, the query part of the URL in the log you might be able to get back a useful result.
Now it seems that it has got so good at the task Google is asking us to allow the Googlebot to scan the JavaScript used by our sites.
Working with JavaScript means that the Googlebot has to actually download and run the scripts and this is more complicated than you might think. This has led to speculation of whether or not it might be possible to include JavaScript on a site that could use the Google cloud to compute something. For example, imagine that you set up a JavaScript program to compute the n-digits of Pi, or a BitCoin miner, and had the result formed into a custom URL — which the Googlebot would then try to access as part of its crawl. By looking at, say, the query part of the URL in the log you might be able to get back a useful result.
Submission + - Aero Glass UI no more on Windows 8 (theverge.com)
closer2it writes: Microsoft has revealed that it has made some big changes to its desktop UI for Windows 8, which includes moving away from Aero Glass — the UI first introduced with Vista. According to the company, this means visual changes that include "flattening surfaces, removing reflections, and scaling back distracting gradients." Despite all of these changes with the interface, the company doesn't appear to be worried about the issue of "learnability." Instead, Microsoft believes that with a little help it won't take long for users to adapt to the new operating system.
Comment Yeah... (Score 1) 417
It's nice and all Sir, but I don't care about their relationship with my fridge.
The question is: will they fly?
The question is: will they fly?
Comment Re:Is it working for Google? (Score 1) 473
Google's giant R&D operation is starting to look like a huge flop. Google has never originated a successful post-search product in-house. The ad system was acquired from DoubleClick. They had to acquire YouTube because Google Video was a flop. The hard part of Gmail, the smart filtering, came from Postini. The Android software was acquired from Android, Inc. PIcasa was acquired from Picasa, Inc. Google Earth was acquired from Keyhole, Inc. SketchUp was acquired from @Last Software. Google Voice was acquired from Grand Central.
In-house, they produced Google Answers, Base, Lively, Knol, Buzz, Wave, Gears, Page Creator, etc - a collection of cool hacks, all now discontinued.
You have a point, but to be nitpicker (if I recall correctly), Google Maps counts as in-house product. Page Creator is now Google Sites, Buzz functionality is on Google Plus, as well as most of Wave technology.
I don't see Google's giant R&D has a huge flop, but I guess is my personal opinion.
Comment Siri is great and all... (Score 1) 800
... in English, but what about voice recognition in other languages? Is it that good? I wonder.
Siri is mostly about voice recognition and Google/Android already has that. I think that if Google wants, with the inhouse search engine knowledge, they can bring to Android some kind of Siri overnight IMHO.
Siri is mostly about voice recognition and Google/Android already has that. I think that if Google wants, with the inhouse search engine knowledge, they can bring to Android some kind of Siri overnight IMHO.
