Goregasm: The Legend of the Dong-Slayer - it sold 61m copies. The ultimate melding of violence and porn. If an egomaniac can pull it off, surely the big wigs can too.
This sounds all roses and sweetness but the reality is, surgery involves volatile hours. Some degree of predictability may be known, for example weekend nights probably have a greater probability of road accidents, but for the most part, surgeons have to perform at a moment's notice to save lives.
Whilst you could simply employ more staff to ensure there's a healthy buffer of refreshed and well slept surgeons, I'd hazard a guess this is far more costly than most hospitals could afford or would want to cut into profits.
Declaring sleep deprivation might make some academic journal tingle inside, but how will that affect lives? You get a disclaimer and a law suit potentially sidelined. But the patient then must wait for a suitable surgeon to perform. In many locations, that simply might not be an option.
Are Twitter at any point going to get a revenue stream?
Yes. They're now selling promoted tweets for up to $100,000. Engagement rates were significantly higher than what was seen on Google's sponsored links, though that's likely due to its novelty. With enough promoted tweets however, you could start to see some serious cash rolling in.
Didn't he see the frame that briefly flashes up before starting the game?
"The following story is fictional and does not depict any actual person or event. Any similarities to actual people, places or events is purely coincidental."/facetiousness
Er what? I think you misread what the CEO was saying (assuming the article you don't cite mentions it). Netflix was saying that third-party content providers were not essential to its success. At the end of the day, Netflix has the subscriber base and the cash rolling in to negotiate with whomever they want. It doesn't matter if they go direct or via some third-party route.
At the end of the day, it's in the studios' or brokers' best interest to receive large slabs of money because content providers can double dip as much as they want. First the air it on TV (money), host it on their sites (more money), make it available to iTunes and other pay-per-view services (the dollars continue to flow), then sign up as many streaming services as those companies can afford (ooooh, they're getting richer) before releasing to DVD and syndication.
Direct or indirect - Netflix doesn't care because someone will agree to those handsome checks.
Hence the pursuit and vilification of individuals *cough Assange* and organizations whose propagation of information is at odds with the U.S. was perfectly acceptable in 2010.
If the non-profit organization liked the story, why wouldn't they simply acknowledge Righthaven by way of summary and then link back to the source. Copying verbatim, even with acknowledgement, denies Righthaven hits to its website that otherwise would have been forthcoming.
What is fair use? IANAL but I would hazard a guess that entire reproductions without permission aren't fair.
Because Mr. Bilal is an active professor, teaching three courses this semester and scheduled to teach this spring, his special camera could capture not just his personal activity, but also his interactions with students.
That could make for really awkward viewing by the selection committee as they look through his private life.
Most countries have an abundance of land making this fantasy of a city completely redundant. While Japan is noted as having far less usable land than say the U.S., Europe or continental Asia, skyscrapers, land reclamation and urban sprawl usually do the trick in making room for population growth.
To conceive of this mammoth project might be an architect's wet dream, but realistically, the global population is not so extreme that this needless reallocation of resources is warranted.
In terms of generating renewable energy and minimizing resource use, one only needs to look in our backyards - we've the technology to go carbon neutral/negative now. It's the political and societal will that's lacking.
The spam kings (and queens) that you mention are largely in countries that do not want to cooperate with U.S. authorities and their hunt to prosecute foreign nationals.
Nolan is one of many directors working for one of many studios. His decision, while interesting, does not mean the industry will be so stunned, so shaken, that they would suddenly stop charging an extra $3-5 because the movie is 3D, no matter how good or bad it was executed.
There is money in offering 3D movies hence 3D movies will be made.
Every order has an intent on being filled. If a trader or another HFT happens to catch the price when it's flashed on for a micro second, then a trade takes place. Just because it's cancelled doesn't mean there was no intention to trade.
HFT aim to test the market to capture sentiment and psychology. Other traders and HFT are not provoked - they trade however their mind or algorithm sees fit.
I'll probably be modded down for being counter consensus but so many delight in crying foul when they don't understand a concept.
The markets bring together buyers and sellers (who would have thought!). It just so happens that a group of math and programming whizzes know how to capture the minor fluctuations in market sentiment.
