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A reason why Dell probably won't pre-load OpenOffice
In an open letter released earlier this week, the OpenOffice.org community invited Michael Dell to work with them to pre-install OpenOffice.org 2 office software on Dell computers. This rather humorous ad campaign could play a roll in why Dell may not accept the invitation. |
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Why Negative Advertising Backfires
why spellcheckers suck
"role", not "roll." It could be a typo, but I'm seeing it so often I think it's part of the New Spelling. Rule #1 of New Spelling: if it sounds right, it is.
quote:: Rule #1 of New Spelling: if it sounds right, it is. ::quote
Hence the use of "z" instead of "s" as in serialise.
Hence the use of "z" instead of "s" as in serialise.
>Hence the use of "z" instead of "s" as in serialise.
Nah. That's just fixing what the Brits couldn't get right.
Nah. That's just fixing what the Brits couldn't get right.
I remember a bit of a poem I once saw stuck to the wall of an English classroom
Eye have a spelling chequer
It came with my pea see....
I know that this is TC's favorite rant, but, there will always be people using a hammer as a screw driver. It's not the fault of the tool.
quote:: people using a hammer as a screw driver. ::quote
When all you is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
When all you is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
> When all you is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
It's up to the user to do that. If he can't.... Ouch! There goes that thumb ;-).
It's up to the user to do that. If he can't.... Ouch! There goes that thumb ;-).
Using computers to solve a problem is much like using the right wrench to pound in the right screw.
> Using computers to solve a problem is much like using the right wrench to pound in the right screw.
Lol, more like using the right wrench to pound in the left screw, but, that's only when you're gardening with the computer.... Hey, ask Dave, he'll tell you :D
Lol, more like using the right wrench to pound in the left screw, but, that's only when you're gardening with the computer.... Hey, ask Dave, he'll tell you :D
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Another good example was when some reporter asked George Bush 1 how he could agree to run for vice president with Reagan, when GB1 had previously called Reagan's proposed economic policies "Voodoo Economics".
...Trouble is, I don't recall what his answer was.
Maybe, if no one had _remembered_ these Sun negative ads, maybe Dell would have conveniently forgotten them too. Hmmm....