As someone highly opposed to advertising of any sort, I consider targeted advertising to be one of the least offensive.
1. At least they're trying not to be intellectual pollution
2. They are undeniably the most ecologically friendly, wasting no remotely significant natural resources, i.e. wood for paper or oil for transportation
3. I find the ads chosen for me to be a curious form of infotainment sometimes, "they think I'll want that?!"
So if you ask me if I want targeted ads, I'll say no. If you ask me if I'd rather have targeted ads than some asshole at my door trying to sell me a fancy vacuum cleaner, I'll say gimme the targeted ads every time.
My greatest concern about targeted ads is that they're used in product R&D. Innovative minds are being wasted on making products fit the indicated market demand instead of developing truly original ideas. We end up with what we think we want instead of what experts would have chosen for us. Camping gear is a good example, with complete tent/chair kits and powered air mattresses etc. The industry has gone to great lengths to cater to people who suck at camping. Instead of progress, camping equipment has become extravagant and disposable, only usable in the least adventurous situations.
except the women in men's magazines are usually well-proportioned in the t&a department [...] the whole scary skinny trend in high fashion is created by, and perpetuated by, and invested in, by women, not men.
I hope you're not implying that Playboy models don't diet and exercise religiously, augment themselves surgically, and still their pictures are photoshopped. Women see men respond more to anything resembling that sculpted T&A form, but to women that look is slutty. Playboy minus slutty == stick figure. Chubby is not an option. There are no plump female celebrities that are not routinely ridiculed in everything from comedy shows to tabloids, and virtually always by men.
Why run three monitors with ultramon when you can run three independent PCs with three independent monitors using synergy? I've got the same (or more) screen real estate and 3x the horsepower.
Because I'm running one task that can't be clustered - audio editing/mixing. And I was the first to report full implementation of four CPU cores (2x AMD Opteron 270's dual-core CPU's) in pro audio back in November 2005. My rig made previous audio bench tests obsolete.
Current quads still don't whip it by a huge margin for audio anyway, and at the time I had 4x the horsepower of the common studio DAW. Only now are audio plug-ins drawing CPU loads big enough to max it on a heavy mix.
Running more than two monitors without Ultramon is a bad idea. I've run three monitors since 2005, absolutely love it. If the card handles the monitors and Windows doesn't even know there's more than one, then it may render Ultramon useless.
Actually, if this technology was built into laptops I could ditch my desktop entirely. Everything else can go external. But I know better than to hold my breath waiting for the computer industry to satisfy my needs...
"There has to be some sort of way to compensate the RIAA for the hours and the sweat and the blood and the tears and the extreme, extreme expense that goes into promoting shitty music,"
I've had a 1and1 hosting package for about 6 years, ever since they started hosting for individuals and not just corporate, and I learn about this through/. When are they planning to inform their clients? I use a secondary host for rich media, so this would have me overhauling my site and adding more content, should I get started? My latest email invoice doesn't say anything about this.
One way or another, free speech has its price. Either we tolerate what we don't want to hear, or we risk censoring what needs to be said. Classic sticks and stones really.
Modern marketing is all about generating anticipation and satisfying it. Invariably it is the generation of anticipation that is more costly and more important to turning a profit. Product craftmanship is not as well rewarded by the market as hype. Typically product development and manufacturing comprises only about 5% of a product's retail cost. The rest is marketing (promotions, distribution, and retailing). So it is not unusual for development and manufacturing to make up only 33% of the cost prior to distribution and retailing.
To find blame for this, one need only look in the mirror to find someone who does not seek out good products, instead waits for products to be brought to their attention at great promotional expense, then brought to their high-overhead local shop at great distributional expense.
Physician heal thyself. Just because blog posts are ineffectual doesn't make them unentertaining. I at least am here just to shoot the shit, not some CEO. That's my stockbroker's job.
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Quit cybercomplaining you cyberbitch.
Would knowing that there aren't a thousand experts out there make me an expert?
In my expert opinion, no.
Is there a major I can take in college?
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~0.5% of people who download buy ANY CD's. So as a rough estimate: song downloads = 99.5% lost sales
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As someone highly opposed to advertising of any sort, I consider targeted advertising to be one of the least offensive.
1. At least they're trying not to be intellectual pollution
2. They are undeniably the most ecologically friendly, wasting no remotely significant natural resources, i.e. wood for paper or oil for transportation
3. I find the ads chosen for me to be a curious form of infotainment sometimes, "they think I'll want that?!"
So if you ask me if I want targeted ads, I'll say no. If you ask me if I'd rather have targeted ads than some asshole at my door trying to sell me a fancy vacuum cleaner, I'll say gimme the targeted ads every time.
