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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    11/26/09

    In reply to How to Disable the New Google Search
    "You people"? Jesus, your unconscious insinuation that we Googlers are an unindividuated mass of a fickle ethnicity is apalling!

    /cheekiness
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    11/26/09

    In reply to How to Disable the New Google Search
    Damn, people can't even be thankful for a new Google interface on freaking Thanksgiving!
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    11/25/09

    In reply to How to Try the New Google Search
    It worked; awesome!
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    Image of JackTheTripper JackTheTripper
    11/25/09

    In reply to How to Try the New Google Search
    Aparently I had this a few weeks back. I didn't know it was anything special. Was that way for a couple days then went back to normal.
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    11/25/09

    In reply to How to Try the New Google Search
    Start of step 2: "Once it loads" ... wait google loads?
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    Image of Nick Nick
    11/25/09

    In reply to How to Try the New Google Search
    per thecybernerd001 -- i signed out and it returned me to the new Google. looks kind like a site designed for touch interface mobile devices.
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    11/25/09

    In reply to How to Try the New Google Search
    i cannot get it to work. bummer.
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    11/25/09

    In reply to How to Try the New Google Search
    Very nice, top notch stuff.
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    11/25/09

    In reply to How to Try the New Google Search
    I did a search for "boobies", and it came up with some interesting things in the "blogs" and "maps" tabs.

    Neat new interface. The tabs make it much more convenient than different URLs entirely.
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    11/25/09

    In reply to How to Try the New Google Search
    Broke my Google :D

    We're sorry...

    ... but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.
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    Image of mothos mothos
    11/25/09

    @scoobydoo: Same thing happened to me. I'm not smart enough to figure out if there's a work around.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/25/09

    In reply to How to Try the New Google Search
    Ah, yes, very nice. Best new feature? Options to narrow the time frame down are no longer hidden under an extra "options" panel.

    Header aside, it is kinda bing-ish...just a tad. Also: angles making a comeback?
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    11/25/09

    @OCEntertainment: new? those have been around forever..just under a hidden "show options" button.
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    11/25/09

    @grimdeath9740: ......

    *blinks*

    *walks off*
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    11/24/09

    In reply to Google Search's New Interface Being Tested Now
    About time. While search results are important, presentation matters too
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Gadget Singularity: Let's Ditch Our Buttons and Screens Forever
    This guy really needs a tweezers, a razor, a loufa, and some moisturizer! #singularity
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    11/12/09


    @Software_Goddess: That's Billy Zane! #singularity
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    In reply to Gadget Singularity: Let's Ditch Our Buttons and Screens Forever

    Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn #singularity
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/11/09

    In reply to Gadget Singularity: Let's Ditch Our Buttons and Screens Forever
    Anything that requires a user to wear gloves or glasses is junk that will swiftly be relegated to obscurity in a scrap heap. Such novelty junk has been around for years and nobody wants it because it doesn't accomplish anything. I'd love to see the day where standardized Direct Neural Interfaces are de rigueur for the majority of typical computing applications. Unfortunately, the typical generational techno-inertia that we see is likely to be drastically compounded when it comes to tech involving surgical procedures. We already suffer buyer's remorse shortly after we buy the latest video card or CPU. How much worse will it be when it involves surgical procedures that fiddle with brain tissue, or optic nerves?

    For these reasons, and many more, I foresee screen technology (whether LCD screens or projectors of a sort) remaining the standard for many, many years to come. We're social animals, and sharing the view is part of what we love. If anything, I see displays becoming larger, with higher resomolutions, and being easily "painted" onto walls. Anything else seems like pipe dreams inspired by 80s cyberpunk fiction (which has not aged well.) #singularity
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    Image of tylerbrainerd tylerbrainerd
    11/11/09

    @met2art: Yeah! If they have to wear anything that sits on their face or clips onto their ears or that they wear on their wrist or...

    wait, that stuff is working and people do want it. especially bluetooth headsets and wireless headphones. they just have to be reliable and cheap. #singularity
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    Image of Neimo Neimo
    11/11/09

    @met2art: I disagree. How often do people share their cell phone displays with others besides showing a photo? Not often. I think future cell phones will still have displays, but they'll be three inches in diameter and be complemented by transparent eyepieces like the Lumus PD-18.

    I think displays like those will catch on quickly when the price comes down enough. People will be won over having 800x600 resolution today or 1024x768 tomorrow. #singularity
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    11/11/09

    @tylerbrainerd: Earpieces for phone calls aren't in the same category. Telephone conversation always has been, by and large, direct to the ear since its inception. Bluetooth is simply an extension of the standard way people use their phones... having the conversation privately directed to their ears. The fact that it is wireless isn't revolutionary, nor is the fact that it is smaller. The basic function it performs has not changed at all, and it doesn't preclude one from performing other tasks by imparting limitations on perception of one's surrounding.

    Moving from a LCD monitor to a privately viewed headmounted display is a radical shift in usability that places enormous limitations on the product. It puts more burden on the user with little practical benefit, and hinders the performance of other tasks. This is why no headmounted display has ever caught on as a practical alternative for daily use of a computer or portable computing device. #singularity
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    11/11/09

    @Neimo: Perhaps not everyone shows their phone screens to other people all the time, but it's a tremendous convenience. I'd wager that people show their screens to others more often than they'd imagine. Adding complimentary display tech is fine A screen is indispensable to show a photo to a friend, quickly check a map, glance to see the time, quickly look up a phone number, or read a quick text or email. Putting on a pair of glasses to do any of that would be very annoying. Increasing the resolution won't solve the inherent lack of need for such a niche product. It also adds cost without adding much useful functionality.

    Perhaps for some games, or private movie viewing on an airplane, or extremely specific industrial or military use... but for general consumer use, I see almost no practical benefit of wearable glasses displays (like the Lumus PD-18 you mentioned) as a prevalent screen replacement technology. I've yet to be given a solid counter-argument for this, and apparently, neither has the consumer public. (This isn't to say, as a gadget lover, I wouldn't want to try a pair... but they'd always be a novelty, and useless for my daily computer needs as an artist, writer and sometime-musician.)

    On the other hand, perhaps there will be a major revolution in head-mounted displays that weigh less than an ounce, can't be lost, don't drain battery power and have super high resolution, and don't make everyone look like a reject from an 80s sci-fi flick. When and if, perhaps everyone will want a pair so they can finally get some practical use of their cellphones, which have always been hindered by restrictive 2D display technology. #singularity
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    11/11/09

    @met2art: Well, as technology progresses and things continue to be miniaturized, it may not be long before we can manufacture wearable displays which are no larger than conventional glasses. As for showing others your screen, if the tech were prevalent enough and bound to a standard such as bluetooth then perhaps the user could live stream their screen to whoever wants to see it. #singularity
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    Image of Neimo Neimo
    11/11/09

    @met2art: Not everyone has a smartphone and not everyone has to have high resolution glasses that augment reality and make reading webpages or navigating far easier. Also people who lose their glasses all the time shouldn't get these when they're available.

    Depending on what kind of artist or musician you are, you might find them capable of augmenting your work in interesting ways. For example a camera in the glasses could track two blank pages on a music stand and overlay the notes. You wouldn't have to turn the pages. #singularity
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