"Obviously, it is hard to collect metrics on DVR viewership"
Huh? they have acute metrics on DVR viewership TiVO sells a nice package of full details and even will let you know how much of a show is typically watched. The comcast DVR's collect the same information.
Then explain the last few episodes. The time filler of the stupid music needs to go away. And the episode where a brand new shuttle appears with everyone on it was simply a way to give them a shuttle back.
Nielsen has been irrelevant for nearly a decade. Cable TV companies get better data from their cable boxes, I could tell you from reading the database that at 11:15 pm last night the number of subscribers and boxes that were turned to a channel at that time, cross reference with the billing database and we can get age demographics as well as race demographics (Yes that data is in the customer database, Comcast mines you) to the point that I was able to give sales people targeted data to report to customers buying advertising.
My project only covered a single state and was a technology demonstration but was simple to do and was only SQL queries. Getting numbers from real viewers instead of a select few is far more accurate. In fact I used to correct the Nielsen data we paid heavily for with my numbers to better reflect the state.
Because most ham clubs are about sitting around farting. ZERO technical stuff 90% of the meeting is wasted with garbage like reading the last meetings minutes, asking for votes on replacing the lounges and getting a different brand of coffee.
Teach me. This week we will discuss building a HF QRP transmitter and how to do that....nope.
And then you have the club radio setup. the newbies cant touch it because 80 year old fred over there donated the radios and dominates the shack.
IF you're' not using a straight key then you are not a HAM..... No tubes? Pshaw...
That has been and always will be luddite purists in the Ham hobby. When I got into packet radio in the 80's I was told I was wasting my time, nobody would use that "packet radio screech garbage"
And those are the same guys at hamfests selling those riceboxes with all the cardboard box and manuals and baggies... Selling their 1989 Yaesu radio for $20.00 less than what I can get the current model for new.
Hey HAMS your old gear is NOT worth what you are asking. 50% price from what you paid, not what the new one is selling for. your FT-767 is NOT worth $800.00 to anyone. Stop bringing your stuff to a hamfest that you dont want to sell and display it with unrealistic price tags...
It's so bad I just dont go to hamfests anymore. Everyone thinks their junk is gold. The last time I had a table at dayton I sold 12 old Pentium 4 laptops in 20 minutes because I had a honest price on them. The old fart down the row selling his for $500.00 was nuts. I miss the guys selling parts, selling stuff for honest prices and nobody wants to chat anymore at hamfests.
I don't care if they are attentive.. in a crash the passengers will be insane. These are the same people that drag to the plane 2 roller luggage items that are too damn big for the overhead and then cram them in stealing space from others because they are too cheap to check the bag for $23.00.. AND they all stand up and clog the aisle as soon as the can stand up.
In an emergency these idiots will be like lemmings clawing their way to the exits.
A good pilot can bring a plane in in ILS down to 60 feet. I have been in a Comanche when it was done. we were in clouds and fog from the outer marker until the tires touched the pavement. I never saw the runway until 1-2 seconds before the tires touched.
I know several pilots and they keep their phones on IN the cockpit and even take photos through the windscreen with their phones during approaches. I have some really cool photos from him from 3 miles out on approach going to Heathrow and Hawaii.
Sony just joined because of their draconian stance on DRM. Sony LOVES DRM.
There is a standing fact; These guys HATE the players and customers. This is why the DRM is so bad that you have to pirate it to get a good gaming experience. I have actually stopped PC gaming completely. IT's not worth it anymore. Buy a game, go searching for the cracks and irate tools so I can play the damn thing without having to be connected to the internet or have the Disc in. I gave up and now travel with a DS and a PSP which is sad because I have a killer gaming laptop.
At home I now really only play Xbox360 and Wii. Games have far more immersion on a 62" plasma than the 24" monitor, I dont have to fight or wait through a 20 minute install. put in disc and play. no register on their servers, no other crap, no entering a key code. insert disc->play. PC games can easily be this way with a install option so I dont need the disc.
PC Gaming is dead to me. and all because of the PC Gaming Alliance.
I know the latest cards get around the DSi and DSXL added protections and the newest one I got last week even got around the new games detecting if it's on a microSD card in a cart.
Honestly, why should I carry around the 40 carts I own, I want them all on one cart. the stupid machine should allow me to download them into it to begin with to remove my need to use a piracy tool.
Linux/Unix/Solaris/BSD holds 70% of the server market.
Those are the computers that matter, that hold keys to large kingdoms and large caches of valuable information.
Why hack janet's pc to get a single CC number when I can hack the Linux servers at A corporation and get 10,000+ credit cards that are all verified for me.
Dont you even try the fake argument that Linux and Unices are not a target. They are a bigger target than all of the windows universe combined.
Getting a nasty running on a root DNS server for only 10 minutes is worth more than owning 60,000,000,000 Windows machines to a cyber criminal.
Will they please target the Linux platform so we can prove once and for all to all the Windows lovers that the underlying architecture protects better than the Windows design?
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"Obviously, it is hard to collect metrics on DVR viewership"
Huh? they have acute metrics on DVR viewership TiVO sells a nice package of full details and even will let you know how much of a show is typically watched. The comcast DVR's collect the same information.
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Then explain the last few episodes. The time filler of the stupid music needs to go away. And the episode where a brand new shuttle appears with everyone on it was simply a way to give them a shuttle back.
Nielsen has been irrelevant for nearly a decade. Cable TV companies get better data from their cable boxes, I could tell you from reading the database that at 11:15 pm last night the number of subscribers and boxes that were turned to a channel at that time, cross reference with the billing database and we can get age demographics as well as race demographics (Yes that data is in the customer database, Comcast mines you) to the point that I was able to give sales people targeted data to report to customers buying advertising.
