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Comment Re-learning (Score 1) 260

As the basketball article mentioned, the easiest way to teach something is to re-learn it yourself. I've personally written tutorials for people on various libraries that I was myself learning the week before. I commented the heck out of the code I was writing at the time so I'd know what it meant next time I looked at it (for reference), and thought "If I added some exposition here, it'd be a great tutorial for other people".

    I only have that unfiltered view of a new system that once, so now whenever I'm learning something that someone else is going to want to know, I take copious notes so I can write it up later. Usually the stumbling blocks that I hit are the ones that other new people to the topic will hit. The only downside is that I might do something wrong in the tutorial due to lack of knowledge on the topic, but once I release it I get corrected pretty quickly :)

Virtual Earth 3D Beta Launched 188

Lord Satri writes "Microsoft has announced the launch of Virtual Earth 3D. There are numerous screenshots to be seen, as well as a Google Earth comparison from Spatially Adjusted. You can read the Google Earth Blog on why he thinks it's not a threat to Google. C|Net's coverage and the official press release provide lots of concrete details of the product. You can also read more from the development side or see the CBS report on Virtual Earth 3D. My main gripe: Windows and Internet Explorer 6/7 only. From the official press release: 'When people visit Live Search, type a query into the search box and click the "Maps" tab, they get their search results in a map context that offers the option to explore the area using two-dimensional views (aerial and bird's-eye) or three dimensional models with Virtual Earth 3D. This new technology compiles photographic images of cities and terrain to generate textured, photorealistic 3-D models with engineering level accuracy.'"

Utube Sues YouTube 438

An anonymous reader writes "From The Age article: Universal Tube, which sells used machines that make tubes, has said it has lost business because customers have had trouble accessing its site." So now Utube is suing YouTube seeking a cease and desist on the youtube domain. (I wonder if they think Google's pockets might be deeper that the previous owners'.) This again raises the problems of domain names colliding across different industries and countries, and reminds me of the etoys/etoy tussle a few years back. Should domain name simply be exempt from trademark legislation in all countries or is it a legit thing to fight for?"

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