Heh, anyone fancy an invasion of privacy class action lawsuit?
Seriously though, if they put up photo's of some defence companies, could that be (potentially) under some kind of terrorism law (ie, showing bombers where to put their bombs etc).
From Folklore.org - a funny about Burrell Smith claiming that HE invented Jef Raskin (Burrell could well have done more to make the Mac what it is than Jef - you read and decide) - you read and decide
0.88% may not sound like a large figure, but this gain is over one and a half months (early Dec to mid Jan), especially when IE declined by 0.7%. IE has lost 4% since June last year.
A little bit more of this, and a considerable amoutn of momentum is going to be generated. And consider the opposition: a browser that is built into the OS it came with. Crikey, the FF team should justifiably be proud of what their work is doing.
I had a couple of interviews with Google (which I rather enjoyed, but no job sadly...), and I asked the interviewers specifically about this.
From what I remember, workers do have the time to work on their own projects, but the project had to be okay'd because it had to be of benefit to Google. I understand that Orkut came around like this.
I proposed continuing my thesis research if I was offered the post. Shame they didn't employ me because I've since found out some wicked stuff about how people search for information. (which I keeping to myself until the right time. Watch the HCI journals in about 2 years.)
I take it that inner city crime isn't a big problem in Seattle then?
Actually I'm quite jealous - imagine being in the position where you can devote yourself to something dotty like this without worrying about the financial consequences (I'm assuming this much).
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I'm not sure about the use of small user populations for testing.
I wrote something about this in a blog article, though the references have yet to be added which I'll do later today.
However, I'm happy to admit that Google seem to be doing plenty of correct things. Gmail has become my email of choice so the interface can't be that bad, and the main Google page has always been cool for me. Before that, I used to use alltheweb.com in preference to the big portal sites, but Google's results seemed, well, better. Alltheweb kept returning pages of documents from the same domain which was frustrating.
I've got to say that the templates for pages look rather fine indeed - better than the design quality of stuff included in most word processors. It seems to be more suited to DTP than other WP's.
And I'm looking forward to using Keynote to create Flash animations - while probably not as good as MacroMedia's stuff, it is a cheap alternative, and knowing Apple probably works just fine.
Interesting article - my own website (based on WordPress) used to recieve large amounts of comment spam. I'm not getting much of that any more (yippee!!!).
And the adverts: Texas Hold-Ems. (and casino's, Rolexes, C!4Ii5 etc, but mostly Texas Hold-Ems).
Shame really, as I visited Texas in 2003 and really liked the people there (still do of course, just not this spamming $£%&*!
argh! Statistical abuse!
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"The first installment lets us know that somewhere between 0 and 1 Billion (or more) people will be killed by Asian bird flu."
Like the idea that female sprinters will be faster than male sprinters by 2025 (or some other year) by taking improvements over the last ten years and using that as a trend. Completely forgets that males have competed much more seriously than females (until recently), so improvements for women have had a much more marked affect.
btw - think I'm being sexist? When was it that women were actually allowed to do the 100m/yards sprint?
Of course, if the trend is followed to its conclusion, one day, female sprinters will run the 100m in 0seconds making them faster than light. And then, maybe less than 0 in which case they'll be travelling time.
Argh! That kind of abuse of statistics really annoys me!!! Most people who use statistics professionally (scientists, researchers, um, statisticians) treat their numbers very carefully - conclusions are tentative (with a few exceptions), criticisms are rife (particular in education research), and clarity is all-important.
btw - data is the plural. Datum is the singular ("...the data are...")
oh yeah - who's going to be the first person to say "there's lies, damnable lies, and then there are statistics" (or similar). It's a matter of time...!
I guess the graphics will be updated so much so that they won't look as fantastically "false" as they did originally. It was a subject so well suited to early CGI, that the new stuff doesn't cut it. Maybe this is one case where better CGI is actually worse?
Not sure if it's the same thing, but Lawrence Livermore National Labs have done a Python-based set of tools for climate analysis called CDAT (http://cdat.sourceforge.net/) which is open source as well.
Considering MS's lax attitude to virus controls (at least until recently), it's about time MS did something to make up for the ridiculous amounts of spyware out there.
