When Google bought out Urchin and turned it into Google Analytics, they integrated it into their AdWords system. They'll tell you what Ad and search keyword got people onto the site and where they went once they got there. From there, you can define a series of hoops that you're looking for a customer to go through (say checkout -> credit card entered -> confirmed checkout) and it'll tell you how far people make it and correlate it to those Ads and keywords. Cool for webmasters, not so cool if your tin-foil is firmly attached and you realize it doesn't matter. But, long story short, they have everything they need to do this already.
2 GB USB Drive - $40 VMWare Player for Linux & Windows - $0 A good Linux distro - $0 (yes, you may flame away) Google Browser Sync - $0
Blowing away anything that somehow made it onto your system - $priceless
Shaw also threw cold water on the idea that neutering the fast-forward option would result in a consumer backlash. He suggested that consumers prefer DVRs for their ability to facilitate on-demand viewing and not ad-zapping--and consumers might warm to the idea that anytime viewing brings with it a tradeoff in the form of unavoidable commercial viewing.
Yes. Consumers will warm to the idea that features were removed. Except that lots of them like it
TV advertisers and execs could be heard blubbing into their double tall skinny lattes all over Soho as a new survey revealed that around 90 percent of current users fast-forward through ads.
Ok, I'll bite. I'm sure there's some other executives thinking "Hey, Gates was against it, but since he's leaving in two years, we should go ahead - we're safe now". Likewise, I'm sure Taylor was a chest-thumping anti-FOSS advocate. This was soundly reinforced by his defection to Google.</sarcasm>
The FBI now claims that the passwords were copyrighted by the FBI and his successful circumvent of the encryption were a violation of the DMCA. The RIAA has filed an interested party brief in the case. Slashdot succumbs to the black-hole like density of the argument and gets sucked in to it all.
I don't even think it'll take monitoring all the most popular profiles - look for sudden spikes in traffic to a profile or image. If it's a double-plus-ungood photo, it'll probably draw a crowd. It won't take long to rule out/. effect (heck, getting posted on slashdot may be a good indicator that its inappropriate) or a genuinely interesting/funny photo.
Either way, good to see that besides free hosting (don't underestimate that), people also are getting a share in revenue: I think this might lead to more creative/fun little movies being made.
As soon as you add money, the signal-to-noise gets much, much worse. The "OMG, $$$$!!!" crowd will be uploading any piece of junk they can find in the hopes that it'll stick and they get a few pennies for the efforts. There's nothing like the Colbert Report posted 100 times to ruin it. It might've been better if Google had done it; at least the search might've had a chance of finding something novel. I won't be all sour grapes. It may work out after all if they have a good search / ranking system
My experience is that, even after going through all that, it ain't right until you include the "I may break something else" fudge factor. It gets picked based on how much (seemingly unrelated) stuff needs a tweak to make the new feature work. I guess I've been lucky that I've had bosses who've accepted ranges of time (i.e. 5-7 days) instead of one number.
That was my first impression as well. If the Time Warner Cables of the world decide to start charging Google to connect them to users, they go nuclear and take their ISP out of beta. They either pay money to the other ISP or undercut them with Google ISP prices.
As much as I applaud Gnumeric for their great implementation, it's still a Linux/Unix only implementation. PlanMaker and OO are both cross-platform for those who can't ditch Windows. If a user can't leave Windows behind, that places Gnumeric out of the running.
Hell, who isn't getting heavier and slower. Maybe if this 'Linux' guy would follow my doctor's advice and get away from the computer, maybe get some exercise, he'd stop getting heavier and slower.
Frequency analysis only gets you part way there. For those who didn't look around at the articles (I'm not refering to you, of course; just some hypothetical/. reader), there are time domain audio effects that are not visible on FFT plots. An example of this is pre-echo. With pre-echo you get a n echo of an upcoming sound (like a drum beat) before the actual sound happens. This can happen when linear-phase FIR filters are used, but is also an artifact of some frequency domain encoder/decoder systems. The FFT is only part of the story.
I disagree that government has been taken over by corporations. Corporations have been the only ones doing the talking, so it's no suprise that the government is listening to them. For all the/. bellyaching, I doubt that many have actually written the president, their congresscritters, state legislature representatives, governors, mayors, neighborhood homeowners association, etc. If you are are not standing up to be heard, they will listen to whomever is speaking.
Suck it up, stop singing to the choir, and talk to your representatives.
Slashdot Mirror
- Tash
Vrooomm...
When Google bought out Urchin and turned it into Google Analytics, they integrated it into their AdWords system. They'll tell you what Ad and search keyword got people onto the site and where they went once they got there. From there, you can define a series of hoops that you're looking for a customer to go through (say checkout -> credit card entered -> confirmed checkout) and it'll tell you how far people make it and correlate it to those Ads and keywords. Cool for webmasters, not so cool if your tin-foil is firmly attached and you realize it doesn't matter. But, long story short, they have everything they need to do this already.
