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HotForWords Forums » Tag: culture - Recent Posts http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ A place to discuss all kinds of stuff! en Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:34:15 +0000 pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-11941 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:08:31 +0000 pedanticKarl 11941@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-9756">Continued from appearance #8</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu9c7iiJs7o"> O'Reilly Factor: 9th appearance: October 29, 2009 - Halloween words Click image to see video <img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/i5ymhw.jpg"></a> Keywords: Halloween is short for "all hallow even" or eve of all saints day; even means eve where evening comes from as well; it was a Celtic festival called Samhein / Samhain summer's end, beginning of life's end, death starts; dress up as ghosts; Pope Gregory III changed All Saint's Day from May 13 to Nov 1; trick or treat versus trick and treat; Halloween was brought to America in 1930's; kids would threaten homeowners to give them treats; Jack-o-lantern refers to an Irishman named Jack who liked to play tricks on people who then tricked the devil not to take his soul after he dies; after Jack dies, he is in limbo between heaven and hell walking around with a lit coal in a carved out turnip; Nightmare - mare comes from incubus, a goblin or the devil who would suffocate you in your sleep; Werewolf - man wolf; wer comes from Anglo-Saxon meaning man; wif means woman; pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-11896 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:40:04 +0000 pedanticKarl 11896@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Nov 18, 2009 HotForWords was nominated for final voting in Mashable's Open Web Awards!!! Please vote for HotForWords in the "Most Educational to Follow" category. Please vote every day! November 18th through December 13th, 2009 Click the image or click the link below to take you to the voting. <a href="http://mashable.com/owa/votes?v=178&c=36"><img src="http://cdn.mashable.com/owa/img/OWA_300x250_vote_me.png"></a> <a href="http://mashable.com/owa/votes?v=178&c=36">mashable.com/owa/votes?v=178&c=36</a> pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-11566 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:20:19 +0000 pedanticKarl 11566@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Marina's recent visit to NYC included appearances on several radio shows such as • Sirius XM Ch. 111 Cosmo Radio • Joey Reynolds Show - WOR 710, NYC • Hella Fabulous - East Village Radio, NYC Joey Reynolds Show - WOR 710 Radio NYC - Oct 27, 2009 Joey chats with YouTube sensation Marina Orlova, principal George Albano, teacher Mary Anderson and pianist Katya Grinova (Russian Romantic Pianist) about words and their origins. Scroll down to photo of Marina. <a href="http://www.wor710.com/pages/46264">wor710.com/pages/46264</a> This is the actual <a href="http://www.wor710.com/episode_download.php?contentType=36&contentId=4120866"> MP3 download link</a> Hella Fabulous - East Village Radio, NYC, Oct 28, 2009 Marina talks about the origins of several words, her book, YouYube and interesting tidbits about her experiences. Very interesting. Playlist entry: October 28, 2009 ET <a href="http://www.eastvillageradio.com/shows/nowplaying.aspx?contentid=1270&showid=7582">eastvillageradio.com/shows/nowplaying.aspx?contentid=1270&showid=7582</a> This is the actual <a href="http://www.eastvillageradio.com/shows/m3uhandler.ashx?ContentID=1270&PlayListID=13127">playlist link</a>. (Windows only?) pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-11237 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:01:48 +0000 pedanticKarl 11237@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <a href="http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2009/10/search-comments-on-youtube-in-real-time.html">Search Comments on YouTube in Real-Time</a> Monday, October 19, 2009 (Partial Text) Today, Comments Search moves into Test Tube, the place where our engineers and developers test out new features and gather data and feedback before pushing them out to a wider audience. This feature allows you to search the comments people are making on YouTube in real time. The full comment will appear on a continuously updated results page, and "trending topics" indicates the hottest topics of conversation on YouTube at that particular moment. <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354485,00.asp">YouTube Copies Twitter with 'Trending Topics'</a> 10.20.09 Originally posted on: <a href="http://www.appscout.