Note that I'm not saying they are entirely responsible - but they did set up a lovely fertile environment for it to flourish. And I wonder if it will be available for free to spyware infested Windows users?
Seriously though, congrats to MS though for producing what seems to be a good product - the world really needs something to rid us of spammers, and it's something I think we all need to work together on.
All together: "NO MORE ROLEX OFFERS! NO, I DON'T WANT YOUR CIALIS!"
Interesting question - of course, IANAL but I guess the if it was parody it might get away with it. Reminds me of the lego films someone makes in their spare time. Didn't someone do the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films?
It's difficult to say though with all orgs like the RIAA and BSA frothing at the mouth because CD sales are up.
And actually, lego would be easy to animate on computer...
With all the increases in computing power, I can see room for an application where you simply provide a script and the animated characters perform it for you in real time.
Just set one of a few supplied scenes, provide the dialogue and direction, and hey presto, one real film! Maybe with your favourite actors "faked" - just imagine Casablanca with David Beckham and your grandmother set on a spaceship. The mind boggles......and the pervs drool of course... (yuk!)
I wonder if this is something to do with the ThinkSecret case? Maybe Steve is p!ssed off at everyone but those who can prove their "loyalty" by attending?
Hmm, as much as I love my iBook, I think I'll just read the reports. Is Mr Jobs really that good a speaker? Am I missing on the reality distortion field here?
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Actually that's a daft idea. The A9 idea sounds good, and could be really useful on a mobile phone or PDA.
Seriously though, if they put up photo's of some defence companies, could that be (potentially) under some kind of terrorism law (ie, showing bombers where to put their bombs etc).
Now to remove the tin foil hat.
From Folklore.org - a funny about Burrell Smith claiming that HE invented Jef Raskin (Burrell could well have done more to make the Mac what it is than Jef - you read and decide) - you read and decide
And xtraceroute put onto SmoothWall or other similar would have the program running on a FireWall.
Methinks that the US patent office should not have granted this one.
0.88% may not sound like a large figure, but this gain is over one and a half months (early Dec to mid Jan), especially when IE declined by 0.7%. IE has lost 4% since June last year.
A little bit more of this, and a considerable amoutn of momentum is going to be generated. And consider the opposition: a browser that is built into the OS it came with. Crikey, the FF team should justifiably be proud of what their work is doing.
I had a couple of interviews with Google (which I rather enjoyed, but no job sadly...), and I asked the interviewers specifically about this.
:^)
From what I remember, workers do have the time to work on their own projects, but the project had to be okay'd because it had to be of benefit to Google. I understand that Orkut came around like this.
I proposed continuing my thesis research if I was offered the post. Shame they didn't employ me because I've since found out some wicked stuff about how people search for information. (which I keeping to myself until the right time. Watch the HCI journals in about 2 years.)
Umm, any venture capitalists out there?
...there went my lunch.
And how did I know that he was going to be wearing a sweater? Man, the 1980's were BAD..!
Actually I'm quite jealous - imagine being in the position where you can devote yourself to something dotty like this without worrying about the financial consequences (I'm assuming this much).
He coule be unemployed, but maybe he has a business like these guys who work in a coffee shop?
I'm not sure about the use of small user populations for testing.
I wrote something about this in a blog article, though the references have yet to be added which I'll do later today.
However, I'm happy to admit that Google seem to be doing plenty of correct things. Gmail has become my email of choice so the interface can't be that bad, and the main Google page has always been cool for me. Before that, I used to use alltheweb.com in preference to the big portal sites, but Google's results seemed, well, better. Alltheweb kept returning pages of documents from the same domain which was frustrating.
I've got to say that the templates for pages look rather fine indeed - better than the design quality of stuff included in most word processors. It seems to be more suited to DTP than other WP's.
And I'm looking forward to using Keynote to create Flash animations - while probably not as good as MacroMedia's stuff, it is a cheap alternative, and knowing Apple probably works just fine.
get ur c|@Iis cheap here. Also r0l3x watches, v|agr@, and h0t 433n 5lutz.
