clearly, the issue is connecting the band with the musician, which means not just publicity, but targeted publicity. a genre-specific top 100 list can help because, for example, i can see what jazz music other people seem to like.
i think you're right about the effect of a top100 list making the field smaller, and there were tworecent slashdot articles that agree with you. people are discovering that the "long tail" theory of marketing is coming under fire... i guess the good book had it right:
Matthew 13:12Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.
but actually, i'm not sure there's too much to worry about in the long term because... drum roll... this problem will simply create a new service market where profits can be made. some people will be happy with the top 100 hits, but most will eventually want to go deeper, and people or algorithms will need to be in place to help them connect. there are three examples of companies that are exploring this:
Amazon: for whatever item you're looking at, they'll tell you what other customers bought.
Netflix: part of what makes netflix successful is not JUST that they deliver DVDs to you, but that they help you explore. Their algorithm is sophisticated enough that they even predict what I would rate a movie to be, and so far, it does a pretty good job.
iTunes Music Store is again more than a store, it's a service. With their Genius feature, they make it really easy to find music that's similar to a selected song. I've used this to make several discoveries in genres that i know nothing about.
there's certainly a lot of algorithmic work to be done, but i think people will figure it out eventually. that doesn't necessarily mean your music will make it to a best seller list, but it will help you maximize your audience size to what the music is "worth".
which i could find online. i didn't care about hacking phones or whatever. but i used this to help me understand all the chemicals i could get my hands on at the local drug stores. fortunately, i couldn't hurt myself too much, since where I lived it is illegal to sell nitric acid to people without a license or something. however, i was able to get my hands on or make two highly exciting substances:
It's not just CBS. I like to watch The Daily Show and Colbert Nation online, and they raise the volume significantly too. They still do it today. It really pisses me off because it's outside of my comfort level, and often times I *have* to mute it.
The other thing I hate are repeated ads. It's super annoying that there are only like 2 ads in circulation at any time, and oftentimes I watch the same ad or from the same company for all 4 "commercial breaks".
I don't understand how the advertisers approve of this, because repetition not only has diminishing returns, it's likely to have negative returns because I begin to associate frustration with their ad.
People have the option of simply not using Latitude, not updating their location, etc. Crisis averted.
that's not always true. i just served jury duty where the defendant was accused of using tracking devices and various technologies to be sure his daughter wouldn't talk about how she was being used as his sex slave.
i'm not saying this makes google's stuff bad, but certainly there are good and bad uses for technology.
I agree with you. I think Songsmith is a neat idea, even if it does seem like that book machine from Orwell's 1984.
I once knew a musician who would invite someone from his audience to sing 3 random notes, and then he would compose a song for them on the spot. Presumably it worked because 3 is enough to specify a major or minor key.
My reason for thinking this is good is because it raises the bar for "professional" musicians. Too many of them sound exactly the same, so if what they do can be generated in an algorithm, then this forces them to branch into new directions.
I am not a volcanologist, but my experience suggests this "microscopic shards of glass" is an overreaction. This article says that Mt Pinatubo released 4 cubic kilometers (= 1 cubic mile) of ash (= < 2 mm tephra). We were within 25 miles of it (we drove from Baguio to Manila that day), while it was blowing up, and nobody complained about breathing it in, and I never heard any discussion of respiratory problems... Actually, I remember standing outside watching the stuff fall down and asking my parents if it was snow. Amusement turned to concern only when it began sticking to our windshield (it was wet), forcing our driver to keep his head out the window, with sunglasses and an umbrella. On that day, we crossed bridges that collapsed shortly afterwards.
Granted, 1000 cubic miles is a lot more, but it will probably spread over a greater area too. My message is sure, get dust masks. But worry more about the roof of your house collapsing. Maybe bridges too. And, regarding one of those articles about water scarcity, I think a coffee filter should strain out the ash, if it came to that.
Come to think of it, people are able to survive dust storms just fine, which on a local scale, are probably worse than what a volcano would kick up. So maybe we should just ask the bedouins what to do.
I was near Mt Pinatubo when it blew. Ash was falling on us, but we weren't concerned about inhaling it... If that were a problem, you could just use an umbrella...
The problem was that the ash mixed with a typhoon passing by, and raining wet ash is a problem because it turned into dangerous sand-rivers. And, it ruined crop fields. In all, it hardly seemed like a big deal.
