Well, if you block ads already then you have nothing to worry about, because you won't even see it. To be honest, I think your "personal principles" are a bit unrealistic. I'm pretty sure that most of the planet earth is infested with ads based on your context. If you watch sports broadcasts they try to sell you related items (that you aren't looking for), if you drive to the beach there are billboards advertising related products (that you aren't looking for), this is the natural extension of that.
Seriously, if you want to make use of these powerful tools and not pay any price you are being a bit niave. If MS or Google can't make money of search engines then they wouldn't be in that business. They need to find the most efficient way to do that. Like I said before, the best we can hope for is a responsible method to reaching that goal. Tin foil hatting your way through the problem won't help the situation.
BTW, MS never said they would weight search results they just said they would provide behavioral targeting for ads.
That article makes a good point, but all new tech has unintended consequences. Of course you *shouldn't* be surfing porn at work, or not working (looks guiltily in mirror). But if you do, then you should log out of MSN first, or clear cookies, this may not always be easy, but I don't think this advertising would be blatently obvious. Besides, I don't think NYT will ever show naked ppl, they have basic standards for what they will show. If you are visiting reputable sites in front of your boss nothing incriminating should show up.
When I was a kid, and I told my mom I was going to the library, but instead, I went to play by the pond I would clean off my sneakers before I came home. Maybe you need to better clean your sneakers at work when you're done with that site;)
Who says it's not what you were looking for? If all signs point to the fact that you are looking for a new SUV, why shouldn't a car company show you advertising for it? Have you ever watched TV or driven down the street? Every company under the sun is trying to sell you crap you don't want. What if they were trying to sell you crap you might actually want? Wouldn't that be more valuable? So instead of just wasting screen real estate with offers you don't care about, why not try and make use of that. I agree that marketing can be annoying, but it's not going away, so it might as well be relevant.
Wrt data leaks, this info is going to be out there no matter what, it's just a question of how they use it. You should be more worried about your employer, insurance company, or bank losing your financial/personal info than MS losing your search terms...
Exactly, that's because banners often aren't targetted. Most companies don't do this because the cpu needs are high and they don't have the right info. People are beaten over the head with irrelevant adds for items they could care less about. If you were shown ads for things that more closely related to what you were looking to buy it may actually help.
What do you think the AdWords business model is based on?
I'm sure people will get up in arms, but this is what everyone does. They take all the info they have about you and they try to find out how to use that to most effectively market to you. Google does it, and so do most retailers. Retailers look at demographic info they have, purchase and return behaviors, and they often buy "data appends", or data about you collected by third parties, to augment their info.
They don't use this to hunt you down, spy on you in the bathroom, or brainwash you. What they do is figure out, statistically, based on this info, what you will buy, and try to sell that to you. It's how they make money more effeciently, and when done right, it's a service to you too. This is on the rise too, the best thing to do here is to embrace it and encourage companies to behave responsibly with this new-found knowledge.
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You can't kill the DIY market, because they will always be there. They create demand, and where there's demand, there's supply. It's what commerce is built on. Yes, the end game that those fat cats want is to control everything from lens to living room, but people outside that system will find a way. It may be illegal at first, it may be bread boards for a while. It might be something you have to import, but in the end, DIY will still be there.
The real question is, Will DIY really mean DIY, instead of buying a computer, adding a capture card, and installing a ready-to-go program. DIY moves in cycles, it starts as a real nitty gritty DIY where people are building stuff from spare parts, creating solutions that didn't exist. Doing it cause they just want to make it happen. then others get infected with the idea, ideas are shared, innovations fly, people collaborate. Eventually some one else wants to make a profit... blah blah blah... I'm rambling here. But the point I'm making (somewhere) is that there is a lot of motivation here, and potential profit. So it will find a way.
It sounds like you're a bit confused, if the people are supposed to have access to learn, then why are you denying them access to learn from this script. It sounds like you really just shouldn't have this script on there, as was said before, you should move it elsewhere and call it remotely.
