Precisely. The Wired post about this hits the nail on the head: -
Arguably, the Netflix Prize's most convincing lesson is that a disparity of approaches drawn from a diverse crowd is more effective than a smaller number of more powerful techniques.
If even Wired can pick up on this, it's kind of embarassing that Slashdot decided to quote the one news source that got completely the wrong end of the stick.
Lossy compression is fine for your personal music for your MP3 player. When you have source files like this, which are going to undergo further editing, and quite possibly be further compressed at a later date, you really need uncompressed material.
Studios still record music in high-fidelity audio formats (often 24 bit 96Khz) despite the fact 99% of people will compress it down to a crappy-sounding MP3. That's the way professional audio is done.
Namely, the project shows that its authors consider "gayness"/homosexuality to be something that many people would like to hide.
I don't see that implication myself. The summary mentions other factors that can be predicted by this kind of research: whether a person is "happy, fat, liberal, or conservative". Are these also things which the researchers believe people wish to hide? Although being outed as a conservative might be considered embarassing by the average Slashdot poster.
I dont care to read it, and i hated writing with it. i could probably manage to use it, more or less, if i had to, but its been many, many years since i had to.
If I were in a small business and called their samba share that had the install images of Office, Acrobat, and other licensed packages for internal use an "app store", I'd be looked at by their IT people like I was some troll or pirate.
Yes, but you'd be looked at by their management as though you were some kind of genius or saviour.
I hate to correct your racial slur without pointing out the inherent evil embodied by such blatent stereotyping, but actually it's the Welsh that love to shag sheep.
Slashdot Mirror
Precisely. The Wired post about this hits the nail on the head: -
Arguably, the Netflix Prize's most convincing lesson is that a disparity of approaches drawn from a diverse crowd is more effective than a smaller number of more powerful techniques.
If even Wired can pick up on this, it's kind of embarassing that Slashdot decided to quote the one news source that got completely the wrong end of the stick.
Someone mod parent back up, please.
Lossy compression is fine for your personal music for your MP3 player. When you have source files like this, which are going to undergo further editing, and quite possibly be further compressed at a later date, you really need uncompressed material.
Studios still record music in high-fidelity audio formats (often 24 bit 96Khz) despite the fact 99% of people will compress it down to a crappy-sounding MP3. That's the way professional audio is done.
I imagine most developers (even agile developers) have a system for tracking completed requirements
What was that you were saying about not bitching? :)
I'll see your Spock eyebrow raise, and raise you a Bones eyebrow raise.
Namely, the project shows that its authors consider "gayness"/homosexuality to be something that many people would like to hide.
I don't see that implication myself. The summary mentions other factors that can be predicted by this kind of research: whether a person is "happy, fat, liberal, or conservative". Are these also things which the researchers believe people wish to hide? Although being outed as a conservative might be considered embarassing by the average Slashdot poster.
As for minors, I don't see the value in mining their data, but it's still wrong.
There is indeed no reason to market anything to people under 18, and that's why no company has ever done so.
I dont care to read it, and i hated writing with it. i could probably manage to use it, more or less, if i had to, but its been many, many years since i had to.
Are you talking about Slashdot?
"12 days, 7 hours" remaining... a fully automated version was surprisingly involved (and still unfinished).
Aha! Finally, I've found the person who wrote the file copy progress dialog in Vista.
If I were in a small business and called their samba share that had the install images of Office, Acrobat, and other licensed packages for internal use an "app store", I'd be looked at by their IT people like I was some troll or pirate.
Yes, but you'd be looked at by their management as though you were some kind of genius or saviour.
I hate to correct your racial slur without pointing out the inherent evil embodied by such blatent stereotyping, but actually it's the Welsh that love to shag sheep.
Why do you need a work monitor? :)
Ah - as a fellow Brit, I see you've dealt with our National Health Service.
If only this is what a capability of the heart rate, it could make sense.
If only this sentence was, it could make also sense.
I found it amusing to get paid to have an AOL account.
I always found it amusing that anyone would have an AOL account without getting paid.
I'm thinking the google analytics content
You've discovered Google's devious plan: -
1. make the entire web really slow. ...
2. make the web really fast again!!! (if you pay us)
3.
4. profit!
Dear Mr. Fernhout,
We are sorry to inform you, you appear to have sent your C.V. to the wrong site.
However, if you know any basic CSS and Javascript, we have a position which we are looking to fill with some degree of urgency.
Yours sincerely,
Slashdot
Google does not offer interns full-time jobs unless they go through a conversion process
I am Pagebrincutus of Borg. Resistance is futile. You will be indexed in a highly efficient manner.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen. I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob.
Hope that helps.
Sure, it'd be great if the money were used for people who are in dire straits
Don't worry about those guys - they get their money for nothing and their chicks for free.
I believe it would be a googol of Google interns.
My girlfriend* just walked in the room and saw me watching the video of the successful flight. All she said was "No, you can't have one."
To be fair, she was joking... I think.
* Don't even think about it.
Larry: This discovery is like finding it got hotter when the sun went down.
Interviewer: So, the temperature actually goes up when the sun sets?
Larry: Er, no.
Interviewer: No? What does happen then?
Larry: Um, well... the temperature goes... down, I guess.
Interviewer: Okay. Thanks for that Larry.
Don't get your panties in a bunch
It was a joke, friend - so you unbunch your panties, cos I ain't wearing any.
...the new guys don't know it as well as the old guys. That can be kinda scary sometimes.
Okay, now I'm officially worried.
Dew knot thrust yore spill chucker.
How many spills can a spill chucker chuck, if you put a dew knot in it before thrusting?
I'm no where near an expert on this stuff...
I actually worked at a place that had to monitor this kind of stuff.
Okay, now I'm officially worried.