That's probably true. Also, video lengths come into play; the videos may both be short so you don't really think about it, but that bar at the bottom is a relative measurement. So a video that's 30 seconds long looks like it loads a lot faster than a video that's 3 minutes long, when they're actually loading at the same speed. But, more likely, it's a quality thing. There are varying resolutions on YouTube now, for one thing, and ANY compressed media is at the mercy of its contents anyway. If I made a video of myself standing and speaking in front of a plain blue screen, that background is static and highly compressible. To add to that, some companies like Time Warner Cable burst your connection for the first 30-50 megs of any given file. So your short or small video might load under that burst, while the other video gets capped back at your normal speed. Links to the two videos? Maybe, but unless he's got a ridiculously fast internet connection, or a pathetically old wireless connection, that's probably not the bottleneck.
I need to pick the brain of anyone who has taught English abroad, specifically in Asia (excluding China). If you've done this or can point me to any other message board that features this sort of exchange, I will be greatly appreciative.
So yeah, here are the links to the two videos: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsIONT2C144" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsIONT2C144</a> (problem) <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snsx14aGzCA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snsx14aGzCA</a> (No problem) I understand the different bit rates and such, thus the different resolutions. But to me they really do not look that much different in quality, I would imagine it might be the codecs. I'm not sure though. The first video just has always loaded slowly for me, while the second has no issues. Whatever.
Ok, TIB. My buddy is getting married in three weeks and I'm in the wedding. I was just talking to him on the phone and he was talking about the entrance/introduction of the groom and groomsmen to the wedding... He wants to do something cool and kind of unique. I mean not the usual, "The Wedding party has arrived, welcome Fucker Tax..." Get creative people, it is me and three other groomsman. Let's hear some ideas. What should we do?
It doesn't sound like what I'm looking for but what the fuck is an elephant walk? EDIT: Nevermind, UrbanDictionary answered this question for me. Fuck off. Any other, less homosexual ideas?
Heading south in a couple weeks and need to get some spanish down. Enough to be able to find out names, order beer, food etc. Any suggestions for a quick crash course to Spanish for vacations? I don't need to know how to say boy, girl, tree, etc so most language things are dead useless to me.
So my car was stolen in March, and somehow it got recovered and returned to me recently. Unfortunately it only had the front plate on it when it was recovered (the one with out the tag), so I can't drive it. I'm leaving for boot camp the first week of June, so instead of going through the hassle of getting it back on the road I'm just going to sell it. So basically I'm looking for any advice on what I need to go through to sell this car as quickly as possible. It's already up on craigslist, but I need more help with the RMV side of it. Is there anything specific I need to do besides have the title transfered and create a bill of sale? I live in Massachusetts if it matters. Thanks in advance!
The registration doesn't really have anything to do with the sale. Write up a bill of sale, sign over the title, and the car is legally sold. Technically, in most states you don't even need a bill of sale, the information you fill out on the back of the title to sign it over basically contains everything a bill of sale would. The most you'll have to do with the registration is to keep the license plate, and submit a form indicating that you sold the vehicle. I'm not sure if all states have you report sales, in TX they tell you to report it because if the new person doesn't register it right away and uses your plates, you will be the recipient of any toll violations and parking tickets they get with the car since their issued against the plates. If you report the sale, you're off the hook.
To what degree do you have to know it? I'm going to assume that you don't need a completely in-depth explanation, because you can only go so far substituting mathematical rigour for plain English. Basically, logistic regression is a way of taking a *whole bunch of variables* and figuring out the probability of an event, given those variables. You start with a function called the "logistic function", which is f(z)= 1/(1+e^-z). This function is good because it will always give you an output between 0 and 1, no matter what you plug in for z. (Remember, probabilities are always between 0 and 1). "z" is basically how you combine all the variables to plug into the logistic equation. It's called the "logit", but that's not really important. Unless the test you're about to write has the word "logit" in it. Then it is. If the x's are the factors that influence the probability of the thing that is happening, and the B's are fixed numbers called "regression coefficients" (again, the name doesn't really matter), which are determined experimentally (so they'll either be given to you, or you'll be given data from which to find them), then you can find z like this: z=B0+B1x1+B2x2+...Bnxn What this means is that z is a measure of the total contribution of each factor to the total probability of the event in question (with B0 being the "intercept" and unrelated to any of the other factors). Examples are always helpful: You want to know the probability of Suzy sleeping with you. You know that the probability of Suzy sleeping with you is based on 3 things: x1: How nice you are to her x2: How much money you tell her you make and x3: How many roofies you slip in her drink while she's chatting with Kevin, that asshole. Alright, now we could just go and say that z=x1+x2+x3+x4, but that would imply that all of those factors carried equal weight. Obviously they don't, so what we're going to do is define a number to multiply each of these factors by (called a coefficient), to give them the proper weighting. B1=-0.2: Being nice to girls makes them want to sleep with you less. Everyone knows that. Notice