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Archive for April, 2005

Capturing Reality of Events

Posted by Ramesh on April 29th, 2005

When an event is taking place and we are interested in capturing it, the best way to do is to use multiple sensors.  As is common in a sports event, multiple cameras are used to capture these events and then a producer can use the camera that provides the best angle at a particular moment [...]

Beyond Gutenberg

Posted by Ramesh on April 24th, 2005

Gutenberg legacy has influenced WWW more than anything else.  Current WWW is a web of documents.  The Web was initially designed to allow researchers to share their research papers and then it took of to include all kind of applications.  What is interesting is that we still think about everything on the web in terms [...]

Popularity, Credibility, and Authority

Posted by Ramesh on April 23rd, 2005

When we are looking for any information on a topic, we usually want the information to come from a source that we can trust.  But trust alone is not enough.  We may trust the source but the information may not have the depth that we are looking for.  In many cases, we may get the [...]

Google Answers

Posted by Ramesh on April 15th, 2005

The new feature of providing answers to questions posed by people at Google is interesting from multiple perspectives. It is good that Google recognizes the importance of providing answers rather than links to potential answers.  History of search has clearly shown that when direct answers are not available, people are happy to receive potential answers [...]

Cameraphones at Hanami

Posted by Ramesh on April 10th, 2005

Friday, April 8, was the main day for what is commonly called Hanami ( Flower Festival) in Japan.  The cherry blossoms are supposed to be the peak that day and people celebrate that by going out on that evening to enjoy the blossoms.  The weather is usually good – it is now spring – and [...]