Google+

2011-07-18 Thread Alex Gogan
Hi Guys, If anyone wants some google+ invites email me, or if you are on add me my email for google is alex.go...@gmail.com have couple hundred here Regards Alex ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Google+

2011-07-19 Thread Alex Gogan
Ok sent out a few invites and have a few more left, what you need if you want one is a google account which you can get free from www.gmail.com Email me back here and can then set up a nice channel on google+ which is brilliant. Regards Alex

google

2011-07-21 Thread Jon Louis Mann
me too...~) ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Google+

2011-07-22 Thread Jo Anne
First off I abjectly apologize for replying with everything in tact from the whole list. Sigh. I thought I was done making those mistakes. So, OK, Yeah, if there's invitations available, I'd like to join Google+. My Gogglemail is evenstar5...@gmail.com . Remember to speak slowly an

Google+

2011-07-24 Thread Jon Louis Mann
what is google+, exactly and why is it any better than yahoo, alex? i use facebook despite how it violates peoples' privacy; the benefits outweigh the trolls, etc... i rec'd the invitation from david and signed up some time ago, but it wasn't until people i had lost touch

Google Gagged

2003-09-24 Thread Doug Pensinger
All right, experts, when I try to go to Google I get a web page that reads in part: < Your computer is running software that doesnt allow you to use Google. Youre seeing this page because your computer is trying to send you to a website that is pretending to be Google. Over the past few we

Google Moon . . .

2007-09-13 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
"Google Inc. is bankrolling a $30 million out-of-this-world prize to the first private company that can safely land a robotic rover on the moon and beam back a gigabyte of images and video to Earth, the Internet search leader said Thursday." <http://www.cnn.com/2007/TEC

Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Wayne Eddy
Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering if there was anyone on the list who might be interested in helping my try it out by joining a discussion about the future? Regards, Wayne Eddy ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo

Google Wave

2009-10-17 Thread Wayne Eddy
Hi all, Nick & Lance have both turned up in my Wave contacts list, so I guess that means they both got their invitations OK. Can't see Dave there yet though. I have started a discussion here & added Nick & Lance to it. https://wave.google.com/wave/#restored:wave:googlewave.com!w%252B06VwwaASC I

Google Wave

2009-11-01 Thread Doug Pensinger
So??? I tried signing up via their website but haven't heard anything. What's the scoop? Doug ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Google Buzz

2010-02-11 Thread Nick Arnett
So... Google Buzz introduced itself to me this morning, just as I was reading an article on privacy concerns about it. The biggest one is that it automatically imports contacts and shows them as friends. Sure enough, when I looked at Buzz, it said that it had automatically followed a dozen or so

Google Buzz

2010-02-11 Thread Jon Louis Mann
> You guys are lucky, I just got the Palm Pre... > love it ..  sort of and set up > my gmail account and a few others and it then > imported ALL my facebook, gmail etc > contacts and there are thousands of "contacts" > now in the palm pre... > http://www.gogan.com/blog/ > Sent from Alex Gogan Bal

Re: Google+

2011-07-21 Thread Danny O'Dare
Yes, please invite me! Thanks, DANNY On 13 July 2011 18:21, Alex Gogan wrote: > Hi Guys, > > If anyone wants some google+ invites email me, or if you are on add me my > email for google is alex.go...@gmail.com have couple hundred here > >

Re: Google+

2011-07-21 Thread Alex Gogan
Hi Danny Done On 18/07/2011 16:46, Danny O'Dare wrote: Yes, please invite me! Thanks, DANNY On 13 July 2011 18:21, Alex Gogan wrote: Hi Guys, If anyone wants some google+ invites email me, or if you are on add me my email for google is alex.go...@gmail.com have couple hundred

Re: google

2011-07-22 Thread Alex Gogan
Hi Jon, No probs but you need to get a gmail email account which are free www.gmail.com and can send out the invite. If there are any others have some invites left. Also if any of you guys are interested in joining my circle just look out for me, alex.go...@gmail.com Regards On 21/07/201

Re: google

2011-07-22 Thread Kevin O'Brien
On 7/22/2011 3:07 AM, Alex Gogan wrote: Hi Jon, No probs but you need to get a gmail email account which are free www.gmail.com and can send out the invite. If there are any others have some invites left. Also if any of you guys are interested in joining my circle just look out for me, alex

