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Google = plentiful knowledge.
Seating at your grandpa's feet = wisdom.
How about reconciling the preponderance of both?

sahu
http://www.hypercities.com/

Check out the article in the Village Voice last week on the causes of the financial meltdown. Its the most prescient, astute and accurate analysis I've read.

Colin

"You can go to Google any time, ask any question, & get any answer, so you don't have to go to Grandma for answers."

Yeah, but you'll get *any* answer. You won't get your own grandma's answer. Not that Grandma's answer is necessarily the best, but you can always look for other answers *in addition* to it if you want them, & talking to her reinforces family connections in a way that Googling will never be able to do, because Google won't give you Grandma's story that's the source of her answer (unless she's posted it somewhere on the Internet!).

what was the name of the mapping site the first caller (prof from baruch) talked about?

Open-Source cars are a grand idea. It WILL happen someday. Check out theoscarproject.org.

I keep seeing all these, what seem like scams, about how to make money off google. can we shed some light on this?

Someday, I will pay my information utility bill along with water, gas and electricity.

I am not sure I have a problem with it as long as there is no censorship.

Bill
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does this not make us non payed employees of any company that develops things in this manner?

what are the implications of google's ranking system turning search results into popularity contests? what are the implications of modeling other systems this way?

Matthew: Yeah, I know what you mean. I keep getting ads for Spam--the actual food product Spam--based, presumably, on the level of junk email I get. You think they would just filter that word out...

Another thing: google does some great innovating, but they do exist in the physical world, too. They are currently building some giant server nest facilities (Harper's did a story on it a while ago) that are pretty environmentally problematic. Is Jarvis believing the green hype here?

All hail the Google! Seer, benefactor, omnipotent! This guy sounds like he's positioning for a job at the Goog or if that doesn't work out - Starbucks.

Jeff is smart tho. Hes got some stocks in Google! Or hes just capitalising on this moment.

sorry 4 the typos - such is the IM culture! Just say, I'm "opening up" my writing to the people to edit! ..yeh sure. Wackypedia, Inc.

;)

Lets not forget that Google is still a corporation. Its interest are in maximizing value for shareholders- if its current business strategy allows them to be generous with their products, that won’t last when the business shifts. We already see that with their advertising: at times, they act like a typical monopolist. The price for on-line advertising might be more expensive then it needs to be due to Googles anti-competitive practices.

Doesn't the "manage abundance" concept only work so long as we have "net neutrality"? Ie, large phone companies are providing an open network, and if they decided to charge money for different levels of service, wouldn't that "abundance" no longer exist, or be seriously curtailed? So isn't Google dependent on the current policy of those companies that own the lines, and wouldn't Google (and the Google ethos) be seriously affected if that policy changed?

Jeff suggesting that Google is "opening up" their dev process, can also be seen as LAZY ass. r they really Guinea Pigging? (less beta testing) -- time thing b4 idolatry?

Rogue

Google worship... oh gosh more geek fan boy dribble.
What's next? what will Steve Jobs Do? (Apple has more cash than Google)
What will Bill Gates do? This sort of Geek and techie adulation is a pseudo intellectual narcissism.

Some of what google does is a little strange. For example, on g-mail, your e-mail is more or less read to gear the advertisements around it to what you're writing. It's a little reminiscent of having somebody reading over your shoulder.

http://www.urlesque.com/2009/02/05/top-10-moments-caught-on-google-maps-street-view/

top 10 moments caught on google maps.

Google is tired. Previous writer is right, time to move on.

funny

Google? Google's so '07. This is the post-google era. Get over it!

Just being Jarvis-esque.

What does Greg David think?