Gmail Discussion

DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">how do they do it?</div> well, this gmail thing seems to be growing at an exponential rate... how are they going to be able to offer 1 gig, for free, to the probably tens of thousands of people signing up right now? I guess the idea is that no one can really send 1 gig of e-mail, and by the time people start getting close to that in a couple years, 1 gig will be the sort of thing we laugh at, like floppy disks.

that said, weren't they offering 2 gigs per account just a few days ago, or was I imagining that?

also, do you think we're in danger of them ever cutting the service short out of nowhere? will it ever become a pay service? or should I feel safe giving it out as my permanent new e-mail address?

talk amongst yourselves.
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  • SkySky Join Date: 2004-04-23 Member: 28131Members
    nanites

    *slaps self*
    *again*
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  • jumpingjodajumpingjoda Join Date: 2003-12-14 Member: 24367Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    You can fill your gig of space now, but it is not easy to upload a gig <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
    They have the space! I had a presentation at school about google, they are running one of the gratest server farms worldwide, thousands of redhat linux servers, just for the search part, and it is still free <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> .

    If i had to choose which company i trust most, it would be google...
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  • DubbilexDubbilex Chump Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9799Members
    My understanding is that with gmail, one does not actually have 1 gb of space. Rather, one can have all the email they want <i>up to</i> a gig of space. What I mean is that Google did not set aside a gig for everyone that will just sit there, unused. Right now, your account is only the size of the combined mails in your account, and it will expand as needed until you hit that 1000 mb mark.

    I'd say it's a safe bet that it'll be free forever, and it's safe to give out. But then again, what the crap do I know?
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  • jumpingjodajumpingjoda Join Date: 2003-12-14 Member: 24367Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Dubbilex+Jun 23 2004, 04:39 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dubbilex @ Jun 23 2004, 04:39 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Right now, your account is only the size of the combined mails in your account, and it will expand as needed until you hit that 1000 mb mark. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Something else would not maky sence.
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  • ComproxComprox *chortle* Canada Join Date: 2002-01-23 Member: 7Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    Yah, there may be a lot of users, but most won't even come close to the gig offered, and like they said above, they will only be using maybe 50 or so megs. Nowadays, you can purchase 1GB for $1 Canadian or even less when sales are on. Just imagine how cheap it's for google if they buy in mass bulk. Pennies or less, and with the money they have, that's not going to be a problem.
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  • pardzhpardzh Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1601Members
    Google should do tours.

    Think about how cool those massive serverfarms would be. It'd be like the human energy harvesting pods in the Matrix, except not humans. They'd even have robots flying around to tend to the servers and ones that went around the Earth and abducted more, too.

    I foresee Google as the cause of the rise of the machines. <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <!--QuoteBegin-Comprox+Jun 23 2004, 11:48 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Comprox @ Jun 23 2004, 11:48 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Nowadays, you can purchase 1GB for $1 Canadian... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Comp, what did I tell you? I *know* storage memory is cheap, but it still costs <i>real money</i>.

    Silly Canadian.
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  • jumpingjodajumpingjoda Join Date: 2003-12-14 Member: 24367Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Google got money for sure.
    All other companies who offer email accounts could do the same, but they would earn much less money, and they don't want that to happen don't they...
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  • ZigZig ...I am Captain Planet&#33; Join Date: 2002-10-23 Member: 1576Members
    the law firm my mother works at has google as one of its clients <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    *wonders if he can get more free gmail <>_<>*
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  • MelatoninMelatonin Babbler Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14551Members, Constellation
    by the by... that 2Gb offer was BTYahoo, but you have to pay for that, $11 per year I think...

    I get the 2Gb one as I use BTYahoo as my provider, and my normal Yahoo account went up to 100Mb free of charge.
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  • RipzawRipzaw Join Date: 2004-05-09 Member: 28560Members
    What's the lucky number thingy?... Where can I find it?
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  • MoquiaoMoquiao Join Date: 2003-05-09 Member: 16168Members
    i heard they read your emails... lol i heard that they scan each for well anything.. from terrorist stuff to virii
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <!--QuoteBegin-Moquiao+Jun 23 2004, 01:16 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Moquiao @ Jun 23 2004, 01:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> i heard they read your emails... lol i heard that they scan each for well anything.. from terrorist stuff to virii <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    A computer reads your email using the same methods that the Google search engine uses. It picks out keywords and uses them to display text-based ads next to your email.

    So if you receive an email from your friend saying "I just bought a new house!" you might see an ad on the sidebar that says "Looking to buy a new home?"

    That's all there is to it.
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  • RipzawRipzaw Join Date: 2004-05-09 Member: 28560Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Ripzaw-+Jun 23 2004, 12:04 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (-Ripzaw- @ Jun 23 2004, 12:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> What's the lucky number thingy?... Where can I find it? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Gonna quote this until answered.
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  • jumpingjodajumpingjoda Join Date: 2003-12-14 Member: 24367Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Ripzaw you can spend hours on funny random number guessing orgys.
    Or just go to<a href='http://www.gmailswap.com' target='_blank'>www.gmailswap.com</a>, offer somethig creative (note, don't offer nude pics of someone or stupid things) and get your invite in seconds.
    BTW
    Use the search luke....
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  • EEKEEK Join Date: 2004-02-25 Member: 26898Banned
    <a href='http://www.elitegaming.net/gmail.php' target='_blank'>http://www.elitegaming.net/gmail.php</a>



    That said, Time magazine had a big article on google, and how they are suspected to own the most powerful single computer on earth.
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  • littlewildlittlewild Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9467Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-EEK+Jun 23 2004, 12:52 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (EEK @ Jun 23 2004, 12:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <a href='http://www.elitegaming.net/gmail.php' target='_blank'>http://www.elitegaming.net/gmail.php</a>



    That said, Time magazine had a big article on google, and how they are suspected to own the most powerful single computer on earth. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I believe you meant the most powerful single "server farm".
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