Re: Google+

2011-07-22 Thread Matt Grimaldi
If you still have an invite left, I would like one for matzeb...@gmail.com Thanks, -- Matt From: Alex Gogan To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 9:05 AM Subject: Re: Google+ Hi Danny Done On 18/07/2011 16:46, Danny

Re: Google+

2011-07-22 Thread Dave Land
On Jul 22, 2011, at 5:45 PM, Jo Anne wrote: > evenstar5...@gmail.com Has been invited to Google+ Dave ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Re: Google+

2011-07-22 Thread Wayne Eddy
:* Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion > *Sent:* Thursday, July 21, 2011 9:05 AM > *Subject:* Re: Google+ > > Hi Danny > > Done > > > On 18/07/2011 16:46, Danny O'Dare wrote: > > Yes, please invite me! > > Thanks, > DANNY > > On 13 July 20

Re: Google+

2011-07-22 Thread Doug Pensinger
PM, Jo Anne wrote: > >> evenstar5...@gmail.com > > Has been invited to Google+ > > Dave > > > ___ > http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com > > ___

Re: Google+

2011-07-24 Thread Alex Gogan
've got one too) and type in G+ DB just friended me (or whatever you call it on +). I'm glad _he's_ got a short memory. Doug On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Dave Land wrote: On Jul 22, 2011, at 5:45 PM, Jo Anne wrote: evenstar5...@gmail.com Has been invite

Google By Phone

2003-03-06 Thread John D. Giorgis
Could be interesting if it works. http://labs1.google.com/gvs.html ___ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to

Re: Google Gagged

2003-09-25 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> All right, experts, when I try to go to Google I get a web page that reads in part: I'm not as expert as some on this list are, but I'm up at 3AM, so I'll add my 2 cents... < Your computer is running software that doesnt allow y

Re: Google Gagged

2003-09-25 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Bryon Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The advice it gives seems very reasonable to me. It does seem odd that the > > fake google you're getting redirected to would be warning you about it, > though. > Also, AdAware, and Spybot Search and Destroy are both go

Re: Google Gagged

2003-09-25 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 24 Sep 2003 at 21:36, Doug Pensinger wrote: > All right, experts, when I try to go to Google I get a web page that > reads in part: Okay, do the hosts thing. Then, immediately head over and get Spybot Search and Destroy: http://security.kolla.de/news.php?lang=en It is basically #THE

Re: Google Gagged

2003-09-25 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 25 Sep 2003 at 0:42, Jan Coffey wrote: > > --- Bryon Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The advice it gives seems very reasonable to me. It does seem odd > > that the > > > > fake google you're getting redirected to would be warning you about &g

Re: Google Gagged

2003-09-25 Thread Steve Sloan II
Bryon Daly wrote: > Also, AdAware, and Spybot Search and Destroy are both good > programs. I've used both and prefer spybot, but both are > reputable. Me too! But seriously, it's a good idea for everybody to run one or both of those programs every now and then, whether they fix this problem or no

Re: Google Gagged

2003-09-25 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:19 PM 9/25/03 +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 24 Sep 2003 at 21:36, Doug Pensinger wrote: > All right, experts, when I try to go to Google I get a web page that > reads in part: Okay, do the hosts thing. Then, immediately head over and get Spybot Search and Destroy

Re: Google Gagged

2003-09-26 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 25 Sep 2003 at 20:09, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > At 02:19 PM 9/25/03 +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: > >On 24 Sep 2003 at 21:36, Doug Pensinger wrote: > > > > > All right, experts, when I try to go to Google I get a web page > > > that reads in part: > &

Re: Google Gagged

2003-09-26 Thread Doug Pensinger
Thanks all for the help. Google's back and Spy Bot loaded. I'm not sure how or where I got whatever it was as I'm very cautious about attachments and downloading, but others - my wife and son - have been on my machine, so I'll blame them. 8^) In any case, all's well that ends well, thanks a

[LINK] GOOGLE FIGHT!!!

2002-12-21 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
http://www.googlefight.com/ Brin (245,000 results) versus Tolkien (1,520,000 results) Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Silence. I am watching television." - Spider Jerusalem ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Google Moon jobs . . .

