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Sports On My Mind (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
Respect for Antonio Tarver:Announcer Jim Gray asked if age was a factor, and Tarver said “I don’t think so”. Proud aging boxers never do. Tarver admitted that “I couldn’t land the left”,but the reality was that Tarver just couldn’t pull the trigger on the openings as he has in the past. His punches lacked crispness, were more looping and telegraphed, and even his body looked a little softer....
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O'Reilly Radar (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
... (where best means highest-resolution of the most places). Long after the release of the late Jim Gray 's TerraServer , Google started it with the release of satellite imagery in Google Earth and Google Maps in 2005. Microsoft released 3D-enabled Virtual Earth in the browser later that year along with Birds Eye imagery. Google returned the volley in 2007 with Streetside view. Just last month...
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Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Another of the many interesting stories coming out of Microsoft External Research these days is the one Roger Barga tells in this week’s installment of Perspectives. When Roger told me that Trident, the system he’s developing to automate scientific workflow, was inspired by Jim Gray, it was a déjà vu moment. Everywhere I turn, I [...]