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Interesting article - my own website (based on WordPress) used to recieve large amounts of comment spam. I'm not getting much of that any more (yippee!!!).
And the adverts: Texas Hold-Ems. (and casino's, Rolexes, C!4Ii5 etc, but mostly Texas Hold-Ems).
Shame really, as I visited Texas in 2003 and really liked the people there (still do of course, just not this spamming $£%&*!
"The first installment lets us know that somewhere between 0 and 1 Billion (or more) people will be killed by Asian bird flu."
Like the idea that female sprinters will be faster than male sprinters by 2025 (or some other year) by taking improvements over the last ten years and using that as a trend. Completely forgets that males have competed much more seriously than females (until recently), so improvements for women have had a much more marked affect.
btw - think I'm being sexist? When was it that women were actually allowed to do the 100m/yards sprint?
Of course, if the trend is followed to its conclusion, one day, female sprinters will run the 100m in 0seconds making them faster than light. And then, maybe less than 0 in which case they'll be travelling time.
Argh! That kind of abuse of statistics really annoys me!!! Most people who use statistics professionally (scientists, researchers, um, statisticians) treat their numbers very carefully - conclusions are tentative (with a few exceptions), criticisms are rife (particular in education research), and clarity is all-important.
btw - data is the plural. Datum is the singular ("...the data are...")
oh yeah - who's going to be the first person to say "there's lies, damnable lies, and then there are statistics" (or similar). It's a matter of time...!
Oh, and "87% of statistics are made up" too. Hmm.
I guess the graphics will be updated so much so that they won't look as fantastically "false" as they did originally. It was a subject so well suited to early CGI, that the new stuff doesn't cut it. Maybe this is one case where better CGI is actually worse?
Will Jeff Bridges be in it?
Not sure if it's the same thing, but Lawrence Livermore National Labs have done a Python-based set of tools for climate analysis called CDAT (http://cdat.sourceforge.net/) which is open source as well.
maybe he should be sponsored by Head. Would be fitting.
Considering MS's lax attitude to virus controls (at least until recently), it's about time MS did something to make up for the ridiculous amounts of spyware out there.
Note that I'm not saying they are entirely responsible - but they did set up a lovely fertile environment for it to flourish. And I wonder if it will be available for free to spyware infested Windows users?
Seriously though, congrats to MS though for producing what seems to be a good product - the world really needs something to rid us of spammers, and it's something I think we all need to work together on.
All together: "NO MORE ROLEX OFFERS! NO, I DON'T WANT YOUR CIALIS!"
Good point - they only have to win once, whereas the opponents of this have to win *every* time.
Used computer anyone? Going cheap?
Interesting question - of course, IANAL but I guess the if it was parody it might get away with it. Reminds me of the lego films someone makes in their spare time. Didn't someone do the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films?
It's difficult to say though with all orgs like the RIAA and BSA frothing at the mouth because CD sales are up.
And actually, lego would be easy to animate on computer...
And when posting as html, remember to use paragraph tags.
Or else your text ends up in one big paragraph , and those who need to read it won't bother.
With all the increases in computing power, I can see room for an application where you simply provide a script and the animated characters perform it for you in real time. Just set one of a few supplied scenes, provide the dialogue and direction, and hey presto, one real film! Maybe with your favourite actors "faked" - just imagine Casablanca with David Beckham and your grandmother set on a spaceship. The mind boggles... ...and the pervs drool of course... (yuk!)
...here is absolute proof that Mozilla-based browsers are as full of holes as IE: "Three exploits in one day! Open source just doesn't work!"
I can't wait for this to be, ahem, exploited.
Sadly, then will begin a new round of "your analysis methods are crap" ad infinitum, ad nauseum.
Low calorie food! Chips-lite (light)! Hey, c'mon, I spent seconds thinking that one up!
I wonder if this is something to do with the ThinkSecret case? Maybe Steve is p!ssed off at everyone but those who can prove their "loyalty" by attending? Hmm, as much as I love my iBook, I think I'll just read the reports. Is Mr Jobs really that good a speaker? Am I missing on the reality distortion field here?
Unlike you of course who is too busy to bother with this kind of nonsense... :P