I'm surprised more people aren't recommending Pragmatic Bookshelf.
They seem to have great terms for their authors. I guess the only drawback could be that your particular open source book isn't something that fits with their established bookshelf, but it never hurts to ask.
I think I'm more bothered by the fact that he can't possess any video recording device, of any sort, outside of his home, for any reason, for an entire year. Last I checked, most people don't automatically walk into a movie theater the second they leave their homes.
I can't believe I forgot the golden Baku watch! Baku was one of my favorite places to go in Kobra. Climbing up the inside of the statue, or riding the cable car up to the castle...
Did you ever travel in a reassembled teapot on Gong? Or haul bananas to Macross? Help Puzzem with his Crossword puzzle? Find Egbert... you know what I mean? Did you have a cool, calculating look in your eye? And most importantly, if I were to sass you, what would happen?
I think the reason they were looking for video files in particular was to test the ability to burn a DVD which could play back in a DVD player.
Granted, the first thing most of us would think when we hear "DVD Burner" is the capability to archive 4.7gb of data on a disc, but the kind of guy who brings his porn-laden computer to Circuit City to get the DVD Burner installed probably wanted to make discs for video playback in his home entertainment system.
"Elaine, you may know it as Myanmar, but it'll always be Burma to me!"
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I had this book for about 26 hours before I returned it, I was deeply displeased by the repetition from the existing work, Rails Recipes. All the cookbook entries about model relationships, polymorphic associations, etc, were lifted straight from Rails Recipes, right down to using Magazines, Readers and Subscriptions as the example objects.
And, while the book has a shiny "Rails 1.2" badge on the cover, very little of it had anything to do with Rails 1.2 whatsoever, there were only a handful of recipes in the very back which dealt with the new features.
Plus, was it really necessary to burn 3 pages talking about how to join a discussion group of fellow Rails developers? If you're a web developer and you can't find an online community to discuss the language/framework, you need more help than Rob's book is able to offer...
Whoa! When did Dennis Miller sign up for Slashdot?
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My two year old daughter loves playing "the falldown game" (NFL 2k5), "the car game" (Project Gotham Racing 2), and "the pirate game" (Sid Meier's Pirates!) with me on the XBox. However, I show the tiniest amount of parental sensibility and wait until after she's asleep to play San Andreas. With her being at the critical stage for copying language, I don't need her walking around talking like CJ!
Isn't Coca Cola now so pervasive that the advertising is done by the vending machines and McDonalds cups that carry their slogan?
Well, would removing the front panels of vending machines, and having the cups redesigned without the logo be included in the "doing no advertising"?
To look at another example in the American market, look at the advertising competition between Budweiser and Miller. The last two major ad campaigns they've run have been targeted at each other. Someone working there (either "there") must think that the American Beer Consumer's attention span is about 10 seconds shy of going for the other guy's beer.
The two ads I'm thinking of are "President of Beers" and the current one with the Football Referees.
I wasn't even looking at it from the "world is getting fatter" viewpoint, but those are some very interesting links.
The only point I was making is that if Coca-Cola decided to stop advertising (even short term) it wouldn't kill them off, but it would definitely have a negative impact on their bottom line.
Being that I'm not in my 70s, I can't say if soda made with sugar has a better taste than soda made with High Fructose Corn Syrup, but obviously during the 1940s, someone thought so, and it cost them dearly!
I think that bringing that idea up at a Coca-Cola board meeting would get you a one way ticket out the door to find a bottle of Moxie.
Why?
Because aside from New England, the rest of the world forgot about Moxie during WWII, when the decision was made on the corporate level to use their budget on sugar (a crucial soda ingredient) instead of advertising. The taste of Moxie didn't change during WWII, but since Coca-Cola decided instead to use a substitute, but leave their advertising budget intact, the world remembers Coca-Cola and has all but forgotten about Moxie.
Interesting post on upgrading the mini, but you're taking it out of the marketing context. The people who the mini is being marketed at might not know to buy their RAM from a 3rd party and to search eBay for the other peripherals. They're the iPod users who see Apple as the Big Shining Sole Source for all things mildly translucent.
Because if Bill Gates was demonstrating Alpha software at a trade show, and it crash, the internet wouldn't immediately be ablaze with Mac fanatics making fun of him for exactly the same reason?
In related terms, Mr. Kettle, you have a telephone call. I believe it's Mr. Pot!
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I'm surprised more people aren't recommending Pragmatic Bookshelf.
They seem to have great terms for their authors. I guess the only drawback could be that your particular open source book isn't something that fits with their established bookshelf, but it never hurts to ask.
I always preferred the F-23 in Jetfighter II. I was sad to see it passed over in real life.
Air Force: Air, Space and CYBERSPACE!
