I have received a number of spam messages from some author I had never heard of before, sending me to her Amazon listing. After the third round of spamming I decided to make a note of it on the page for the book, creating a review titled "Please don't buy books from this spammer." I used my real name and account, gave an accurate description of what had happened and a fairly objective review of what I could glean about the book. I also observed that the other reviews appeared to be shills, so I gave a little review of their reviews as well. None of what I said was mean or vindictive, just matter of fact.
It has been a week since I wrote that review and I thought to check for it today. There is no trace of it. I was not notified in any way that it was unacceptable or that it had been removed. If you are curious, you can check out the books here , but please do not buy from this spammer! I think you will see immediately how poorly the book is written and what obvious shills the reviewers are. It is almost funny, if it weren't for the spamming.
Of course any comments you leave about that book, or feedback you send to Amazon about their pulling reviews is up to you.
-Dan
Okay, this is a bit off-topic, but the standard synchrotron brightness units are Photons per second per square millimeter per
-Dan
An economic disincentive for our kids to do homework. That is not what we as a nation or any society on this planet need. Somehow I think we are missing part of the proposal. Of course I haven't looked into it beyond one of the links. I just don't see how anyone is going to find this arrangement appealing! There will be a massive outcry if they try to force this on people and it will die an even more pathetic death than Vista. Well, that is my first reaction and I don't think I care enough to look into any further... Heh.
And Apple is just the company to deliver it. The whole system for watching TV, whether it is movies or other regular TV, is broken. It is a pain in the ass. There is too much chaos. Apple has done a very good job, judging by market success, at creating an orderly, pleasing user experience for both music players and smart phones. You can count on it that they are working on something for video delivery, and video on the iPod is not the end of it. As far as it being announced soon, that too is plausible. They have certainly had enough time to work on it. Technology has advanced since the Apple TV, which didn't interest me but, I am certainly curious to see what they come up with next for that space.
-Dan
Real Programmers don't write in FORTRAN. FORTRAN is for pipe stress freaks and crystallography weenies. FORTRAN is for wimp engineers who wear white socks.