- Tash
Vrooommm...
2 GB USB Drive - $40
VMWare Player for Linux & Windows - $0
A good Linux distro - $0 (yes, you may flame away)
Google Browser Sync - $0
Blowing away anything that somehow made it onto your system - $priceless
-Tash
Vrooommm...
- Tash
Vroom...
Ok, I'll bite. I'm sure there's some other executives thinking "Hey, Gates was against it, but since he's leaving in two years , we should go ahead - we're safe now". Likewise, I'm sure Taylor was a chest-thumping anti-FOSS advocate. This was soundly reinforced by his defection to Google.</sarcasm>
- Tash
I can see it now...
The FBI now claims that the passwords were copyrighted by the FBI and his successful circumvent of the encryption were a violation of the DMCA. The RIAA has filed an interested party brief in the case. Slashdot succumbs to the black-hole like density of the argument and gets sucked in to it all.
- Tash
I, for one, welcome our new blood-sucking, human seeking overlords.
<ducking and covering>
I don't even think it'll take monitoring all the most popular profiles - look for sudden spikes in traffic to a profile or image. If it's a double-plus-ungood photo, it'll probably draw a crowd. It won't take long to rule out /. effect (heck, getting posted on slashdot may be a good indicator that its inappropriate) or a genuinely interesting/funny photo.
- Tash
Vrooom...
As soon as you add money, the signal-to-noise gets much, much worse. The "OMG, $$$$!!!" crowd will be uploading any piece of junk they can find in the hopes that it'll stick and they get a few pennies for the efforts. There's nothing like the Colbert Report posted 100 times to ruin it. It might've been better if Google had done it; at least the search might've had a chance of finding something novel. I won't be all sour grapes. It may work out after all if they have a good search / ranking system
-TashMy experience is that, even after going through all that, it ain't right until you include the "I may break something else" fudge factor. It gets picked based on how much (seemingly unrelated) stuff needs a tweak to make the new feature work. I guess I've been lucky that I've had bosses who've accepted ranges of time (i.e. 5-7 days) instead of one number.
- Tash
Vrooom....
That was my first impression as well. If the Time Warner Cables of the world decide to start charging Google to connect them to users, they go nuclear and take their ISP out of beta. They either pay money to the other ISP or undercut them with Google ISP prices.
- Tash
So... Many... Quotes...
No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public
Make something idiot proof and the world will make a better idiot
I checked with my company's IT guy - he's in full agreement. I must admit, it's fun listening to him teach the executives how to use e-mail.
If you search around in the Google Cache, you can find a link to a Mandrake Wiki that has several bootchart images.
- Tash
As much as I applaud Gnumeric for their great implementation, it's still a Linux/Unix only implementation. PlanMaker and OO are both cross-platform for those who can't ditch Windows. If a user can't leave Windows behind, that places Gnumeric out of the running.
Good title. Wrong network. Fair and unbalanced. Riiggghhhhtttt...
<Homer Simpson>Te he he </Homer Simpson>
Hell, who isn't getting heavier and slower. Maybe if this 'Linux' guy would follow my doctor's advice and get away from the computer, maybe get some exercise, he'd stop getting heavier and slower.
- Tash
Frequency analysis only gets you part way there. For those who didn't look around at the articles (I'm not refering to you, of course; just some hypothetical /. reader), there are time domain audio effects that are not visible on FFT plots. An example of this is pre-echo. With pre-echo you get a n echo of an upcoming sound (like a drum beat) before the actual sound happens. This can happen when linear-phase FIR filters are used, but is also an artifact of some frequency domain encoder/decoder systems. The FFT is only part of the story.
For what it's worth, I'm not affiliated with the maker and I couldn't find any other links pointing at the star destroyer. It is pretty cool...
Tash
I wonder if they got tired of all those 'If runs on OS X, why don't you have a Linux version? They're practically the same thing!' questions.
- Tash
Have you ever tried to get 5 PHD's, much less 20, to agree on anything before? I think you don't understand the scientific process.
Zoom zoom zoom...
They're called contractors. Heard of 'em? - Tash
Here's the Senate Voting Record so you can appropriately attack your local representatives if you disagree with their actions.
/.. We don't talk to our reps, we just bitch about them.
But this is
This is Slashdot.Why would anyone look at the HP Website and check prices.
The 533 MHz = $349
The 733 MHz = $369
I disagree that government has been taken over by corporations. Corporations have been the only ones doing the talking, so it's no suprise that the government is listening to them. For all the /. bellyaching, I doubt that many have actually written the president, their congresscritters, state legislature representatives, governors, mayors, neighborhood homeowners association, etc. If you are are not standing up to be heard, they will listen to whomever is speaking.
Suck it up, stop singing to the choir, and talk to your representatives.