Ads
Okay so may have noticed I have decided to put ads on my site (may not be there yet, they might not have approve me) not because I am expecting oodles of cash from it but purely from a curiosity point of view. I hate ads I really do, I stopped watching terrestrial TV years old ago preferring to stick BBC iPlayer, Internet downloads and now in the last couple of years I use Amazon Prime. All with zero ads that being said any where I go on the Internet ads are prolific but these at static ads YouTube being the exception, but I can choose not to look at them.
What is really interesting about Internet ads is how tech savvy kids in Macedonia recently made a bundle of cash and are still making it an average of $6000 a month by leveraging fake news websites mostly aimed at the American Presidential Election. Fake stories about Trump got more hits any Clinton which just goes to show there is no such thing as bad press in politics.
Questions have been raised about these fake stories on Facebook's news feed, could it have swayed the election. Owners of Facebook say they a drop a in ocean but there is no definitive way to prove that except by comparing what stories the voters clicked on and asking the somewhat private question to each voter, how did you vote? That information will never be forthcoming, those kids in Macedonia only do it for the cash reward they are not interested in the politics. Now that the election is over they moving on to Sports so I suggest you pay particular attention in theory they could skew the odds.
We now exist in two realities, the real world and cyberspace. Once upon a time everything in cyberspace mirrored everything in the real world in terms of facts and history. Now its cyberspace's turn with advent of Big data, social media and Ads. The real world reality can created in cyberspace.
The Cold War had spies and misinformation today with have 16/17 year old's with fake news.
I am curious as to what happens next.
Amazon's Grand Tour
BBC's Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond left or were fired for various reasons involving steak I believe, lets not go there. Amazon in their infinite wisdom and considering how big they are they must have some brought the team back together for twelve episodes of extreme fun with anything that has a petrol engine spread round the world.
Watched the first episode on the weekend. They have junked the celebrities, kept the track (different one) and employed a American to drive the cars round a track. Supposedly because Amazon wanted an American racing driver. No Stig in evidence. Despite the loss of the some of the original format from the previous BBC show it all still worked very well.
Fast cars going round racing tracks very fast what's not to love about that. The banter between the Jeremy, James and Richard is just as good as ever. Yes there were a number references to the old show but that is just typical British humour which worked because I laughed whether the audience laughed because someone held a sign up that said 'Laugh Now' is anybodies guess.
There is some rumours going round that the team have not liked working together on this series but you know what they say about rumours and fake news sites. Although that being said the view from their big windows in the tent looks suspiciously like a green screen perfect irony for a show called: Grand Tour.
I am however looking forward to the next episode.
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Monday, 21 November 2016
Thursday, 13 October 2016
Mr Robot Review 3/5 Stars
***WARNING SPOILER ALERT***
Whilst I have really enjoyed both seasons of Mr Robot (Amazon Original TV series) I can only give it three stars. There are two reasons for this the first being that at the end of season one we discover the real identity of Mr Robot’s character effectively the plot/concept has been completely ripped from the film Fight Club. Edward Norton’s character in Fight club was unable to sleep and his conscious effectively created a separate alter ego, this alter ego then set up the circumstances to blow up several buildings owned by credit card companies thereby erasing all records of credit card debt. This film worked on so many levels and was beautifully directed.
Mr Robot has stolen the whole concept except in this version it was brought up to date and used a hack to encrypt Evil Corp’s database which creates a major financial crisis because nobody can access their money.
The second reason is that whilst the acting is superb throughout I have to ask is there some sort of competition between the actors to have a more startled open eyed expression than anyone else on the cast. Rami Malek’s character I can understand he seems to be in a perpetual state of shock, however I see no reason for Carly Chaikin, Portia Doubleday and Sunita Mani to join in with this startled moose look. Christian Slater appears to be the only one that is allowed a full range of expressions upon his face.
I do however love the writing and the direction it twists and turns perfectly all the way through, extremely well paced. At no point was a I bored although Tyrell's character lacked a certain depth that made me question whether he would really thrown in with Elliot's character or not.
Incidentally in Fight Club there is a scene when Norton’s character is held by cops who are part of the revolution, they explain that they were told by Norton’s character to stop anyone from interfering with the plan even if it was Norton’s character doing the interfering. In the last episode in season two of Mr Robot, Elliot is shot by Tyrell for exactly the same reasons.