how increasing the value of x1 in the logit equation (z=B0+B1x1+B2x2+...Bnxn) with a negative B1 value makes z smaller, which in turn makes the logistic equation (f(z)= 1/(1+e^-z)) smaller. This is the way the math represents the fact that being nice to women is a bad call. (See, it's math, it must be true). B2=6.2: Everyone knows girls love money. Notice that 6.2 is a much bigger number (proportionally) than 0.2, this is math-speak for money being more important that your personality. Because, for every increase of 1 in x1 (which subtracts 0.2 from z) a similar increase in x2 (which adds 6.2 to z) dwarfs it. B3=50: Similar to B2, this increases your chances, again, notice how much more important it is than the other factors. (Large (in magnitude) coefficients=important. Small ones=less so). Now if these were the only factors, then we'd be good to go, but there's a lot of other things that might happen: Suzy might pass out before you get her home, Kevin might take her from you, hell, the teachers might even wonder what you're doing in the schoolyard and call the cops. Lots of stuff could happen that affect the probability of you completing your pedophilic fantasy, but we can't consider all the variables, just the important ones, so we lump all the unimportant possibilities together in one coefficient, "B0", which isn't associated with a variable. Let's say B0=-4.3 Then your expression for the logit of this scenario would be: z=-4.3+(-0.2)(niceness)+(6.2)($$)+(50)(roofies) And given values for niceness, money and roofies, you can calculate the probability of your getting lucky by calculating z and plugging it into the logistic equation. In summary, logistic regression takes several variables that influence a binary outcome (either you sleep with Suzy or you don't, there's no other possibilities), weights their influence on the probability of the outcome with "regression coefficients", and takes into account the influence of factors it isn't considering with a number called B0, and gives you the probability of that event, given the variables you are considering. Hope this helps. Don't date rape children.
Hi, I have a question that if somebody who is an employer could answer, it would be really useful. I am a student at a UK university, and at the moment I am on a course that would result in me getting an Msci. My question is; do you value a graduate with a Bsc and an Msc more highly than a student with a Msci - or do you even know what an Msci degree is? The reason I am asking this is because I have the choice of going the Bsc/Msc route and if this will result in me getting better pieces of paper then obviously I want to do that rather than get a less recognised Msci qualification. I know the Msci is generally valued in the UK but if any of you in any other countries could provide me with any insight it would be great, because there is no way I'm living in England for the rest of my life.
So my good friend's have decided to get married next year and have asked me to be the Master of Ceremonies. I am very honoured, but do not have a clue as to what my responsibilities are. If anyone could give me a little more insight into what I am responsible for, it would be greatly appreciated.
This is mainly to the African Americans on the board- My wife and I are caucasian and have decided to adopt. We didn't place any stipulations on what to adopt as long as it's healthy and female. Apparently African American children are in much greater availability for adoption than any other race. Hearing that many of these children are going to foster homes until their 18, we decided to adopt African American. We've heard there will be rude comments and some may have a problem with two white parents raising a black child. As an African American, what are your thoughts on the matter? We plan on doing everything we can to make sure the child is raised well. We plan on reading up on African American history, and celebrating cultural holidays. Thanks in advance
I am very seriously considering dropping out of college, packing up my shit and using my savings to get a job in New Zealand. I am an 18 year old white American male. I know it's what I want to do and I feel like I'm wasting my time in college until I get a little more life experience. If anyone has any advice, ideas for employment, anything, please PM me.
BWW I have a large girl employed in my office. 280-290 pounds would be my guess. Anyways, our office furniture is 4 years old and I've noticed hers has taken extra wear and tear. It squeaks a lot, the upholstery is wearing down, etc. But the rest of our chairs are fine. How can I go about getting her chair replaced or fixed without buying the rest of the office new chairs? Business is down 30% and I don't have the money to buy all new chairs for the office. And yes, it couldn't easily be replaced without the rest of the office knowing.
PREFACE: This is fucking stupid. A friend called me last night to ask me if I knew what the little musical ditty that is sometimes played in older cartoons after jokes or something "zany". He then demonstrated the tune on piano. It's a three-second little note progression that we've all heard hundreds of times in our lives, but no one seems to know what it's called or where it came from. The only answer I could offer him off of the top of my head is that it probably originated in the silent film era and carried over into black and white cartoons. Bearing in mind that I have traditional musical education at all, I believe the notes for this little number are: B-B-B G-A-G It's a close cousin of the WAH-WAAAHHHHHH trombone noise that follows screw-ups and disappointments in cartoons, or anything Debbie Downer says: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/debbie-downer/1087347/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/ ... r/1087347/</a> What is the name of that stupid little note progression, and where did it come from?
Re: BWW After everyone has left for the evening deliberately break the chair. Explain the next day some bullshit about how you were standing on it to change a lightbulb, sitting on it whatever and that you broke it. Then replace it.
Everybody wears huge sunglasses with paint on them, and comes in to "Macho Man" Randy Savage's music. Do the spins and yell "OOOOH YEEEEEAH!!!"" at wedding guests in steroid- fueled boasts. I (honestly) myself came in with my wife to Ric Flair's music.