More than a decade ago, I saw Douglas Coupland on a book tour and at one point in the reading he suddenly asked "Why do people still wear watches?". He got a big laugh, I guess because this was a new thought for many people. The tour was promoting Girlfriend In A Coma, so it must have been in 1998 or so.
Sadly, the Guardian sells next to nothing despite it being by far the best newspaper.
Perhaps that was the case back in the days when it was still called the Manchester Guardian, but it hasn't been a decent newspaper for many years.
Just look at the home page of their website right now, and what to do you see? A piece on the opening of the New York branch of Topshop (a tatty British fashion chain), another comparing the trailers of the new Quentin Tarantino and Hannah Montana movies, a third on TV detectives (one of whom is Scooby Doo, for crying out loud)...
Nope, the Guardian these days is no different from any other paper.
What you need is a Slashdot Car Analogy(TM). Ask your clients whether they would feel more comfortable driving a regular car, or a car where the hood was welded shut so you couldn't open it and check out the engine. Has been said many times before, I know, but at least it should get them thinking.
One might think so, but in fact the FIDE (World Chess Federation) world rankings are overwhelming male-dominated - there's only one woman (Judit Polgar of Hungary at no. 27) in the top 100. So FIDE also has a women's ranking list.
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Do you by any chance mean Paul Ehrlich, the guy who made a famous bet with Julian Simon?
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The famous quote about the Stone Age not ending due to a lack of stones, but because of the advent of a superior technology is from the former Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Sheikh Yamani. And the article you're probably thinking of is from The Economist; it's called The End of the Oil Age and there's a PDF here.
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More than a decade ago, I saw Douglas Coupland on a book tour and at one point in the reading he suddenly asked "Why do people still wear watches?". He got a big laugh, I guess because this was a new thought for many people. The tour was promoting Girlfriend In A Coma, so it must have been in 1998 or so.
You don't have to imagine anything. The Spanish chess master Leontxo Garcia is commenting (in Spanish) live on the games on the site.
Sadly, the Guardian sells next to nothing despite it being by far the best newspaper.
Perhaps that was the case back in the days when it was still called the Manchester Guardian, but it hasn't been a decent newspaper for many years.
Just look at the home page of their website right now, and what to do you see? A piece on the opening of the New York branch of Topshop (a tatty British fashion chain), another comparing the trailers of the new Quentin Tarantino and Hannah Montana movies, a third on TV detectives (one of whom is Scooby Doo, for crying out loud)...
Nope, the Guardian these days is no different from any other paper.
What you need is a Slashdot Car Analogy(TM). Ask your clients whether they would feel more comfortable driving a regular car, or a car where the hood was welded shut so you couldn't open it and check out the engine. Has been said many times before, I know, but at least it should get them thinking.
You mean you haven't heard of the Lingerie Bowl?
I didn't get where I am today making obscure Reginald Perrin references on Slashdot!
One might think so, but in fact the FIDE (World Chess Federation) world rankings are overwhelming male-dominated - there's only one woman (Judit Polgar of Hungary at no. 27) in the top 100. So FIDE also has a women's ranking list.
Wasp T12 Speechtool FTW!
Indeed. For more on the subject (and a pic of those cool giant trucks) see this Wired article.
>>> SQL Server Gal is hot! Is she single?!
Indeed she is, and if you look closely you'll see the reason - her pubic hair is upside down.
For the few Slashdotters who don't know, the reference is to La Cicciolina, real name Ilona Staller.
I'll pay $20 ... for OK Computer 2.
Dunno about you, I usually just call Flavor Flav.
Something up with my banter, chaps?
>> What's so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water!
>> Ohh... not to mention you will HAVE to turn it off on a plane.
You mean as in: "I have had it with these motherfucking Zunes on this motherfucking plane!"?
Sorry, couldn't resist.
>>> Coming up in apples product line: The iRobot, with its iDildo attachment.
Like this, you mean?
I may have to go with that blonde hotness scientist from Deep Blue Sea.
IIRC, that would be Saffron Burrows.
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Wikipedia also has a page monitoring the progress of the 2004 US presidential election.
Do you by any chance mean Paul Ehrlich, the guy who made a famous bet with Julian Simon?
The famous quote about the Stone Age not ending due to a lack of stones, but because of the advent of a superior technology is from the former Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Sheikh Yamani. And the article you're probably thinking of is from The Economist; it's called The End of the Oil Age and there's a PDF here.