I agree. Nobody is going to leave youtube if they play either short or entertaining commercials. I couldnt find any statistics on how many people went to watch it but does anyone remember the 5 minute long american express commercials with Jerry Seinfeld and superman? I know I went and downloaded both of them and was very entertained. And these were more than a video with a thirty second american express commercial. The entire video was an american express commercial. Every thirty seconds they had another reason to use the card. And it has stuck in my mind. I cant say I can remember that many other commercials from that period. Also american express paid big money to advertise the commercials on tv and then in bandwidth costs to show them on their website. Im sure that they could pay youtube a lot less to do all of this now.
"Actually, that's technically pulling an Occam, as it's a variation on Occam's Razor. Yeah, yeah, Holmes said it like that, but Occam's razor is generally thought to be the foundation for Holmes' theory. Er...Doyle's theory, as it were."
Actually I think you are dead wrong here. Occam's razor states that you should always choose the least complicated explanation. With Holmes practice deductional observation the more complicated theory is just as or more likely to be the one that actually occurred. Just because it seems simple when Holmes is done explaining it doesnt mean that it was the less complicated scenario. The least complicated scenario, if you have actually read any of the stories, is invariably selected by Inspector lastrade.
Take the case of 'The six Napoleans'. Lastrade comes to holmes with a case where a man is breaking into peoples houses to smash their busts of napolean. One of the simplest explinations is Lastrade's , "he's a nut, simply a nut", if I remember right. As it turns out it is because the man is smashing the busts because there is the bounty from a robery hidden inside of the six napoleans that all came from the same mold where the man use to work.
I know that there are better examples than the one that I used but it is the first that came to mind and is the one that required the least typing. I suspect you misunderstand Holmes when he says stuff like 'simplicity my dear watson' which I beleive to be a sort of arrogant irony. I also suspect that you threw this out there because you wanted us all to think that you are smart, even though the only reason that you know the term Occamm's razor is because it has been popularized in many TV shows and movies(originally in Contact?). For that, I forgive you. But dont misanalyze the legend that is Sherlock Holmes
Becuase we all know that it is a well known scientifically proven fact that 'children' become completely mature 'adults' the day they turn 18? 18 just seems really arbitrary to me and i think that by telling kids that you cant do this and that until you are 18 just encourages them to act immature when they are younger than 18 and contributes to emotional problems when they are 18 and later on in life. I dont have the hard facts and am currently too lazy to get them bowerver; i do beleive that in most of europe where they have lower or no drinking age there are far fewer alcholics.
Have any recording artists come out against this whole business yet? Recording artists are always forcing their opinions about issues that are none of their business down our throat, why not form an opinion about something that actually matters?
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"This is how war really is. People die. The ruthless are the ones who win."
you mean like this:
"A single blow must destroy the enemy... without regard of losses... a gigantic all-destroying blow." -Adolf Hitler
I agree. Nobody is going to leave youtube if they play either short or entertaining commercials. I couldnt find any statistics on how many people went to watch it but does anyone remember the 5 minute long american express commercials with Jerry Seinfeld and superman? I know I went and downloaded both of them and was very entertained. And these were more than a video with a thirty second american express commercial. The entire video was an american express commercial. Every thirty seconds they had another reason to use the card. And it has stuck in my mind. I cant say I can remember that many other commercials from that period. Also american express paid big money to advertise the commercials on tv and then in bandwidth costs to show them on their website. Im sure that they could pay youtube a lot less to do all of this now.
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heres the wikilink
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Se
"Actually, that's technically pulling an Occam, as it's a variation on Occam's Razor. Yeah, yeah, Holmes said it like that, but Occam's razor is generally thought to be the foundation for Holmes' theory. Er...Doyle's theory, as it were."
Actually I think you are dead wrong here. Occam's razor states that you should always choose the least complicated explanation. With Holmes practice deductional observation the more complicated theory is just as or more likely to be the one that actually occurred. Just because it seems simple when Holmes is done explaining it doesnt mean that it was the less complicated scenario. The least complicated scenario, if you have actually read any of the stories, is invariably selected by Inspector lastrade.
Take the case of 'The six Napoleans'. Lastrade comes to holmes with a case where a man is breaking into peoples houses to smash their busts of napolean. One of the simplest explinations is Lastrade's , "he's a nut, simply a nut", if I remember right. As it turns out it is because the man is smashing the busts because there is the bounty from a robery hidden inside of the six napoleans that all came from the same mold where the man use to work.
I know that there are better examples than the one that I used but it is the first that came to mind and is the one that required the least typing. I suspect you misunderstand Holmes when he says stuff like 'simplicity my dear watson' which I beleive to be a sort of arrogant irony. I also suspect that you threw this out there because you wanted us all to think that you are smart, even though the only reason that you know the term Occamm's razor is because it has been popularized in many TV shows and movies(originally in Contact?). For that, I forgive you. But dont misanalyze the legend that is Sherlock Holmes
Becuase we all know that it is a well known scientifically proven fact that 'children' become completely mature 'adults' the day they turn 18? 18 just seems really arbitrary to me and i think that by telling kids that you cant do this and that until you are 18 just encourages them to act immature when they are younger than 18 and contributes to emotional problems when they are 18 and later on in life. I dont have the hard facts and am currently too lazy to get them bowerver; i do beleive that in most of europe where they have lower or no drinking age there are far fewer alcholics.
is that your website? I just went there and it really kinda sucks. A website with four equally sized frames will never be useful or convenient.
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/26/ 142243
cmdrtaco was so upset.
Have any recording artists come out against this whole business yet? Recording artists are always forcing their opinions about issues that are none of their business down our throat, why not form an opinion about something that actually matters?