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Re: Google Correlate - Draw

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Post by freehunter »

vxNsr wrote: post #50

what happened to htomail.com ? ;) http://www.google.com/trends/correlate/search?e=id%3AZYTVOj4... . . . . . . . Pulled from a search farther down in the comments section: Why was this a question... ever? http://www.google.com/trends/correlate/search?e=id%3ApBuWinP...

That's a pretty legitimate question. At that time, LED TVs were starting to be marketed pretty heavily. I myself didn't understand what an LED TV was. Turns out it's an LCD but with an LED backlight, so it runs cooler and uses less electricity.

The question isn't really the difference between LED and LCD, it's the difference between an LCD TV and an LCD TV with an LED backlight.

Re: Google Correlate - Draw

#52

Post by mikestew »

zanny wrote: post #38
kristopolous wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The number of people, globally, using the internet, is still on that same near exponential growth curve that the first world nations were seeing in the late 90s. It really hasn't subsided; only gone to lower income brackets. Heck, half of the US didn't have reliable access to the web until I think 2002? And these late adopters, they are both non-english speakers and non-technical people. Additionally, the early adopt…

It isn't really left in the dust, the growth rate of tech adoption is just greater than the exposure rate of FOSS and related technologies. Which is sad, but since Microsoft is the primary conduit of traditional computing systems (and today it is Google) it is against both their interests to introduce users to open compute platforms. I imagine what will happen is that foss and linux will pick back up in popularity ov…

"The younger crowd is more likely to inquisitively understand computers better and realize they aren't just a dumb tool to be used to view facebook."

Why would the younger crowd of the future be any more likely to want to understand the underlying workings of a computer than today's younger crowd who uses a computer to view Facebook? I would argue that, young or old, those who want to know how their appliances work will always be a small minority.

Re: Google Correlate - Draw

#53

Post by vxNsr »

freehunter wrote: post #51
vxNsr wrote: post #50

what happened to htomail.com ? ;) http://www.google.com/trends/correlate/search?e=id%3AZYTVOj4... . . . . . . . Pulled from a search farther down in the comments section: Why was this a question... ever? http://www.google.com/trends/correlate/search?e=id%3ApBuWinP...

That's a pretty legitimate question. At that time, LED TVs were starting to be marketed pretty heavily. I myself didn't understand what an LED TV was. Turns out it's an LCD but with an LED backlight, so it runs cooler and uses less electricity. The question isn't really the difference between LED and LCD, it's the difference between an LCD TV and an LCD TV with an LED backlight.

Hmmm... I guess I was kinda drunk when I asked that question because I read: "What's the difference between LSD and LED?"

Re: Google Correlate - Draw

#57

Post by barista »

"Please sign in to use this tool." That's all I see when I am not signed in. Too confident on Google's part that the people will always be signed in or do they actually need any personal info to use this tool?

Re: Google Correlate - Draw

#58

Post by zanny »

mikestew wrote: post #52
zanny wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It isn't really left in the dust, the growth rate of tech adoption is just greater than the exposure rate of FOSS and related technologies. Which is sad, but since Microsoft is the primary conduit of traditional computing systems (and today it is Google) it is against both their interests to introduce users to open compute platforms. I imagine what will happen is that foss and linux will pick back up in popularity ov…

"The younger crowd is more likely to inquisitively understand computers better and realize they aren't just a dumb tool to be used to view facebook." Why would the younger crowd of the future be any more likely to want to understand the underlying workings of a computer than today's younger crowd who uses a computer to view Facebook? I would argue that, young or old, those who want to know how their appliances work w…

Todays facebook crowd didn't grow up engrossed in consumer computers and the Internet from infancy, but from their preteens. I imagine the millenials will, having grown up entirely exposed to pervasive international information sharing, be more inquisitive as to how the devices that dictate their social lives work.

I mean, it is just my impression, but my 10 year old half brother can sit down at a Linux box and install games he wants to play in wine without having any idea what he is doing. That is more praise of wine than my brother, though =P

My argument is that when you grow engrossed in this technology it is much more influential on your life and thus most inquisitive minds would find it much more relevant to learn what they actually are, versus the older generations who only recently adopted these technologies as an accentuation of old habits. For one it is a tool, the other it is a way of life.

Re: Google Correlate - Draw

#59

Post by devcpp »

zanny wrote: post #58
mikestew wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The younger crowd is more likely to inquisitively understand computers better and realize they aren't just a dumb tool to be used to view facebook." Why would the younger crowd of the future be any more likely to want to understand the underlying workings of a computer than today's younger crowd who uses a computer to view Facebook? I would argue that, young or old, those who want to know how their appliances work w…

Todays facebook crowd didn't grow up engrossed in consumer computers and the Internet from infancy, but from their preteens. I imagine the millenials will, having grown up entirely exposed to pervasive international information sharing, be more inquisitive as to how the devices that dictate their social lives work. I mean, it is just my impression, but my 10 year old half brother can sit down at a Linux box and insta…

Agreed, this is exactly why I said "predictable". The dilution of techies among the more casual crowd on the Internet was supposed to happen (or we'd be out of jobs), but I wish they had been taught some important concepts of software before learning how to use a browser.
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