Map of beauty 日曜日, 7月 30 2006 

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Virender Ajmani has created a mashup between Google Maps, Youtube videos and pictures of the 99 women from AskMen’s Top 99 Women 2006. Beauty is subjective, so I’ll let you decide if the top is fair, or if it’s just the result of media exposure.
Map of beauty – Google operationg system

面白いんだか、面白くないんだか良く分からん。

Developers cry foul over Windows kernel security 日曜日, 7月 30 2006 

Microsoftがまたやってくれたようです。

“Nobody knows if Microsoft has done this intentionally, but we can’t avoid the suspicion that this move may have been designed to force users to rely on Microsoft and only Microsoft for Windows security”
Developers cry foul over Windows kernel security – digg

But Agnitum thinks the approach is susceptible to reverse engineering attacks by skilled hackers, while preventing legitimate software developers from installing software at the kernel level, unless ISVs similarly reverse-engineer access to the OS kernel. Such an approach would make it more difficult to install and maintain independent security products on Windows, Agnitum argues. Hackers, by contrast, have no need to fret about compatibility issues.
Developers cry foul over Windows kernel security – The Register

建前として「fair」を優先するアメリカ人にとって、「foul」とはかなりきつい言葉の筈。

While gates doing good thing (charity to his foundation) , his company still be the ‘evil empire’ ?

wpをAjax化 日曜日, 7月 30 2006 

まだ試してません。

“This is cool. AjaxWp is a lightweight JavaScript enhancement that adds AJAX functionality to WordPress blogs speeding up load times, increasing the responsiveness of the user interface and giving the blog an overall cooler look.”
An AJAX enhancement for WordPress blogs – digg

How AjaxWp Works
The script operates transparently by parsing the (X)HTML of the blog, and adding onclick event handlers to all links that point to internal blog pages. When a user clicks on a link AjaxWp traps the event and, instead of letting the browser navigate to the target page, requests the target page with AJAX.
AjaxWp – An AJAX enhancement for WordPress blogs – giannim.com

胃に宿った胎児を摘出したビデオ 日曜日, 7月 30 2006 

それは双子の片割れだと言う。
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An Indian man with a fetus in his stomach. This case called “Fetus in fetus” and the fetus is the man’s dead twin. As the man grown the “parasite” twin did to. Watch this incredible medicin video, but have in mind, there are some shocking scenes
Video of man with his dead twin “parasiting” on his stomach. – Digg

生きてたらピノコだったよなw

関係ないけど、こんなのもあったw

あたちたちは一人の英雄を失ったのよさ。
れも、これは敗北を意味すゆのか?否!始まりなのだ!
地球連邦に比べ、我がジオンの国力は30分の1以下なのよのね。
にもかかわらず今日まで戦い抜いてこられたのは何故か?
諸君!我がジオン公国の戦争目的が正義らかやよのさ。
これは諸君らが一番知っていゆ。
ギレン・ザビ演説(ピノコバージョン)

YouTube goes to public? 日曜日, 7月 30 2006 

media mogul summer camp で売り込みに失敗したYouTubeがIPOを考えているそうだ。

Well, when YouTube’s Chad Hurley didn’t get a sweet enough offer from the heads of NBC, News Corp, and other guests at media mogul summer camp, he spun it by hinting that his company might go public.

Yep, YouTube, which is spending over $1 million a month on bandwidth alone, trying to ramp up from $0 to $1 million in monthly direct ad sales, and fighting a rising tide of competitors — YouTube, which isn’t pulling in a profit, says Chad — is thinking about an IPO.

Reader poll: Will YouTube be the first public flameout? – ValleyWag

Market Watch に掲載された CEO Chad Hurley のインタビュー。

“Right now we’re just concentrating on proving the best user experience possible,” Hurley said. “We have no plans to sell.”

As for an initial public offering, Hurley said, “If we have an opportunity to go public in the future that would be very exciting for us.”

No doubt YouTube would have to follow the Google model of achieving profitability before it stages an IPO in the face of tough market conditions nowadays, but for now the company isn’t in the black, Hurley admits.

News sites reported that during the AlwaysOn Conference, Hurley said the company is experimenting with banner and text-based advertising as it generates revenue and builds out its sales team.

Wall Street Journal reporter Kara Swisher asked if YouTube was profitable, and Hurley replied, “Not right now,” according to a press report.

After inking a pact with NBC, Hurley said YouTube is now in discussions with TV networks, movie studios and record labels for more content.

YouTube CEO: IPO would be ‘exciting’ – Market Watch

  • 「身売りは考えていない。」
  • 「将来的に上場できるとすれば、結構なことだ。」
  • 昨今の市場に状況を鑑みれば、Googleのように上場前に収益を確保している必要があることは間違いないが、YouTubeは黒字化しておらず、それはHurley も認めている。
  • AlwaysOn Conferenceに関する他のニュース・ソースによれば、YouTubeはテキスト・ベースの広告収入とセールス部門の設置を検討している。
  • NBCとの契約後も、YouTubeは他のテレビ局や映画会社、レコード会社との折衝を継続している。

Dick Cheney’s Duck Hunt 日曜日, 7月 30 2006 

Dick Cheney’s Duck Hunt


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