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Comment Re:In other news Which, The Onion or The Times... (Score 1) 259

by PickleToast on Saturday May 09, 2009 @05:08PM (#27891275) Attached to: Work Resumes On Virtual Fence With Mexico

The Mexican border has moved North between 1000 miles (at the northernmost point of the border) and 1500 miles (at the border's southernmost point).

Do you have any proof of this? I've looked a bit and can't find any reference's on this topic?

Submission + - Wolfram Alpha vs. Google (technologyreview.com)

Submitted by wjousts on Tuesday May 05, 2009 @08:37AM

wjousts writes: Technology Review has an article comparing various search results from Wolfram Alpha and Google. Results vary. For example, searching "Microsoft Apple" in Alpha returns data comparing both companies stock prices, whereas Google top results are news stories mentioning both companies. However, when searching for "10 pounds kilograms", Alpha rather unhelpfully assumes you want to multiply 10 pounds by 1 kilogram, whereas Google directs you to sites for metric conversions. Change the query to "10 pounds in kilograms" and both give you the result you'd expect (i.e. 4.536 kg).

Is Alpha all hype, or does it have potential?

Comment Re:No (Score 1) 475

by PickleToast on Monday May 04, 2009 @10:14AM (#27815305) Attached to: Would You Pay For YouTube Videos?

I'm on-board with this. Paying for normal access to a pile of unedited videos with bad audio..no thank you. But paying for individual channel/subscriptions... sure, I can see that being reasonable. Question is, who gets that income? If I post something I create to Youtube and Google is making money off of my content, is that a copyright violation? or will they shoot me back 1% of my feeds income? This is a dangerous road Google's looking down... And trying to charge for a previously free product/service is a long road as well...

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