9 Ways Marketing Weasels Will Try to Manipulate You

[iago]

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001301.html

Great read! Though in my opinion, it's pretty redundant. I already knew almost everything there, at least in a sub-conscious kind of way, but it's nice to put words/reasons to the things I already do.

[Tuberload]

•The value of what you've spent so far on a service, product, or relationship -- in effort or money -- is probably far less than you think. Be willing to walk away.

I love that one.

[Blaze]

Coding Horror is awesome. 

[MyndFyre]

Coding Horror is awesome. 

[while1]

Coding Horror is awesome. 

[Camel]

I know a Jeff Atwood. A different one.

[Sidoh]

How'd I know this was an iago thread when I read the title?

[iago]

I didn't write the title, I used the CodingHorror one!

[Sidoh]

I didn't write the title, I used the CodingHorror one!

I guess you're heavily influenced by what you read?

[iago]

I didn't write the title, I used the CodingHorror one!

I guess you're heavily influenced by what you read?

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying..

[Sidoh]

I didn't write the title, I used the CodingHorror one!

I guess you're heavily influenced by what you read?

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying..

My topic-attribution algorithm has received sufficient training data to classify this as an iago topic with a high probability.

[iago]

I didn't write the title, I used the CodingHorror one!

I guess you're heavily influenced by what you read?

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying..

My topic-attribution algorithm has received sufficient training data to classify this as an iago topic with a high probability.

Ah, I get it.

I call that a flaw in your algorithm, though. A type 2 error: you classified a title as something I made up that I didn't. It was only good fortune that made you correct, in this case

[Camel]

He made no such claim:

How'd I know this was an iago thread when I read the title?

[Sidoh]

I didn't write the title, I used the CodingHorror one!

I guess you're heavily influenced by what you read?

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying..

My topic-attribution algorithm has received sufficient training data to classify this as an iago topic with a high probability.

Ah, I get it.

I call that a flaw in your algorithm, though. A type 2 error: you classified a title as something I made up that I didn't. It was only good fortune that made you correct, in this case

As Camel said, I didn't claim that it was original content.

[iago]

He made no such claim:

How'd I know this was an iago thread when I read the title?

He did in his second post.

[Sidoh]

He made no such claim:

How'd I know this was an iago thread when I read the title?

He did in his second post.

an "iago topic" is not a topic with original inspiration.  it is one started by you.

[iago]

He made no such claim:

How'd I know this was an iago thread when I read the title?

He did in his second post.

an "iago topic" is not a topic with original inspiration.  it is one started by you.

As long as we're arguing about stupid things, if you're saying "an iago", you're pronouncing "iago" wrong.

(The first sound in 'iago' is a 'y' -- sort of "yaw-go")

I saw a play this summer where they mentioned 'iago', pronounced correctly. I was happy.

[Hitmen]

ee ah go
eye a go
yagoooooo

[Sidoh]

He made no such claim:

How'd I know this was an iago thread when I read the title?

He did in his second post.

an "iago topic" is not a topic with original inspiration.  it is one started by you.

As long as we're arguing about stupid things, if you're saying "an iago", you're pronouncing "iago" wrong.

(The first sound in 'iago' is a 'y' -- sort of "yaw-go")

I saw a play this summer where they mentioned 'iago', pronounced correctly. I was happy.

I know that, but I affectionately refer to you as eye-aye-go.

[iago]

I know that, but I affectionately refer to you as eye-aye-go.

Aye aye, sir!

At next Defcon, we're going to do a workshop on proper pronunciation. Even better if Blaze comes.