flip side

Copy Protection Does Not Mean More Sales

Techdirt  Mon, 08/01/2011 - 06:22

We've been pointing out that this isn't true for years now, but the entertainment industry is still so focused on "stopping piracy" rather than "what's the best business model," that they still don't seem to realize that many of their efforts to "stop piracy" actually do nothing to help their bottom line, and often do plenty to hurt their performance.


 

Revealed: The Mysterious Cleavage-To-Age Effectiveness Ratio For...

Techdirt  Tue, 12/14/2010 - 09:29

Dennis points us to dating site OKCupid's Sam Yagan revealing some of the data crunching results they've done on what works and what doesn't work on dating sites.

It's actually pretty impressive just how much data the site has to work with, so there are some interesting (and some amusing) findings.

Of course, some of it is blindingly obvious: women showing cleavage get a greater response.


 

Why Does Everyone Hate Ubuntu

Linux Today  Wed, 11/25/2009 - 15:03

Datamation: "Yet this popularity has a flip side. If Ubuntu is the most popular distribution, it is also the most hated."