Yet another new google tool

[watcher2001]

This one looks to be pretty interesting.
Link to story on yahoo

The service (http://base.google.com) is free and gives a unique Web address to each user's content, allowing people to easily post information without the need to create and maintain a Web page.

 

[harveypooka]

That's quite a good idea. Lets just hope it doesn't get inundated with spam.

 

[neut]

Reminds you of EPIC.

All your base are belong to Google ...


peace | neut

 

[Apple]

Pretty cool idea although im not going to sign up right now. I might in a month or two though

 

[dmw007]

Looks pretty cool.

 

[dotdotdot]

Apparently, its like an eBay and Craigslist combination of sorts...

 

[ravenvii]

Is everything with Google beta now?

Looks cool though. Not anything I could really use though.

 

[SpaceMagic]

Very cool. I seriously don't mind google taking over the world... whatever they put their mind to, they do well.

 

[heaven]

Google all the way... Seems interesting! Im aleady exited with what they might come up next

 

[iHateWindows]

Yet another new Google tool Bill Gates is unsuccessfully going to attempt to copy.

 

[iSaint]

Reminds you of EPIC.

All your base are belong to Google ...


peace | neut

I never was a gamer, only a slight computer nerd. But I really don't get this. Is it an old game joke or something?

 

[maya]

Yet another new Google tool Bill Gates is unsuccessfully going to attempt to copy.

Bill Gates should be happy, as now he has 2 companies to which he can copy from and call it original.

1. Apple
2. Google


The more the merrier.

 

[neut]

I never was a gamer, only a slight computer nerd. But I really don't get this. Is it an old game joke or something?

Which? EPIC or the base reference?


peace | neut

 

[SummerBreeze]

Hmm, looks interesting. Of course, I am always a bit wary of things that take credit of my work, but still, interesting. I do love Google!

 

[aspro]

Hmm, looks interesting. Of course, I am always a bit wary of things that take credit of my work, but still, interesting. I do love Google!

Are you saying that Google takes the copyright of things posted on here? Could you explain

 

[603]

intellectual property

Are you saying that Google takes the copyright of things posted on here? Could you explain

he's only talking about his invention of a new STD, klamidia, which he is currently in the process of patenting. the Patent Office has asked him for more time to review the application, since the mechanism described for transmitting klamidia seems very similar to an ancient mating ritual, which is coincidentally known to transmit chlamydia from one mammalian species to another. i believe he's worried about Google revealing the secret to this patent application, which was apparently posted on the USPTO blog. you know how tenacious those Googlebots are...

 

[wordmunger]

I have to say, this thing looks like crap. Not to mention the fact that it will very likely become a massive spam hole. Most inelegant application I've seen from Google in a long time.

 

[neut]

I have to say, this thing looks like crap. Not to mention the fact that it will very likely become a massive spam hole. Most inelegant application I've seen from Google in a long time.

Looks just like every other Google tool; ugly interfaces. it will become just as much a SPAM hole as any other Google tool has become. anyways ... it's still beta.


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[thedude110]

My goodness ... as a teacher, I must say that this looks like it's going to become plagiarism.google.com.

At least the kids will be easy to catch ...

 

[neut]

My goodness ... as a teacher, I must say that this looks like it's going to become plagiarism.google.com to me.

At least the kids will be easy to catch ...

Is it not already? I would think this would be for the lame ...


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[thedude110]

It could get much fancier if kids use the tool to swap papers. Right now they don't swap essays (at least my students don't) over P2P/IM as much as you would expect. And many of the papers they pull up from Google are really obvious fakes. But this provides a ridiculously easy (and free) way to gain access to other papers posted by other 14 year olds. Cheat web sites are nothing new, but imagine the sheer volume of 14 year old papers that could be archived here ...

It's generally pretty easy to catch a high school plagiarist, and I don't think this will change that. But this will provide a temptation to the kid who hops onto to Google to do research ...

 

[neut]

It could get much fancier if kids use the tool to swap papers. Right now they don't swap essays (at least my students don't) over P2P/IM as much as you would expect. And many of the papers they pull up from Google are really obvious fakes. But this provides a ridiculously easy (and free) way to gain access to other papers posted by other 14 year olds. Cheat web sites are nothing new, but imagine the sheer volume of 14 year old papers that could be archived here ...

It's generally pretty easy to catch a high school plagiarist, and I don't think this will change that. But this will provide a temptation to the kid who hops onto to Google to do research ...

So i assume you don't believe in evolution? Survival of the fittest? Lazy cheaters will lose ... good cheaters still have to work hard (still learning a skill none the less) and kids who do their own work should feel even better having overcome temptation ... if their teacher recognizes this as so.

Wouldn't this just make you a better teacher? Time to ask for a raise ...

Kids have always cheated ... there are just a lot kids now with world-wide access. No one deals with the questions you are asking now until the problem gets out of hand. Teachers are way over due for a pay increase in the US; either that or school refeorm is well overdue.


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[wordmunger]

Looks just like every other Google tool; ugly interfaces. it will become just as much a SPAM hole as any other Google tool has become. anyways ... it's still beta.


peace | neut

Well, the difference is that this is supposed to be for publishing content, not sending e-mails. Why not just set up a blog at blogger or livejournal, or get a myspace account?

 

[MongoTheGeek]

It could get much fancier if kids use the tool to swap papers. Right now they don't swap essays (at least my students don't) over P2P/IM as much as you would expect. And many of the papers they pull up from Google are really obvious fakes. But this provides a ridiculously easy (and free) way to gain access to other papers posted by other 14 year olds. Cheat web sites are nothing new, but imagine the sheer volume of 14 year old papers that could be archived here ...

It's generally pretty easy to catch a high school plagiarist, and I don't think this will change that. But this will provide a temptation to the kid who hops onto to Google to do research ...

Ohhh... A napster of term papers. Imagine the possibilities.

Actually the real money would be in a term paper wiki.

 

[neut]

Well, the difference is that this is supposed to be for publishing content, not sending e-mails. Why not just set up a blog at blogger or livejournal, or get a myspace account?

Sure ... go ahead, but then upload it to Base and it's now searchable content readily availible through the world's most popular search engine.


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