Oh yeah? Well you euros got nuthin' on Hawaiian. For example, the state fish of Hawaii is the humuhumunukunukuapua'a. That's 12 syllables. And not even one of those letters is silencieux.
A corvette engine would work fine in a Civic if you just do the work to put it there. I'm guessing you wouldn't be able to get the hood back on afterwards.
I don't mean go get an hourly job. Work for a salary, and don't work overtime.
I have no problem with unpaid overtime. I deal with it by not working overtime. I make exceptions based on my own judgment, not on my manager's.
What's the worst that can happen? You get fired from your crappy 80 hour / week job? Right, because projects that are chronically behind schedule fire productive people every day.
It doesn't take laws or lawsuits to solve this problem, it takes some backbone.
> I heard that in WWII, there was a joke going
> around about spotting German spies. You'd ask the
> suspected spy some incredibly arcane bit of
> baseball trivia. If he got it right, you shoot
> him. Only a German spy would study baseball that
> thoroughly.
The German spy and the guy that knows whether he got it right...
First off, the question of whether computers make kids smarter is really the question of whether software companies produce programs that make kids smarter. It all depends on the software, not the hardware. But I think most software companies produce programs that look good and sell well.
If you want your computer to make your kid smarter, track down an old Infocom game - no hack and slash, no brain dead point-and-grunt puzzle solving, no pictures, no sound, just text descriptions expecting free-form text responses. It's all up to the child's creativity (and spelling, and to some extent grammar) to get through the game. That's the way to foster creativity and rational thinking.
Planetfall is a great game for kids to start with, if you can get your hands on it. here is a good place to start looking...
It's interesting that in Bill Joy's comments on Napster's copyright infringement, he quotes an entire dilbert cartoon verbatim (without permission I presume)
The fundamental problem with internet advertising is that the internet is a really lousy way to force information on your customers. What the internet excels in is making information accessible to customers, for them to peruse at their leisure.
A successful internet venture will use this to their advantage - make your site a resource for people who also happen to be potential customers. That way, they track you down, not the other way around.
An example of a web site that does this well is Summit Racing. People can go there for information, and by the way find out all sorts of neat stuff they want to buy. If you try and search for information on racing equipment, you'll likely be led to that site. Lo and behold, you can order the stuff you discover you need right there...
Any information you try and force on people will just be filtered. Either by software, or by the person's brain. They'll skip to the information they actually want.
To put it another way, the best way to advertise is to provide useful content.
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Oh yeah? Well you euros got nuthin' on Hawaiian. For example, the state fish of Hawaii is the humuhumunukunukuapua'a. That's 12 syllables. And not even one of those letters is silencieux.
Now lets talk about the other kind of article!
A corvette engine would work fine in a Civic if you just do the work to put it there. I'm guessing you wouldn't be able to get the hood back on afterwards.
These guys would probably be glad to help you: http://www.jagsthatrun.com/
Personally, I think the volvos smoking their tires look the oddest.
The viewer is the worm. The advertiser is the fish. Neither has a responsibility to invent a better hook.
Don't like it? Don't do it.
I don't mean go get an hourly job. Work for a salary, and don't work overtime.
I have no problem with unpaid overtime. I deal with it by not working overtime. I make exceptions based on my own judgment, not on my manager's.
What's the worst that can happen? You get fired from your crappy 80 hour / week job? Right, because projects that are chronically behind schedule fire productive people every day.
It doesn't take laws or lawsuits to solve this problem, it takes some backbone.
Actually, this happens all the time, and people always fall for it. Marketeers are just better at spinning it than you are.
Free gift with purchase!
Buy two, get one free!
Free WNBA ticket with purchase of NBA ticket!
Double Feature! Two movies for the price of one!
Exclamation points just make things better.
You should look at these guys: http://www.miragenetworks.com/
They have an appliance that can detect viruses & restrict the infected computer from the net, without requiring an in-line IDS.
They might be out of the budget for your dorm, but you should talk the university into buying one.
The "cliff notes" version:
bend over
Could it be because Microsoft defeated a similar lawsuit from Apple years ago over the look-and-feel of Windows? Hmmm.
Ximian would be able to point to legal precedent showing that look-and-feel is not copyrightable - precedent put in place by Microsoft themselves.
> The architect will mostly use components and
> designs that are already available...
Most of the architects I've worked with use components that won't be ready for another year, so the project is stuck before it ever gets started.
> I heard that in WWII, there was a joke going
> around about spotting German spies. You'd ask the
> suspected spy some incredibly arcane bit of
> baseball trivia. If he got it right, you shoot
> him. Only a German spy would study baseball that
> thoroughly.
The German spy and the guy that knows whether he got it right...
Linux Kernel 0.01 was published in Nov 1991...
You never had a right to happiness. You have a right to the pursuit of happiness. If that pursuit is fruitless, well...
If you want your computer to make your kid smarter, track down an old Infocom game - no hack and slash, no brain dead point-and-grunt puzzle solving, no pictures, no sound, just text descriptions expecting free-form text responses. It's all up to the child's creativity (and spelling, and to some extent grammar) to get through the game. That's the way to foster creativity and rational thinking.
Planetfall is a great game for kids to start with, if you can get your hands on it. here is a good place to start looking...
It's interesting that in Bill Joy's comments on Napster's copyright infringement, he quotes an entire dilbert cartoon verbatim (without permission I presume)
A successful internet venture will use this to their advantage - make your site a resource for people who also happen to be potential customers. That way, they track you down, not the other way around.
An example of a web site that does this well is Summit Racing. People can go there for information, and by the way find out all sorts of neat stuff they want to buy. If you try and search for information on racing equipment, you'll likely be led to that site. Lo and behold, you can order the stuff you discover you need right there...
Any information you try and force on people will just be filtered. Either by software, or by the person's brain. They'll skip to the information they actually want.
To put it another way, the best way to advertise is to provide useful content.