But MOST IMPORTANTLY, I wouldn't put anything of value or importance onto a machine where uni students have root access. If you remote call, whose to say they won't break the call, if you obfuscate, whose to say that they won't just break the script or delete or replace it. It just seems silly...
Perhaps you should give them access to a root-like group, then not put this file in that group. I think you problem is that you want more complex permissions then you've relegated yourself to having.
I agree, this doesn't seem too thought out. If you are video artists you will need to run good lcds, fast cpus, lots of ram, and fast hard drives. That is the opposite of low power. Suck it up, you can't have your green house and work in it too;)
If you are dead set on low power then I suggest you invest in some fun ways to occupy your time, and a good stress ball, because you'll be doing a lot of waiting...
good luck though.
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great reference, to an awesome movie, the hudsucker proxy
eh... try it on a bike:) it's much more exciting when you don't have that metal frame protecting you. Scraping your knee on the ground as you hug the corner, sooooo nice.
According to the author the nazi's didn't just use IBM machines, and IBM didn't just do what they were told. IBM went out of there way to provide services, and ANTICIPATE the needs of the nazis. They were trying to corner the market in what the nazis need to kill. There was more to this than just following orders.
Comparing IBM to VW is just silly, there is a vast difference between the two. VW didn't take a look at how the deathcamps were being run and try to make a car that would allow the germans to exterminate jews and get better gas mileage. That's what Dehomag did, and according to this book, they were well supported by Watson. You paint a great picture of watson, returning his medal. But the author presents the opposite picture. He puts forth that the medal was returned under pressure from public opinion, not his own desire to do good.
Not all the info may be true, much is contested. But don't attempt to put me down because you want to believe that IBM did no evil. The claims are made that nazis didn't just use IBM machines, they used IBM services, and IBM was Globally supportive of their efforts.
Just wondering where I suggested that we boycott (I own a thinkpad), or that IBM hasn't changed. Part of that post was in jest, but it was also attempting to be informative. We have to be wary of big companies that may be trying to do good, but if put in a bad situation can be harmful.
This is a little more scary than you think. I'm being serious, IBM played a HUGE part in the holocaust. Using their card sorters they helped to map out who was racially jewish (as well as other 'undesireables'). Check out this book and the corresponding website . a little more than just scary.
Obviously I don't have too many fears about national geographic, but it's better to know about IBM's past, even if they won't own up to it. BTW, the book is great, I recommend the audio version, the author has an endearing lisp:).
Like you said, hire people you can trust. Then foster a different environment, removing net connections, burners, and floppies is a good way to say, "I don't trust you." Why don't you embrace your employees, make them happy to work for you. Then maybe they won't steal, in fact, I would guess you'd see better productivity.
You've got yourself a self fullfilling prophecy there...
not only entrapment, but it soundslike he could be charged with all those crimes that they would have charged the ISP with. He was sharing out warez wasn't he?
I was just going to say that. Seriously guys, it's like: "New website has cure for cancer!!", then go on to talk about cancer and a cure, but never mention it. I can google and all, but it sounds like these dudes are still stuck in the paper age... "Why would I put a link?". duh.
thx for the review! I figured it was kinda like that, but I was wondering if there were voice prompts, like that told you how much amo you had, or what gun you were using. I can't figure that stuff out even when I can see the screen (I suck a fps games). I can see how trying to remember where you have gone and where you are going would make it even more difficult.
Kudos to these people for make a version of this that is playable for all!
I wonder, how is that illegal? She finds this stuff in her car, it's in her personal vehicle. Does it say, "Government property - no tampering!" If not, then I would assume that if some one places something into my personal property, and leaves it there, it becomes mine. Which means I can do whatever I want with it.
That may not be true, but it's such a gray area, how am I supposed to know what it is, or why it's there. I mean for all I know it could be part of my car, in which case I can do what I want with it.
