It's interesting that all this happened because Acorn included a good, basic vector drawing program with their machines. This created a community of people for whom vector art was second nature, programmers fluent in the concepts involved, and demand for more advanced packages. In hindsight the appearance of Artworks, which later became Xara, was inevitable.
After I moved to other platforms it took me a few years to shake off the expectation that I'd be able to simply create vector graphics, and accept that it was going to be a painful and humiliating experience. Maybe now I can return to the halcyon days of my youth.
In one of the other comments, someone used the word "cumburper". I gotta admit, that's pretty awesome. You should be able to get at least 6 months out of that one.
I wish people would stop posting those bloody Channel 9 MSDN videos. They're worse than bloody Sun promos! Shut up and show me the eyecandy already, bitches!
Yet another fine innovation in the field of batshit insane UI design! They may finally take the crown from the Windows XP Start "Menu" as the "Most Hilariously Bizarre GUI Element".
Really? I've created a few DVDs with iMovie and iDVD now, and for the most part I've found the experience to be excruciatingly painful. iDVD seems to be intentionally crippled to protect Apple's pro products, and iMovie is just weird. Where's the rotate function for fuck's sake?
Having said that, I'll take your word for it that the Linux options are worse.
I once estimated that The Guardian's IT section contained one factual error per-paragraph. At least the science reporting didn't have so many mindless puff pieces.
It seems to me there are certain topics about which people take great pride in their own ignorance. They view it as a heroic act of defiance. Journalists are no different.
The study was funded by the American Cocoa Research Institute. Make of that what you may.
Compared to a lot of the "alcohol is good for you" hype that I've seen, the article is actually pretty balanced. Still, this kind of thing makes me uncomfortable.
About 20% of my time on my last job was spent doing web analysis. It drove me insane.
The problem is with the word "accurate". To management, "accurate statistics" means knowing exactly how many conscious human beings looked at the site during a given period. However, the computer cannot measure this. What it can measure, accurately, is the number of HTML requests during a given period.
You can use the latter number to estimate the former number. But because this estimate is effected by a multitude of factors like spiders, proxies, bugs, etc., management will say "these stats are clearly not accurate!". You can try to filter out the various "undesirable" requests, but the results you'll get will vary chaotically with the filters you use. The closer you get to "accurate" stats from the point of view of management, the further you'll be from "accurate" stats from a technical point of view.
Makers of web analysis software and services address these problems by the simple of technique of "lying". In fact, a whole industry has built up based on the shared delusion that we can accurately measure distinct users.
Which is where this article comes in. The author has discovered the shocking, shocking fact that the standard means of measuring distinct users are total bollocks. He's discovered that another technique produces dramatically different results. He's shocked, shocked, appalled in fact, that the makers of web analysis software are not interested in this new, highly computationally-intensive technique that spits out lower numbers.
My advice? Instead of doing costly probability analysis on your log files, just multiple your existing user counts by 0.7. The results will be just as meaningful and you can go home earlier.
Wow, are Hitachi actually using that Engrish slogan outside of Japan? I'd assumed their overseas divisions would be too embarrassed to touch it.
For those who haven't had the pleasure to spend time in this wonderful but infuriating country, saying "the next" without specifying the next what is a common mistake in Japanese English (presumably because the Japanese equivalent, tsugi, is a noun, not an adjective).
Hopefully this will be the start of a fabulous new trend of Japanese companies exporting their Engrish slogans! Watch out for Sony's brain-melting "Invitation to Next" slogan, coming to a billboard near you!
The RSS integration is brilliant. For me, that's what sets it apart from the hundreds of other versions of the same idea.
The way the search works is great too. Pity they have to use MSN for the engine though. The best interface in the world can't compensate for second-rate results.
Wow, the high-dynamic range lighting is really good! The trees look really real. On the other hand, the physics model on the hat could use some work. I think most people would spot that.
What the hell is sugar shock? How does it make someone turn blue?
If he drank too much isn't it more likely he was suffering from alcohol poisoning? Perhaps if you'd said that your 911 call would have been more productive?
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Quick summary: all printer manufacturers, give or take a couple. Gotta love that free market capitalism!
It's interesting that all this happened because Acorn included a good, basic vector drawing program with their machines. This created a community of people for whom vector art was second nature, programmers fluent in the concepts involved, and demand for more advanced packages. In hindsight the appearance of Artworks, which later became Xara, was inevitable.