Human day traders (attempt) to make a living out of playing the bid/ask game but usually their volume is so minute that it has almost zero bearing on liquidity. Markets need liquidity to avoid gapping - when spreads become large and there is a disconnect between buyers and sellers. Volatility is exacerbated by a lack of liquidity.
As for the scam nonsense, attempting to profit on capital markets is a perfectly legitimate form of business. No body was swindled. Most people cannot program for HFT and therefore think it is hocus-pocus, with amoral corrupt businessman profiteering at the 'expense' of the rest of us. All they're doing is capturing volume at a faster rate than human traders. Most investors aren't interested in short time horizons - they make investment decisions independent of how quickly they can turn a stock - they simply limit a price, form an expectation and sell when they deem fit (e.g. for the price hits a target, some event happens, etc).
If HFT are spewing out thousands of orders a second - let them. It's up to other HFT to adjust their parameters, or the exchanges to limit the number of orders to keep server integrity.
Despite popular belief - the markets don't function as casinos (though exceptions remain, a la China). Sentiment and expectations do run away, we only need look back at the 2008-09 crash. But that per se does not indicate a casino like behavior - it just means few people ever believed the world economy would tank as hard as it did.
The excoriation of HFT might be fun, but it's all for nought. They're making money and you're jealous. Tall poppy syndrome reigns supreme.
You forget that the majority of people are not nearly as technical as the readers of this website. It's not difficult to envisage that the iPhone does almost everything that the general public wants. I can't speak for the rest of the U.S., but I get highly reliable voice calls in Manhattan and great data speeds on the iPhone 4.
Slashdot Mirror
Is parent the only other one here who recognises a tautology when it smacks them between the eyes?
Clearly the editors don't.
-Englishmonger
Goregasm: The Legend of the Dong-Slayer - it sold 61m copies. The ultimate melding of violence and porn. If an egomaniac can pull it off, surely the big wigs can too.
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/24/30-rock-tracy-jordans-porno-video-game-sells-61m-units/
This sounds all roses and sweetness but the reality is, surgery involves volatile hours. Some degree of predictability may be known, for example weekend nights probably have a greater probability of road accidents, but for the most part, surgeons have to perform at a moment's notice to save lives.
Whilst you could simply employ more staff to ensure there's a healthy buffer of refreshed and well slept surgeons, I'd hazard a guess this is far more costly than most hospitals could afford or would want to cut into profits.
Declaring sleep deprivation might make some academic journal tingle inside, but how will that affect lives? You get a disclaimer and a law suit potentially sidelined. But the patient then must wait for a suitable surgeon to perform. In many locations, that simply might not be an option.
Are Twitter at any point going to get a revenue stream?
Yes. They're now selling promoted tweets for up to $100,000. Engagement rates were significantly higher than what was seen on Google's sponsored links, though that's likely due to its novelty. With enough promoted tweets however, you could start to see some serious cash rolling in.
Didn't he see the frame that briefly flashes up before starting the game?
"The following story is fictional and does not depict any actual person or event. Any similarities to actual people, places or events is purely coincidental." /facetiousness
Er what? I think you misread what the CEO was saying (assuming the article you don't cite mentions it). Netflix was saying that third-party content providers were not essential to its success. At the end of the day, Netflix has the subscriber base and the cash rolling in to negotiate with whomever they want. It doesn't matter if they go direct or via some third-party route.
At the end of the day, it's in the studios' or brokers' best interest to receive large slabs of money because content providers can double dip as much as they want. First the air it on TV (money), host it on their sites (more money), make it available to iTunes and other pay-per-view services (the dollars continue to flow), then sign up as many streaming services as those companies can afford (ooooh, they're getting richer) before releasing to DVD and syndication.
Direct or indirect - Netflix doesn't care because someone will agree to those handsome checks.
If you use some starch, the ironing will be crisp!
Hence the pursuit and vilification of individuals *cough Assange* and organizations whose propagation of information is at odds with the U.S. was perfectly acceptable in 2010.
So 2011 will be all different then.
From TFA, you can still buy his defense package from here
If the non-profit organization liked the story, why wouldn't they simply acknowledge Righthaven by way of summary and then link back to the source. Copying verbatim, even with acknowledgement, denies Righthaven hits to its website that otherwise would have been forthcoming.
