Short on Tails, Long on Bollocks
By [Chris] Anderson’s calculation, 25% of Amazon’s sales are from its tail … But using another analysis of those numbers … you can show that 2.7% of Amazon’s titles produce a whopping 75% of...
Daily Archive: August 31, 2006
Wonderful News
Acrylamide, when it was found in food in 2002, seemed to be the ultimate confirmation that everything tasty is bad for you. Here was a compound that was a probable carcinogen and possible neurotoxin,...
What Is The Matrix?
The Matrix is the collection of computer systems that is reachable by e-mail from the Internet. While all Internet systems that can receive e-mail are part of the Matrix, the Matrix also includes computers...