2007-09-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
"Google Inc. is bankrolling a $30 million out-of-this-world prize to the first private company that can safely land a robotic rover on the moon and beam back a gigabyte of images and video to Earth, the Internet search leader said Thursday." <http://www.cnn.com/2007/TEC

Google, Circa 1960

2005-09-25 Thread Dave Land
One-page parody site... http://fury.com/images/weblog/google_circa_1960.jpg Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Google Operating System

2009-07-08 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
>From http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/08/technology/google_chrome/index.htm or http://tinyurl.com/m2vf2p Google launches OS - calls out Microsoft NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Google Inc. is planning to hit Microsoft Corp. where it hurts by challenging the software gian

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Nick Arnett
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Wayne Eddy wrote: > Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering if there was > anyone on the list who might be interested in helping my try it out by > joining a discussion about the future? Can you invite others to the beta? I

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Wayne Eddy
, October 15, 2009 8:11 AM Subject: Re: Google Wave On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Wayne Eddy wrote: Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering if there was anyone on the list who might be interested in helping my try it out by joining a discussion about the future

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Lance A. Brown
Wayne Eddy said the following on 10/14/2009 6:07 PM: > Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering if there > was anyone on the list who might be interested in helping my try it out > by joining a discussion about the future? > > Regards, > > Wayne Edd

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Nick Arnett
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Wayne Eddy wrote: > No Problem, Nick. > I will send you an invite - I think it might take a few days to process > though. > I assume you want to use this address nick.arn...@gmail.com ? > That's the one. Thanks! Nick ___

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Dave Land
ds, Wayne. - Original Message - From: Nick Arnett To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:11 AM Subject: Re: Google Wave On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Wayne Eddy wrote: Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering if there was anyone o

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Wayne Eddy
ards, Wayne. P.S. Google says: "Google Wave is more fun when you have others to wave with, so please nominate people you would like to add. Keep in mind that this is a preview so it could be a bit rocky at times. Invitations will not be sent immediately. We have a lot of stamps to li

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Lance A. Brown
Wayne Eddy said the following on 10/14/2009 11:28 PM: > Hi Lance, have you got a gmail address you want to use? > I have sent Nick & Dave invites, and I am happy to you one too, but I > want to invite a few others from elsewhere so three invites for the Brin > List will have to do for now. >

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Doug Pensinger
Looks cool, count me in please. Use brig...@zo.com Thanks, Doug On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Wayne Eddy wrote: > Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering if there was > anyone on the list who might be interested in helping my try it out by > joining a discuss

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread sendai
On 15/10/2009, at 8:11 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Wayne Eddy wrote: Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering if there was anyone on the list who might be interested in helping my try it out by joining a discussion about the future? Wayne, I

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread sendai
user has received the invite, they can use it with any e-mail address they wish. And yes, they do take a few days to process. Regards, Wayne. - Original Message - From: Nick Arnett To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:11 AM Subject: Re: Google

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread Jo Anne
OK, Guys, what the heck is Google Wave? Is it like what Twits do with Tweets? I know what a beta test is, but a Google Wave? "Speak slowly and directly into the microphone, please". Amities, Jo Anne evens...@hevanet.com ___ http://mc

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread Max Battcher
Jo Anne wrote: OK, Guys, what the heck is Google Wave? Is it like what Twits do with Tweets? I know what a beta test is, but a Google Wave? "Speak slowly and directly into the microphone, please". It depends on who you ask and how much hype they've ingested, digested, and

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Oct 15, 2009, at 3:03 PM, Max Battcher wrote: Jo Anne wrote: OK, Guys, what the heck is Google Wave? Is it like what Twits do with Tweets? I know what a beta test is, but a Google Wave? "Speak slowly and directly into the microphone, please". It depends on who you ask an

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread Max Battcher
t are generally related to the same question of how valid the underlying assumptions are, as well as the overall reliability of the servers the storage lives on. In terms of specific to Google Wave: for now early adopters should trust Google's storage policies (and considering the vast number o

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread Bruce Bostwick
a questionable argument), but my misgivings about it are generally related to the same question of how valid the underlying assumptions are, as well as the overall reliability of the servers the storage lives on. In terms of specific to Google Wave: for now early adopters should trust G

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-16 Thread Jo Anne
Thanks, Max and Bruce. But I have one more question. What's FUD? Is it printable? Amities, Jo Anne evens...@hevanet.com ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-16 Thread Matt Grimaldi
FUD usually appears as an acronym for the usual resistance to change: Fear Uncertainty Doubt -- Matt - Original Message From: Jo Anne To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Fri, October 16, 2009 12:45:22 PM Subject: Re: Google Wave Thanks, Max and Bruce. But I have one more

