You just described every large scale data source ever. Congratulations On Feb 2, 2016 8:41 AM, "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Locked out of your house? Don’t use Google to find a locksmith. > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/business/fake-online-locksmiths-may-be-out-to-pick-your-pocket-too.html > > Read the whole article to find out just how badly Google search and map > results are corrupted. This locksmith must be legit, I can see their > building on Google Maps. Oh, not really there, created by Photoshop and > “crowdsourcing”. And driven by a “lead generator” to make it look local. > And advertising $19 but paying twice that to Google for the AdWords click. > SCAM, SCAM, SCAM. > > > *From:* George Skorup <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, February 01, 2016 11:44 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] SAD day > > Nobody says "Let me Bing/Yahoo that". So yeah, Google is how you search > the interwebs. But I agree on the other point. I do not trust any company > that has (or can have) such huge control over information. Be it Google, > Microsoft, Apple, etc... or the government. > > On 2/1/2016 11:36 PM, Travis Johnson wrote: > > I would use Yahoo or Bing or any other search engine. Nothing would change > if Google went away tomorrow. > > Blackberries and Android wouldn't even exist if Apple hadn't created the > first iPhone. Same with tablets... look how many people tried tablets > before Apple, and they all failed. > > I purchased a Macbook for my daughter headed to college 5 years ago. She > used that laptop literally every day, for over 5 years. She graduated with > two Bachelor's degrees... using that same laptop. Every paper, thousands of > emails, etc... and she has never had a single issue... no viruses, no > hardware issues, no software issues. Never a single issue. No OS reload, no > malware scanners, nothing. It just works. Just like all the rest of Apple's > products... they just work. > > Travis > > > On 2/1/2016 10:28 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > The world's most popular site and you don't think the world would change? > Really??? > > Apple is gone. People buy Blackberries and Android. Tablets probably > won't exist. Mp3 players would probably have come to fruition without > them. What else do they have? > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > On Feb 2, 2016 12:22 AM, "Travis Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> At least Apple makes products... products that literally changed the >> computing world, the phone world, the retail world, created apps, and the >> music world. Google created a search engine (actually copying Yahoo, >> Webcrawler, Altavista and several others at the time). They aren't a >> "product". They don't "sell" anything. They are a webpage, just like >> Facebook. >> >> Imagine your life without Google or Facebook. NOTHING CHANGES. >> >> Yes, they built a better mousetrap using their intelligence and hard >> work... but they aren't "inventors". They didn't create anything new or >> groundbreaking. >> >> Travis >> >> On 2/1/2016 10:09 PM, Colin Stanners wrote: >> >> I'd much rather Google / Alphabet Inc. be in that position than Apple >> with their overpriced yet restricted / non-upgradable / crappy consumer >> electronics. >> >> Google is making themselves the curator of access to the world's >> information and communications. When you consider the value of those, it's >> not just the most valuable company in matters of money. The founders had >> incredible foresight in addition to their intelligence and hard work. >> >> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:55 PM, Travis Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> http://www.ibtimes.com/alphabet-inc-goog-surpasses-apple-inc-aapl-become-worlds-most-valuable-public-company-2289113 >>> >>> "The world isn't run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money. It's run >>> by little ones and zeroes, little bits of data. It's all just electrons." >>> ~ Cosmo (Sneakers 1992) >>> >>> Literally, a one page website for a company that is less than 19 years >>> old is now the most valuable company in the world. :( >>> >>> Travis >>> >>> >> >> >> > >