Certainly this volcano could be bigger, but I doubt it would make a great movie.
yea, well you have the same problem (if it's a problem) the portuguese & spanish have. we "colonials" outnumber you by a lot, so if there's ever a vote...
the "academic route" is probably not going to pay off since they're already busy with their own academics, especially if it is a "good CS" program.
most good scientific software projects that I know about were written by the scientists themselves who wanted to use that software. seriously, as a computational chemist, i know of almost no software comes out of companies. a company might take over and sell academic software, but there are very few projects that i'm aware of that *started* outside of a research group.
a better route might be, if you really believe that this is useful, is to DO IT YOURSELF. you're going to be wanting to add new features anyway, so you'll want to be able to modify it yourself. starting from scratch yourself isn't so difficult these days. just go with java, find a good IDE, load up one of their template projects, and you're 10% done already.
if you need to, submit applications for federal/state grants, and you'll possibly even get a publication or 2 out of the project, AND increased name recognition. when i was a freshman, i worked as a programmer for some faculty who went this route.
I'm just really glad there are people out there to read the EULA's for me, write articles, and point out the ridiculous things claimed.
I hate the fact I have to ignore the EULA's because I just don't have time to read them. I'm just afraid that I'm "agreeing" to something I wouldn't, if I took the time to read it.
Therefore, to save time, in my mind I write my own EULA instead of agreeing to theirs. My EULA is something reasonable, like "I have no rights over your stuff, and you have no rights over mine".
Actually... it seems to me that someone could put together a "GNU" EULA, or (gnEULA, homonym with the card game bid), one that I could mentally "Agree" with, instead of whatever the company writes. Does such a thing exist?
In any country you go to, no matter who the American president is, you'll find anti-Americans, and it's probably worse today, of course, but I doubt Obama will solve your problems. The reason is because unless you're the belligerent type, you'll find that most (sober) people in any population are courteous and friendly. I think it's only the stupid, arrogant people who attract trouble, and they're going to run into problems no matter who the US president is.
In the last year, I've gone on road trips with my French roommate here in the US, France, and in Ireland. The only rude person we met was in rural Colorado, but who bought us drinks after realizing that we were friendly, and by the end was inviting us back.
In all of the countries I've visited since Iraq or whatever (the ones I mentioned above, plus Colombia, England, the Philippines), I've only met super friendly people.
I've been wondering exactly the same thing as yourself, and here are some of the conclusions I've come to.
First of all, language. I would guess that the other employees at almost any job you would want would speak English, so that's not a problem. However, it would be nice to speak with the locals, too. Here's a measure of English ability. The summary is that the best English speaking countries are UK, Ireland, Holland, Denmark, and Sweden. I'll add Germany to the list because I've known several people who've gone there and said they had no problems. English is ok in tourist destinations anywhere. For example, you don't need to know French to live in Paris, but the rest of France would be tough. Of course, being an American, learning Spanish would be very helpful, so you might want to put Spain on your list, just to force yourself to improve, but English/non-Spanish speakers I know said Spain was difficult.
Second, actually getting a job can be difficult. I have been looking around to see if I could maybe get a job somewhere like Sweden (where most of my ancestors were from), but it looks like the Northern European countries have very strict labor laws for other Europeans, and so it's even harder for a non-European to get a job and a visa. It's much easier for them to come here, than us to go there, unfortunately, even though a skilled worker can make more here. However, as I understand, most countries are quite open to educational opportunities. There are probably quite a few programs that are affiliated with your school. For example, studying abroad and postdocs are probably the most common. You might consider Fulbright scholarships. Here's a list of contacts that someone at my school told me about:
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BUNAC (British Universities North American Club) up to 6 months work visa in the UK, and varying times for work in Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland http://www.bunac.com/ Note that the 4 month Irish work visa and 6 month UK work visa can be combined for 10 months split between the two countries.
CIEE (Center for International Educational Exchange) a number of countries and length of work visa varies: http://www.ciee.org/
For summer up to year long technical placements IAESTE is the best (and I believe the only) group that arranges such opportunities for students or graduating seniors. Go to http://www.iaeste.org/
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As far as getting a job goes, think about who you might work for. If it's a multinational company (the most likely people to hire you), ask yourself why they'd hire you to work in a more expensive country, with more labor restrictions, when they can hire a local with probably roughly equivalent skills. Some of the things I've been reading say that this route can be done, but to do it, you'd join a multinational company here in the US, and after a couple years request a transfer. One obvious possibility, as an American, is to go as an employee of the Government (e.g. the Foreign Service).
You might also consider broadening your scope a bit to include other English speaking countries -- you'd probably do ok in most Commonwealth countries (e.g. Australia, New Zealand, South Africa)... I've seen lots of ads about working in New Zealand.
