comp.lang.idl-pvwave archive: archive » Re: Interesting Thesis Topic

Home » Public Forums » archive » Re: Interesting Thesis Topic

Show: Today's Messages :: Show Polls :: Message Navigator
E-mail to friend

Re: Interesting Thesis Topic [message #50542]

Wed, 11 October 2006 12:40

K. Bowman
Messages: 330
Registered: May 2000

Senior Member

In article <Pine.LNX.4.64.0610112015470.18490@bifur.rmki.kfki.hu>,
FOLDY Lajos <foldy@rmki.kfki.hu> wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> probably you should combine the two, and use a pretty girl image
> (as an example) in your article. You will get a new record for a
> tech. article, too.

That would be the Fleet Street approach to selling newspapers. ;-)

Ken Bowman

Report message to a moderator

Re: Interesting Thesis Topic [message #50547 is a reply to message #50542]

Wed, 11 October 2006 11:34

David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001

Senior Member

Lajos writes:

> probably you should combine the two, and use a pretty girl image
> (as an example) in your article. You will get a new record for a
> tech. article, too.

Humm. You have a point. That image *could* use some image
processing I guess. Better than using that old David Stern
image in people.dat. Stay tuned for the (exciting!!) Image
Processing chapter. :-)

Cheers,

David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

Report message to a moderator

Re: Interesting Thesis Topic [message #50548 is a reply to message #50547]

Wed, 11 October 2006 11:27

Foldy Lajos
Messages: 268
Registered: October 2001

Senior Member

Hi David,

probably you should combine the two, and use a pretty girl image
(as an example) in your article. You will get a new record for a
tech. article, too.

regards,
lajos

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, David Fanning wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Here is an interesting thesis topic for you.
>
> Let people know you have published a technical article
> on a technical newsgroup. Mention the words "pretty girl"
> in the article. Examine page downloads for the next hour
> to see which article generates more interest.
>
> Here is some preliminary data:
>
> technical article: 10
> pretty girl: 465
>
> Let's just say I'm about to set a new record for page
> hits today!!
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
>

Report message to a moderator

Re: Interesting Thesis Topic [message #50549 is a reply to message #50548]

Wed, 11 October 2006 11:20

news.qwest.net
Messages: 137
Registered: September 2005

Senior Member

"David Fanning" <news@dfanning.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1f96e0858e20f22989d1d@news.frii.com...
> Folks,
>
> Here is an interesting thesis topic for you.
>
> Let people know you have published a technical article
> on a technical newsgroup. Mention the words "pretty girl"
> in the article. Examine page downloads for the next hour
> to see which article generates more interest.
>
> Here is some preliminary data:
>
> technical article: 10
> pretty girl: 465

[ face reddens]

(btw, don't include quotes on the phrase in the search)

Report message to a moderator

Previous Topic:	string functions and arrays
Next Topic:	Re: Problem displaying images on 8 bit monitor

-=] Back to Top [=-

[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [

] [

]

Current Time: Wed Oct 08 19:23:30 PDT 2025

Total time taken to generate the page: 0.01820 seconds