No, not really, Noah. Well, you're right to an extent: Some people focus on the subject, to excess. On the other hand, it feels uncomfortable to discuss bias and unfairness due to "color". We are taught that it isn't nice to discriminate against [choose any of the categories in the chart].

Fact remains though, no matter how awkward it is to acknowledge by some: There ARE problems. Root cause is not obvious i.e. WHY is there bias, what drives it? But I don't think that's the purpose here, Noah. It is more to inform.

In public health studies, we differentiate between race and ethnicity. It is absolutely necessary to be concerned about color, because it becomes very clear, very fast, that variations in health status, among full American citizens, with theoretically equal access to health services, have inconsistent rates of mortality and disease prevalence. The first, easiest analysis, in order to figure out the reason for this, is to stratify by age, gender, race, ethnicity and geographic location. The differences are difficult to ignore. Causes are more difficult to determine, but the lack of parity is consistent and undeniable.

Alfred the great: Nice description, particularly "Norwiggers". (I'm guessing that means Norwegians of non-Anglo Saxon, non-Teutonic, non-Finno-Ugric, non-Swedish or Danish ancestry... I lol'd slightly, although you seem to know what you're talking about, and I don't, not in that particular regard).

Seriously though, all this quibbling about racial categorization seems like deflection and/ or denial. If everything were equitable, and social and political justice were meted out fairly, no one would even consider doing studies like this. Obviously, there are inequities, and unfairness. Some is unavoidable, but much is driven by ethnicity or racial bias. The people who did this study are not perfect, and there is no way to correctly classify everyone. But it is an attempt to convey a valid point. For the purposes here, it doesn't need to be flawless, as this particular Vimeo video is not driving public policy decision-makers, nor is it being used for directed campaign advocacy.

I find it rather disheartening that so many of these comments are focused on the trees, not the forest. It is possible, probable, that the visual has some methodological flaws. It is more than adequate to convey a very basic message though!

P.S. Alfred the Great, I'm not directing all this at you. Just got on a roll. No insult intended, not toward you!

I wondered about that too. I would not expect a going concern to sell off patents. The Nortel patents weren't sold off until the company was in the end stages of terminal bankruptcy with hope of recovery months (years) past.

Only in the most desperate situation, like not being unable to make payroll (not likely with Kodak, other measures would be taken before that point, I guess) could it be rational decision-making to sell off intellectual property. An aversion to anything digital seems inconceivable, but I don't have a better rationale to suggest instead!

It is such a sad story about Kodak, as they still make wonderful products. Kodak film and paper are the best. And their developing, I always try to get Kodak developing when I do anything with photography. However, it has become a niche market instead of a mainstream one at this point...

Thanks for leaving that link. (Very cute photo: I really like Angry Birds so, so much). I wonder what the eventual outcome was? I hope it was good for both Erin Catto and Peter Vesterbacka of Rovio!

Hello @blprnt, I saw an article in the Guardian UK, and wanted to leave the link for you. I think you'll find it ironic: Angry Birds boss: 'Piracy may not be a bad thing: it can get us more business'.

Yes, I understand that CC 0 = No attribution required. Rovio isn't obligated to do anything. Rovio is NOT breaking any laws! I'm just saying that given the magnitude of the success of Angry Birds, it would be good karma, call it what you will, to do something that involved Erin Catto. It might even be helpful to Rovio! That is, Rovio might benefit when the time comes for new development or follow-on products, to have arranged a productive business agreement with Erin Catto.

Hi! I just wanted to tell you that this post is showing up in Intense Debate as http://test.ocmodshop.com/the-cons-of-forcing-a-f... which no longer exists (I think it gave some sort of 500 error, rather than a 404). However, when I searched your site, I found my way here, no problem, and the URL is http://www.ocmodshop.com/the-cons-of-forcing-a-fu... which I can navigate to without any problem Merely an FYI to you, I'm not complaining!:)

Remember, this article WAS written in June 2009, so it isn't going to be perfect now, in nearly Feb 2012 ;)

But this is what I'm still confused about: Is overburning a standard operating mode for some storage devices, just not recommended because of higher risk of damaging the media? OR Is overburning disks analogous to overclocking CPU? :S In other words, a DIY that might be done if the reliability risk to performance trade off is worth taking that chance? :S

I always forget about this! Is there any non-exploitive way of getting a copy of your chart?

I suppose I could book mark it and return every time, but how likely is that? Not very, not for me. I could screen shoot it, I suppose. I'm not going to go digging around in your page source as that is just plain rude. Well, let's say this, I save it for special occasions (bad ones) and you don't deserve that. Any suggestions? I could always look on Google, or IETF or ANSI or Microsoft or somewhere, but your chart is very nice.

Thanks for considering my request.

What a terrible idea, to force full screen on visitors to a website. It would be interesting to do a follow-up post, and write about how sorry they were for insisting on that!

Much of it DOES boil down to what you said about feeling in control as a user/ visitor.

I know what you mean. Yes, it IS a 24 hour interval, 1:00 AM through noon, then noon to midnight. But I had to think for awhile, as it is really confusing! Using colors instead of black and white probably would help.

Image is depressing. I think that was intentional though.....