I read this in a novel (Mark Hadden's excellent The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time).
You are a contestant in a game show. The host tells you that behind the three doors in front of you are two goats and one car (one item behind each door; the idea is to win the car, by the way...). You pick a door, and then the host opens one of the other two doors to show you a goat. The host now offers you one last chance to change your mind and pick the other remaining unopened door. Should you? (In other words, which strategy is better overall: stick or change?)
The only time I ever tripped one of these was when I had a coiled up ethernet cable in my bag (quite a long one, if I remember correctly). Anyone else?
Also, slightly off topic, but does anyone feel a tinge of guilt (like I do) as they leave a shop without buying (or stealing) anything, because know you know you probably could have nicked something quite easily if you'd really wanted to?
I put the -rf in at the last minute and never use dot or star on its own. This is what I'd normally do:
cd some/old/junkdir (ENTER) ls (ENTER) # see all the files I don't want cd.. (ENTER) rm junkdir/* # left-arrow or ctrl-b several times then add the -rf) rm -rf junkdir/* (ENTER)
Even if you had some weird symbolic link which left you in a strange place after the cd.., it's unlikely that the junkdir/* will match unless you're in the right place.
Of course this is all very approximate, and a lot of the text on the web is written by the TV networks themselves, but at least you can ask any question you like (which program to people watch in bed, or watch eating pizza, etc).
This is a plug, but it might be useful to anyone making a non-critical decision (like cable purchases...)
Monster/Belkin/Radio Shack video cables compared in terms of:
excellent great value overpriced faulty
hope you get the idea...
I don't claim this is the authoritative answer,
or an in-depth study,
but the raw data comes from Bill's very own MSN search:
bill gates sucks, check it out...
Google SOAP thing for compare-stuff is in the pipeline...
...they didn't want to allow compare-stuff.com
to use their results - even though it is
definitely not a parasitic meta-search
ripoff. In fact, it should take more human traffic to google to see the results (and ads).
I haven't tried them again recently,
but I think some of their touchy-feely-friendliness is being lost as
they, understandably, become a major player
with numerous clients/employees etc. Their exchanges with me were polite but I got the
feeling that they didn't take time to deal with
the issue properly.
If you think google is sadly lacking
from compare-stuff please
contact them and ask them nicely to allow
robot access.
ok, so I took some of the commonly occuring
model names (not manufacturers) in this thread
and plugged them into compare-stuff.
follow this link to get the results from
compare-stuff with a random choice of search
engine (try the others to see what difference
it makes) -
of course it depends what words you choose but
it seems to be in favour of the inspiron.
check out compare-stuff.com/pubmed
to analyse relative co-occurrence in PubMed articles. you can compare more than just gene
names too: disease/condition names, reagents, techniques, author's addresses, whatever...
reload the entry page to see different examples
of what you can compare
or ask similar questions on the web at large
with the vanilla version: compare-stuff.com
Can't you easily generate some 'flatter' version
of your database and point robots.txt to that?
You know, like gateway pages which give links
into your database proper, but robots are
banned from following. Much easier than
burning CDs and so on.
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I read this in a novel (Mark Hadden's excellent The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time). You are a contestant in a game show. The host tells you that behind the three doors in front of you are two goats and one car (one item behind each door; the idea is to win the car, by the way...). You pick a door, and then the host opens one of the other two doors to show you a goat. The host now offers you one last chance to change your mind and pick the other remaining unopened door. Should you? (In other words, which strategy is better overall: stick or change?)
Also, slightly off topic, but does anyone feel a tinge of guilt (like I do) as they leave a shop without buying (or stealing) anything, because know you know you probably could have nicked something quite easily if you'd really wanted to?
I put the -rf in at the last minute and never use dot or star on its own. This is what I'd normally do:
.. (ENTER)
.., it's unlikely that the junkdir/* will match unless you're in the right place.
cd some/old/junkdir (ENTER)
ls (ENTER)
# see all the files I don't want
cd
rm junkdir/*
# left-arrow or ctrl-b several times then add the -rf)
rm -rf junkdir/* (ENTER)
Even if you had some weird symbolic link which left you in a strange place after the cd
For example you can get an idea which of several shows is innovative (as opposed to formulaic), hilarious (not serious), entertaining (not boring), never missed (as opposed to missed), and so on.
Of course this is all very approximate, and a lot of the text on the web is written by the TV networks themselves, but at least you can ask any question you like (which program to people watch in bed, or watch eating pizza, etc).
While we're in the mood for statistics, here's what the web "thinks" on the subject.
You get the same result with damaged too.
What about Shocking Tanks? I've only read about them, but they look like lots of fun. Has anyone tried them?
And now for the plug... here's some advice for buying fun or useful stuff.
oops I should have previewed... now I see the dodgy English
this is roughly the same advice that I was going to post, although I don't have actually tried it!
I've seen some non-US charities use WorldPay, might be worth a look...
This is a plug... but a useful one I hope. You can quickly get a handle on the "web's opinion" on things like this with compare-stuff, here's how:
;)
Four micropayment systems compared with respect to the words/phrases:
excellent
no hassle
efficient
extremely helpful
As you'll see, I'm trying to claw back my hosting fees with Amazon product links... Hasn't worked yet
This is a plug, but it might be useful to anyone making a non-critical decision (like cable purchases...)
Monster/Belkin/Radio Shack video cables compared in terms of: excellent
great value
overpriced
faulty
hope you get the idea...
I just saw this:
The Guardian newspaper has a short piece about Lucas defending Phantom Menace [also annoying popup].
Quick plug:
Why not compare all the Star Wars episodes in one swell foop! (You can also try terms like: lame, merchandise, thrilling, classic etc...)
Here's the graph, kind-of... CowboyNeal's balanced diet. But I guess it's really just another blatant plug... :-)
I don't claim this is the authoritative answer, or an in-depth study, but the raw data comes from Bill's very own MSN search: bill gates sucks, check it out...
Google SOAP thing for compare-stuff is in the pipeline...
Exactly.
I can lend you my knife if you like...
...they didn't want to allow compare-stuff.com to use their results - even though it is definitely not a parasitic meta-search ripoff. In fact, it should take more human traffic to google to see the results (and ads).
I haven't tried them again recently, but I think some of their touchy-feely-friendliness is being lost as they, understandably, become a major player with numerous clients/employees etc. Their exchanges with me were polite but I got the feeling that they didn't take time to deal with the issue properly.
If you think google is sadly lacking from compare-stuff please contact them and ask them nicely to allow robot access.
ok, so I took some of the commonly occuring model names (not manufacturers) in this thread and plugged them into compare-stuff. follow this link to get the results from compare-stuff with a random choice of search engine (try the others to see what difference it makes) - of course it depends what words you choose but it seems to be in favour of the inspiron.
It's my start page.
something like this, perhaps?
quick plug for compare-stuff.com/pubmed. see my other /. posts for more info.
here's the/an answer
check out compare-stuff.com/pubmed to analyse relative co-occurrence in PubMed articles.
you can compare more than just gene names too: disease/condition names, reagents, techniques, author's addresses, whatever...
reload the entry page to see different examples of what you can compare
or ask similar questions on the web at large with the vanilla version: compare-stuff.com
I've found that the engines cover enough to make my new site work pretty well.
Not for everything, but enough to be getting along with...
Can't you easily generate some 'flatter' version of your database and point robots.txt to that? You know, like gateway pages which give links into your database proper, but robots are banned from following. Much easier than burning CDs and so on.