if they think the tapes were destroyed, how do they know exactly which card numbers were on the tapes? I mean they may know the bulk, but not all, right? or would they? If they got rid of the tapes, would the still have the indexes?
My 'free' purchase somehow went through twice, despite me not clicking twice (eg- clicked purchase and selected which of my cards to use- done). My machine can't even connect to the stupid service. Overload/slashdotted?
"Dasyatids do not attack aggressively, or even actively defend themselves. When threatened their primary reaction is to swim away. However, when they are attacked by predators or stepped on, the barbed stinger in their tail is mechanically whipped up. This attack is normally ineffective against their main predator, sharks. Humans are usually stung in the foot; it is also possible, although less likely, to be stung "accidentally" by brushing against the stinger."
The things that always get me are the 'scalloped' compression 'springs' that sometimes line older cases. They're like a strip of metal with curved fingers that push outwards on the case when you slide it shut to help keep it from rattling- this buggers are sharp and if you slide your fingers across them while pulling a cable or something, its like a serrated blade.
That and the random screws protruding from APC UPS's. Eeek!
true, but the funny thing is, it makes no sense if you think about it- the only reason there -is- ad revenue is because supposedly people watch the channel. Now I know Nielson boxes and what not are supposed to determine that- but how accurate can they be? I've never heard of anyone near my or related to me participating in such a thing or even being offered. If a bunch of people never once flip past the channel, what are the advertisers paying for? I guess if they pay X dollars and they get what they're expecting in terms of perceived 'hits' on their service/site as a result of the ads, it's fine.. but you'd think the advertisers would like it better if they could get an exact count of the people that paid for the channel (implying they like the channel) and would thus be more likely to see the ads.
while totally irrelevant, it lead to an interesting thought... the data in the recorder is a unique pattern generated by the drivers purposeful actions- eg the data was explicitly designed by the driver and therefore is automatically copyrighted on their behalf..
now perhaps that wouldn't fly in court, but it's an interesting thought.
it's not inconceivable.. far fetched, but not inconceivable- contract a bunch of real terrorists through some weird channels, get them to try and blow up the plane with some supplied resources (which would be disabled/inert in some fashion). Or perhaps even have the assignment be to take a null bomb as a statement of power. The TSA/FBI/DHS/etc would know exactly what date/time it was going to happen, and could scan/screen more thoroughly.
Point is, the terrorists would truly think they were going to blow the plane up and the test would be more accurate.
It's wild and probably would never happen, but it's not totally unreasonable.
this says they gained 32% growth in ipods and 12% in macs, so in the next quarter or two, it -will- be true if trends continue. It says iPods have a share of 75%, but not only can they probably suck up more of the market (amazingly), but they can expand the market as well.
no- they definitely wouldn't.. the iPods are generating more revenue than their computers and many people would still buy mac hardware- especially since anything in it would be inherently supported.
Their os userbase would expand greatly, their hardware userbase would probably stay very close in size, iPods would be unaffected or perhaps grow in sales...
They don't want to deal with all of the calls coming in that joe schmoe cant get it to work on his cyrix cpu or schmo joe can't get his el-cheapo scsi controller working or his $2 video card. Apple wants to keep the perceived quality (and actual quality) of their products high- rather than having reports published about how incompatible it is with some guys random mobo configuration. People currently understand that the machines and OS only works with authorized apple hardware (and from partners), but as soon as you open the floodgates, joe schmoe idiot will go out and buy a copy thinking itll just work on the computer his son set up and it wont. Apple doesn't want to do it half assed.
I honestly don't think it has anything to do with their market share.
I didn't see a mention of calibration questions, and it seems like they wouldn't have time to ask them. It sounded like these questions were more or less 'in passing'.
but yes, with a trained polygrapher, you'd certainly do calibration questions.
... their statistics are based on actors- who can't reasonably be expected to have genuine responses to those types of questions.
I bet there are quite a high percentage of people who, just by hooking them up to the polygraph apparatus (which is basically what we're talking about) would have elevated levels and potentially have a panic attack in some percentage of the population.
I'm betting they wouldn't even require a licensed (or certified, or whatever) polygrapher to run it, further decreasing the accuracy on an already questionable technology.
Slashdot Mirror
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doh...preview next time
if they think the tapes were destroyed, how do they know exactly which card numbers were on the tapes? I mean they may know the bulk, but not all, right? or would they? If they got rid of the tapes, would the still have the indexes?
My 'free' purchase somehow went through twice, despite me not clicking twice (eg- clicked purchase and selected which of my cards to use- done). My machine can't even connect to the stupid service. Overload/slashdotted?
