Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Google, how dare you

Despite rumblings over corporations and their computer's supposedly impending omniscience, I marvel at Google's failure to directly advertise to me. Google clearly needs a Steve Goodman lecture on the problems of applying modern statistics in general and population based means in particular to individuals. A recent ad was just insulting. It was for a cricket website -- reasonable enough -- but the link read, "Real Men Play Cricket: Baseball Is for Boys." During the playoffs no less...

2 comments:

dzusa said...

speaking of baseball, which is worse, the FOX guys cheering for the Yanks, or the TBS guys cheering for the Rays? maybe it's just my (diminishing) red sox inferiority complex, but i mean, seriously, bizarre.

Bluefish Canoe said...

I know, I know. Thank God for The Ek pregame.