Inside India's CAPTCHA Solving Economy (10)
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Anti-Globalism points out an analysis of India's CAPTCHA-solving industry posted at ZDNet. It begins: "No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of data processing while earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHAs, I'm already starting to see evidence of consolidation between India's major CAPTCHA solving companies. The consolidation, logically leading to increased bargaining power, ...
The Power of Red (18)
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The Pope dons red Prada kicks, politicians break out red ties in election season and that darn Netflix package always seems to stand out in a crowd of manilla and ivory mail. Why red? Do humans have a penchant for the rainbow’s most fiery color? This study released in 2005 discovered that red-clad athletes out-performed competitors donning blue uniforms and suggested that the win discrepancy occurred because of an innate association of red with dominance ...
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Rodrigo said:
"This study released in 2005 discovered that red-clad athletes out-performed competitors..." Não é o que se observa em Porto Alegre :p
If You Want To Create a Mashup, Just Ask Your Browser. Mozilla Labs Launches Ubiquity. (106)
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Aza Raskin at Mozilla Labs thinks there’s got to be an easier way to create Web mashups. Today, he is announcing the launch of Ubiquity, an experiment in using natural language to invoke Web services. Ubiquity is an extension to the Firefox browser that lets you type in what you want to do—insert a map, translate this page, Twitter this block of text, search on Google—and invokes one of 30 Web services. As Raskin describes ...
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Flyhorse said:
This is awesome!
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Devlin D said:
I am loving the work that Aza is doing! He is a user experience GENIUS!!!
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Derick Valadao said:
Holy smokes. That looks really really cool.
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Noah J said:
One to watch.
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Klemo said:
Aza Raskin at Mozilla Labs thinks there’s got to be an easier way to create Web mashups.
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Daniel said:
Now this is awesome!
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Praneet said:
Installed it today.. cool thing.
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Dominic Hopton said:
The new hotness, IMHO
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Luke G said:
Huge.
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ModernBizzle said:
Cool name, logo, and idea!
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Mickey said:
ovo samo sto je stiglo na moj RSS reader, Mozilla novi projekat, izgleda ludo (vidi video. alpha 0.1
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chrisbrogan.com said:
Can we stop always using maps to describe mashups? Is it just me?
'89 Batmobile Now on eBay: Hurry, Grab Your Wallet! [Batmobile] (22)
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If you are impulsive enough to drop over $100,000 on a whim for a nerdy automobile, here is your chance to score one of the five Batmobiles made for the original Michael Keaton movie. Unfortunately, you only have until 5PM PDT today to put in a bid on this baby, so you had better hurry (I know you guys are all frantically searching for your wallets). [eBay via CNet]
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Trey said:
Stolen from Six Flags Great America by Heath Ledger.
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Renê Fraga said:
esse é o bat-móvel dos sonhos... :P
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Coop said:
thing looks old school now
If You Want To Create a Mashup, Just Ask Your Browser. Mozilla Labs Launches Ubiquity. (107)
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Aza Raskin at Mozilla Labs thinks there’s got to be an easier way to create Web mashups. Today, he is announcing the launch of Ubiquity, an experiment in using natural language to invoke Web services. Ubiquity is an extension to the Firefox browser that lets you type in what you want to do—insert a map, translate this page, Twitter this block of text, search on Google—and invokes one of 30 Web services. As Raskin describes ...
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Oudi Antebi said:
definitely one of the nicest things i've seen lately on the tech world that really make sense and solve problems
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Dominic Hopton said:
The new hotness, IMHO
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Praneet said:
Installed it today.. cool thing.
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ModernBizzle said:
Cool name, logo, and idea!
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Luke G said:
Huge.
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elmarco said:
that will surely become my favorite browser shortcut! great stuff
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a.andreev said:
Now this is what I always wanted in a browser!
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Will said:
uber cool!
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Devlin D said:
I am loving the work that Aza is doing! He is a user experience GENIUS!!!
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Klemo said:
Aza Raskin at Mozilla Labs thinks there’s got to be an easier way to create Web mashups.
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Daniel said:
Now this is awesome!
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Mickey said:
ovo samo sto je stiglo na moj RSS reader, Mozilla novi projekat, izgleda ludo (vidi video. alpha 0.1
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chrisbrogan.com said:
Can we stop always using maps to describe mashups? Is it just me?
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Noah J said:
One to watch.
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Flyhorse said:
This is awesome!
The Dirtsurfer: New Bike And Skateboard Hybrid Thing [Extreme Sports] (9)
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It's part bike and part skateboard and it looks all fun. It's the Freestyle Dirtsurfer and it's a new hybrid like toy for all of you X Games types who can't wait for winter to get here soon enough. One neat touch is a Razor-scooter-like brake on the back wheel so you don't end up in the ER the first time you try it on a downhill. And for $450, you really don't want to ...