But yes, I'd agree that telling the world via slashdot that I want to foil the police's efforts to find a "criminal" is pretty dumb.
How did they turn doom or quake into an audio game. They seem to mention a bunch of times that they did this, but how? I'm just wondering how you play that. any insight?
While I do think that you have a somewhat valid point, I believe that knowing more about your audiance is always good. Ideally you would want more probing info about your user than their browser type, OS, Screen Rez, or country of origin. However, if that is all you have then it is somewhere to start.
Browser type and OS and Screen Rez- Knowing what the prodominant visual settings for your users are means you now know how to adjust your site to make it more enjoyable to your mass audiance. You don't want to spend so much time making sure it all looks good in 800x600 if you core audiance is at 1600x1200. Why bother making sure it works with Mac IE if most users are on Linux or Windows.
Country - This is a great one. Are you getting a lot of hits from Europe, then show your prices in euro as well. Or translate it into Germain or French (or at least provide a link to the google translated page).
Basically, knowing your audience can save you a lot of time and provide your users with a better, more customized experience. Sure, I'd rather know their interests, but these bits are a start.
Now, as an aside, if I look through my logs I can see which pages have more hits and more time spent on them, this can tell me which parts of my site are more interesting and can focus on flushing them out.
expect is awesome for scripting, especially where the interface isn't completely predictable. It basically sends out commands, waits for certain replies back, then responds them, all according to script your right.
Some cool things, autoexpect, this will basically record a session you do (like the script command), and right an expect script for it. Also if you use the -p (I think, check the man) option, it won't make the prompts strict, just in case there is a datestamp in there.
I was looking into this a little while ago. The big thing that people are REALLY looking for here is some one with a PHD in BIO or MED type field, with CS abilities. I mean, I'm sure you could find something, and I'm sure they really need people who actually know how to properly code, but most of the postings I saw were more shortsided and seemed to want a person who was in their field already, but could hack some code together.
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Well, if you block ads already then you have nothing to worry about, because you won't even see it. To be honest, I think your "personal principles" are a bit unrealistic. I'm pretty sure that most of the planet earth is infested with ads based on your context. If you watch sports broadcasts they try to sell you related items (that you aren't looking for), if you drive to the beach there are billboards advertising related products (that you aren't looking for), this is the natural extension of that.
Seriously, if you want to make use of these powerful tools and not pay any price you are being a bit niave. If MS or Google can't make money of search engines then they wouldn't be in that business. They need to find the most efficient way to do that. Like I said before, the best we can hope for is a responsible method to reaching that goal. Tin foil hatting your way through the problem won't help the situation.
BTW, MS never said they would weight search results they just said they would provide behavioral targeting for ads.
That article makes a good point, but all new tech has unintended consequences. Of course you *shouldn't* be surfing porn at work, or not working (looks guiltily in mirror). But if you do, then you should log out of MSN first, or clear cookies, this may not always be easy, but I don't think this advertising would be blatently obvious. Besides, I don't think NYT will ever show naked ppl, they have basic standards for what they will show. If you are visiting reputable sites in front of your boss nothing incriminating should show up.
;)
When I was a kid, and I told my mom I was going to the library, but instead, I went to play by the pond I would clean off my sneakers before I came home. Maybe you need to better clean your sneakers at work when you're done with that site
Who says it's not what you were looking for? If all signs point to the fact that you are looking for a new SUV, why shouldn't a car company show you advertising for it? Have you ever watched TV or driven down the street? Every company under the sun is trying to sell you crap you don't want. What if they were trying to sell you crap you might actually want? Wouldn't that be more valuable? So instead of just wasting screen real estate with offers you don't care about, why not try and make use of that. I agree that marketing can be annoying, but it's not going away, so it might as well be relevant.
Wrt data leaks, this info is going to be out there no matter what, it's just a question of how they use it. You should be more worried about your employer, insurance company, or bank losing your financial/personal info than MS losing your search terms...
