Isn't the key difference that Star Wars happened a "long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" and Star Trek happens several centuries into the future and mostly in our galaxy?
Do your ears hang low, swinging to and fro? Can you tie them in a knot, can you tie them in a bow? Can you sling them over your shoulder, like a continental soldier? Tell me, do your ears hang low?
Business should try to harness social networking tools for their business - not just to encourage "Citizen Marketers" but also in the corporate intranet. I've found that this improves collaboration and idea sharing across departments/offices/countries. The intranet then becomes a self reinforcing loop of communication and improvement which hardly ever happens with intranets. You in effect create a discussion with your employees, just as you do with your consumers.
I used some freeware on my XP machine and it worked ok. Granted, I did not dictate documents - I used it for commands. For example, when I wanted to skip to the next song in WMP I assigned the phrase "next song" to CTRL-F. Handy when you are sitting reading something and don't want to get up. You also had to say "computer" to get it to wake up and listen.
My friend calls this an "Extronym" - when you append the word for wich the last initial stands to the acronym. For example - ATM Machine or PIN Number. She's be using it for a couple of years now.
Clive Clusser has a novel based on this guy's theory that Troy was actually in England and the Trojan war was fought over Tin.
Just interesting. Like that 1421 book about the Chinese circumnavigating the globe before Magellean.
That would be great, but I think the article actually implied that instead of sending a text message to 55512345678 you could just as easily send it to dietz.mobile and it would get to your phone. Not that it's faster to type, but it would be easier to remember.
I've enjoyed the 4 Dan Brown books I have read - However, I noticed something at the end of the 2nd book I read, which was reinforced in the 3rd and 4th books.
They're all the same plot structure. The stories are different, but they all follow the same outline. Almost as though he was/is trying to perfect this type of plot.
On your way to or out of DC, stop at the Capitol of the Confederate States of America. Aside from the statues of Confederate War Heroes/Traitors (depending on where you live) on scenic Monument Avenue, there is the Edgar Alan Poe Museum, Confederate White House, Virginia Museum of Art, as well as some other historically interesting areas (Like the Fan - one of the best examples of Victorian architecture still around in the US).
Technologically speaking there isn't much - the Virginia Science Museum has an old school computer exhibit - teach you to count in binary, example of a sorting algorithm, space invaders implemented on a red led field. Circuit City HQ is there, and Phillip Morris HQ just relocated there as well.
What also makes for a fun trip is to visit the plantations on the way to/from Williamsburg and Richmond. Learn about some past US presidents and life in the antebellum south in a beautiful setting.
I agree that a lot of reports are doctored. However, the firms that I have dealt with report the data with the standard error margins included in the raw data reports. By cross tabbing results you can identify and remove the blatent bullshitters.
Most of the published reports have already been processed by the marketing folks who ordered the research - and we know how trustworthy they can be!
Market research is performed through various means- usually telephone interviews.
Some campaigns are very thorough in terms of research. For example, they will determine average customer awareness of "brand x" prior to the advertising campaing, measure awareness of "brand x" during the campaign, and again sometime after.
They also will call their target audience and ask about general advertisements related to their products to determine their worth -"Did this gummy bear commerical make eating gummy bears look fun timmy?"
Go to school as much as you can. You will have the rest of your life to work. Not necessarilly college (which I think you should attend), but any formalized learning past high school.
I strongly believe that continuing education provides you with a better framework to deal with real-world problems.
In general you may find it harder to find open positions, or advance your career. Sad state of the world is that people are judgemental, and college is becoming a standard.
College also affords you the chance to live on your own but still have a strong support network if you get into trouble socially or financially - a safe place to screw up.
I think the problem is more so in your hiring process. With proper skill set screening they probably would never had made it to the second interview, MCSE or Not.
If a technically apt person is not involved, request someone (yourself?) be placed on the interview panel.
The hour of lost productivity due to an extra person on the panel will more than compensate for the wasted salary.
before i quit smoking, my roommate and I said the same thing.
Which then followed up with, "We'll have Iron Lungs right next each other in the hospital"
So, you do knock out the infantile latter years, but you do so by adding 10 years of a painfull wheezing death.
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Actually a lot of stations do this. I believe it is called "stunting". Makes sense really, look at everyone getting in a tiz over 7 days of pong! "Hey - did you hear about that weird tv station that's playing pong for a week straight?" "no! - Hey, Jimmy did you hear about...." ad naseum.
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NPR just did a piece on this:
Brain Maturity Extends Well Beyond Teen Years
Isn't the key difference that Star Wars happened a "long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" and Star Trek happens several centuries into the future and mostly in our galaxy?
Do your ears hang low, swinging to and fro?
Can you tie them in a knot, can you tie them in a bow?
Can you sling them over your shoulder,
like a continental soldier?
Tell me, do your ears hang low?
