Windows installs the updates as part of the restart process.
I'm just trying to tell you that we have nothing in common besides both of us liking your penis.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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§ ita § - Nov 03, 2009 4:59:37 am PST #11574 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gudanov - Nov 03, 2009 5:00:54 am PST #11575 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
I leave my work computer on all the time in case I need to remote access from home.
My home computer I try to always turn off when I won't be using it since pressing the power switch to using applications is all of 50 seconds now.
Jon B. - Nov 03, 2009 5:19:44 am PST #11576 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
That makes sense, Jess. Thanks.
§ ita § - Nov 03, 2009 6:55:01 am PST #11577 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just had someone describe google search to me as a conceptual search. I know we're not privy to search algorithms, but my impression was that it's, at core, a full text search with synonyms, and also checks for your search term in documents linking to a given document (which I've never found useful, for the record). Would any of you go so far as to describe it as conceptual? I think "really good full-text with some metadata (URL, etc) capability" about covers it.
Jessica - Nov 03, 2009 6:56:48 am PST #11578 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think "really good full-text with some metadata (URL, etc) capability" about covers it.
This is my impression, but I'm also not 100% clear on what "conceptual search" is supposed to mean.
§ ita § - Nov 03, 2009 7:00:15 am PST #11579 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He's being hand-wavey about it, so it's hard to pin him down. His point is that you can get a google result that doesn't have any of the search terms you put in. In my experience it's because a document with those terms linked to the result, or because the document had the plural or the singular or a close spelling of what you put in--the search engine isn't doing any sort of fancy interpretation of what I type in.
Jessica - Nov 03, 2009 7:50:55 am PST #11580 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
flea - Nov 03, 2009 9:04:21 am PST #11581 of 25501
information libertarian
I'm with you, ita. My impression is that the fancy algorithm is mostly about the *ranking* of the search results, and less about the actual searching.
And also, if he can provide one, I would be very interested in an example of a search that returns results without any of the search terms you put in. Not that I don't believe it, but I'm pretty sure I've never seen one.
tommyrot - Nov 03, 2009 9:55:12 am PST #11582 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Typo Boy - Nov 04, 2009 2:58:10 pm PST #11583 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
My color inkjet expired today. I don't print a lot of color stuff and I have a B&W laserjet I'm very happy with for volume B&W stuff. So:
So:
low volume color laser?
another inkjet?
printer fax so I can move the seldom use fax off my desktop?
Suggestions for models in each category? Because we are talking low volume printing, the added cost of a laser might make up for any saving on per page printing when it comes to cartridges. Maybe one of the brands that offers lower cost cartridges than HP? Then again laser has advantage of a longer lasting printer, even if the higher printer cost makes up for any cartridge savings.
Thoughts?