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-19 Thread Deborah Harrell
> From: Matt Grimaldi > FUD usually appears as an acronym for > the usual resistance to change: > >   Fear >   Uncertainty >   Doubt Oh, dear. I'm hosed. I neither twitter nor text nor have a phone that I use for anything other than talking... Debbi I Am NOT A Fuddy-Duddy!!! Maru ...am

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-19 Thread Matt Grimaldi
> From: Matt Grimaldi > FUD usually appears as an acronym for > the usual resistance to change: > > Fear > Uncertainty > Doubt From: Deborah Harrell ]Oh, dear. I'm hosed. I neither twitter nor text nor have a phone that I use for anything other than talking... ] ]Debbi ]I Am NOT A

Google vs Bing

2009-11-25 Thread Trent Shipley
Google? Bing? I don't care. Not long ago if I was given an MSN or Yahoo search tool I went out of my way to get to a Google search. Not any more. The competition has come a long way. That's BAD news for Google. I like Google as a corporate citizen, but they are still a one trick

Re: Google Buzz

2010-02-11 Thread John Williams
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: > So... Google Buzz introduced itself to me this morning, just as I was > reading an article on privacy concerns about it.  The biggest one is that it > automatically imports contacts and shows them as friends. When buzz popped up its

Re: Google Buzz

2010-02-11 Thread Nick Arnett
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:20 AM, John Williams wrote: > > Why do you think it imported something from your contacts? Did you > click on "setup" or whatever when the buzz screen popped up? It said it automatically imported the people I talk to the most. The list it showed me sure didn't look lik

Re: Google Buzz

2010-02-11 Thread Nick Arnett
photos, videos and more, and start conversations about the things you find interesting. You're already set up to follow the people you email and chat with the most.* Then a list of people, followed by two people who are already following me. And then this: *Your Google Reader shared items,

Re: Google Buzz

2010-02-11 Thread John Williams
ost. > > Then a list of people, followed by two people who are already following me. > > And then this: > > Your Google Reader shared items, Picasa Web public albums, and Google Chat > status messages will automatically appear as posts in Buzz. To edit your > connected site

Re: Google Buzz

2010-02-11 Thread Alex Gogan
; Then a list of people, followed by two people who are already following me. > > And then this: > > *Your Google Reader shared items, Picasa Web public albums, and Google > Chat status messages will automatically appear as posts i

Re: Google Buzz

2010-02-11 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: > It said it automatically imported the people I talk to the most.  The list > it showed me sure didn't look like that, however. It was probably the people with gmail accounts that you talk to the most. -- Mauro Diotallevi "The number you hav

Re: Google Buzz

2010-02-11 Thread Nick Arnett
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Nick Arnett > wrote: > > > It said it automatically imported the people I talk to the most. The > list > > it showed me sure didn't look like that, however. > > It was probably the people with gmail accou

RE: [LINK] GOOGLE FIGHT!!!

2002-12-21 Thread Nick Arnett
But you should have used "David Brin," since there are lots of Brins who aren't, such as the founder of Google! And then the results for DB drop by an order of magnitude... -- Nick Arnett Phone/fax: (408) 904-7198 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Original Message- > From: [EMA

Re: [LINK] GOOGLE FIGHT!!!

2002-12-21 Thread The Fool
> From: Adam C. Lipscomb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://www.googlefight.com/ > > Brin (245,000 results) > versus > Tolkien (1,520,000 results) Love vs Sex Lord of the rings Vs Wheel of time lord of the rings vs star wars love vs hate darth vader vs sauron __

Re: [LINK] GOOGLE FIGHT!!!

2002-12-22 Thread Reggie Bautista
Adam posted: http://www.googlefight.com/ The Fool replied: darth vader vs sauron Darth Vader vs Sauron, Darth Vader wins. "Darth Vader" vs Sauron, Sauron wins. Very interesting... Reggie Bautista _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus pro

Fun with Google Maps

2005-06-03 Thread Dave Land
Folks, So you go to Google Maps, and you type "idiot, washington, DC", and you wonder what comes up... A: John Kerry for President B: National Association of Realtors C: United States Government: Tour Information D: Elected Officials - Federal & State: President George W Bush

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-08 Thread Doug Pensinger
Mauro wrote: > > > So, any early adopters planning on switching over when it ships? I'm > willing to at least give it a hard drive partition. > Me too. I refuse to use Explorer and would jump on a new OS from Google especiall