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Trey said:
For the Surf Ninjas.
Firefox Gets Massive JavaScript Performance Boost (34)
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monkeymonkey writes "Mozilla has integrated tracing optimization into SpiderMonkey, the JavaScript interpreter in Firefox. This improvement has boosted JavaScript performance by a factor of 20 to 40 in certain contexts. Ars Technica interviewed Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich (the original creator of JavaScript) and Mozilla's vice president of engineering, Mike Shaver. They say that tracing optimization will 'take JavaScript performance into the next tier' and 'get people thinking about JavaScript as a more general-purpose language.' The ...
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John said:
Now if all the browsers could just standardize on this!!!
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chills said:
Great to see more javascript improvements, first on Safari, now Firefox... This could really have an impact on the quality of new web apps...
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Jason Matthews said:
and here i thought firefox 3 was fast at rendering JS. but this... i want this. i want it immediately.
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sirmikester said:
If true, this is kind of a big deal
3D App Converts iPhone into Window to Alternative World [Magic] (32)
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If you liked Johnny Chung Lee's Wii headtracking tricks you will love iHologram, a stunning iPhone app that makes the screen look like a window to a real, parallel dimension. While it seems like magic, it uses anamorphosis, a very simple painting technique that has been used by old masters since the 15th century, mixed with the technology in the JesusPhone. Created by David O'Reilly, iHologram combines anamorphosis and the iPhone's gyroscopes to achieve this ...
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chbm said:
screw haptic! i want 3d now!
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Garrett said:
All I can say is, "Wow!"
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npike said:
bitchin
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urothane said:
This is some crazy cool programming that really shows how powerful the iPhone can be.
How Accurate Are Listings On Real Estate Sites? (20)
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Earlier this week in a post comparing real estate sites Trulia and Zillow, I suggested that the most important success factor for these sites is how comprehensive they are. The more listings the better because home buyers want to go to one place to find every home on the market. They want a single dashboard from which they can filter down the choices. But just how comprehensive are these sites, and how accurate are their ...
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dartdog said:
Just how accurate is MLS vs. other internet sources for looking for homes? This article has good data. In a smaller market like Birmingham the "other" internet sites have very little credibility MLS rules in these markets!Tom
Chococlock Is Designed to Make You Fat, Diabetic [Fatass] (10)
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Why would anyone spend $37 on a cuckoo clock that spits out a chocolate ball every hour is beyond me. Why would anyone spend the same amount on a cuckoo clock that does that and has a cheat button so you can eat a chocolate treat every single second, steps into firmly stupid territory. In any case, I just love the copy on their product page: An ideal gift for the chocoholic with everything, the ...
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JR A said:
"Woo hoo! It's Choco Time!" Incredibly stupid product.
How Accurate Are Listings On Real Estate Sites? (33)
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Earlier this week in a post comparing real estate sites Trulia and Zillow, I suggested that the most important success factor for these sites is how comprehensive they are. The more listings the better because home buyers want to go to one place to find every home on the market. They want a single dashboard from which they can filter down the choices. But just how comprehensive are these sites, and how accurate are their ...
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dartdog said:
Just how accurate is MLS vs. other internet sources for looking for homes? This article has good data. In a smaller market like Birmingham the "other" internet sites have very little credibility MLS rules in these markets!Tom
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Jorge said:
hadn't heard of Roost until I read this article.
Beating the status quo (30)
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My last post about ads as tips led to a firestorm in my inbox, so a few thoughts: 1. I'm not suggesting click fraud, far from it. Just as you're more likely to go to a restaurant that advertised in a magazine you like, you're more likely to click on an ad that lives on a relevant page you liked. Click fraud is a whole different game (primarily because the clicker benefits). 2. Much more ...
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Grant Shellen said:
I usually agree pretty squarely with Seth's points but he lost me here. (See his previous post, too.) And not just because I work for a company that offers online advertising. Rather, because I think it's ridiculous to encourage users to change their behavior to pay attention to ads out of some sense of gratitude or obligation.
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billspaced said:
Read the last paragraph -- too true!
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Juan Fernando Zuluaga C. said:
La propuesta original fué: si te gusta el contenido, haz click en la publicidad como retribución. Y se armó el problema!!!! Aquí, Seth defiende su propuesta. Brillantemente, como siempre.
Lenovo Olympic Bloggers (8)
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Check out this site where Lenovo is aggregating the blogs, tweets, pictures, and video of Olympic athletes from around the world. Lenovo provided these athletes with Ideapad laptops and video cameras and let them go at it.