I think I'm more bothered by the fact that he can't possess any video recording device, of any sort, outside of his home, for any reason, for an entire year. Last I checked, most people don't automatically walk into a movie theater the second they leave their homes.
"A boat's a boat, but the mystery box could be anything.
It could even be a boat!"
I can't believe I forgot the golden Baku watch! Baku was one of my favorite places to go in Kobra. Climbing up the inside of the statue, or riding the cable car up to the castle...
What a place!
KobraMUD, eh?
Did you ever travel in a reassembled teapot on Gong?
Or haul bananas to Macross?
Help Puzzem with his Crossword puzzle?
Find Egbert... you know what I mean?
Did you have a cool, calculating look in your eye?
And most importantly, if I were to sass you, what would happen?
I think the reason they were looking for video files in particular was to test the ability to burn a DVD which could play back in a DVD player.
Granted, the first thing most of us would think when we hear "DVD Burner" is the capability to archive 4.7gb of data on a disc, but the kind of guy who brings his porn-laden computer to Circuit City to get the DVD Burner installed probably wanted to make discs for video playback in his home entertainment system.
"Elaine, you may know it as Myanmar, but it'll always be Burma to me!"
I had this book for about 26 hours before I returned it, I was deeply displeased by the repetition from the existing work, Rails Recipes. All the cookbook entries about model relationships, polymorphic associations, etc, were lifted straight from Rails Recipes, right down to using Magazines, Readers and Subscriptions as the example objects.
And, while the book has a shiny "Rails 1.2" badge on the cover, very little of it had anything to do with Rails 1.2 whatsoever, there were only a handful of recipes in the very back which dealt with the new features.
Plus, was it really necessary to burn 3 pages talking about how to join a discussion group of fellow Rails developers? If you're a web developer and you can't find an online community to discuss the language/framework, you need more help than Rob's book is able to offer...
...even old people don't use email!
Jimi's new in town... Jimi doesn't know many people...
Whoa! When did Dennis Miller sign up for Slashdot?
My two year old daughter loves playing "the falldown game" (NFL 2k5), "the car game" (Project Gotham Racing 2), and "the pirate game" (Sid Meier's Pirates!) with me on the XBox. However, I show the tiniest amount of parental sensibility and wait until after she's asleep to play San Andreas. With her being at the critical stage for copying language, I don't need her walking around talking like CJ!
You forgot Fastlane!
What would be the reason for the extra two hours, aside from satisfying a bizarre, yet not atypical case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
Psst! You forgot "Long-faced."
That's OK though, I won't tell anyone. But don't expect me to build you an opera house.
I'd totally love to see a BeOS comeback. Every now and again I still comb eBay looking for an affordable BeBox just to play around with.
Isn't Coca Cola now so pervasive that the advertising is done by the vending machines and McDonalds cups that carry their slogan?
Well, would removing the front panels of vending machines, and having the cups redesigned without the logo be included in the "doing no advertising"?
To look at another example in the American market, look at the advertising competition between Budweiser and Miller. The last two major ad campaigns they've run have been targeted at each other. Someone working there (either "there") must think that the American Beer Consumer's attention span is about 10 seconds shy of going for the other guy's beer.
The two ads I'm thinking of are "President of Beers" and the current one with the Football Referees.
I wasn't even looking at it from the "world is getting fatter" viewpoint, but those are some very interesting links.
The only point I was making is that if Coca-Cola decided to stop advertising (even short term) it wouldn't kill them off, but it would definitely have a negative impact on their bottom line.
Being that I'm not in my 70s, I can't say if soda made with sugar has a better taste than soda made with High Fructose Corn Syrup, but obviously during the 1940s, someone thought so, and it cost them dearly!
I think that bringing that idea up at a Coca-Cola board meeting would get you a one way ticket out the door to find a bottle of Moxie.
Why?
Because aside from New England, the rest of the world forgot about Moxie during WWII, when the decision was made on the corporate level to use their budget on sugar (a crucial soda ingredient) instead of advertising. The taste of Moxie didn't change during WWII, but since Coca-Cola decided instead to use a substitute, but leave their advertising budget intact, the world remembers Coca-Cola and has all but forgotten about Moxie.
Or you could just go into your local Barnes & Noble and move all the bibles into the fiction section. Quicker, safer, more fun :)
Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers!
(Anyone still have that video?)
Interesting post on upgrading the mini, but you're taking it out of the marketing context. The people who the mini is being marketed at might not know to buy their RAM from a 3rd party and to search eBay for the other peripherals. They're the iPod users who see Apple as the Big Shining Sole Source for all things mildly translucent.
LOL Fanboi,
Because if Bill Gates was demonstrating Alpha software at a trade show, and it crash, the internet wouldn't immediately be ablaze with Mac fanatics making fun of him for exactly the same reason?
In related terms, Mr. Kettle, you have a telephone call. I believe it's Mr. Pot!