I'll go so far as to say that the 'current economic climate' is only about half the problem.
... but everyone who's ever worked for what should have been a badass company that failed for reasons not necessarily related to their product knows the rant without my going over it.
There is a ton of talent coming out of the ranks of Great Bridge, and I am sure that we will hear their names associated with OS solutions in times to come.
To all of them, I say good luck - it was a fun ride.
i believe this woman is suffering from carpel tunnel syndrome, the repetitive motion being her fingers on the keyboard.
remember the article said she had been employed at this company for 20+ years, so much of her typing was probably done on an electric (or maybe standard)typewritter... much more stressful on the wrists and hands than newer ergonomic keyboard designs.
>This means there are 16*16 possible combinations of first move (for each side).
>>... There are 18 possible first moves per >>player, not 16*16. There are 8 pawns who can >>move 1 or 2 spaces on the first move. This >>gives us 16 possible moves. The only other >>peice that can move on the first move is the >>Knight, which makes 18.
Allow me to correct myself... each Knight has 2 options available to it, so the correct number is 20. The amount of moves available on the second is related to whether a Knight or pawn is moved on the first, ie; 1.e4 opens up a diagonal to the Kings bishop and the Queen, where 1.Nf6 leaves you with pawns to develop.
>This means there are 16*16 possible combinations of first move (for each side).
... There are 18 possible first moves per player, not 16*16. There are 8 pawns who can move 1 or 2 spaces on the first move. This gives us 16 possible moves. The only other peice that can move on the first move is the Knight, which makes 18.
The article states that Deep Fritz is aware of over 2,000 opening stategies, but I think that gives a convservative idea of its prowess. You see, in addition to the tome of recognized openings, defenses, mainlines and variations, Fritz is aware of past games where deviations proved a winning choice.
Picture a tree where move 9 might have 3 possible follow-ups (9a thru 9c)... 9a leads to a situation where there are 2 respectable follow-ups, ad infinitum.
It is very difficult to have all these previous developments memorized (although the world champions probably know thousands). The computer has no trouble at all analyzing all of this data.
In closing, I picked up a game that uses the Fritz engine a while back and it owned my ass.
it would be more correct to say that we have pgsql in a box, but we are really selling the printed docs, and our deep expertise via support, services, consulting, etc.
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a quick bit of math shows that:
150,000 shares * $2.60
would make ESR worth about $400,000. that six month thing is a bitch, but he didn't really think the stock would hold at that price did he? really?
Ok... let's be realistic. The only visceral shiver around here is the one this author got from putting Oracle and Open Source in the same sentence. What a let down.
Having been in the 'how do we make these banner things better' meeting on more than one occasion, here are my 2 cents:
.01 - Proactively raise the value of your available ad realestate. This means that you must target everything. This media is the only one that lends itself well to specific profiling based on geographic location, date, time of day, ad frequency, ad nauseam. Did you notice all those IHOP commercials popping up a few months ago; the ones that attempted to make them look like a valid restaurant? Call 'em up and ask if they'd like to show a plate of ham n' eggs to Internet users between the hours of 7 and 10 AM. You have just increased the value of those ads. (See Real Media Open Ad Stream - they have some pretty slick targeting options. Closed source, blah blah.)
.02 - Go after the companies that have a fat bankroll labled 'marketing budget.' Those companies will be more receptive to brand strengthening opportunities, and less likely to call every day requesting click-thru ratios. However, one wonders why you never see any Coke or MacDonalds banners.
On the UI side of things, work on integration. If you have a 468x60 banner at the top of every page, they're more likely to get scrolled past. Consider interstitials (general comment, might not be a good idea for OSDN) for high dollar partnerships where the content contained therein may be targeted specificly to a qualified consumer (and for goodness sake, preload the content - who doesn't close the window immediately rather than wait for the content to fill in?).
Note: I've been using the Internet for a long time, and I still glance at ad banners. I even click them from time to time. The problem is, I rarely see one that interests me.
Aren't most security issues tied to exploitive scripts (etc.) addressed after every 15 year old with a 'Free Kevin' T-shirt has tried to root a web server with it?
