I had heard a year or so ago that Google was launching something called "Google Book" -- an online database for searching for text inside of books. I hadn't heard about it since and really just forgot about it.
Until today. I spent a good half hour flipping pages for an obscure quote in Bo Giertz's Hammer of God. Then I remembered, "Oh yeah, how about that Google Book thing..." I typed in a keyword and, BAM. There it was. Page number and everything.
Google, you might be taking over the world, but you sure made my life a lot easier today.
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Not only is Google making your life easier, but by doing this they have made academic honesty an even greater necessity. The average high school student no longer has the option to plagiarize. One search for a string of text and BAM, there is the quote.
Maybe Google it taking over the world, but at least there are some great perks to it. And they are not even "The first ever decision engine."
Todd you are so behind the times! ;-)
I know, I know.
Hey, did you know that there's this program you can subcribe to that'll deliver movies to your mailbox? I think it's called Netflix, or something like that. I think it's new.
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