Exactly, that's because banners often aren't targetted. Most companies don't do this because the cpu needs are high and they don't have the right info. People are beaten over the head with irrelevant adds for items they could care less about. If you were shown ads for things that more closely related to what you were looking to buy it may actually help.
What do you think the AdWords business model is based on?
I'm sure people will get up in arms, but this is what everyone does. They take all the info they have about you and they try to find out how to use that to most effectively market to you. Google does it, and so do most retailers. Retailers look at demographic info they have, purchase and return behaviors, and they often buy "data appends", or data about you collected by third parties, to augment their info.
They don't use this to hunt you down, spy on you in the bathroom, or brainwash you. What they do is figure out, statistically, based on this info, what you will buy, and try to sell that to you. It's how they make money more effeciently, and when done right, it's a service to you too. This is on the rise too, the best thing to do here is to embrace it and encourage companies to behave responsibly with this new-found knowledge.
You can't kill the DIY market, because they will always be there. They create demand, and where there's demand, there's supply. It's what commerce is built on. Yes, the end game that those fat cats want is to control everything from lens to living room, but people outside that system will find a way. It may be illegal at first, it may be bread boards for a while. It might be something you have to import, but in the end, DIY will still be there.
... I'm rambling here. But the point I'm making (somewhere) is that there is a lot of motivation here, and potential profit. So it will find a way.
The real question is, Will DIY really mean DIY, instead of buying a computer, adding a capture card, and installing a ready-to-go program. DIY moves in cycles, it starts as a real nitty gritty DIY where people are building stuff from spare parts, creating solutions that didn't exist. Doing it cause they just want to make it happen. then others get infected with the idea, ideas are shared, innovations fly, people collaborate. Eventually some one else wants to make a profit... blah blah blah
I hope.
One is ivy league one is a state school. Not that UMD isn't a good school, but it's not Dartmouth. Good to see good old new beige making it into news.
It sounds like you're a bit confused, if the people are supposed to have access to learn, then why are you denying them access to learn from this script. It sounds like you really just shouldn't have this script on there, as was said before, you should move it elsewhere and call it remotely.
But MOST IMPORTANTLY, I wouldn't put anything of value or importance onto a machine where uni students have root access. If you remote call, whose to say they won't break the call, if you obfuscate, whose to say that they won't just break the script or delete or replace it. It just seems silly...
Perhaps you should give them access to a root-like group, then not put this file in that group. I think you problem is that you want more complex permissions then you've relegated yourself to having.
I agree, this doesn't seem too thought out. If you are video artists you will need to run good lcds, fast cpus, lots of ram, and fast hard drives. That is the opposite of low power. Suck it up, you can't have your green house and work in it too ;)
If you are dead set on low power then I suggest you invest in some fun ways to occupy your time, and a good stress ball, because you'll be doing a lot of waiting...
good luck though.
great reference, to an awesome movie, the hudsucker proxy
eh... try it on a bike :) it's much more exciting when you don't have that metal frame protecting you. Scraping your knee on the ground as you hug the corner, sooooo nice.
Wait... are you talking about graphical login? Just boot don't load X on default, that will *seem* a lot faster.
I do it out of habit. But if you want to make it into a "go faster" feature, then pretend away!
According to the author the nazi's didn't just use IBM machines, and IBM didn't just do what they were told. IBM went out of there way to provide services, and ANTICIPATE the needs of the nazis. They were trying to corner the market in what the nazis need to kill. There was more to this than just following orders.
;)
Comparing IBM to VW is just silly, there is a vast difference between the two. VW didn't take a look at how the deathcamps were being run and try to make a car that would allow the germans to exterminate jews and get better gas mileage. That's what Dehomag did, and according to this book, they were well supported by Watson. You paint a great picture of watson, returning his medal. But the author presents the opposite picture. He puts forth that the medal was returned under pressure from public opinion, not his own desire to do good.
