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Comment Cargo cult (Score 1) 804

Also, a lot of people like to try to be cool and emulate "internet" practices by showing phone numbers as "999/999/9999", or even worse, "999.999.9999" when in fact that just causes confusion.

I suspect that the same sort of cargo cult mentality is behind the recent "mtn dew" branding. As if abbreviating your product name to resemble a Unix command is going to make it more popular.

Instead, they should make the can look like brushed aluminum, with a large white logo and no text on the front.

Comment Re:The patent system is fcked up and going get wor (Score 1) 167

If someone invents a flying car .. the first person to rush to the patent office and file a patent for "GPS device in a flying car" will get the patent. "Door on flying car" ..patent granted. "Bubble sort algorithm used in a computer system in a flying car" .. patent granted.

You left out "Wireless email in a flying car".

Comment Re:very expensive to implement (Score 1) 253

aka The Chevy Nova Effect

Whereby it's assumed that speakers of other languages are stupid? Would you refuse to buy a Notable-brand dining room furniture set on the belief that it didn't in fact include a table?

Then again, Apple's second lineup of iMacs came in five 'flavors' (grape, blueberry, strawberry, tangerine, and lime) -- one for each color of the (old) Apple logo except yellow. I guess they didn't want to be selling a lemon. :-P

Comment Re:very expensive to implement (Score 2) 253

Hehehe... and in Dutch, it means "grandfather".

"Yeah, I wrote this program in grandfather and..." (voice trails off under whithering stare of boss)

This is why commercial entities do a namecheck before choosing names :)

But if the name was chosen before the checking policy was instituted, then they get to keep it. I think there's even a word for this practice...

Comment Re:Emotional Impact (Score 1) 487

It pains me to see people being sold this fear which is way out of proportion to the problem. Case in point, the way Halloween used to be vs what it is today. Parents have to escort their kids and only during daylight, and all because of urban ledgends and maybe one or two incedents in the country.

When I was young, before I was allowed any candy my parents would search the bag for harmful items, which is to say, fundamentalist Christian tracts.

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