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| Tuesday, June 28, 2005 |
| Google Earth Rocks |
by tollie
I wonder if the guys at Google were hinting at something when they renamed their aquired Keyhole software into Google Earth? Whether or not Google will one day become the worldwide search/email/news/economy/religion, you can't help but find their rapid development and deployment of new and cool projects fun.
Their newest project, Google Earth, which could also be called Keyhole 3, is the same work-horse used for all those fly-in views you see on the cable news networks. The free version lacks the ability to define those paths and do other advanced operations, but it's certainly cool enough to play around with.
Notable about Google Earth is that, unlike its predecesor Keyhole 2, Google Earth has lower system requirements thanks to a streaming broadband connection to the Google server chugging down only the data you need and in a way that off-loads your PC considerably.
Personally, on my P3 863MHz, with 384MB of RAM, it runs very fine - fast even, when Keyhole 2 wouldn't even run. It does require the broadband connection however, so dial-up users need not apply.
Check out this fly-in I did to Chase and Sam's Elevation at 5 Points, South in Birmingham. The video requires the H.264 codec, which Windows users can get by installing Quicktime 7 Preview and Mac users can get by installing Quicktime 7 via their Software Update. |
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| Tuesday, June 14, 2005 |
| Ghost in the Machine? |
A funny thing happened today at Elevation, our downtown internet lounge and coffee shop. A friend of ours, Michael, came by and I demonstrated to him the 20 questions game available at 20q.net. He picked an object, not telling me what it was, and I asked him the questions that the computer gave me, inputting his response. Here is a transcript:
1. It is classified as Other. (Animal, Vegetable, Mineral or other)
2. Is it something you bring along? Sometimes.
3. Can it fit in an envelope? No.
4. Can you play games with it? Yes.
5. Is it hard? Yes.
6. Can you use it to hit something? No.
7. Would you find it in an office? Rarely.
8. Does it come in a box? Yes.
9. Is it considered valuable? Doubtful.
10. Can it make a sound? Irrelevant.
11. Can you use it at school? Yes.
12. Does it fold up easily? No.
13. Can it be washed? No.
14. Is it human powered? Yes.
15. Is it made out of wood? No.
16. Does it have a hard outer shell? Yes.
I am guessing that it is a Rubik's Cube? :
And guess what: it was a Rubik's Cube!!! Pretty good guess. I hope John Conner's paying attention to all this.
Chase Thompson |
| posted by Chase Thompson @ 12:17 PM |
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