My project only covered a single state and was a technology demonstration but was simple to do and was only SQL queries. Getting numbers from real viewers instead of a select few is far more accurate. In fact I used to correct the Nielsen data we paid heavily for with my numbers to better reflect the state.
Fringe is as science based as the extra lame fake ghost hunter crap on the SciFi channel.
That crap stays on tv, yet shows that make you think get canceled...
I see why they now show Wrestling.. That's the general populaces IQ. Idicroacy is coming true.
Because most ham clubs are about sitting around farting. ZERO technical stuff 90% of the meeting is wasted with garbage like reading the last meetings minutes, asking for votes on replacing the lounges and getting a different brand of coffee.
Teach me. This week we will discuss building a HF QRP transmitter and how to do that... .nope.
And then you have the club radio setup. the newbies cant touch it because 80 year old fred over there donated the radios and dominates the shack.
IF you're' not using a straight key then you are not a HAM.....
No tubes? Pshaw...
That has been and always will be luddite purists in the Ham hobby. When I got into packet radio in the 80's I was told I was wasting my time, nobody would use that "packet radio screech garbage"
YUp.....
http://hamstation.com/shopping/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=33_38&products_id=1556&zenid=28536e10bc984bcaebccc9d2d844fc70
Excellent radio for a newbie and vetran.
IT's necessary, but you can buy the test question pool to study from. All you need to remember is A,B,C,D and not actually understand the questions.
And those are the same guys at hamfests selling those riceboxes with all the cardboard box and manuals and baggies... Selling their 1989 Yaesu radio for $20.00 less than what I can get the current model for new.
Hey HAMS your old gear is NOT worth what you are asking. 50% price from what you paid, not what the new one is selling for. your FT-767 is NOT worth $800.00 to anyone. Stop bringing your stuff to a hamfest that you dont want to sell and display it with unrealistic price tags...
It's so bad I just dont go to hamfests anymore. Everyone thinks their junk is gold. The last time I had a table at dayton I sold 12 old Pentium 4 laptops in 20 minutes because I had a honest price on them. The old fart down the row selling his for $500.00 was nuts. I miss the guys selling parts, selling stuff for honest prices and nobody wants to chat anymore at hamfests.
Fake?
did you check the carpet?
I don't care if they are attentive.. in a crash the passengers will be insane. These are the same people that drag to the plane 2 roller luggage items that are too damn big for the overhead and then cram them in stealing space from others because they are too cheap to check the bag for $23.00.. AND they all stand up and clog the aisle as soon as the can stand up.
In an emergency these idiots will be like lemmings clawing their way to the exits.
A good pilot can bring a plane in in ILS down to 60 feet. I have been in a Comanche when it was done. we were in clouds and fog from the outer marker until the tires touched the pavement. I never saw the runway until 1-2 seconds before the tires touched.
I know several pilots and they keep their phones on IN the cockpit and even take photos through the windscreen with their phones during approaches. I have some really cool photos from him from 3 miles out on approach going to Heathrow and Hawaii.
It's not real, ask any airline pilot.
Blow on the contact...
Push harder.
If you like Eve Online then try Allegiance.
Free to download and free to play. And it strips out all the crap and gives you combat-combat-combat.
Sony just joined because of their draconian stance on DRM. Sony LOVES DRM.
There is a standing fact; These guys HATE the players and customers. This is why the DRM is so bad that you have to pirate it to get a good gaming experience. I have actually stopped PC gaming completely. IT's not worth it anymore. Buy a game, go searching for the cracks and irate tools so I can play the damn thing without having to be connected to the internet or have the Disc in. I gave up and now travel with a DS and a PSP which is sad because I have a killer gaming laptop.
At home I now really only play Xbox360 and Wii. Games have far more immersion on a 62" plasma than the 24" monitor, I dont have to fight or wait through a 20 minute install. put in disc and play. no register on their servers, no other crap, no entering a key code. insert disc->play. PC games can easily be this way with a install option so I dont need the disc.
PC Gaming is dead to me. and all because of the PC Gaming Alliance.
IS there an R4 card for it yet?
I know the latest cards get around the DSi and DSXL added protections and the newest one I got last week even got around the new games detecting if it's on a microSD card in a cart.
Honestly, why should I carry around the 40 carts I own, I want them all on one cart. the stupid machine should allow me to download them into it to begin with to remove my need to use a piracy tool.
There are days after pulling 72 hours of non stop work that I have left the house without pants.
So that belt thing will still fail.
You just gave me my new sig......
"breaking into this bank is useless - it makes an awful aquarium."
I gotta invite you to more parties..
Linux/Unix/Solaris/BSD holds 70% of the server market.
Those are the computers that matter, that hold keys to large kingdoms and large caches of valuable information.
Why hack janet's pc to get a single CC number when I can hack the Linux servers at A corporation and get 10,000+ credit cards that are all verified for me.
Dont you even try the fake argument that Linux and Unices are not a target. They are a bigger target than all of the windows universe combined.
Getting a nasty running on a root DNS server for only 10 minutes is worth more than owning 60,000,000,000 Windows machines to a cyber criminal.
Shhhhh!
Now I'll have to change my hair style again.
Do you pay 100% of your balance every month BEFORE the grace period? if not then your 1% cash back is worthless.
IT's dumb to pay 18% interest on something so you can get 1% back.
Yes. My last 3 were online activation.
I went to the website printed on the card, entered the last 4 digits and followed the prompts. No phone call required.
Plus the BS of "you must call from our home phone" is a crock. I do it from random phones and it works fine.
Will they please target the Linux platform so we can prove once and for all to all the Windows lovers that the underlying architecture protects better than the Windows design?