In summary.... it's really hard, unless you can do it via academia
The only way to change the Constitution is to pass an amendment. No amendments relating to habeas corpus have been passed, and none that I know of are even being considered, and therefore I conclude it hasn't been lost.
Violating the law has no bearing on the law's existence, although it might take a while for the guilty parties to be held responsible. Eventually the law will catch up with them.
Look, I'm not taking the position of the GOP in this matter. I just think that exaggerations are dangerous.
Lawyers are also the only reason you ever had habeas corpus in the first place, and the only chance you have of ever getting it back.
No, it is my understanding that it was the Magna Carta that introduced habeas corpus, at least as far as being the progenitor of the modern usage. It was the Barons who forced the signature, bringing it into effect, who are closer to legislators than lawyers.
At least in the USA, lawyers have nothing to do with habeas corpus. The right was granted in the Constitution, and while the Constitution allows it to be temporarily suspended, it has not been lost.
For example, if her name was BeTh, then clearly a Beryllium-Thorium alloy is the choice. Other choices could be LaUReN, KrIStIn, or CArOLiNe. Of course, if you can't spell your fiance's name with chemical elements, then clearly the force is not with you, and you should be geeky enough to choose a new wife!!!
Sorry, the example in my initial post didn't best illustrate my complaint. But here's what I wanted to do in python:
line = re.compile("old").sub("new",line)
In perl, I'd only have to say:
line =~ s/old/new/;
The issue for me is not speed, but clarity, and accordingly I think other script languages should add an "=~" operator. I guess this hardly matters in the end. But it does ruffle my feathers.
Of the list, I only have significant experience with Perl and Python. For my limited purposes, Perl is preferable because it facilitates the use of regex so much better. In perl, you just say $foo =~/regex/, but in Python, you have to import the package, compile your regex, and then you can use it.
Why don't more scripting languages build regex functionality into the language?
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clearly, the issue is connecting the band with the musician, which means not just publicity, but targeted publicity. a genre-specific top 100 list can help because, for example, i can see what jazz music other people seem to like.
i think you're right about the effect of a top100 list making the field smaller, and there were two recent slashdot articles that agree with you. people are discovering that the "long tail" theory of marketing is coming under fire... i guess the good book had it right:
Matthew 13:12Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.
but actually, i'm not sure there's too much to worry about in the long term because... drum roll... this problem will simply create a new service market where profits can be made. some people will be happy with the top 100 hits, but most will eventually want to go deeper, and people or algorithms will need to be in place to help them connect. there are three examples of companies that are exploring this:
there's certainly a lot of algorithmic work to be done, but i think people will figure it out eventually. that doesn't necessarily mean your music will make it to a best seller list, but it will help you maximize your audience size to what the music is "worth".
Perhaps ironically since now i do computation, what made the most difference in my life as far as getting me interested in science was:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anarchist_Cookbook
which i could find online. i didn't care about hacking phones or whatever. but i used this to help me understand all the chemicals i could get my hands on at the local drug stores. fortunately, i couldn't hurt myself too much, since where I lived it is illegal to sell nitric acid to people without a license or something. however, i was able to get my hands on or make two highly exciting substances:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_carbide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_triiodide
sodium metal
i know. it's an advertising model that's still being developed, so i can't fault them too much for problems along the way.
however. i think it would be better if they skipped commercial breaks with dupes.
It's not just CBS. I like to watch The Daily Show and Colbert Nation online, and they raise the volume significantly too. They still do it today. It really pisses me off because it's outside of my comfort level, and often times I *have* to mute it.
The other thing I hate are repeated ads. It's super annoying that there are only like 2 ads in circulation at any time, and oftentimes I watch the same ad or from the same company for all 4 "commercial breaks".
I don't understand how the advertisers approve of this, because repetition not only has diminishing returns, it's likely to have negative returns because I begin to associate frustration with their ad.
It's a cross between instant messaging and asynchronous voip.
http://voicebeep.com/sayit
you can talk about it once the case is finished.
People have the option of simply not using Latitude, not updating their location, etc. Crisis averted.
that's not always true. i just served jury duty where the defendant was accused of using tracking devices and various technologies to be sure his daughter wouldn't talk about how she was being used as his sex slave.
i'm not saying this makes google's stuff bad, but certainly there are good and bad uses for technology.
I agree with you. I think Songsmith is a neat idea, even if it does seem like that book machine from Orwell's 1984.
I once knew a musician who would invite someone from his audience to sing 3 random notes, and then he would compose a song for them on the spot. Presumably it worked because 3 is enough to specify a major or minor key.