What is fair use? IANAL but I would hazard a guess that entire reproductions without permission aren't fair.
You missed the joke. It's from today's dog v cats
http://slashdot.org/story/10/11/23/144228/Oxford-Scientists-Say-Dogs-Are-Smarter-Than-Cats
That could make for really awkward viewing by the selection committee as they look through his private life.
Most countries have an abundance of land making this fantasy of a city completely redundant. While Japan is noted as having far less usable land than say the U.S., Europe or continental Asia, skyscrapers, land reclamation and urban sprawl usually do the trick in making room for population growth.
To conceive of this mammoth project might be an architect's wet dream, but realistically, the global population is not so extreme that this needless reallocation of resources is warranted.
In terms of generating renewable energy and minimizing resource use, one only needs to look in our backyards - we've the technology to go carbon neutral/negative now. It's the political and societal will that's lacking.
The spam kings (and queens) that you mention are largely in countries that do not want to cooperate with U.S. authorities and their hunt to prosecute foreign nationals.
So spying is about all they have.
That Mary was a boa constrictor after all.
That Mary may have been a boa constrictor after all
If only one company was going to be considered?
Nolan is one of many directors working for one of many studios. His decision, while interesting, does not mean the industry will be so stunned, so shaken, that they would suddenly stop charging an extra $3-5 because the movie is 3D, no matter how good or bad it was executed.
There is money in offering 3D movies hence 3D movies will be made.
To think otherwise is naive.
Plants v Zombies, hardly an old game, has a survival mode that can potentially go on forever, getting more difficult with each turn.
That should appeal to your penchant for difficult gaming.
Mod parent up - I'm out of points!
Every order has an intent on being filled. If a trader or another HFT happens to catch the price when it's flashed on for a micro second, then a trade takes place. Just because it's cancelled doesn't mean there was no intention to trade.
HFT aim to test the market to capture sentiment and psychology. Other traders and HFT are not provoked - they trade however their mind or algorithm sees fit.
I'll probably be modded down for being counter consensus but so many delight in crying foul when they don't understand a concept.
The markets bring together buyers and sellers (who would have thought!). It just so happens that a group of math and programming whizzes know how to capture the minor fluctuations in market sentiment.
Human day traders (attempt) to make a living out of playing the bid/ask game but usually their volume is so minute that it has almost zero bearing on liquidity. Markets need liquidity to avoid gapping - when spreads become large and there is a disconnect between buyers and sellers. Volatility is exacerbated by a lack of liquidity.
As for the scam nonsense, attempting to profit on capital markets is a perfectly legitimate form of business. No body was swindled. Most people cannot program for HFT and therefore think it is hocus-pocus, with amoral corrupt businessman profiteering at the 'expense' of the rest of us. All they're doing is capturing volume at a faster rate than human traders. Most investors aren't interested in short time horizons - they make investment decisions independent of how quickly they can turn a stock - they simply limit a price, form an expectation and sell when they deem fit (e.g. for the price hits a target, some event happens, etc).
If HFT are spewing out thousands of orders a second - let them. It's up to other HFT to adjust their parameters, or the exchanges to limit the number of orders to keep server integrity.
Despite popular belief - the markets don't function as casinos (though exceptions remain, a la China). Sentiment and expectations do run away, we only need look back at the 2008-09 crash. But that per se does not indicate a casino like behavior - it just means few people ever believed the world economy would tank as hard as it did.
The excoriation of HFT might be fun, but it's all for nought. They're making money and you're jealous. Tall poppy syndrome reigns supreme.
over a granny filmed in HD 3D.
I would take a 3D movie of a really cute girl over an SD movie of a granny any day.
That some directors retain artistic integrity and don't kowtow to the whims of movie executives.
I would like to cry out to would-be 3D obsessed directors: don't ever ever ever post-render another film in 3D when it was initially conceived in 2D.
My eyes - the goggles - zey do nuhsing!
You forget that the majority of people are not nearly as technical as the readers of this website. It's not difficult to envisage that the iPhone does almost everything that the general public wants. I can't speak for the rest of the U.S., but I get highly reliable voice calls in Manhattan and great data speeds on the iPhone 4.