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.appscout.com/</a> (Partial text) Trending topics? They couldn't even come up with a different name? The idea is to "find out what YouTube users are saying" about the more popular videos or topics of the day, YouTube said. It appears to be an easy way to track current trends on the site. Trouble is, YouTube comments are widely regarded as some of the least informed or helpful commentary on the Web. YouTube's comment search page <a href="http://www.youtube.com/comment_search" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/comment_search</a> Captain Jack on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture/page/2#post-11220 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:52:31 +0000 Captain Jack 11220@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ @PK, Hum that's interesting. I'm not seeing it. I know I can see them just fine. Here is a website I went to to test them out. <a href="http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngpic2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngpic2.html</a> <img src="http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/img_png/pnglogo-grr-sml.png"> I'm even on an upgraded computer and OS. Might be and image that only exist on your machine. I can see all the other images above just fine. pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-11219 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:19:55 +0000 pedanticKarl 11219@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ @Captain Jack I can see the image. It is a PNG image created by Mashable. The generic URL is given above where it says; WHERE The generic URL is: <a href="http://mashable.com/owa/" rel="nofollow">http://mashable.com/owa/</a> This is the specific URL that preselects the nominating category. <a href="http://mashable.com/owa/votes?v=hotforwords&c=5">mashable.com/owa/votes?v=hotforwords&c=5</a> Note: It looks like Mashable was/is having some problems. One is allowed to vote for the nomination once a day, but it wouldn't let me until today. Their encoded URL is supposed to preselect the candidate as shown, which is "hotforwords", and that appears not to work. One has to manually key in "hotforwords" Captain Jack on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-11217 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:15:18 +0000 Captain Jack 11217@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ There is no image to click on. How about posting just the url? pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-11101 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:05:08 +0000 pedanticKarl 11101@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ What? Mashable's 3rd Annual Open Web Awards Who? I am nominating HotForWords When? Now. Nomination period is: October 14th - November 15th, 2009 Voting period: November 18th - December 13th, 2009 Winner Announced: Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 Where? <a href="http://mashable.com/owa/">mashable.com/owa/</a> Categories: <a href="http://mashable.com/owa/categories">mashable.com/owa/categories</a> I am nominating HotForWords for Most Educational to Follow How you can help: Click in the Mashable image below. It will take you to the awards site with a pre-selected category of Most Educational to Follow In the "Nominate" text box, enter: hotforwords Then, click the Submit&Tweet button. Your Twitter account will authenticate the voting. Remember, the submission is for voting for a nominee. Once a nominee is selected, then the final voting begins according to the timeline above. Voting is allowed once per day. See detailed rules on the Mashable site. Click image to nominate HotForWords<a href="http://mashable.com/owa/votes?v=HotForWords&c=5"> <img src="http://ec.mashable.com/owa/img/OWA_300x250_Nominate_Me_v1.png"></a> leonard on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-10918 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:01:50 +0000 leonard 10918@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ To theh*O*t <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_eek.gif" title="8O" class="bb_smilies" /> f*O*r <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_cool.gif" title="8)" class="bb_smilies" /> w*O*r*d*s :P@pedanticKarl <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" /> Member...I think with all your brains<blockquote>using the <center>[center]the nouns--geeks and nerds, keeps people confused. </center> Why have diversity and professionally "name-call"? So, we learn to be assos by segregation. </blockquote>I want to be funny, but, then again. thanks for the stingy white way of tech and currencies <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" /> [/b] W~A~V~E[b] <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_neutral.gif" title=":|" class="bb_smilies" /> pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-9756 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:54:55 +0000 pedanticKarl 9756@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-8551">Continued from above:</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQueo7nEnwQ"> 7th appearance: July 28, 2009 - Summertime Edition <img src="http://i25.tinypic.com/1zbfosi.jpg"></a> summertime; bikini; 1946; island of bikini; french designer; Louis Réard; vacation; empty work load; vacare; beach; pebbles worn down by the waves; picnics; french pique-nique; pique to pick; nique rhyming ending. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY4MTZZLRoA"> 8th appearance: August 23, 2009 - Back of the Book Segment <img src="http://i31.tinypic.com/olouh.jpg"></a> New book out, Uncle Sam 1813; 1812 war with Britain; John Bull; initials U.S. same as Uncle Sam; America; Amerigo Vespuci; crocodile tears; fake emotions; Roaman and Greeks were writing about crocodiles with tears; break a leg; hatzlakha u-brakha, "Success and Blessings"; humbles, unwanted part of meat; humble pie; humble meaning lowly; Greatest Potential on "Cute Adorable Kitten Videos" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/cute-adorable-kitten-videos#post-9677 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:48:45 +0000 Greatest Potential 9677@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Here's another winner! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBO2U7SZ5qs&feature=related"><img src="http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/qBO2U7SZ5qs/default.jpg"></a> Munchkin Cat star magic on "Cute Adorable Kitten Videos" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/cute-adorable-kitten-videos#post-9645 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:53:55 +0000 star magic 9645@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ loved both Vids! 5 Stars each! leonard on "Cute Adorable Kitten Videos" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/cute-adorable-kitten-videos#post-9638 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:22:16 +0000 leonard 9638@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Hello}}}{{{----The bubonic plague, leprosy and polio are thought of as diseases of the past -- things that might have had a part in history, but aren't around to infect us any longer. Infectious influenza (H1N1) caused millions of deaths as a pandemic in 1918, but is also the source of the current swine flu pandemic. (/ABC News)But a recent incident in China, where a town was quarantined for 10 days after three people died of a variant of bubonic plague, was just one of many reminders that these diseases have not vanished from the face of the earth. While many think of these diseases as completely eradicated -- and they occur far less frequently than they used to in the United States -- they have managed to hang on. "The microbes have hopes, dreams and aspirations just like human beings. In their case, it's to infect other people," said Dr. Howard Markel, a pediatrician and medical historian at the University of Michigan. )))))))))))echoe(((((((((((( pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-9229 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:33:02 +0000 pedanticKarl 9229@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <a href="http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2009/07/more-statistics-coming-to-video-near.html">YouTube videos public statistics - July 22, 2009</a> By clicking the Statistics & Data link below each video, YouTube is now displaying statistics in graphs and other formats. It looks like the data is turned on by default for all videos uploaded prior to July 22 and can be turned off. When uploading a video, the stats can be turned on or off. Being analytically oriented, of course I like the new information. I looked at a variety of videos and it is interesting to see the demographics for different videos and users. pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-9169 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:05:26 +0000 pedanticKarl 9169@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Mashable posted an article about a Twitter Guide for Business. The Mashable article is here: <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/07/23/twitter-101/">Twitter Launches a Twitter 101 Guide for Business</a> The Twitter Business guide called "A Special Guide" is here: <a href="http://business.twitter.com/twitter101/">"A Special Guide" for business by Twitter.com</a> Mashable has their own guide for using Twitter: <a href="http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/">The Twitter Guide Book by Mashable.com</a> pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-9168 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:55:36 +0000 pedanticKarl 9168@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ @greatestpotential YouTube XL(extra large) is a format intended for large screen TVs. Here are a few links regarding YouTube XL This is the YouTube link that one would use to watch YT videos on large screen TV <a href="http://www.youtube.com/xl">youtube.com/xl</a> <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/06/02/youtube-xl/">YouTube XL Released; It’s YouTube Made for the TV</a> <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/02/youtube-xl-brings-the-worlds-most-popular-video-portal-to-your-tv/">YouTube XL Brings The World’s Most Popular Video Portal To Your TV</a> Greatest Potential on "Cute Adorable Kitten Videos" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/cute-adorable-kitten-videos#post-9104 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:33:29 +0000 Greatest Potential 9104@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNv74rvkAw8&feature=related"><img