[Info-vax] OT: Google Image Search

[gcornelius at charter.net]

[REPOSTING.  Why did charter.net sit on this?  Maybe a keyword or
two on somebody's watch list?]

Michael Moroney <moroney at world.std.spaamtrap.com> wrote:
> Neil Rieck <n.rieck at sympatico.ca> writes:
> 
>>I am constantly amazed at improvements in computing power (hardware,
>>software, algorithms, etc.) which most people born after 1995 now take
>>for granted. Last month I attended a webinar where the instructor
>>demonstrated the following internet magic (some people here will
>>already know about this; apologies)
> 
>>1) Navigate to www.google.com
> 
>>2) Click on the word IMAGES in the menu banner
> 
>>3) Now drag a GIF or JPEG from your desktop and drop it into the input
>>box
> 
>>Google will analyze your graphic in a few seconds then locate similar
>>ones on the net. Fifteen years ago just the analysis phase would have
>>required several orders of magnitude more time.
> 
> That is really cool, and true about the computing power needed, but has 
> been around for a couple of years at least. http://www.tineye.com/

You mean the site with this topic under "Latest News and Updates?"

    * If Google Images is a hand grenade, TinEye is a sniper rifle.

Why does that make it sound like Google will be buying them out
soon?

George