If content sites have obnoxious advertising, then people will stop reading. The Guardian UKs online version tried these interspatials, and now seemed to have stopped using them. I just plain refuse to read it, and I suspect a lot of people think the same way.
Salon could get particularly fscked with these Sprint ads -- they are fscking FLASH !!!! I could hardly find the link to the next article.
I can't see any date other than the references, which are all in the 94-97 range...
So either the article makes no mention of more recent developments because theyt didn't research more recent articles, OR because the article was written around 97...
Not wishing to put a downer on this, but as far as I know, no brand of Islam is prosethletysing ? Do they have missionaries out trying to convert peopel etc ? I've never heard of any.
The Islamic fundamentalists typically want the country they live in to run by Islamic law, and for Muslims to live according to Sharia law but that really isn't the same thing as you said.
For example, Iran actually still has a population of Jewish and Christian citizens, who do not have to convert to Islam, although they do have to obey the non-secular laws of the country.
I might be wrong, as IANACRS (I am not a comparative regilions scholar).
Heck carry two notebooks like me:-) I have to work for a living now, and thus have to program on a machine of someone else's choosing (wintel), but can't be parted from my old WallStreet (well I could be parted from that, if someone has a spare TiBook:)).
Guess the weight of the two together is around 15lbs... and I carry them both in my daypack:)
Winton
MSNBC Article on BinLaden and CIA
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This article links the CIA with Bin Laden... Scary? I saw Orrin mouthing off yesterday as well.
This link was discovered via Slashdot, via Michael Moore's page.
Everyone knows its "Meeced..." as in Meeces to Pieces
Winton
Not trolling, but did anyone ever pick up on this?
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I read through the FAQ, and then wondering about how to help, looked at donations, and then the Donation Matching Company's list, and lo and behold, Adobe Systems is on the list ! Weird or what ?
Yep, that was interesting - I'm undecided from the evidence they present - at least some of the Animators admit that they were fans of the Anime series about Atlantis...
Winton
The hard part is constructing a distributed ontology (i.e. not just the initial YP hierarchy itself), but the placement of businesses within them, and maintain it consistently and correctly. Who's gonna police me putting my company under every single category (I mean I want my name to come up under every danged service so I get eyeballs, the same as most of todays search engine hacks).
How do I cross references the dozens of synonyms and antonyms for products and services...
That is d*mned hard. I don't see it being addressed in any of these papers. SOAP is an RPC standard of sorts, completely irrelevant to solving a global YP hierarchy.
Answer me this - Who decides who goes where ?
I think GOTO (disclaimer: I work for them) has some kind of answer - you pay GOTO to get placed - you place yourself wrong, the market punishes you with a cost for each un-converted referral. This is somewhat different to the YP hierarchy problem.
Whilst Google is clearly the best for non-commercial searches, GoTo is apparently the best for commercial searches (if you want a service someone will make money from supplying).
It nicely gets around the problem of manual classification, by effectivley using market forces to make an advertiser classify themselves correctly (or pay for referrals which make them no money).
Let say I have a hotel in San Francisco, but bid for the general term Hotel ($1.03). Now I will presumably only get some custom if they were looking for a Hotel in SF - otherwise I just paid GOTO $1.00 for a useless referral. Better I list myself as HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO, even though this costs ($1.71), I will have a much higher conversion ratio.
Of course, if I am a US Hotel Chain or Broker, then maybe I would bid on the general Hotel keyword.
End of self serving Sales Pitch:) Personally I'd like to see us create a GoTogle (TM):-) that combines the best of both approaches.
Well, I thought the most interesting part was about how patents have two sides of the equation - the cost to develop, versus the cost to society to have patent monopolies.
Thus it would seem that *one* of the aspects to patenting should be a balance sheet (and yes you can include prior IP investment, but it had better be documented.)
Thus trivial patents (such as 1-click) would be excluded. The idea that the world would be a poorer place is Bezos hadnt thought up 1-click is purely absurb. However, lets say something like Diffie-Hellmann or RSA's research work would be patentable.
Winton
p.s. Maybe Patents could be proportionate to cost/value? Can someone think out a market solution to this ? It ain't easy though.
Hmm, is this a point weapon or an area weapon ? It talks about a range out to 750 metres. I havent done the math, but what with that nasty inverse square rule, I wonder how many civilians they can stun before they drain the grid (hmm, maybe not so effective here in California:) )
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If content sites have obnoxious advertising, then people will stop reading. The Guardian UKs online version tried these interspatials, and now seemed to have stopped using them. I just plain refuse to read it, and I suspect a lot of people think the same way.
Salon could get particularly fscked with these Sprint ads -- they are fscking FLASH !!!! I could hardly find the link to the next article.
Winton
I can't see any date other than the references, which are all in the 94-97 range...
So either the article makes no mention of more recent developments because theyt didn't research more recent articles, OR because the article was written around 97...
Winton
is that AT&T Wireless removing choice of Long Distance/International Carrier.
Why does this matter ?
Well I used to get 10c/Minute to the UK using Sprint as my wireless long distance carrier. Now its $1.50 courtesy of AT&T.
I'm only staying with them because my cell phone number is so important to me (everyone has it rather than my home number).
