I don't think they could mine the net for data on past years. Atleast not the way they are doing it. Right now they have software that collects real time data. It sounds like it is checking what URLs people visit, and what they click on while they are there. As far as I know this sort of information is not stored anywhere for any length of time, and there would be no way to retrieve this data from years past.
Of course projects like the wayback machine could let you see what was at a particular URL in the past, but that is not the data they are using to make predictions.
I've gotten the clean underwear suggestion for lots of different things. I think either lots of people order underwear, or maybe those are default suggestions that they figure many people might want, and amazon displays them if there is not some conclusively better result to display.
Are american tourists really that unpopular in Paris? Is there anything american tourists can do to be less unpopular? Learning french is probably out, but what about knowing a second language (Ich kanne nicht so gut Deutch sprechen).
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With fish as an answer, surrealists really should instead be Dadaist.
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That reminds me of another joke.
Q: How many mice does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Just two, but the trick is getting them into the light bulb.
I noticed the article stated that users only get 4 free MB, but I get 6. I think this amount must have gotten grandfathered in for me, because I've been a yahoo email users for so long. I wonder what percentage of their other users are in the same situation I am?
I'm not sure why, but in some cases this feature is disabled. Last night I downloaded some demos of the PS2 game Rez, and the full-screen option on Windows Media Player was grayed out. Hitting alt-enter did not work either. I've never had this happend before, and I have no idea why these particular videos would not let me watch them in full-screen.
The subscription option helps to keep the initial price down, which means many more people will be willing to try TIVO out. Two years ago I bought a TIVO a couple months before christmas, and I liked it so much, I bought one for my mom, sister and dad. There is no way I would have done this if the subscription was a one shot deal, becuase it would have added atleast $150 to each TIVO.
Tivo has never been a hardware company. The Tivo boxes are not made by TIVO, and TIVO makes no profit from their sale. In fact they are and always have been a software company (or a service company if you consider that most people pay them a monthly fee).
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Yes but there certainly could be a SINGLE person who had the chance to look at/change the code before the final build. If you were the engineer or CEO or somebody who was in charge of the final build, and the change was only a few lines, it would be trivial to quickly make that change, and then run the build.
Now hopefully they take this sort of thing into account, but I don't like having to bet my government on it. The code should be open source, and the entire build and deploy process should be transparent.
My favorite part was when they said something like, "THis crank has been nocked over by a punch from a 70 year old guy, the only explanation must be that this crank is *THE WORLDS BIGGEST PUSSY*."
Go Daily Show. They certainly know how to riducule the idiots.
The company I work for (NCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research) uses Fuzzy Logic extensively. A common scenario is that we have data from a lot of different sensors, and we use fuzzy logic to combine them all together and make a decision (e.g. is it safe to fly?). Another example I've seen is using fuzzy logic to clean up noisy data. We use fuzzy logic to find boundaries, fit curves, etc.
Here are a bunch of examples of the use of fuzzy logic at NCAR.
According to a recent article (3-4 months ago) in Consumer Reports, deregulation overall has not been sucessful. I can't link to it because Consumer Reports is a pay only site, and I saw it in the print edition. The general idea in the article was that prices were falling before the deregulation, and that overall prices fell faster when industries were regulated than when they after they were deregulated. They compared I think about 5-6 industries, including phone, cable, airlines.
If coding is only semi-skilled labor what do you count as skilled labor? For most people to become a good coder requires a combination of probably 8+ years of education and experience.
I have noticed at various Target's around the nation that they do indeed have a much higher per capita of attractive woman, than Wal-mart or other such stores (unless of course you really like that white-trash look.. which is fine, I understand).
In fact I remember reading in a recent Consumer Reports that something like 80% of Target consumers are female, where for other stores it is much closer to 50%. If you look at the housewares and stuff that Target carries most of it is much nicer looking than the stuff that Walmart carries.
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I don't think they could mine the net for data on past years. Atleast not the way they are doing it. Right now they have software that collects real time data. It sounds like it is checking what URLs people visit, and what they click on while they are there. As far as I know this sort of information is not stored anywhere for any length of time, and there would be no way to retrieve this data from years past.
Of course projects like the wayback machine could let you see what was at a particular URL in the past, but that is not the data they are using to make predictions.
