| Interesting Thesis Topic [message #50550] |
Wed, 11 October 2006 11:06  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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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.")
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| Re: Interesting Thesis Topic [message #50702 is a reply to message #50550] |
Thu, 12 October 2006 10:03  |
mankoff
Messages: 131
Registered: March 2004
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On Oct 11, 2:06 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> 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
An interesting side-story: Anyone who has worked much with image
processing and compression algorithms has probably seen the Lenna
image. What many do not know is that this was originally a playboy
centerfold cropped to show just her head...
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~chuck/lennapg/lenna.shtml
-k.
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| Re: Interesting Thesis Topic [message #50710 is a reply to message #50550] |
Thu, 12 October 2006 05:15 |
Haje Korth
Messages: 651
Registered: May 1997
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David,
why search? Can't you just give us a link? ;-)
Haje
PS: Honestly that results is pretty pathetic.
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.")
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