Comment by tzs
14 years ago
If anyone needs a refresher in semiconductor physics, there's a good one at this Britney Spears site: http://britneyspears.ac/
edit: how the heck does a link to an excellent introduction to semiconductor physics get voted down in a thread about an article relating to semiconductor physics?
You're getting voted down because most people see the domain "britneyspears.ac" and assume you're spamming, without even visiting the link.
That site actually does have some decent articles related to semiconductor physics, the whole "Britney Spears" thing is just a gag to show how simple they've made it (though the humor is likely to be appreciated only by Physics geeks :)
This is a good joke, but too subtle for most of the people who moderate on HN.
My advice if you care about that sort of thing: link in further, e.g., http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm
Sweet jesus, it's true! http://britneyspears.ac/physics/vcsels/vcsels.htm
While there does appear to be some physics articles on the site, the whole thing appears to be cloaking itself in legitimacy as a scheme to get inbound links and drive up its page rank score. Their strategy is likely to get people linking for the physics so that they can sell links for heating oil prices, concert tickets, physics help, and so on. It's more about the advertising than the physics.
I'm sure there's a less spammy physics site you could have linked to?
On the contrary, the page is a piece of internet history. As you can see from the domain, it was created by an academic in an early example of titlebait.
http://replay.web.archive.org/20001002213854/http://www.brit...
Its basically a reverse rickroll. "Britney Spears" was by far the most searched-for term on the internet for a long time.
.ac is the country code for Ascension Island and domains on that TLD are required to be academic in the same way that Colombia's .co domains are required to be companies (in other words, there is no requirement). There's a page on how to advertise on the site and a merchandise page as well. Sorry, but I'm still not seeing how this wasn't built as primarily a revenue generator.
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