I suppose you could say that about any story which has a character with a split personality but still it is a complete rip off!
The irony is I like Mr Robot more than Fight Club.
Whilst I have really enjoyed both seasons of Mr Robot (Amazon Original TV series) I can only give it three stars. There are two reasons for this the first being that at the end of season one we discover the real identity of Mr Robot’s character effectively the plot/concept has been completely ripped from the film Fight Club. Edward Norton’s character in Fight club was unable to sleep and his conscious effectively created a separate alter ego, this alter ego then set up the circumstances to blow up several buildings owned by credit card companies thereby erasing all records of credit card debt. This film worked on so many levels and was beautifully directed.
Mr Robot has stolen the whole concept except in this version it was brought up to date and used a hack to encrypt Evil Corp’s database which creates a major financial crisis because nobody can access their money.
The second reason is that whilst the acting is superb throughout I have to ask is there some sort of competition between the actors to have a more startled open eyed expression than anyone else on the cast. Rami Malek’s character I can understand he seems to be in a perpetual state of shock, however I see no reason for Carly Chaikin, Portia Doubleday and Sunita Mani to join in with this startled moose look. Christian Slater appears to be the only one that is allowed a full range of expressions upon his face.
I do however love the writing and the direction it twists and turns perfectly all the way through, extremely well paced. At no point was a I bored although Tyrell's character lacked a certain depth that made me question whether he would really thrown in with Elliot's character or not.
Incidentally in Fight Club there is a scene when Norton’s character is held by cops who are part of the revolution, they explain that they were told by Norton’s character to stop anyone from interfering with the plan even if it was Norton’s character doing the interfering. In the last episode in season two of Mr Robot, Elliot is shot by Tyrell for exactly the same reasons.
I suppose you could say that about any story which has a character with a split personality but still it is a complete rip off!
The irony is I like Mr Robot more than Fight Club.
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Tied & Knotted
My pet hate is Neckties, a men's fashion that should of gone out with flares. I hated wearing a tie in school not to mention it is somewhat dangerous. I mean come on who thought it would be a good idea to wrap a a piece of cloth round one's neck with a slip knot commonly used to hang people with?
I'm not the only one that thinks this: Question Everything?
Okay a little heavy on the sauce but you get my drift.
It is like Superheroes and capes pretty much the kiss of death, 32.5 people die every year from wearing a necktie. I can only assume they brought back only 0.5 of person to get that figure, probably because the necktie was still attached.
Apparently we can blame the Chinese for this ludicrous idea, ta very much NOT! Looks like the rest of world cloned your idea for a change and ironically a stupid one at that.
The following businesses: Google, Amazon, Apple and Ikea have banned neckties in their offices and promoted casual wear instead. They want their staff to feel relaxed and open caused that's when good ideas pop into the grey matter above their unrestricted necks. Probably saves on higher life insurances premiums too.
These businesses make oodles of cash based upon ideas invented by their staff which basically tells you neckties are evil to every other business out there that forces their staff to wear them, of course I maybe generalising like I always do.
The irony is that nowadays I just wear a polo shirt to work, I will no longer wear tie for anything.
I'm not the only one that thinks this: Question Everything?
Okay a little heavy on the sauce but you get my drift.
It is like Superheroes and capes pretty much the kiss of death, 32.5 people die every year from wearing a necktie. I can only assume they brought back only 0.5 of person to get that figure, probably because the necktie was still attached.
Apparently we can blame the Chinese for this ludicrous idea, ta very much NOT! Looks like the rest of world cloned your idea for a change and ironically a stupid one at that.
The following businesses: Google, Amazon, Apple and Ikea have banned neckties in their offices and promoted casual wear instead. They want their staff to feel relaxed and open caused that's when good ideas pop into the grey matter above their unrestricted necks. Probably saves on higher life insurances premiums too.
These businesses make oodles of cash based upon ideas invented by their staff which basically tells you neckties are evil to every other business out there that forces their staff to wear them, of course I maybe generalising like I always do.
The irony is that nowadays I just wear a polo shirt to work, I will no longer wear tie for anything.
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