My reason for thinking this is good is because it raises the bar for "professional" musicians. Too many of them sound exactly the same, so if what they do can be generated in an algorithm, then this forces them to branch into new directions.
I am not a volcanologist, but my experience suggests this "microscopic shards of glass" is an overreaction. This article says that Mt Pinatubo released 4 cubic kilometers (= 1 cubic mile) of ash (= < 2 mm tephra). We were within 25 miles of it (we drove from Baguio to Manila that day), while it was blowing up, and nobody complained about breathing it in, and I never heard any discussion of respiratory problems... Actually, I remember standing outside watching the stuff fall down and asking my parents if it was snow. Amusement turned to concern only when it began sticking to our windshield (it was wet), forcing our driver to keep his head out the window, with sunglasses and an umbrella. On that day, we crossed bridges that collapsed shortly afterwards.
Granted, 1000 cubic miles is a lot more, but it will probably spread over a greater area too. My message is sure, get dust masks. But worry more about the roof of your house collapsing. Maybe bridges too. And, regarding one of those articles about water scarcity, I think a coffee filter should strain out the ash, if it came to that.
Come to think of it, people are able to survive dust storms just fine, which on a local scale, are probably worse than what a volcano would kick up. So maybe we should just ask the bedouins what to do.
I was near Mt Pinatubo when it blew. Ash was falling on us, but we weren't concerned about inhaling it... If that were a problem, you could just use an umbrella...
The problem was that the ash mixed with a typhoon passing by, and raining wet ash is a problem because it turned into dangerous sand-rivers. And, it ruined crop fields. In all, it hardly seemed like a big deal.
Certainly this volcano could be bigger, but I doubt it would make a great movie.
yea, well you have the same problem (if it's a problem) the portuguese & spanish have. we "colonials" outnumber you by a lot, so if there's ever a vote...
the "academic route" is probably not going to pay off since they're already busy with their own academics, especially if it is a "good CS" program.
most good scientific software projects that I know about were written by the scientists themselves who wanted to use that software. seriously, as a computational chemist, i know of almost no software comes out of companies. a company might take over and sell academic software, but there are very few projects that i'm aware of that *started* outside of a research group.
a better route might be, if you really believe that this is useful, is to DO IT YOURSELF. you're going to be wanting to add new features anyway, so you'll want to be able to modify it yourself. starting from scratch yourself isn't so difficult these days. just go with java, find a good IDE, load up one of their template projects, and you're 10% done already.
if you need to, submit applications for federal/state grants, and you'll possibly even get a publication or 2 out of the project, AND increased name recognition. when i was a freshman, i worked as a programmer for some faculty who went this route.
I'm just really glad there are people out there to read the EULA's for me, write articles, and point out the ridiculous things claimed.
I hate the fact I have to ignore the EULA's because I just don't have time to read them. I'm just afraid that I'm "agreeing" to something I wouldn't, if I took the time to read it.
Therefore, to save time, in my mind I write my own EULA instead of agreeing to theirs. My EULA is something reasonable, like "I have no rights over your stuff, and you have no rights over mine".
Actually... it seems to me that someone could put together a "GNU" EULA, or (gnEULA, homonym with the card game bid), one that I could mentally "Agree" with, instead of whatever the company writes. Does such a thing exist?
And guess who supported Saddam and the Ba'athists in Iraq in the 1980s?
I think governments retain the right to change their political relationships with countries.
In any country you go to, no matter who the American president is, you'll find anti-Americans, and it's probably worse today, of course, but I doubt Obama will solve your problems. The reason is because unless you're the belligerent type, you'll find that most (sober) people in any population are courteous and friendly. I think it's only the stupid, arrogant people who attract trouble, and they're going to run into problems no matter who the US president is.
In the last year, I've gone on road trips with my French roommate here in the US, France, and in Ireland. The only rude person we met was in rural Colorado, but who bought us drinks after realizing that we were friendly, and by the end was inviting us back.
In all of the countries I've visited since Iraq or whatever (the ones I mentioned above, plus Colombia, England, the Philippines), I've only met super friendly people.
I've been wondering exactly the same thing as yourself, and here are some of the conclusions I've come to.
First of all, language. I would guess that the other employees at almost any job you would want would speak English, so that's not a problem. However, it would be nice to speak with the locals, too. Here's a measure of English ability. The summary is that the best English speaking countries are UK, Ireland, Holland, Denmark, and Sweden. I'll add Germany to the list because I've known several people who've gone there and said they had no problems. English is ok in tourist destinations anywhere. For example, you don't need to know French to live in Paris, but the rest of France would be tough. Of course, being an American, learning Spanish would be very helpful, so you might want to put Spain on your list, just to force yourself to improve, but English/non-Spanish speakers I know said Spain was difficult.
