[excon]

I've tried, but they didn't stick around long enough to answer my question.

I had suggested some months ago that, instead of having the GO skin,

Hello again, Carol:

Management, of course, could send out an email. Some sites contact me endlessly - some even if I've only been there once. I wonder if THIS management team does that - or anything close.

I don't think they listen to us. I didn't even know the guy's name before I read it in the article.

excon

[Wondergirl]

But IMHO the older generation that is still new to the net, those that could become regulers here are turning away because they dont like the looks of the place

That sounds like my soap opera. The TPTB are bringing in new YOUNG characters all the time ("Tad's long-lost son" or "Erika's daughter that she thought had been aborted") to attract YOUNG viewers, meanwhile messing up the soap's history and screwing with storylines. These new characters turn out to be a flash in the pan, soon outlive their storyline, have no other place in the soap, and then are fired, soon to be replaced by an ex-wife whom no one knew existed or the twin of Erika's supposedly aborted baby.

These YOUNG viewers don't stick around, are like ships passing in the night, because they are busy with school, real-life relationships, children, rock climbing, and whatever else young people do. The older viewers are the faithful ones who have stuck with the soap for years and years, know the history, and love the established characters who give the soap its stability and continuity. But TPTB don't give a hoot about the older viewers; they want the young flesh who will mindlessly buy the products advertised (never mind maintaining the integrity of the soap).

[Aurora_Bell]

Okay blond moment, but what exactly does algorithms mean?

[cdad]

Okay blond moment, but what exactly does algorithms mean??

Hmmm.. do I even comment here?? <snicker>




Algorithm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Aurora_Bell]

You better nopt be snickering at me mister. :p

[Aurora_Bell]

So it's just a word used to define calcualting something?

[Aurora_Bell]

Like how Google responds to "recipe" searches?

[excon]

So it's just a word used to define calcualting something?

Hello again, Bella:

Yes, and if you write one like Google, you too can make a zillion dollars.

excon

[cdad]

So it's just a word used to define calcualting something?

Not exactly. It's a word to define sets of values that go into an equation to give a result.

One simple way of example is our rating system. A value is given for a red and for a green. The outcome of those numbers represents the results. The equation could be considered and algorithm.

In the case of Google the nubers are there just unseen. But they add up to a result that is suppose to add value to the specific search. So lets for example say something thought of as advertising gets a -10 rating number. And a positive comment or fact receives a +20. Then you have reduced it to numbers and things can be compared. So sites with a negative rating might be spam sites. And those with a positive rating might rank higher in the search engines for relevancy.

That is what the algorithm is for. To presort the sites. Google does have a paid staff to visit sites and make corrections but as you can imagine when talking the scale of the internet its beyond human hands with all the changes and updates going on.

I hope that explains it for you.


If not then you know there isn't anything wrong with a little more color in your life :rolleyes:


excuse me while I run and hide now :)

[Aurora_Bell]

LOL, I hope you can run fast mister! Yes, actually that does explain it. A lot. Thank you Dad.

[magprob]

So who says you have to be dressed to come here anyway! I'm nakid right now and I don't think it really matters... does it? It's no ones bidness. And another thing, I can dress myself just fine... I just don't want to.

[Alty]

So who says you have to be dressed to come here anyway! I'm nakid right now and I don't think it really matters... does it? It's no ones bidness. And another thing, I can dress myself just fine... I just don't want to.

Where the heck did the greenie button go?

Bravo Mag.

I never get dressed unless I have to. That's the number one reason I haven't hooked up the web cam I got for Christmas.

[magprob]

Cool Baby. Mine is hooked up. I'm fixing to broadcast my but to the world!!

[Alty]

Cool Baby. Mine is hooked up. I'm fixin to broadcast my but to the world!!!!!

Only your butt? Maggy baby, I've been there and done that. ;)

Truth be told, the web cam isn't hooked up only because I don't know how.

Just ask Ben, the poor man spent an hour with me today, trying to get me back on line.

I'm surprised I even know what a webcam is!

Now that I've confirmed to all of AMHD that I am computer illiterate and just shocked to sh*t that I'm even here, I'm heading off to bed, because I really need some sleep.

Just in case you're wondering, yes, I also sleep in the nude. :)

Sweet dreams! :cool:

[magprob]

I go down to San Diego 3 or 4 times a year. When there, I always go to Blacks Beach and surf nude. Actually, back in 1972, I started nude surfing there. It caught on like wild fire. Where do you think they got the idea for the wind surfer boards. They saw me nude, on my board, and the next logical move was to put a sail on the hard wood mast. The rest is just extreme sports history.

[Alty]

You were surfing in 1972? I was still in diapers then! :)

[Wondergirl]

You mean, like, you're famous?

[Alty]

You mean, like, you're famous?

WG, I finally get to correct your spelling. I believe the word you're looking for is infamous, not famous. ;)

[Wondergirl]

I'll pick you up and we can drive to SD and watch magprob surf. I wonder if he has a spam board? How will we know who he is?

[magprob]

Of course I'm famous. Have you heard of HODAD, the greatest Southern Caifornia Surfer from the 50's and 60's? That's not me. I am known a GONAD, the greatest nekid surfer ever.