After I moved to other platforms it took me a few years to shake off the expectation that I'd be able to simply create vector graphics, and accept that it was going to be a painful and humiliating experience. Maybe now I can return to the halcyon days of my youth.
If your aunt is fucking the school bully... you might be a redneck.
Well done.
Big spaceship. Bald captain.
In one of the other comments, someone used the word "cumburper". I gotta admit, that's pretty awesome. You should be able to get at least 6 months out of that one.
I wish people would stop posting those bloody Channel 9 MSDN videos. They're worse than bloody Sun promos! Shut up and show me the eyecandy already, bitches!
Yet another fine innovation in the field of batshit insane UI design! They may finally take the crown from the Windows XP Start "Menu" as the "Most Hilariously Bizarre GUI Element".
Really? I've created a few DVDs with iMovie and iDVD now, and for the most part I've found the experience to be excruciatingly painful. iDVD seems to be intentionally crippled to protect Apple's pro products, and iMovie is just weird. Where's the rotate function for fuck's sake?
Having said that, I'll take your word for it that the Linux options are worse.
Jesus Christ, how low have Slashdot's moderators sunk?
Note to trolls: you know you may as well pack up and go home. There's no point biting a man who's chewing on his own intestines.
It seems to me there are certain topics about which people take great pride in their own ignorance. They view it as a heroic act of defiance. Journalists are no different.
That's a terrible idea. Make sure you get Connery.
And by "awesome", I mean that Marvel is going to make 10 superhero movies that will all suck. That's a 100% suckage ratio! That's awesome!
Can we please go back to making sci-fi movies that suck please? Or how about another Beastmaster?
New Orleans should be rebuilt with Faith.
The study was funded by the American Cocoa Research Institute. Make of that what you may.
Compared to a lot of the "alcohol is good for you" hype that I've seen, the article is actually pretty balanced. Still, this kind of thing makes me uncomfortable.
Good to see The New York Times is maintaining the same journalistic standards today as it did in 1914!
About 20% of my time on my last job was spent doing web analysis. It drove me insane.
The problem is with the word "accurate". To management, "accurate statistics" means knowing exactly how many conscious human beings looked at the site during a given period. However, the computer cannot measure this. What it can measure, accurately, is the number of HTML requests during a given period.
You can use the latter number to estimate the former number. But because this estimate is effected by a multitude of factors like spiders, proxies, bugs, etc., management will say "these stats are clearly not accurate!". You can try to filter out the various "undesirable" requests, but the results you'll get will vary chaotically with the filters you use. The closer you get to "accurate" stats from the point of view of management, the further you'll be from "accurate" stats from a technical point of view.
Makers of web analysis software and services address these problems by the simple of technique of "lying". In fact, a whole industry has built up based on the shared delusion that we can accurately measure distinct users.
Which is where this article comes in. The author has discovered the shocking, shocking fact that the standard means of measuring distinct users are total bollocks. He's discovered that another technique produces dramatically different results. He's shocked, shocked, appalled in fact, that the makers of web analysis software are not interested in this new, highly computationally-intensive technique that spits out lower numbers.
My advice? Instead of doing costly probability analysis on your log files, just multiple your existing user counts by 0.7. The results will be just as meaningful and you can go home earlier.
Wow, are Hitachi actually using that Engrish slogan outside of Japan? I'd assumed their overseas divisions would be too embarrassed to touch it.
For those who haven't had the pleasure to spend time in this wonderful but infuriating country, saying "the next" without specifying the next what is a common mistake in Japanese English (presumably because the Japanese equivalent, tsugi, is a noun, not an adjective).
Hopefully this will be the start of a fabulous new trend of Japanese companies exporting their Engrish slogans! Watch out for Sony's brain-melting "Invitation to Next" slogan, coming to a billboard near you!
I use this on my girlfriend all the time. Doesn't do much for the hysteria, but it's bloody good fun.
The RSS integration is brilliant. For me, that's what sets it apart from the hundreds of other versions of the same idea.
The way the search works is great too. Pity they have to use MSN for the engine though. The best interface in the world can't compensate for second-rate results.
Also, kudos for not forcing log in.
Wow, the high-dynamic range lighting is really good! The trees look really real. On the other hand, the physics model on the hat could use some work. I think most people would spot that.
I read this as "a robotic felcher for my crippled butt". Which to be honest, sounds a lot more interesting.
What the hell is sugar shock? How does it make someone turn blue?
If he drank too much isn't it more likely he was suffering from alcohol poisoning? Perhaps if you'd said that your 911 call would have been more productive?