Second, actually getting a job can be difficult. I have been looking around to see if I could maybe get a job somewhere like Sweden (where most of my ancestors were from), but it looks like the Northern European countries have very strict labor laws for other Europeans, and so it's even harder for a non-European to get a job and a visa. It's much easier for them to come here, than us to go there, unfortunately, even though a skilled worker can make more here. However, as I understand, most countries are quite open to educational opportunities. There are probably quite a few programs that are affiliated with your school. For example, studying abroad and postdocs are probably the most common. You might consider Fulbright scholarships. Here's a list of contacts that someone at my school told me about:
***
BUNAC (British Universities North American Club) up to 6 months work visa in the UK, and varying times for work in Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland http://www.bunac.com/ Note that the 4 month Irish work visa and 6 month UK work visa can be combined for 10 months split between the two countries.
CIEE (Center for International Educational Exchange) a number of countries and length of work visa varies: http://www.ciee.org/
Alliance Abroad has a number of internship, teaching and volunteer opportunities abroad http://www.allianceabroad.com/
Spend a Year In New Zealand http://www.immigration.govt.nz/ or go to http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/workingholiday/workopportunities/ for working holiday information.
For summer up to year long technical placements IAESTE is the best (and I believe the only) group that arranges such opportunities for students or graduating seniors. Go to http://www.iaeste.org/
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As far as getting a job goes, think about who you might work for. If it's a multinational company (the most likely people to hire you), ask yourself why they'd hire you to work in a more expensive country, with more labor restrictions, when they can hire a local with probably roughly equivalent skills. Some of the things I've been reading say that this route can be done, but to do it, you'd join a multinational company here in the US, and after a couple years request a transfer. One obvious possibility, as an American, is to go as an employee of the Government (e.g. the Foreign Service).
You might also consider broadening your scope a bit to include other English speaking countries -- you'd probably do ok in most Commonwealth countries (e.g. Australia, New Zealand, South Africa)... I've seen lots of ads about working in New Zealand.
In summary.... it's really hard, unless you can do it via academia
No mention of guilty parties being held responsible. You really think that's going to happen?!
I don't know; justice is never guaranteed. Besides, many people in this country don't agree that there's a problem.
The only way to change the Constitution is to pass an amendment. No amendments relating to habeas corpus have been passed, and none that I know of are even being considered, and therefore I conclude it hasn't been lost.
Violating the law has no bearing on the law's existence, although it might take a while for the guilty parties to be held responsible. Eventually the law will catch up with them.
Look, I'm not taking the position of the GOP in this matter. I just think that exaggerations are dangerous.
Lawyers are also the only reason you ever had habeas corpus in the first place, and the only chance you have of ever getting it back.
No, it is my understanding that it was the Magna Carta that introduced habeas corpus, at least as far as being the progenitor of the modern usage. It was the Barons who forced the signature, bringing it into effect, who are closer to legislators than lawyers.
At least in the USA, lawyers have nothing to do with habeas corpus. The right was granted in the Constitution, and while the Constitution allows it to be temporarily suspended, it has not been lost.
That's the problem with democracy... any idiot can vote, and often does.
Yes, this is true. However:
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.
~Plato
The reason the internet is so slow in the US, as compared to other countries, is becoming clear.
Broadband would be faster if we didn't have to route it all through the CIA, NSA, FBI, GOP, etc. :-)
For example, if her name was BeTh, then clearly a Beryllium-Thorium alloy is the choice. Other choices could be LaUReN, KrIStIn, or CArOLiNe. Of course, if you can't spell your fiance's name with chemical elements, then clearly the force is not with you, and you should be geeky enough to choose a new wife!!!
Ok, I'm glad to see that the compile was unnecessary when I edited a script a couple months ago. I wonder why I had concluded otherwise...
I guess this is just another example of an opinion biased by a misunderstanding! :-)
Sorry, the example in my initial post didn't best illustrate my complaint. But here's what I wanted to do in python:
line = re.compile("old").sub("new",line)
In perl, I'd only have to say:
line =~ s/old/new/;
The issue for me is not speed, but clarity, and accordingly I think other script languages should add an "=~" operator. I guess this hardly matters in the end. But it does ruffle my feathers.
Of the list, I only have significant experience with Perl and Python. For my limited purposes, Perl is preferable because it facilitates the use of regex so much better. In perl, you just say $foo =~ /regex/, but in Python, you have to import the package, compile your regex, and then you can use it.
Why don't more scripting languages build regex functionality into the language?