Wikipedia disagrees
"Dasyatids do not attack aggressively, or even actively defend themselves. When threatened their primary reaction is to swim away. However, when they are attacked by predators or stepped on, the barbed stinger in their tail is mechanically whipped up. This attack is normally ineffective against their main predator, sharks. Humans are usually stung in the foot; it is also possible, although less likely, to be stung "accidentally" by brushing against the stinger."
The things that always get me are the 'scalloped' compression 'springs' that sometimes line older cases. They're like a strip of metal with curved fingers that push outwards on the case when you slide it shut to help keep it from rattling- this buggers are sharp and if you slide your fingers across them while pulling a cable or something, its like a serrated blade.
That and the random screws protruding from APC UPS's. Eeek!
it's cool and all, but how do I turn off safe filtering? =)
but he only called John Edwards!
bah, used to the command line I guess.
s/near\ my/near\ me/g
oops.
true, but the funny thing is, it makes no sense if you think about it- the only reason there -is- ad revenue is because supposedly people watch the channel. Now I know Nielson boxes and what not are supposed to determine that- but how accurate can they be? I've never heard of anyone near my or related to me participating in such a thing or even being offered. If a bunch of people never once flip past the channel, what are the advertisers paying for? I guess if they pay X dollars and they get what they're expecting in terms of perceived 'hits' on their service/site as a result of the ads, it's fine.. but you'd think the advertisers would like it better if they could get an exact count of the people that paid for the channel (implying they like the channel) and would thus be more likely to see the ads.
for the record, I was totally kidding- since the since is about the RIAA and piracy and they're having such a snit about lyrics and tabs.
yet another reason to support communism- I mean, if your computer belongs to everyone, then everyone had the porn!
*removes tongue from cheek*
Will someone just post the lyrics and the guitar tab already?!
while totally irrelevant, it lead to an interesting thought... the data in the recorder is a unique pattern generated by the drivers purposeful actions- eg the data was explicitly designed by the driver and therefore is automatically copyrighted on their behalf..
now perhaps that wouldn't fly in court, but it's an interesting thought.
that gave me a good chuckle
This just in, the RIAA has proof: There is life after death- refuses to share details. Film at 11.
hah! (posted with bonuses to draw attention to AC, not self)
my first, twisted, thought was that he had his wife and himself mixed up in some sort of Marv Albert manner.
it's not inconceivable.. far fetched, but not inconceivable- contract a bunch of real terrorists through some weird channels, get them to try and blow up the plane with some supplied resources (which would be disabled/inert in some fashion). Or perhaps even have the assignment be to take a null bomb as a statement of power. The TSA/FBI/DHS/etc would know exactly what date/time it was going to happen, and could scan/screen more thoroughly.
Point is, the terrorists would truly think they were going to blow the plane up and the test would be more accurate.
It's wild and probably would never happen, but it's not totally unreasonable.
or here as well:
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http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/01/18/apples.hol
I did read it somewhere!
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http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/971377
I thought for sure I'd read that. An honest mistake- but either way, if your numbers are correct:
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http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2006/jul/19result
this says they gained 32% growth in ipods and 12% in macs, so in the next quarter or two, it -will- be true if trends continue. It says iPods have a share of 75%, but not only can they probably suck up more of the market (amazingly), but they can expand the market as well.
no- they definitely wouldn't.. the iPods are generating more revenue than their computers and many people would still buy mac hardware- especially since anything in it would be inherently supported.
Their os userbase would expand greatly, their hardware userbase would probably stay very close in size, iPods would be unaffected or perhaps grow in sales...
They don't want to deal with all of the calls coming in that joe schmoe cant get it to work on his cyrix cpu or schmo joe can't get his el-cheapo scsi controller working or his $2 video card. Apple wants to keep the perceived quality (and actual quality) of their products high- rather than having reports published about how incompatible it is with some guys random mobo configuration. People currently understand that the machines and OS only works with authorized apple hardware (and from partners), but as soon as you open the floodgates, joe schmoe idiot will go out and buy a copy thinking itll just work on the computer his son set up and it wont. Apple doesn't want to do it half assed.
I honestly don't think it has anything to do with their market share.
I didn't see a mention of calibration questions, and it seems like they wouldn't have time to ask them. It sounded like these questions were more or less 'in passing'.
but yes, with a trained polygrapher, you'd certainly do calibration questions.
... their statistics are based on actors- who can't reasonably be expected to have genuine responses to those types of questions.
I bet there are quite a high percentage of people who, just by hooking them up to the polygraph apparatus (which is basically what we're talking about) would have elevated levels and potentially have a panic attack in some percentage of the population.
I'm betting they wouldn't even require a licensed (or certified, or whatever) polygrapher to run it, further decreasing the accuracy on an already questionable technology.