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Comment Google in my mind (Score 0) 3

Imagine going to the biggest library in the world (a real one with real books - remember those?). You walk in the door only to be greeted by the librarian. You ask for books on - enter your own subject matter here -. The librarian looks at you and thinks for +/- 0.0001 milliseconds and hands you a 6-10 books. (no one does to page two and you know it) BUT you can see the section of books dedicated to your subject and you would like to explore them all and pick the one you want not the 6-10 the librarian has decided you read. Internet = Bigest library on the planet 98% of searches done on one website i.e. one website controls all the knowledge on the planet (roughly). In my mind this is a problem especially when this website changes its algorithm all the time and what the librarian handed you today will be something completely different the next day, and the next and the next... There is something called social memory. Your mom knows the recipe to a cake so you don't remember it because she can always remind you. Its been proven that this memory has been shifted to google. But google changes its algorithm all the time so the recipe you get from your mom is never the same and never the one you actually wanted.

Comment Not age but speed the limiting factor. (Score 1) 165

My parents are both in their late sixties and are very capable when it comes to technology. However, the village they live in the broadband speed is so slow none of these services can be used. All they have is sky or ALLOT of buffering. I have the same problem my broadband is so slow 3G seems like light speed!! (I'm in the U.K.)

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