My greatest concern about targeted ads is that they're used in product R&D. Innovative minds are being wasted on making products fit the indicated market demand instead of developing truly original ideas. We end up with what we think we want instead of what experts would have chosen for us. Camping gear is a good example, with complete tent/chair kits and powered air mattresses etc. The industry has gone to great lengths to cater to people who suck at camping. Instead of progress, camping equipment has become extravagant and disposable, only usable in the least adventurous situations.
Who cares if models' boobs are real or not? You'll never touch them!
Ogle, wank, rinse, repeat. The rest is academic.
so girls, listen up
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except the women in men's magazines are usually well-proportioned in the t&a department [...] the whole scary skinny trend in high fashion is created by, and perpetuated by, and invested in, by women, not men.
I hope you're not implying that Playboy models don't diet and exercise religiously, augment themselves surgically, and still their pictures are photoshopped. Women see men respond more to anything resembling that sculpted T&A form, but to women that look is slutty. Playboy minus slutty == stick figure. Chubby is not an option. There are no plump female celebrities that are not routinely ridiculed in everything from comedy shows to tabloids, and virtually always by men.
Why run three monitors with ultramon when you can run three independent PCs with three independent monitors using synergy? I've got the same (or more) screen real estate and 3x the horsepower.
Because I'm running one task that can't be clustered - audio editing/mixing. And I was the first to report full implementation of four CPU cores (2x AMD Opteron 270's dual-core CPU's) in pro audio back in November 2005. My rig made previous audio bench tests obsolete.
Current quads still don't whip it by a huge margin for audio anyway, and at the time I had 4x the horsepower of the common studio DAW. Only now are audio plug-ins drawing CPU loads big enough to max it on a heavy mix.
Besides, we lost touch with the outside world back in high school.
If Microsoft's staff was limited to the talent pool of a town of ~50,000, that would explain a lot...
What's worse is the damage to your vocal chords as you immitate Darth Vader for 1220 minutes.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..."
The actual statistic is that Microsoft engineers are responsible for most crashes.
It's so bad they've been issued special blue airbags of death.
AMD's drivers present this setup as a single monitor to Windows, so in theory, games don't need to be updated to support it.
Now all we need are frameless interlocking monitors...
Ooh... 6 neatly aligned projectors... HDTV with line-quadrupling...*drool*
Could this bring HTPC back to life?
Running more than two monitors without Ultramon is a bad idea. I've run three monitors since 2005, absolutely love it. If the card handles the monitors and Windows doesn't even know there's more than one, then it may render Ultramon useless.
Actually, if this technology was built into laptops I could ditch my desktop entirely. Everything else can go external. But I know better than to hold my breath waiting for the computer industry to satisfy my needs...
Actually if you consider scientology to not be a religion, but instead a cult, then it violates every law it's proposing.
Either way, nobody should be jailed for comments such as mine.
"There has to be some sort of way to compensate the RIAA for the hours and the sweat and the blood and the tears and the extreme, extreme expense that goes into promoting shitty music,"
Fixed that for you.
Meh, I only use it for samples of my audio work, but I might offer to host a venue's website assuming it'll just be for listing upcoming shows etc.
Since when are nerds good party hosts?! Most of my comp-jockey friends get so nervous making public speeches the end up sounding like Beavis on meth!
I've had a 1and1 hosting package for about 6 years, ever since they started hosting for individuals and not just corporate, and I learn about this through /. When are they planning to inform their clients? I use a secondary host for rich media, so this would have me overhauling my site and adding more content, should I get started? My latest email invoice doesn't say anything about this.
One way or another, free speech has its price. Either we tolerate what we don't want to hear, or we risk censoring what needs to be said. Classic sticks and stones really.
Only a Sith deals in absolutes. I love you, but I must chop off your arm and both legs, and leave you to burn to a crisp. Nothing personal.
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Modern marketing is all about generating anticipation and satisfying it. Invariably it is the generation of anticipation that is more costly and more important to turning a profit. Product craftmanship is not as well rewarded by the market as hype. Typically product development and manufacturing comprises only about 5% of a product's retail cost. The rest is marketing (promotions, distribution, and retailing). So it is not unusual for development and manufacturing to make up only 33% of the cost prior to distribution and retailing.
To find blame for this, one need only look in the mirror to find someone who does not seek out good products, instead waits for products to be brought to their attention at great promotional expense, then brought to their high-overhead local shop at great distributional expense.
Cue more out of depth stupidity.
Physician heal thyself. Just because blog posts are ineffectual doesn't make them unentertaining. I at least am here just to shoot the shit, not some CEO. That's my stockbroker's job.