To describe the accuracy of responses in our visuotactile task, we used SDT measures sensitivity d′ and criterion location c as a metric of response bias. While d’ captures the perceiver’s ability to discriminate different choice alternatives and is calculated from hits (in our case correctly...
While there are no formal prerequisites needed to read this document, it is written with the expectation that the reader already has some knowledge of underlying voice signaling protocols that are used to establish and connect phone calls. These protocols are referenced many times thr...
While some traders (notably car dealers, opticians, and realtors) have tried to resist the threat from online shopping, protectionist tactics are bound to fail in the long term. It's all too easy now for customers to take their money and their spending power somewhere else—even to ...
Written as a ballad, it is partly based upon the allegory of a mystical musical chord of several musical notes, that the words and tune both describe and illustrate by example. Here is the verse from the song (see the lyrics here): ...
When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for them if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you ...
The files you had accidentally deleted, the floppies that got damaged or otherwise corrupted, forgotten formats on old drives that you'd lost the wherewithall to access them. Between this and the "hoarder" behaviour exhibitted in the above XKCD folder we encompass all long-term computer users...