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-08 Thread Rceeberger
On 7/8/2009 8:06:20 PM, Doug Pensinger (brig...@zo.com) wrote: > Mauro wrote: > > > So, any early adopters planning on switching over when it ships? I'm > willing to at least give it a hard drive partition. > > > Me too. I refuse to use Explorer and would

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-08 Thread John Williams
you say above. It is an actual OS, although probably "OS lite" would be a better term. It will be able to run programs on your own CPU, provided they conform to whatever API google is coding, and it will be able to store files locally on your computer. I believe you are thinking of the

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-08 Thread Dave Land
On Jul 8, 2009, at 8:35 PM, John Williams wrote: My prediction is that Chrome OS will never gain significant market share for high-powered computers, but it may make some inroads in "netbooks" (which are in between a notebook and a smart phone in terms of power). Of course, the g

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Charlie Bell
S" will allow you to avoid just what you say above. It is an actual OS, although probably "OS lite" would be a better term. ...and Google already have one. It's called Android, plus there's gOS which Google had hefty input into. And there are miriad other Linuces and BS

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Doug Pensinger
Charlie Wrote ...and Google already have one. It's called Android, plus there's gOS which > Google had hefty input into. And there are miriad other Linuces and BSDs to > try, up to and including Darwin/OSX. So I'm with Will (you can pick > yourselves up at your leisure)

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Alberto Monteiro
John Williams wrote: > > My impression is that the "Chrome OS" will allow you to avoid just > what you say above. It is an actual OS, although probably "OS lite" > would be a better term. It will be able to run programs on your own > CPU, provided they confo

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
le of different versions of Windows, depending on whether I'm at work (and if so, at which computer), or at home, or out and about with my wife's laptop, and depending on exactly what I'm doing at the time (I have some old games that only run error-free on Windows ME, if you can b

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Bruce Bostwick
at home, or out and about with my wife's laptop, and depending on exactly what I'm doing at the time (I have some old games that only run error-free on Windows ME, if you can believe it). I like what Google did to e-mail with GMail, and expect that they might have some new bright ideas

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 2:11 AM, Charlie Bell wrote: > > On 09/07/2009, at 1:35 PM, John Williams wrote: >> My impression is that the "Chrome OS" will allow you to avoid just >> what you say above. It is an actual OS, although probably "OS lite" >> would

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Charlie Bell
y "OS lite" would be a better term. ...and Google already have one. It's called Android, plus there's gOS which Google had hefty input into. And there are miriad other Linuces and BSDs to try, up to and including Darwin/OSX. So I'm with Will (you can pick yourselves up at

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Dave Land
On Jul 9, 2009, at 7:41 AM, Bruce Bostwick wrote: (As far as why .. well, it's possible that Google has taken notice that Microsoft has been promoting Bing pretty heavily, and this is a shot across their bow. If Chrome OS succeeds, and evolves into something that can displace Windows

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Bruce Bostwick wrote: > > (As far as why .. well, it's possible that Google has taken notice > that Microsoft has been promoting Bing pretty heavily, and this is a > shot across their bow. If Chrome OS succeeds, and evolves into > something that can displace Windows a

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Jul 9, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Dave Land wrote: I am not like our friend Mario with his "57 Varieties" approach to operating systems. I use Mac OS X almost exclusively because operating system fit and finish matter to me. (This is not a statement of superiority to Mario, merely noting a diffe

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Jul 9, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Bruce Bostwick wrote: (As far as why .. well, it's possible that Google has taken notice that Microsoft has been promoting Bing pretty heavily, and this is a shot across their bow. If Chrome OS succeeds, and evolves into something tha

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Bruce Bostwick wrote: > >> Not to mention that changing Windows virtual monopoly to *Nix >> monopoly is _very bad_ for the development of new techs. > > How would migrating to a larger user base for *nix be bad for the > development of new techs? > Because Monopoly is Evil. > Other than by bre

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Jul 9, 2009, at 11:59 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Who says M$ won't have users pay to play M$-Linux? It's possible that the worse nightmare of the free-software jihad community happens: M$ may embrace, extend and then extinguish Linux. The way they "embraced and extended" the Web with Inter

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 8 Jul 2009 at 23:43, Doug Pensinger wrote: > Charlie Wrote > > ...and Google already have one. It's called Android, plus there's gOS which > > Google had hefty input into. And there are miriad other Linuces and BSDs to > > try, up to and including Darwin/OSX.

