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Sexism at the Apple Store? Woman claims "Genius" totally ignored her while pitching her husband

Sexism at the Apple Store? Woman claims "Genius" totally ignored her while pitching her husbandTypical womanWhine and pout because someone was mean to her.Sexism? No evidence to support that.The person complaining goes on ... at length ... that she was ignored, but her husband was not. However, there's no information...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Sales strategy, sexism, husband, Apple Store, Apple Inc., jerk

Discussion threads 2008-03-03

How to temporarily "kill your television"-and everyone else's, too

How to temporarily "kill your television"-and everyone else's, tooHow do you think..that those displays are turned on and off? Did you notice that many were mounted more than head-high? Those IR sensors are used.Not that I condone the activity...But perhaps in the future the vendors might do something...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, prank, Consumer Electronics Show, jerk, TV

Discussion threads 2008-01-11

EU regulator wants U.S. to liberalize online gaming prohibitions: what do you think?

  Over on this other blog I do, I wrote that EU European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson is in Washington D.C. trying to talk influential U.S. Congresspeople to overturn a U.S. ban on Internet gambling. It would appear that Mandelson's concerns are being...

Tags: U.S., Regulator, Online Game, Prohibition, European Union, Jerk, Internet, Games, Personal Technology, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-11-09

Blogs and thick skin

Kathy Sierras bad day is raining all over the Web. Theres a sickening lull in debate going on as people react with the kind of horror reserved for mock outrage similar to Casablancas Captain Renault: "Im shocked, shocked to find out theres gambling going on here!" Amazingly, there are jerks...

Tags: Chris Locke, Kathy Sierra, blogging, Sierra, jerk, blog

Blog posts 2007-03-27

Software helps you stop being a jerk

Software helps you stop being a jerkI got a cheap solution, just as effectiveThe dial tone works just as well for warning people when they are a jerk ;).Not possibleMost a computer can do is to help people stop looking and/or sounding like jerks (which appears to be the purpose...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Tools & Techniques, software, jerk

Discussion threads 2005-08-12

Additional Resources

Microsoft CFO Liddell to leave by year-end

dump MSFT shares next yearafter the last bump in stock price you'll get from Win7. It's all downhill from there.Why are the shareholders so greedy?Currently MSFT has around 18-19 PE which is very reasonable. It's pretty high seeing that we are in the great global recession. I know that...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Investment, Financial accounting, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., stock

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

What if the search-index was run by a non-profit? GOOG founders once supported that idea

Soloution looking for a problemReread the tragedy of the commons. This is a bad idea. If different search companies have different businesses listed that will give rise to meta search engines that search the search engines and produce combined results in a single context.There is already a Firefox plugin...

Tags: SEARCH, search engine, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Your top Windows 7 questions, answered

If we wanted tech stats on Linux we know the URLNever ceases to amaze me that people search for ways to say a whole lot of absolutely nothing relevant. Must be because they don't have an answer so they change topics. Typical!You beat me to it Ed!!!nt64-bit environment...

Tags: Network technology, Linux, Operating systems, Linux Distro, 64-bit, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Apple's big box store debuts in NYC

Not like Best BuyBest Buy does not do panoramic walls of glass.Apple Stores do not a jerk at the exit door asking to see your receipt.That looks really uglyUgh, the designer needs to be fired, quick.RE: Apple's big box store debuts in NYCHow does that in any way look like...

Tags: Construction, iStore, Apple Inc., big-box-store, NYC

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Did Microsoft copy Mac OS for Windows 7? Yes ... uh, wait ... no ...

How do you like this....Microsoft has just patented "sudo":http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111094923390RE: Did Microsoft copy Mac OS for Windows 7? Yes ... uh, wait ... no ...Of course, Microsoft has been copying things from the Mac for years. Look at Windows and Mac OS from the very beginning... the Mac had a...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Sudo, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Mac OS

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

U.S. Ethics Committee staffer file-shares sensitive document

So the answer will be change the technology, right??...I certainly hope not. The person responsible should be fired immediately, if this group is supposed to be so secretive and protective of their data. Putting ANY work-related material on your personal computer is not only a bad idea, it may be...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), U.S. Ethics Committee staffer, U.S. Ethics Committee, sensitive document, staffer, file-sharing

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Canadian organization enables peer-to-peer carbon comparisons

Waste of time.Global warming is a lie anyway.People who really want to believe that - against all science - should not burden others.Where are your facts to support otherwise?I would like to see your proof that Global Warming is NOT occurring.Here you go. My pleasure.My challenge to you: watch this...

Tags: Corporate communications, P2P, global warming, video

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Verizon Droid ad attacks iPhone on features

I'm really interested in this phone. I hear it won't drop 30% of its callsThe ad is pure genius and truly highlights how terrible the iPhone is. The iPhone also has the dubious distinction of being the only modern cell phone to drop 30% of its calls, as admitted by...

Tags: Smart phones, advertisement, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

JAMA studies push the need for H1N1 flu shot

Still fighting that war eh, Dana? :)Get over it man.Interesting piece of information:Recent news in Canada:"Four Canadian studies involved about 2,000 people, health officials told CBC News. Researchers found people who had received the seasonal flu vaccine in the past were more likely to get sick with the H1N1 virus."So......

Tags: H1N1 flu, flu, regular flu

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Killing cancer with social media

Thank you so much for your support.What I've really learned is that as silly as some people make things like Twitter and Facebook out to be...they are amazingly strong platforms for connecting people. And this isn't me starting a social network for people caring about cancer, this has gotten...

Tags: social media

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Seeking a Stallman for open source

Stallman is for OSS what Washington was for USAWe need more people like Stallman to liberate us from the M$ tirany not Benedict Arnolds like Icaza!We need to speek louder about M$ dirty deeds not to seek peace with the devil.Stallman is a liberalJust thought LinuxGeek ought to know that....

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Stallman, open source, Icaza, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

MovieConverter Studio 1.53 (Mac)

MovieConverter Studio is a set of video tools: Encoding module for DVD or DV: Unlike other video apps, MovieConverter automatically fixes all your difficulties (anamorphic or interlaced files, standard conversion PAL-NTSC -without jerk- to conform videos to your television specifications). But MovieConverter handles simple video too. FREE HD Module:...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, DVD-Video, Video, Herve Flores, MovieConverter Studio, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-05

California screenin': Majority of residents oppose big-screen TV ban

Regulate power, not sizeThey should be regulating the power consumption of TVs, not necessarily their size. Force the companies to make big screen TVs less power hungry and more efficient. Not flat out ban them.TVs should strive to be Energy Star compliant because I'm sure many of them...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TV, big-screen TV

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Makes sense now: eBay unloads Skype; Gets $1.9 billion in cash and keeps 35% stake

the real question is...why ebay needed skype in the first place a few years ago?It looks like only a few fat cats from Wall street lined up their pockets with comissions for nothing.RE: Makes sense now: eBay unloads Skype; Gets $1.9 billion in cash and keeps 35% stakeMy question is:...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

An open letter to the RIAA: Illegal file sharing problem solved?

I think I'll skip......governments collecting and paying royalties. Its called tolling and every business in the world would like to access governments' ability to use force to collect money for them.What would be the outcome of such a scheme? Whenever "artists" (and I use the word loosely given...

Tags: Taxes, Vertical industries, Free trade, Peer to peer (P2P), RIAA, government, file sharing problem, tax, open letter, file-sharing

Discussion threads 2009-08-31