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Archive for April, 2006

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Sunday, April 30th, 2006

I can’t leave this Da Vinci Code story alone. The 71-page judgement written by Judge Peter Smith contains a code. That sound you hear is western civilization grinding to a halt.
You can find a pdf of the judgement here. In it are random italicized letters. Take them all together and they spell…
(smithycode) j a e i [...]

What About Inter-Room Sharing?

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

The RIAA and MPAA are advancing into the next frontier of lawsuit targets. First they went after Napster and shut it down, leaving only de-centralized file sharing systems like Gnutella. Since there is no central server to shut down, they went after individual file sharers, such as a 12-year-old girl or people who rip CDs [...]

Sweeps, Under the Rug

Friday, April 28th, 2006

Today marks the beginning of May Sweeps! The race is on! Keep a jaundiced eye on your local news because they get affected the worst.
Sweeps is a month-long phenomenon in which the Nielsen Ratings people devote extra scrutiny to the data. They supply more viewing diaries to more viewers and go into greater detail. There [...]

Ratings Watch: Only 3 Genres!

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

America’s vision narrows – we only want to see detective shows, medical shows, or American Idol. Numbers are ratings/households(millions).

American Idol (TUE) — 16.6/24.4
American Idol (WED) — 16.5/27.63
House  — 13.7/22.6
CSI — 12.2/18.8
Without a Trace — 11.6/16.9
CSI: Miami — 10.8/16.3
Desperate Housewives — 10.4/15.7
CSI: NY — 10.3/15.1
NCIS — 10.1/15.9
Grey’s Anatomy — 9.7/14.6

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