Back before the "internet" there were multiple online services. The "Big 3" were Prodigy, CompuServe, and America Online. At that time, a company like the Sears department store, would go to one or more of the big 3 and pay each one to setup an online presence.
Bad example. Prodigy was OWNED by Sears.
Investing does require basic math. Lottery is based on emotion/entertainment. Buy vs rent is based on what's available in your market. if you want to maintain a home, and if you plan to move in a few years. Few people make that decision primarily on calculated costs.
I agree with those. That's why I asked about the last three. I now remember reading the whole square root of people thing. To be honest, though, I still think that it's really more emotion than logic.
OK, I'll bite. I was a math major in college. How does Math help with the last three items on your list?
Meanwhile, Lrrr, ruler of Omicron Persei VIII will invade Earth over the cancellation of "Single Robot Lawyer"
Obligatory Jurassic Park quote
<voice type="Jeff Goldblum"> "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." </voice>
The case was Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company, 118 U.S. 394 (1886)
So... the automotive equivalent of the Boeing/McDonnell merger?
"Helpful web assistants" are only helpful to the company by making people needing support go away.
I had an issue with my U-Verse TV service. I used AT&T's "helpful" chatbot, and of course it couldn't help, so I asked it for a representative. After a while, I found the right magic words and it connected me to one. Apparently, the only people you can get through the chatbot are billing and other administrative people.
I found this out because the guy actually admitted he was a billing/CS rep, not a tech support rep, and the only way to get tech support people was over the phone.
Cue the Sean Conner Celebrity Jeopardy sketch.
We didn't have one in HS. But when I went to UCSC in the early '80s, each college had its own computer room.
At the Crown Stat lab, I wound up learning Unix (4.2BSD), and made a ton of good friends.
Boom's whole reason for existing is to minimize sonic booms.
Has ANY Oracle project in history ever come in on time and on (or under) budget?
After all, social media is what got him and his running mate elected.
There may be case law otherwise, see Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins (447 US 74), where shopping centers were required to permit others to engage in speech on their property.
(DISCLAIMER: I have skimmed the ruling but not read it in full)
The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters. -- Jean-Paul Kauffmann
