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Targeted Advertising Using Digital Set-Top Boxes
Moonshine writes: "Interesting story at TVTechnology regarding targeted advertising using new techology.
Seems like all set-top boxes have a unique ID and they can send a code to any given one to change the channel for the period of the targeted ad and the viewer is none the wiser. What about privacy...well: Invidi says its system is designed to assure privacy. 'The system never knows what the viewer is watching since the headend never knows specifics about what the set-top box is doing,' said Anderson. 'And we never associate the set-top box address with a physical home address.'"
...in the dumpster, where it belongs.
A/S/L?
Yet another crippling bombshell hit the beleaguered Christian Troll community when recently IDC confirmed that Christian Troll accounts for less than a fraction of 1 percent of all slashdot trolls. Coming on the heels of the latest Netcraft survey which plainly states that Christian Trolls have lost more biting share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Christian Trolls are collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last in the recent Goatse comprehensive trolling test.
You don't need to be Fred Phelps to predict Christian Trolls's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Christian Trolls faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Christian Trolls because Christian Trolls are dying. Things are looking very bad for Christian Trolls. As many of us are already aware, Christian Trolls continues to lose biting share. Red ink flows like a river of blood. Bible_Study_Guys is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core trollers.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
FirstPOST leader AnonymousCoward states that there are 7000 users of FirstPOST. How many users of KDEvsGnome are there? Let's see. The number of FirstPOST versus KDEvsGnome posts on Slashdot is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 KDEvsGnome users. BSD/Is/Dying posts on Slashdot are about half of the volume of KDEvsGnome posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of BSD/Is/Dying. A recent article put Bible_Study_Guys at about 80 percent of the Christian Troll market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 Bible_Study_Guys users. This is consistent with the number of Bible_Study_Guys Slashdot posts.
Due to the troubles of slash.geekizoid, abysmal sales and so on, Bible_Study_Guys went out of business and was taken over by Adequacy.Org who sell another troubled Troll. Now Adequacy.Org is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.
All major surveys show that Christian Trolls have steadily declined in biting share. Christian Trolls are very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If Christian Trolls is to survive at all it will be among Trolling hobbyist dabblers. Christian Trolls continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, Christian Trolls are dead.
Fact: Christian Trolls are dead
...if he still worked for /.?
Rectal Impaction Following Enema with Concrete Mix
by Peter J. Stephens, M.D., and Mark L. Taff, M.D.
from The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 8(2):179-182, 1987.
This article describes an unusual rectal foreign body resulting from homosexual anal erotic activities. The patient had used an enema containing a concrete mix which became impacted and required surgical removal. The use, abuse, and complications of enemas are reviewed.
During the last 20 years, sexual habits have changed in western society. Homosexuals have shown an increasing interest in anal erotic practices, including the use of enemas for sexual enjoyment. We report a case of a klismaphiliac who had an impacted foreign body in his rectum followin an enema with a concrete mix.
CASE REPORT
A 20-year-old man presented to the emergency room complaining of rectal pain. A well-nourished, well-developed man without signs of intoxication was admitted in no apparent distress. Digital examination of the rectum revealed a stony hard mass. Abdominal plain films showed a vertically oriented, low-lying radiopaque object in the rectum. A spherical radiolucency was noted in the upper pole of the mass. A blood alcohol level was negative. No other drug testing was performed.
Upon further questioning, the patient said that approximately 4 hrs earlier he and his boyfriend had been "fooling around." After stirring a batch of concrete mix, the patient laid on his back with his feet against the wall at a 45-degree angle while his boyfriend poured the mixture through a funnel into his rectum. After the concrete mass hardened, it became so painful that he sought medical care.
Under general anesthesia, the anus was dilated and two Foley catheters were inserted alongside the rectal mass to relieve suction. A concrete case of the rectum was delivered without incident. The rectal mucosa was intact with a hyperemic and edematous appearance.
The patient was kept overnight and discharged uneventfully the following morning. The attending physician recommended a psychiatric consultation, but the patient declined.
PATHOLOGIC EXAMINATION
Examination of the specimen revealed a perfect concrete cast of the rectum, measuring 12 X 7 X 5 cm and weighing 275 g. A thin layer of feces coated the surface and crevices. Grooves in the mass were consistent with rectal mucosal folds. A layer of concrete was chipped off the upper part of the specimen and revealed a white plastic ping-pong ball. This corresponded to the radiolucency observed in the abdominal x-ray.
The rest of the world is stupid and irrelevant.
A definition of irony
Contribution by Erpo
Blipverts?
I know this because Tyler knows this.
You eurotrash are simply there for our...um, why are you there?
Shouldn't be a problem for very long after we go to war with sadam.
a Beowulf cluster of these?
LINUX must be involved somehow! Come join the open source movement to install linux on digital televisions to fight the good fight against everything that you cant install linux on!
Close:
Gay/Friend.
We don't call OURSELVES faggots, moron.
KC
That trick is Metamucil. Sure, you've seen the ads, you've heard the pitch. But not until you've experienced the incredible pleasure of a Metamucil bowel movement, can you claim to have really lived. A Metamucil bowel movement is soft and full, yet remarkably resilient. It holds together. Better yet, its fibrous texture scrubs your colon walls, removing the accumulated sticky sludge of Snickers, Big Macs, and Ramen noodles.
Here's the trick: dissolve 2 or 3 tablespoons of Metamucil in a 10 ounce glass of water. Stir it and quickly chug it down. Follow by another glass of plain water without the Metamucil. Congratulations! You are well on your way to bowel movement Mecca. Tomorrow you will experience the pleasure of a full, cleansing bowel movement. No runs. No drips. No errors. You will enjoy a pleasant bowel movement which is as easy to clean up as it is to pass. A quick wipe with plain tissue, and no dirty skid marks. Metamucil--try it, you'll like it!
The future holds : this
echo '[q]sa[ln0=aln80~Psnlbx]16isb572CCB9AE9DB03273snlbxq' |dc
Are from Timothy!
*wonders if Timothy didn't finish his post quota for the month*
*Adam Schiff voice*
Just...make her a deal..we can't have girlfriends walking into rooms like this..next thing you know, people will be walking into rooms, all over the city, changing the channel..
I can't believe a submitter didn't read the article
You're new here, aren't you?