One thing i noticed about google base, you can get your logo next to your listing!

Adding an entry was categorized pretty well by default. but searching was no more unique than keyword digging.

Is there an open Google Base API yet? Why contribute if you can’t use it yourself for commercial gain?

The thing I don’t like about their API agreement is it’s restricted use to non-commercial applications without expressed permission. This is obviously a bottle neck since they are a proxy, the weight is on their shoulders, which is understandable.

I emailed Google asking for permission for an idea I had (wanted to make it a legal commercial entity before I started writing the code). They said “no”. A few months later, they bought Urchin ( a web stats application). I’m not saying they stole my idea, but I think they saw it as a competitor.

Is there were a distributed solution, with no centralized bottleneck?

This is like the cddb.com problem (winamp, etc.), everybody contributed, but then when developers wanted to access some of the data they submitted everytime they popped in a CD, they had to pay-to-play.

Thus the creation of freecddb.org

java?
python?
c/c++?

After seeing tux paint, I’m thinking “C”.

In other words, if you were gonna write a bitorrent client, what language would you do it in?

The problem with a web-based solution is that it’s centralized (see history:napster).

Java I don’t like because it’s not GNU Free. Only “free as in beer” free.

After 7 years of use, I’ve decided to leave Yahoo Mail (read why).

One more note to those new users, if you want to depend on them, and decide down the road you want to leave, in order to forward your yahoo email to you new email address, you have to pay $19.99/year for as long as you want mail forwarding.

Typically, this is provided for free with a .forward file on most email providers. I understand the business reasons, but it sucks, because I can’t rid myself of yahoo completely. Either pay $20/year or keep checking yahoo mail in addition to my new alumni association email account.