This article says about 9 pieces fell off of the fuel tank and struck the shuttle.
but anecdotal evidence on my part and some customers seem to agree
Hearsay and Conjecture are forms of evidence too, please cite some examples.
The problem with the rational expectation theory is that people just aren't rational.
Business should try to harness social networking tools for their business - not just to encourage "Citizen Marketers" but also in the corporate intranet. I've found that this improves collaboration and idea sharing across departments/offices/countries. The intranet then becomes a self reinforcing loop of communication and improvement which hardly ever happens with intranets. You in effect create a discussion with your employees, just as you do with your consumers.
I wrote my HS Senior AP English thesis paper on the book as well.
I used some freeware on my XP machine and it worked ok. Granted, I did not dictate documents - I used it for commands. For example, when I wanted to skip to the next song in WMP I assigned the phrase "next song" to CTRL-F. Handy when you are sitting reading something and don't want to get up. You also had to say "computer" to get it to wake up and listen.
My friend calls this an "Extronym" - when you append the word for wich the last initial stands to the acronym. For example - ATM Machine or PIN Number. She's be using it for a couple of years now.
Clive Clusser has a novel based on this guy's theory that Troy was actually in England and the Trojan war was fought over Tin.
Just interesting. Like that 1421 book about the Chinese circumnavigating the globe before Magellean.
My Bday today as well. My father didn't believe my mother when she said she was in labor, so her best friend drove her to the hospital.
That would be great, but I think the article actually implied that instead of sending a text message to 55512345678 you could just as easily send it to dietz.mobile and it would get to your phone. Not that it's faster to type, but it would be easier to remember.
I've enjoyed the 4 Dan Brown books I have read - However, I noticed something at the end of the 2nd book I read, which was reinforced in the 3rd and 4th books.
They're all the same plot structure. The stories are different, but they all follow the same outline. Almost as though he was/is trying to perfect this type of plot.
Still fun to read though.
I thought it was because he was experimenting with "real" senses, experiencing pain for the first time.
They may have children who do, and it may piss one of these people off enough to fight back.
On your way to or out of DC, stop at the Capitol of the Confederate States of America. Aside from the statues of Confederate War Heroes/Traitors (depending on where you live) on scenic Monument Avenue, there is the Edgar Alan Poe Museum, Confederate White House, Virginia Museum of Art, as well as some other historically interesting areas (Like the Fan - one of the best examples of Victorian architecture still around in the US).
Technologically speaking there isn't much - the Virginia Science Museum has an old school computer exhibit - teach you to count in binary, example of a sorting algorithm, space invaders implemented on a red led field.
Circuit City HQ is there, and Phillip Morris HQ just relocated there as well.
What also makes for a fun trip is to visit the plantations on the way to/from Williamsburg and Richmond. Learn about some past US presidents and life in the antebellum south in a beautiful setting.
FYI- You can't upgrade from 95 to XP directly.
You have to pay the extra $100.
Bitches.
I agree that a lot of reports are doctored. However, the firms that I have dealt with report the data with the standard error margins included in the raw data reports. By cross tabbing results you can identify and remove the blatent bullshitters.
Most of the published reports have already been processed by the marketing folks who ordered the research - and we know how trustworthy they can be!
Market research is performed through various means- usually telephone interviews.
Some campaigns are very thorough in terms of research. For example, they will determine average customer awareness of "brand x" prior to the advertising campaing, measure awareness of "brand x" during the campaign, and again sometime after.
They also will call their target audience and ask about general advertisements related to their products to determine their worth -"Did this gummy bear commerical make eating gummy bears look fun timmy?"
Just for consitency the AC yanked the activity from this site - Which is the second link in the article
Credit where credit is due.
Go to school as much as you can. You will have the rest of your life to work. Not necessarilly college (which I think you should attend), but any formalized learning past high school.
I strongly believe that continuing education provides you with a better framework to deal with real-world problems.
In general you may find it harder to find open positions, or advance your career. Sad state of the world is that people are judgemental, and college is becoming a standard.
College also affords you the chance to live on your own but still have a strong support network if you get into trouble socially or financially - a safe place to screw up.
I think the problem is more so in your hiring process. With proper skill set screening they probably would never had made it to the second interview, MCSE or Not.
If a technically apt person is not involved, request someone (yourself?) be placed on the interview panel.
The hour of lost productivity due to an extra person on the panel will more than compensate for the wasted salary.
before i quit smoking, my roommate and I said the same thing.
Which then followed up with,
"We'll have Iron Lungs right next each other in the hospital"
So, you do knock out the infantile latter years, but you do so by adding 10 years of a painfull wheezing death.
Actually a lot of stations do this. I believe it is called "stunting". Makes sense really, look at everyone getting in a tiz over 7 days of pong! ...." ad naseum.
"Hey - did you hear about that weird tv station that's playing pong for a week straight?"
"no! - Hey, Jimmy did you hear about
Cheaper than a full fledged ad campaign.