Not all the info may be true, much is contested. But don't attempt to put me down because you want to believe that IBM did no evil. The claims are made that nazis didn't just use IBM machines, they used IBM services, and IBM was Globally supportive of their efforts.
Just wondering where I suggested that we boycott (I own a thinkpad), or that IBM hasn't changed. Part of that post was in jest, but it was also attempting to be informative. We have to be wary of big companies that may be trying to do good, but if put in a bad situation can be harmful.
I dunno man, just calm down
Obviously I don't have too many fears about national geographic, but it's better to know about IBM's past, even if they won't own up to it. BTW, the book is great, I recommend the audio version, the author has an endearing lisp :).
Like you said, hire people you can trust. Then foster a different environment, removing net connections, burners, and floppies is a good way to say, "I don't trust you." Why don't you embrace your employees, make them happy to work for you. Then maybe they won't steal, in fact, I would guess you'd see better productivity.
You've got yourself a self fullfilling prophecy there...
not only entrapment, but it soundslike he could be charged with all those crimes that they would have charged the ISP with. He was sharing out warez wasn't he?
That's where I first learned of it.
"No, they will clean. You will see."
I was just going to say that. Seriously guys, it's like: "New website has cure for cancer!!", then go on to talk about cancer and a cure, but never mention it. I can google and all, but it sounds like these dudes are still stuck in the paper age... "Why would I put a link?". duh.
thx for the review! I figured it was kinda like that, but I was wondering if there were voice prompts, like that told you how much amo you had, or what gun you were using. I can't figure that stuff out even when I can see the screen (I suck a fps games). I can see how trying to remember where you have gone and where you are going would make it even more difficult.
Kudos to these people for make a version of this that is playable for all!
I wonder, how is that illegal? She finds this stuff in her car, it's in her personal vehicle. Does it say, "Government property - no tampering!" If not, then I would assume that if some one places something into my personal property, and leaves it there, it becomes mine. Which means I can do whatever I want with it.
That may not be true, but it's such a gray area, how am I supposed to know what it is, or why it's there. I mean for all I know it could be part of my car, in which case I can do what I want with it.
But yes, I'd agree that telling the world via slashdot that I want to foil the police's efforts to find a "criminal" is pretty dumb.
How did they turn doom or quake into an audio game. They seem to mention a bunch of times that they did this, but how? I'm just wondering how you play that. any insight?
Let me know when your reality coincides with the one the rest of us are living in ;)
While I do think that you have a somewhat valid point, I believe that knowing more about your audiance is always good. Ideally you would want more probing info about your user than their browser type, OS, Screen Rez, or country of origin. However, if that is all you have then it is somewhere to start.
Browser type and OS and Screen Rez- Knowing what the prodominant visual settings for your users are means you now know how to adjust your site to make it more enjoyable to your mass audiance. You don't want to spend so much time making sure it all looks good in 800x600 if you core audiance is at 1600x1200. Why bother making sure it works with Mac IE if most users are on Linux or Windows.
Country - This is a great one. Are you getting a lot of hits from Europe, then show your prices in euro as well. Or translate it into Germain or French (or at least provide a link to the google translated page).
Basically, knowing your audience can save you a lot of time and provide your users with a better, more customized experience. Sure, I'd rather know their interests, but these bits are a start.
Now, as an aside, if I look through my logs I can see which pages have more hits and more time spent on them, this can tell me which parts of my site are more interesting and can focus on flushing them out.
idek, just my thoughts.
Some cool things, autoexpect, this will basically record a session you do (like the script command), and right an expect script for it. Also if you use the -p (I think, check the man) option, it won't make the prompts strict, just in case there is a datestamp in there.
I was looking into this a little while ago. The big thing that people are REALLY looking for here is some one with a PHD in BIO or MED type field, with CS abilities. I mean, I'm sure you could find something, and I'm sure they really need people who actually know how to properly code, but most of the postings I saw were more shortsided and seemed to want a person who was in their field already, but could hack some code together.