How Companies Learn Your Secrets. Why 'big data' is a magnet for startups. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.
--Armies of entrepreneurs are trying to make money sifting through mountains of data from the Web and other sources, but one of the biggest challenges is simply getting control of the data in the first place Entrepreneurs at an event here this week said that the trend of "big data," or collecting and analyzing reams of information from varied sources, threatens incumbent technology providers and enables applications once considered impossible. Startups are harnessing massive amounts of data to generate personalized entertainment ideas, predict how media coverage will affect company stock prices, or analyze genomes in the search of new medical treatments.
As these applications begin to crop up, the computer scientists behind them are realizing that they require a completely different technical foundation, according to people at the event organized the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council. Misuse of statistics. A misuse of statistics occurs when a statistical argument asserts a falsehood.
In some cases, the misuse may be accidental. In others, it is purposeful and for the gain of the perpetrator. When the statistical reason involved is false or misapplied, this constitutes a statistical fallacy. The false statistics trap can be quite damaging to the quest for knowledge. For example, in medical science, correcting a falsehood may take decades and cost lives. Misuses can be easy to fall into. Types of misuse[edit] Discarding unfavorable data[edit] All a company has to do to promote a neutral (useless) product is to find or conduct, for example, 40 studies with a confidence level of 95%. Another common technique is to perform a study that tests a large number of dependent (response) variables at the same time. Loaded questions[edit] The answers to surveys can often be manipulated by wording the question in such a way as to induce a prevalence towards a certain answer from the respondent.
Ces clichés glaçants de la France vue par la propagande nazie. La philosophe Cécile Desprairies décrypte les troublants détails de cinq photos prises par les services officiels allemands.
Montage de photos réalisés par la propagande nazie A ceux qui s’intéressent à l’histoire et aux images, « Sous l’œil de l’occupant » est un livre fascinant. Son auteur, Cécile Desprairies, philosophe, a retrouvé des photos prises en France par la propagande allemande. Certaines sont spontanées, d’autres sont complétement travaillées, toutes sont glaçantes. Ces photos, d’une grande qualité, montrent une France à travers l’œil de ses occupants : belle et soumise à ses « sauveurs ». Chee_khoo.cursor_movements.WWCS2004. Les ingénieurs, le nécessaire retour. Leigh Bowery. Minty and Freud [edit] Promotional still from the documentary The Legend of Leigh Bowery.
In 1993, Bowery formed the band Minty with friend and former 1980s knitwear designer Richard Torry, Nicola Bateman, and Matthew Glammore. In November 1994, Minty began a two-week-long show at London's Freedom Cafe, including audience member Alexander McQueen, but it was too much for Westminster City Council, who closed the show down after only one night. Minty was a financial loss and represented a low point in his colourful career.
A spin-off band called Offset later formed including artist Donald Urquhart.[1] Personal life[edit] Although Bowery always described himself as gay, he married his longtime companion Nicola Bateman on 13 May 1994 in Tower Hamlets, London. In popular culture[edit] The character Vulva in the British TV comedy series Spaced is based on Leigh Bowery.[2] Published works[edit] Discography[edit] Minty's discography Partial videography[edit] 10 Free iPhone Apps To Learn A New Skill In 10 Minutes. As well as options for almost unimaginably varied entertainment, the powerful iPhone platform can be used as a learning tool.
Thanks to kind-hearted developers, many of the phone's best educational apps are available completely free. We've compiled a list of the 10 of the best free iPhone apps that allow you to learn a new skill in about 10 minutes (or less). Why not download a few now, and the next time you have a spare ten minutes, spend it boosting your life skills level by learning something new instead of mowing down the undead in Plants vs Zombies. Let us know in the comments what other educational iPhone apps you enjoy using. 1. We love this app. 2. It's no good in a medical emergency fumbling with your iPhone for a quick tutorial if the person in front of you is already turning blue. 3.
A great time-waster for bored cubicle dwellers, this app shows you a few different methods of tying your necktie. 4. 5. 6. 7. Millions of people across the world communicate with Morse Code. Philosémitisme polonais, par Hugues Serraf.