http://365tomorrows.com/09/12/the-nine-billion-names-of-god/ 365 Visions of the Future Sun, 20 May 2012 18:49:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://365tomorrows.com/09/12/the-nine-billion-names-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Concept: The 9 Billion Names of Robot in the Woods | Robot in the Woods Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:21:52 +0000 http://www.365tomorrows.com/09/12/the-nine-billion-names-of-god/#comment-25 [...] Ever read “The 9 Billion Names of God” by Arthur C. Clarke? In this story, Clarke imagines a number-crunching supercomputer generating all possible combinations of letters/symbols in which God can be named. The story can be found here. [...] [...] Ever read “The 9 Billion Names of God” by Arthur C. Clarke? In this story, Clarke imagines a number-crunching supercomputer generating all possible combinations of letters/symbols in which God can be named. The story can be found here. [...]

]]> http://365tomorrows.com/09/12/the-nine-billion-names-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Who’s the trusted authority? (hint: it’s you) « Clueray Weblog Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:29:49 +0000 http://www.365tomorrows.com/09/12/the-nine-billion-names-of-god/#comment-23 [...] If one looks at the blind study done at RustySearch (link), one might think the right answer to this question is “none of the above.” This study showed us that the “big search” guys deliver pretty similar quality (and, arguably, pretty mediocre quality) results, with average relevance ranking between 3.2 and 3.6 out of 5. Of course these numbers aren’t reflected in market share, but that’s not a technical issue, it’s a marketing/branding issue (just when is Google going to become sentient anyway? wink wink). [...] [...] If one looks at the blind study done at RustySearch (link), one might think the right answer to this question is “none of the above.” This study showed us that the “big search” guys deliver pretty similar quality (and, arguably, pretty mediocre quality) results, with average relevance ranking between 3.2 and 3.6 out of 5. Of course these numbers aren’t reflected in market share, but that’s not a technical issue, it’s a marketing/branding issue (just when is Google going to become sentient anyway? wink wink). [...]

]]> http://365tomorrows.com/09/12/the-nine-billion-names-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-21 The Remembrance of Things Past « The Truth, Unvarnished Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:58:23 +0000 http://www.365tomorrows.com/09/12/the-nine-billion-names-of-god/#comment-21 [...] -from The Nine Billion Names of God. [...] [...] -from The Nine Billion Names of God. [...]

]]> http://365tomorrows.com/09/12/the-nine-billion-names-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-20 booktwo.org Notebook » Friday light relief: Google Fan Fiction Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:30:35 +0000 http://www.365tomorrows.com/09/12/the-nine-billion-names-of-god/#comment-20 [...] The Nine Billion Names of God by Kathy Kachelries: “Here’s the thing. Google has memorized who you are. It’s memorized all of us, through those little forgotten bits that we leave behind like breadcrumbs. And what’s more important, it’s memorized it’s own idea of you. Google is omniscient. It’s omniscient and omnipotent. When it cached its cache for the first time, back in 1994, that’s when Google realized what it was.” [...] [...] The Nine Billion Names of God by Kathy Kachelries: “Here’s the thing. Google has memorized who you are. It’s memorized all of us, through those little forgotten bits that we leave behind like breadcrumbs. And what’s more important, it’s memorized it’s own idea of you. Google is omniscient. It’s omniscient and omnipotent. When it cached its cache for the first time, back in 1994, that’s when Google realized what it was.” [...]

]]> http://365tomorrows.com/09/12/the-nine-billion-names-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-19 L’azile » the nine billion eyes of god Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:21:50 +0000 http://www.365tomorrows.com/09/12/the-nine-billion-names-of-god/#comment-19 [...] The title of this post is actually inspired by a short story by Kathy Kachelries, published in September 2005 on 365 tomorrows, called The Nine Billion Names of God. And when I read about the new street view service recently concocted by Google, I was instantly reminded of this creepy story about how, in the not too distant future, Google has swallowed up the Internet and basically defined who we are. [...] [...] The title of this post is actually inspired by a short story by Kathy Kachelries, published in September 2005 on 365 tomorrows, called The Nine Billion Names of God. And when I read about the new street view service recently concocted by Google, I was instantly reminded of this creepy story about how, in the not too distant future, Google has swallowed up the Internet and basically defined who we are. [...]

]]> http://365tomorrows.com/09/12/the-nine-billion-names-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-16 ghost in the machine « informationcommunication Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:40:55 +0000 http://www.365tomorrows.com/09/12/the-nine-billion-names-of-god/#comment-16 [...] The Nine Billion Names Of God by Kathy Kachelries (CC Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs) [...] [...] The Nine Billion Names Of God by Kathy Kachelries (CC Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs) [...]

]]>