I've gotten the clean underwear suggestion for lots of different things. I think either lots of people order underwear, or maybe those are default suggestions that they figure many people might want, and amazon displays them if there is not some conclusively better result to display.
Normal baseballs only have one seam also. It may look like two from most angles, but if you trace it around the ball it is one continous seam.
I think what you really need is the number of BP*hours needed.
Well, I'm glad you mentioned it. Now we can put that behind us.
(Seriously, maybe some details next time?)
There are about a hundred science fiction stories that start out like this, and I don't think any of them have a happy ending.
Are american tourists really that unpopular in Paris? Is there anything american tourists can do to be less unpopular? Learning french is probably out, but what about knowing a second language (Ich kanne nicht so gut Deutch sprechen).
With fish as an answer, surrealists really should instead be Dadaist.
That reminds me of another joke.
Q: How many mice does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Just two, but the trick is getting them into the light bulb.
I noticed the article stated that users only get 4 free MB, but I get 6. I think this amount must have gotten grandfathered in for me, because I've been a yahoo email users for so long. I wonder what percentage of their other users are in the same situation I am?
I'm not sure why, but in some cases this feature is disabled. Last night I downloaded some demos of the PS2 game Rez, and the full-screen option on Windows Media Player was grayed out. Hitting alt-enter did not work either. I've never had this happend before, and I have no idea why these particular videos would not let me watch them in full-screen.
Yeah, or maybe a sight whose business model is serving gigabyte size files can handle the slashdot affect.
I don't think it's fair to say it's "piracy" any way you spin it. It's copyright violation anyway you spin it.
"Piracy" is a spin term originating with the content providers, and I think it is less accurate than "sharing."
Oh yeah, most people can't live without their DISC and SCIFI (maybe you menat most slashdot readers?) And what the hell is CC?
The subscription option helps to keep the initial price down, which means many more people will be willing to try TIVO out. Two years ago I bought a TIVO a couple months before christmas, and I liked it so much, I bought one for my mom, sister and dad. There is no way I would have done this if the subscription was a one shot deal, becuase it would have added atleast $150 to each TIVO.
Tivo has never been a hardware company. The Tivo boxes are not made by TIVO, and TIVO makes no profit from their sale. In fact they are and always have been a software company (or a service company if you consider that most people pay them a monthly fee).
Yes but there certainly could be a SINGLE person who had the chance to look at/change the code before the final build. If you were the engineer or CEO or somebody who was in charge of the final build, and the change was only a few lines, it would be trivial to quickly make that change, and then run the build.
Now hopefully they take this sort of thing into account, but I don't like having to bet my government on it. The code should be open source, and the entire build and deploy process should be transparent.
I've found that deciphering the 8k encoded datastream in "static" is much easier after taking a couple tabs of acid.
My favorite part was when they said something like, "THis crank has been nocked over by a punch from a 70 year old guy, the only explanation must be that this crank is *THE WORLDS BIGGEST PUSSY*."
Go Daily Show. They certainly know how to riducule the idiots.
The company I work for (NCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research) uses Fuzzy Logic extensively. A common scenario is that we have data from a lot of different sensors, and we use fuzzy logic to combine them all together and make a decision (e.g. is it safe to fly?). Another example I've seen is using fuzzy logic to clean up noisy data. We use fuzzy logic to find boundaries, fit curves, etc.
Here are a bunch of examples of the use of fuzzy logic at NCAR.
According to a recent article (3-4 months ago) in Consumer Reports, deregulation overall has not been sucessful. I can't link to it because Consumer Reports is a pay only site, and I saw it in the print edition. The general idea in the article was that prices were falling before the deregulation, and that overall prices fell faster when industries were regulated than when they after they were deregulated. They compared I think about 5-6 industries, including phone, cable, airlines.
If coding is only semi-skilled labor what do you count as skilled labor? For most people to become a good coder requires a combination of probably 8+ years of education and experience.
Don't you know? Mountain Dew is a gateway drug.
What is the difference between "adult only jokes" and "jokes that only adults would get"?
I have noticed at various Target's around the nation that they do indeed have a much higher per capita of attractive woman, than Wal-mart or other such stores (unless of course you really like that white-trash look.. which is fine, I understand).
In fact I remember reading in a recent Consumer Reports that something like 80% of Target consumers are female, where for other stores it is much closer to 50%. If you look at the housewares and stuff that Target carries most of it is much nicer looking than the stuff that Walmart carries.