Hello world... again! Am I Ugly in Grey, or what ??
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Looking for the The
Google
Font? It is Catull, but found out more about the Google logo by reading the Google Font Page
Fancy reading my Looking for the Spam collection ? It's even getting multilingual
Linux, Linux, Linux, Linux... want to try it ??? Knoppix is really nice. And easy. Download, burn, reboot. Et voila, Linux is running...
5mn of my 10000 hours - 29/08/2001
from Yucks
Open Source: adj. software developed by a loose confederation of drunken graduate students under the mistaken belief that their work is actually worth something to someone.
Do or Don't believe:
"Sure, it makes sense for retailers to want to track the way interactive ads affect online sales, she said. But Ms. Webster figures it makes sense to get "back to basics, the kind of measures we've always used." The squishy kind, in other words. (
System for Measuring Clicks Is Under Assault).
Funny because in the article, they more or less explain that clicks are not the real thing. Because when they
ask people, people recall brands. On the other hand, TV ratings are not based on what people say, but what the machine says they are doing...
The merchant John Wanamaker's famous line: he figured that at least half of his advertising budget was a waste; he just couldn't be sure which half. Nice
review. Not sure I want to read the book, though. What if I'm like him; or one of the 1000 ?
Ebooks:
"Instead, she buys her electronic novels from a tiny start-up called Hard Shell Word Factory for about $3 to $6 each. She buys them for the same reasons she usually buys paperbacks instead of hardcovers: they are cheap, she can buy several at once, and she can throw them away when she is done. "Even if you buy a novel you are not loving, it is just three bucks," she said. (
Forecasts of an E-Book Era Were, It Seems, Premature). There is a psychological price.
And
Michael Shermer again:
In Hollywood, a studio can spend any amount of money they want on promoting a film. That will at most buy them about a week to a week and half of good sales. After that, it either sails or tanks on its own. Having a Nobel Prize or being a famous scientist will get you a week to a week and a half, metaphorically speaking, of a hearing for your new idea, but after that it's going to tank if you don't have the evidence and support for it.
The danger is to think that some groups live in harmony and maybe if we adopt their lifestyle we'd be better off. No. All humans are self-centered and short-term thinking. We need to be aware of that and cautious of what the consequences are of our actions.
If you want to invest money in lives saved, you wouldn't bother with global warming, you'd go straight for feeding Third World nations. That's the No. 1 cause of death in the world.
What does it take to be a creative genius and reach the top of your field? First of all, there's a minimal 10,000-hour rule.