Winton
Not wishing to put a downer on this, but as far as I know, no brand of Islam is prosethletysing ? Do they have missionaries out trying to convert peopel etc ? I've never heard of any.
The Islamic fundamentalists typically want the country they live in to run by Islamic law, and for Muslims to live according to Sharia law but that really isn't the same thing as you said.
For example, Iran actually still has a population of Jewish and Christian citizens, who do not have to convert to Islam, although they do have to obey the non-secular laws of the country.
I might be wrong, as IANACRS (I am not a comparative regilions scholar).
Cheers,
Winton
Heck carry two notebooks like me :-) I have to work for a living now, and thus have to program on a machine of someone else's choosing (wintel), but can't be parted from my old WallStreet (well I could be parted from that, if someone has a spare TiBook :)).
:)
Guess the weight of the two together is around 15lbs... and I carry them both in my daypack
Winton
This article links the CIA with Bin Laden... Scary? I saw Orrin mouthing off yesterday as well.
This link was discovered via Slashdot, via Michael Moore's page.
Winton
Memepool spotted this link -- The pilot of the short lived
The Lonegunmen had a plot to fly a plane into the WTC...
Mind you so did Tom Clancy.
In complete shock at these events.
Winton
Everyone knows its "Meeced..." as in Meeces to Pieces
Winton
I read through the FAQ, and then wondering about how to help, looked at donations, and then the Donation Matching Company's list, and lo and behold, Adobe Systems is on the list ! Weird or what ?
http://www.eff.org/support/matchinglist.html#A
Cheers,
Winton
Heee, I noticed that the reason IBM was getting involved was because its a PowerPC chip inside...
yeah, I know there's a lot more to a box than the CPU, but...
Winton
I beg to disagree, Kart64 is my favourite console game of all time !
Winton
Mod this one up!!!
Hmm, I don't think they even get exponentially - If they did then they would break NP-Complete problems.
:)
How NP-Completeness relates to Searles Chinese Room idea I have no idea.
Show me the QC that can solve SAT in Polynomial Time.
And yes, even a TURING MACHINE can do NP-Complete problems, just takes a LONG LONG TIME depending on N
Winton
At least 5 years until Nomad is unobtrusive...
Winton
Not quite, 2 EE students were just organizing their research links... "http://www.sun.com/950523/yahoostory.html
Winton
Yep, that was interesting - I'm undecided from the evidence they present - at least some of the Animators admit that they were fans of the Anime series about Atlantis... Winton
Not decided on the issue, but leaning towards the LGPL.
Winton
Will we still be using Oracle in 2.7 Millenia ?
:)
4712-12-31 Tue - Limit of Oracle?
Weird thing is I have a horrible feeling it might still be around
Winton
Whoops brain dump...
:)
whilst using > to denote a subclass.
>> is a C++ construct as well!
Is what I was tring to say
Winton
Ok, I was intrigued, but now I'm hopelessly non-impressed. What language uses '>>' as a comment, whilst using '> is a C++ construct.
I'll stick to LISP - Thanks :)
Winton
How do I cross references the dozens of synonyms and antonyms for products and services...
That is d*mned hard. I don't see it being addressed in any of these papers. SOAP is an RPC standard of sorts, completely irrelevant to solving a global YP hierarchy.
Answer me this - Who decides who goes where ?
I think GOTO (disclaimer: I work for them) has some kind of answer - you pay GOTO to get placed - you place yourself wrong, the market punishes you with a cost for each un-converted referral. This is somewhat different to the YP hierarchy problem.
Winton
Whilst Google is clearly the best for non-commercial searches, GoTo is apparently the best for commercial searches (if you want a service someone will make money from supplying).
It nicely gets around the problem of manual classification, by effectivley using market forces to make an advertiser classify themselves correctly (or pay for referrals which make them no money).
Let say I have a hotel in San Francisco, but bid for the general term Hotel ($1.03). Now I will presumably only get some custom if they were looking for a Hotel in SF - otherwise I just paid GOTO $1.00 for a useless referral. Better I list myself as HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO, even though this costs ($1.71), I will have a much higher conversion ratio.
Of course, if I am a US Hotel Chain or Broker, then maybe I would bid on the general Hotel keyword.
End of self serving Sales Pitch :) Personally I'd like to see us create a GoTogle (TM) :-) that combines the best of both approaches.
Winton
Not making any particular point, but there does seem to be a difference.
Winton
Well, I thought the most interesting part was about how patents have two sides of the equation - the cost to develop, versus the cost to society to have patent monopolies.
Thus it would seem that *one* of the aspects to patenting should be a balance sheet (and yes you can include prior IP investment, but it had better be documented.)
Thus trivial patents (such as 1-click) would be excluded. The idea that the world would be a poorer place is Bezos hadnt thought up 1-click is purely absurb. However, lets say something like Diffie-Hellmann or RSA's research work would be patentable.
Winton
p.s. Maybe Patents could be proportionate to cost/value? Can someone think out a market solution to this ? It ain't easy though.
Hmm, is this a point weapon or an area weapon ? It talks about a range out to 750 metres. I havent done the math, but what with that nasty inverse square rule, I wonder how many civilians they can stun before they drain the grid (hmm, maybe not so effective here in California :) )
Cheers,
Winton