It seems to me that many security related patches are reactionary. Thus, why make a secret of what the bad guys already know, and the good guys wish they had?
Here's a link to a pretty cool applet that shows exactly how CA works in real time.
This applet will even let you choose the size of the matrix you want to play with, set your own start pattern, and count generations as it goes. (It also shows the famous r-pentonimo we've all come to know and love)
Also, one must keep in mind that regardless of how good a product is and how much use it gets, "commercially viable" means profitable. When's the last time you shelled out any bucks for your software?
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... but everyone who's ever worked for what should have been a badass company that failed for reasons not necessarily related to their product knows the rant without my going over it.
There is a ton of talent coming out of the ranks of Great Bridge, and I am sure that we will hear their names associated with OS solutions in times to come.
To all of them, I say good luck - it was a fun ride.
-= jb =-
remember the article said she had been employed at this company for 20+ years, so much of her typing was probably done on an electric (or maybe standard)typewritter... much more stressful on the wrists and hands than newer ergonomic keyboard designs.
Don't forget about PL/pgSQL, the procedural language for Postgres. This was written with Oracle converts in mind ;)
i'll buy that for a dollar!
thank you
>>... There are 18 possible first moves per >>player, not 16*16. There are 8 pawns who can >>move 1 or 2 spaces on the first move. This >>gives us 16 possible moves. The only other >>peice that can move on the first move is the >>Knight, which makes 18.
Allow me to correct myself... each Knight has 2 options available to it, so the correct number is 20. The amount of moves available on the second is related to whether a Knight or pawn is moved on the first, ie; 1.e4 opens up a diagonal to the Kings bishop and the Queen, where 1.Nf6 leaves you with pawns to develop.
Picture a tree where move 9 might have 3 possible follow-ups (9a thru 9c) ... 9a leads to a situation where there are 2 respectable follow-ups, ad infinitum.
It is very difficult to have all these previous developments memorized (although the world champions probably know thousands). The computer has no trouble at all analyzing all of this data.
In closing, I picked up a game that uses the Fritz engine a while back and it owned my ass.
raster == pixels
vector == math
it would be more correct to say that we have pgsql in a box, but we are really selling the printed docs, and our deep expertise via support, services, consulting, etc.
150,000 shares * $2.60
would make ESR worth about $400,000. that six month thing is a bitch, but he didn't really think the stock would hold at that price did he? really?
http://www.shirky.com/writings/nielsen.html
Moving on...
On the UI side of things, work on integration. If you have a 468x60 banner at the top of every page, they're more likely to get scrolled past. Consider interstitials (general comment, might not be a good idea for OSDN) for high dollar partnerships where the content contained therein may be targeted specificly to a qualified consumer (and for goodness sake, preload the content - who doesn't close the window immediately rather than wait for the content to fill in?).
Note: I've been using the Internet for a long time, and I still glance at ad banners. I even click them from time to time. The problem is, I rarely see one that interests me.
cha-ching.
If they go to the trouble of obtaining a court order that orders Yahoo! to release your regestration info, you're gettin' sued.
There's a lesson here...
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It seems to me that many security related patches are reactionary. Thus, why make a secret of what the bad guys already know, and the good guys wish they had?
Hooked On LinuxCare! Phonics for the open (source) minded.
I absolutely can not tolerate one more person mentioning that we should make a beowulf cluster of whatever the article being discussed is about.
Can you imagine what it would be like if we made a beowulf cluster out of these name droppers?
BAH!
I assume this means that the book can not be read aloud in a public library or bookstore to an audiance.
Here's a link to a pretty cool applet that shows exactly how CA works in real time.
This applet will even let you choose the size of the matrix you want to play with, set your own start pattern, and count generations as it goes. (It also shows the famous r-pentonimo we've all come to know and love)
Not that I'm a big market watcher, but those down trends pretty much correspond to the downward trend of the entire market.
Look at the market as a whole:
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=^IXIC&d=1ym
Also, one must keep in mind that regardless of how good a product is and how much use it gets, "commercially viable" means profitable. When's the last time you shelled out any bucks for your software?
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