src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/wNv74rvkAw8/default.jpg"></a> Kittens at Lunch !!! leonard on "Cute Adorable Kitten Videos" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/cute-adorable-kitten-videos#post-9102 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:33:59 +0000 leonard 9102@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ hear K*I*T*T*Y, ciddy kiddie...here have not any but the months blood... <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_razz.gif" title=":P" class="bb_smilies" /> leonard on "Cute Adorable Kitten Videos" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/cute-adorable-kitten-videos#post-9064 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:41:55 +0000 leonard 9064@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Rules WILL rule! <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_confused.gif" title=":?" class="bb_smilies" /> Greatest Potential on "Cute Adorable Kitten Videos" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/cute-adorable-kitten-videos#post-9038 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:38:50 +0000 Greatest Potential 9038@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ If you post "Cute Adorable Kitten Videos" from YouTube on this thread please follow these guidelines <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_arrow.gif" title=":arrow:" class="bb_smilies" /> 1. Video must have at least reached 1 million views 2. Kittens not cats 3. Adorable, Cute, Funny or all of the above <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmsV9R8FsDA&feature=related"><img src="http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/xmsV9R8FsDA/default.jpg"></a> スコティッシュ・フォールド Scottish Fold Greatest Potential on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-8838 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:42:14 +0000 Greatest Potential 8838@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ @Karl Any feedback on "You Tube XL" yet - where does one even begin(?) pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-8764 Sun, 31 May 2009 10:24:25 +0000 pedanticKarl 8764@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Google Wave is a hot new topic. It is a hot topic on twitter. The live search just keeps on scrolling. <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/05/28/google-wave-guide/"> Google Wave: A Complete Guide</a> May 28th, 2009 | by Ben Parr This is an excellent Mashable article on wave that goes into much more details and some new buzzwords. Here are some of them. - Wave: A wave, specifically, refers to a specific threaded conversation. It can include just one person, or it can include a group of users or even robots (explained below). The best comparison I can make is that it’s like your entire instant messaging (IM) history with someone. Anything you’ve ever discussed in a single chat or conversation is a wave. - Wavelet: A wavelet is also a threaded conversation, but only a subset of a larger conversation (or a wave). It’s like a single IM conversation - a small part of a larger conversation and a larger history. Wavelets, though, can be created and managed separately from a wave. - Blip (BLIP reviews): Even smaller than a Wavelet, a Blip is a single, individual message. It’s like a single line of an IM conversation. Blips can have other blips attached to them, called children. In addition, blips can either be published or unpublished (once again, it’s sort of like typing out an IM message but not yet sending it). The Google search term "Google Wave" is on a sharp uptrend. pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-8761 Sun, 31 May 2009 06:12:47 +0000 pedanticKarl 8761@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ <a href="http://code.google.com/events/io/">Google Wave</a> On May 28, there were several announcements at Google I/O Developer Conference regarding Google Wave. This site contains the 1 hr 20 min video previewing Wave. <a href="http://twitter.com/googleio">Google IO on Twitter</a> <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/wave/">What is Google Wave?</a> Google Wave is a product that helps users communicate and collaborate on the web. A "wave" is equal parts conversation and document, where users can almost instantly communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more. This site contains the 1 hr 20 min video previewing Wave. <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/05/google-wave.html">Google Wave blog </a>(not affiliated with Google) Thursday, May 28, 2009 Google Wave is a new communication service previewed today at Google I/O. This blog contains the 1 hr 20 min video previewing Wave. <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/28/exclusive-video-interview-with-the-google-wave-founders/">Exclusive: Video Interview With The Google Wave Founders</a> by Michael Arrington on May 28, 2009 But the product is important - not only does it do fantastic new things in a browser care of HTML 5, but it also proposes a new communication paradigm. The founding team behind wave like to say that this is what email would be if it were invented today. <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/05/google-wave-what-might-email-l.html">Google Wave: What Might Email Look Like If It Were Invented Today?