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
;Chrome OS" will allow you to avoid just what you say above. It is an actual OS, although probably "OS lite" would be a better term. It will be able to run programs on your own CPU, provided they conform to whatever API google is coding, and it will be able to store files locally on y

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Rceeberger
On 7/9/2009 11:15:40 AM, Bruce Bostwick (lihan161...@sbcglobal.net) wrote: >"At the risk of being flamed, I might also point out that NASA has long >since forbidden any primary functionality on ISS from running on >Windows platforms because of stability concerns -- if it's onboard and >actua

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Jul 9, 2009, at 7:38 PM, Rceeberger wrote: On 7/9/2009 11:15:40 AM, Bruce Bostwick (lihan161...@sbcglobal.net) wrote: "At the risk of being flamed, I might also point out that NASA has long since forbidden any primary functionality on ISS from running on Windows platforms because of stabi

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread xponentrob
- Original Message - From: "Bruce Bostwick" To: "Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion" Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 8:37 PM Subject: Re: Google Operating System > > Sounds like you might know the right people to ask for a tour*. ;) > > (*one no

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Doug Pensinger
Andrew wrote: > > The spam filter on Pegaus Mail works fine for me, and it's mine > rather then being in the control of a company which is going to scan > my emails. I've yet to find (and this includes gmail) another filter > which is more than 90% accurate for me. > I'd estimate the efficiency o

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread John Williams
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: > I'd estimate the efficiency of my gmail filter is 99% or better. That is a particularly uninformative statistic. Much more interesting would be two figures: probability of false positives ( number of real marked as spam / number of real), a

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:48 PM Thursday 7/9/2009, John Williams wrote: On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: > I'd estimate the efficiency of my gmail filter is 99% or better. That is a particularly uninformative statistic. Much more interesting would be two figures: probability of false positive

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:48 PM, John Williams wrote: > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: > > > I'd estimate the efficiency of my gmail filter is 99% or better. > > That is a particularly uninformative statistic. > > Much more interesting would be two figures: probability of fal

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-11 Thread Lance A. Brown
Alberto Monteiro wrote: >> Other than by breaking the M$ "pay to play" licensing paradigm and >> leveling the playing field for open source developers? >> > Who says M$ won't have users pay to play M$-Linux? It's possible > that the worse nightmare of the free-software jihad community > happens:

RE: Google Operating System

2009-07-13 Thread Julia Thompson
-Original Message- From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of John Williams Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 11:48 PM To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: Re: Google Operating System On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Doug Pensinger

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-13 Thread John Williams
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: > I get no more than 1 in 500 false positives. > > I get no more than 1 in 1000 false negatives. That is interesting. I am much more worried about false positives (missing a real email) than I am about false negatives (seeing a few spam emails

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-13 Thread Doug Pensinger
Julia wrote: > > Reply: > > I get no more than 1 in 500 false positives. > > I get no more than 1 in 1000 false negatives. > > It was more than that early on in my use of Gmail, I got one account in > 2004, IIRC, and another in 2007. The more recent one, most of the false > positives were from on

RE: Google Operating System

2009-07-14 Thread Julia
_ From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of Doug Pensinger Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 10:38 PM To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: Re: Google Operating System Julia wrote: Reply: I get no more than 1 in 500 false

Re: Google vs Bing

2009-11-25 Thread Charlie Bell
On 25/11/2009, at 9:57 PM, Trent Shipley wrote: > > It would take time to wean myself off Microsoft even if someone > made an desktop operating system that was twice as good. There is. I did. Except for gaming. So I use a MacBook for day-to-day shite, email, letters, browsing, whatever, and

Re: Google vs Bing

2009-11-25 Thread Trent Shipley
cing Microsoft would require a competitor that can beat Microsoft in the market over the long haul (maybe Google Linux based OSes) and that wants to (Apple is very happy as a boutique brand. Apple doesn't *want* to unseat Microsoft.) Google search is a transient service. In literally a

Re: Google vs Bing

2009-11-25 Thread Charlie Bell
is that for Microsoft market domination translates into a > tactical margin of error since their products are critical and well nigh > universal infrastructure. Replacing Microsoft would require a > competitor that can beat Microsoft in the market over the long haul > (maybe Google L

Re: Google vs Bing

2009-11-25 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
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