• "Flash Crowd" is a 1973 English-language novella by science fiction author Larry Niven, one of a series about the social consequence of inventing an instant...
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  • Slashdot effect (redirect from Flash crowd)
    linking to websites. The term flash crowd is a more generic term. The original circumstances have changed, as flash crowds from Slashdot were reported in...
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    the events it describes. In 1973, the story "Flash Crowd" by Larry Niven described a concept similar to flash mobs. With the invention of popular and very...
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  • popular site may cause such a boost in visitors (sometimes called a flash crowd or the Slashdot effect). Interactive Advertising Bureau estimated in...
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  • reorganize a crowd after it has been dispersed by crowd control. A first glance, a flash mob may appear to be the spontaneous undoing of crowd manipulation...
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    Robert Saddler (born January 1, 1958), known by his stage name Grandmaster Flash, is an American musician and DJ. He created a DJ technique called the Quick...
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    The M202 FLASH ("Flame Assault Shoulder") is an American rocket launcher manufactured by Northrop Corporation, designed to replace the World War II–vintage...
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  • any link from one of them to another, the smaller website may in a flash crowd, a sudden surge of interest in the target website. In addition to user-generated...
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  • much higher redundancy, and much greater resistance to abuse or to "flash crowds" than regular server software. However, this protection, theoretically...
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    A flash is a device used in photography that produces a brief burst of light (typically lasting 1⁄1000 to 1⁄200 of a second) at a color temperature of...
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  • the website suddenly becomes popular, for example, as a result of a flash crowd, and a single machine is no longer sufficient to serve all users. Based...
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    original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved February 14, 2007. "Anna Nicole Flashes Crowd at MTV Event". Fox News. Associated Press. March 4, 2005. Archived from...
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  • of the largest championship crowd in league history. When it was announced that WPS had suspended its 2012 season, the Flash announced their plans to continue...
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    percussion and flash (flash-bang) along with the impact from 600 high-velocity rubber or plastic balls moving outwards towards the crowd. It can be deployed...
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  • The Flash Girls are a now defunct folk music duo based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The duo consisted of Emma Bull, a noted science fiction author,...
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  • goers. As a result of mass flash robberies, shopping malls in Brazil have heavy security, and typically prevent large crowds of young from entering the...
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    Smart mob (category Crowd psychology)
    and expertise. Anonymous (group) Collaborative software Crowd manipulation E-democracy Flash crowd Global brain Recommendation system Science studies User-generated...
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  • total error of detecting and discriminating such attacks from legitimate flash crowds. Classification of malware codes such as computer viruses, computer worms...
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  • and a telephone dial were set into the glass at sternum level" (from Flash Crowd). Some individuals in the stories display limited paranormal or "psionic"...
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    term "flash" is derived from the traveling carnival and circus trade in the late 1800s: an attraction needed to be eye-catching to draw in the crowd, and...
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  • season of the American television series The Flash, which is based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / Flash, premiered on The CW on October 10, 2017...
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  • Six Flags (redirect from Flash Pass)
    mobile app, and guests can buy individual Flash Passes per ride or use their season pass or membership Flash Pass. This feature was adopted in 2021. A...
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    Crowdsourcing (redirect from Crowd source)
    examples of crowdsourcing. The word crowdsourcing is a portmanteau of "crowd" and "outsourcing". In contrast to outsourcing, crowdsourcing usually involves...
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  • The Rochester Flash was an American soccer club based in Rochester, New York, that was a member of the American Soccer League from 1981-82 and of the...
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    following year, with Love frequently appearing hysterical onstage, flashing crowds, stage diving, and getting into fights with audience members. One journalist...
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  • successful season. Still, Wolstein was not happy with attendance until a flash crowd of 19,106 jammed the Richfield Coliseum for a playoff game against the...
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  • the Flash, having traveled through time, saved a crowd that he had intended to rescue and, upon learning that he was destined to become the Flash's greatest...
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    Retrieved April 25, 2010. Tapscott, Mark (March 19, 2009). "Tea parties are flash crowds Obama should fear". The San Francisco Examiner. Archived from the original...
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  • handling because it allows the unexpected spikes in traffic, e.g. a flash crowd that exceeds the peaks for which a CDN was dimensioned, to be spread...
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  • leading the Atlanta Hawks to join forces with the Flash. On December 8, 2009, the Flash hosted a sold-out crowd that hoped Michael Jordan was going to appear...
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