</a> by Tim O'Reilly May 28, 2009 Google plans to announce an HTML 5-based application - still very much in the early stages of development - that represents a profound advance in the state of the art. Tim O'Reilly has quite a long page about Wave and goes into some details. Greatest Potential on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-8674 Wed, 27 May 2009 02:04:32 +0000 Greatest Potential 8674@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Marina #1 Guru on YouTube <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_exclaim.gif" title=":!:" class="bb_smilies" /> Ommmmmmm Marinahhhhh Padmeeeeeee Hummmmmmmm... pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-8630 Mon, 25 May 2009 08:35:50 +0000 pedanticKarl 8630@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ I proudly present to you the HotForWords YouTube Honors for May, 2009. Marina is the #1 Guru for the "Most Viewed" videos for May, 2009 and is #9 in all of the categories for "Most Viewed" videos for May with 7.5 million videos views. As you can see, there was some tough competition along the way. <a href="http://i41.tinypic.com/e03el5.jpg"> Click for a larger image <img src="http://i44.tinypic.com/2qjyjqp.jpg"></a> Greatest Potential on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-8577 Wed, 20 May 2009 21:45:05 +0000 Greatest Potential 8577@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ I think its fun to see Marina go through different hair style changes. pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-8551 Wed, 20 May 2009 07:27:42 +0000 pedanticKarl 8551@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ A Dedication To Marina This index of Bill O'Reilly TV appearances is dedicated to Marina for her many long hours of hard work in which she brings to us, the HotForWords community, new and interesting word origins. I have watched these videos again and again and I have learned something new from each of these lessons. This video series is a great learning experience in of itself. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb19WFhbYHM">1st appearance: Apr 15, 2008 - Bill O'Reilly words <img src="http://i42.tinypic.com/30xc4qu.jpg"> </a> video host: sarahwoome Keywords: 43 million hits; The magic of it; They look at me and they learn something at the end of the day; Blooter; Popinjay; Jackanapes; Pecksniffian; Pinhead;     <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7lSMUznkBs">2nd appearance: July 31, 2008 - Political Edition 1 <img src="http://i39.tinypic.com/2usy90y.jpg"> </a> video host: sarahwoome Keywords: 90 million hits; political words; political edition; feckless; codswallop; loon; democrat; republican; gulag; "You gotta love her";     <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBUvJ_B1ems">3rd appearance: Sept 23, 2008 - Political Edition 2 <img src="http://i42.tinypic.com/nbam8m.jpg"></a> video host: sarahwoome Keywords: famous word lady; political words; vote; liberal; conservative; William Crocker; tories; libertarian; necessitarian; liber; socialist; socius; Robert Owen; commune; capitalist; sagacious     <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn-t2vLsI6E">4th appearance: Dec 11, 2008 - Christmas words <img src="http://i44.tinypic.com/23rtro6.jpg"></a> video host: sarahwoome Keywords: Christmas spirit; words of the season; HotForWord lady; 15 million people per month; discuss vocabulary; 2009 calendar; Christmas; mass; celebration; fesitval; Christ; annointed one; Xmas; Greek spelling of Christ; dreidel; German word drehen; Kwanzaa; first fruit; Santa Claus; Dutch origin; Saint Nicholas; In Russian, Father of Cold;     <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJBsBYoKSak">5th appearance: Feb 13, 2009 - Valentine words <img src="http://i42.tinypic.com/2dtndzp.jpg"> </a> video host: hotforwords Keywords: St Valentines Day; named after two priests; married people; Emperor Claudius; 14th of February; beginning of spring; romantic; romanicus; chivalry; helping women; passionate; pati means to suffer; patience; suffering; love hurts; desire; de sidere means from the stars; infatuated; obsessed over something; look foolish;     <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AbKFC0HwBA">6th appearance: Apr 10, 2009 - My beef with O'Reilly <img src="http://i40.tinypic.com/dvk4e8.jpg"></a> video host: hotforwords Keywords: beef; meaness on the net; terrifying; rudeness online; Pew Internet and American Life Project; people are ruder online than real life; annonymity; cowards; educational channel; hurt my feelings; obnoxious; response out of you; ignore it; thick skin; pay attention to the positive comments; ignore the stuff; universal; rough, crude uneducated; rude means lacking of knowledge; beef originally meant to slaughter, to fight; now means complaint; pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-8536 Tue, 19 May 2009 03:58:01 +0000 pedanticKarl 8536@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ Here are three articles regarding YouTube videos that promote products. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/05/AR2009050502889.html">The Video Evidence: Why YouTube Is Concerned About Product Placement</a> The Washington Post - by Rory Maherm paidContent.org May 5, 2009; 5:06 PM Excerpt On Monday, we reported that YouTube was notifying some of its more popular content partners that it planned to start enforcing its policy of not allowing product integration into partner videos unless YouTube got a cut of the action. Who: Marina Orlova, an easy-on-the-eyes philologist whose show Hot for Words explores the meaning of words. ?Comment: In this episode, "Sleep With Me," see that bottle of Neuro Sleep right next to Marina? That's a paying sponsor whose other products (including Neurogasm) have also appeared in Marina's videos. - - - - - - - <a href="http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-youtube-cracks-down-on-sneaky-brand-integrations">YouTube Cracks Down On Sneaky Brand Integrations</a> By David Kaplan - paidcontent.org - Mon 04 May 2009 Excerpt YouTube has a warning for its top content partners: don’t include any branded integration without getting our permission first. - - - - - - - <a href="http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/digital-downloads/broadband/e3i3744fbefe2a504e91db238addd1c4d76"> YouTube: Placement Police Web video company looks for a chunk of integration ad revenue</a> By Mike Shields - MediaWeek.com - May 3, 2009 Excerpt Kevin Nalty, a marketing director at Merck & Co., who produces a series of sophomoric videos on YouTube under the moniker “nalts,” recently received a slightly scary e-mail from YouTube about one of his videos containing brand messaging. But he understands YouTube’s need to protect its business. “It’s not unreasonable,” he said. “They are paying these high bandwidth fees, and they don’t want to be seen just as a dumb pipe.” Some producers complain YouTube is inconsistent in its enforcement. Popular video creator Cory Williams, known as “Mr. Safety,” said he’s worked multiple sponsors into his videos, and YouTube has never bothered him as long as he runs overlay and banner ads during his clips. But advertisers that purchase overlay ads on YouTube don’t necessarily want to sponsor videos that are already sponsored. “We’re very sensitive to that,” said Pickett. Sometimes, producers say, YouTube deliberately turns a blind eye to paid product placements but refuses to promote those videos. That can significantly limit a video’s reach, leaving sponsors unhappy. “YouTube has so much power to push videos to the right audience,” said Tim Jones, COO of digital producer Animax Entertainment, which recently featured brand messaging from Hardee’s in its Nascar-spoofing series SlotCar—without YouTube’s prior knowledge. But Jones recognizes that some sort of revenue sharing model is inevitable. “YouTube should participate in revenue that is generated on their site,” he said. “This is something that would never happen in TV.” - - - - - - - NerdWithNoLife on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-3569 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:34:04 +0000 NerdWithNoLife 3569@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ When AviSynth can frameserve to Final Cut Pro, I'll be happy. Until then, the only solution is huge intermediate files. Premiere and After Effects however, can be frameserved by AviSynth to avoid those in between files, and take advantage of its superior processing, like native YCbCr noise filtering, and inverse telecining. Ever used TempGaussMC_betamod1? It's awesome. Now do you see why I have a PC? You'd be surprised what I can get done on my little machine, on a shoestring budget. I get stuff done, believe me. So for me the tinker toy argument doesn't hold water. And I can upgrade my motherboard without buying all the other stuff again (tower, power supply, drives, cards). pedanticKarl on "Geeks, Nerds, Internet, Technology, Society & Culture" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/geeks-nerds-internet-technology-society-amp-culture#post-3567 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:50:21 +0000 pedanticKarl 3567@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ @Captain Jack said: <blockquote>One thing I dislike about Windows is I spend more time fixing the damn thing than getting my work done. I've used PCs in the past as a tinker/hobbies toys and Macs as serious work machines.</blockquote> Hey Captain Jack, Thanks for the info regarding the Mac. From what I am reading and seeing about the increasing popularity of the Mac, I think a lot of people have and are finally making the distinction between playing around (tinkering) versus being productive, especially when it comes to the PC being a liability in many areas such as security and user friendliness. It is unbelievable what I see in corporations every day where productivity goes out the window due to mismanaged technologies. No one is being held accountable. <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_sad.gif" title=":(" class="bb_smilies" />