Posts by Ef'd

Czechs tell Google to stop StreetView

Ya missed the point

When I said it was a shame that Google did that, I was referring to wifi snooping. It's a shame that Google performed such an egregious violation of privacy - otherwise the Czechs would probably be more open to their Street View efforts.

And with that clarification I do not know how you can claim that Street View would have no effect on infrastructure. It definitely helps facilitate a number of things, for example tourism. Someone looking to visit the country can gain familiarity with the layout of the land. This could easily lead to more time and money spent in the area. Think about it.

Well

The country feels Google's already over-stepped their boundaries due to the earlier screw-up.

It's a shame Google did that - it'd be interesting to see its effect on the Czech Republic's infrastructure.

Google aims Goggles at Apple's iPhone

Tittle

Let's say Google made this available without a network connection. How exactly would you expect to perform a search without an active network connection?

Google's Inventor gets short shrift

Reminds me of RPGMaker

Years ago I used two of the programs in the RPGMaker series - '95 and 2k. They both involved this sort of point-and-click 'programming.' This style of programming is counter-productive - sure you can create complex systems, but it requires so much extra work compared to the alternative.

And if this development kit allows one to work on things in an actual programming language, I see things quickly spiraling out of control as either you're not allowed to go back to graphical programming from that point, or the codebase becomes a giant mess.