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   JP to All   
   Re: New Technology taking over   
   19 Jan 07 20:11:01   
   
   XPost: alt.corel, alt.culture.military-brats   
   From: awotter@gmail.com   
      
   chickenrus.com?   
      
   --   
   Jonathan   
    wrote in message   
   news:1169260684.845675.61340@v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...   
   > Hi Susan,   
   >   
   > I actually sell e-books on the internet and rely heavily on the   
   > pay-per-click advertising programs.  A few weeks ago I began receiving   
   > these emails from Yahoo's Overture program trumpeting their new and   
   > improved site.  I was so depressed I just couldn't read them for almost   
   > three weeks.  I  knew it was going to be another torture session of   
   > trying to get into the mentality of some 21 year old computer genius   
   > from San Jose who had to reinvent his job to keep from being laid off.   
   > Sure enough . . .   
   >   
   > And that doesn't even mention Google.  Talk about geniuses at   
   > confusion.  They invented an all new search engine, only the rules they   
   > were using for what was relevant were secret so that no one could   
   > manipulate their system, and, just in case you actually DID figure out   
   > how to show up in their search engines, they changed the rules every   
   > six months, so you could go from number one to number 365,000 overnight   
   > for no apparent reason.   
   >   
   > I'm proud to say that my primary site is number one in it's category at   
   > this point.  I'm humbled to admit that I have NO clue as to why.   
   >   
   > dan   
   > Susan wrote:   
   >> Thanks for the chuckle, guys!   
   >>   
   >> Today the company that I work for told us that they're messing with the   
   >> software that we use to compose technical documents to "improve" it so   
   >> that it will be almost unmanageable, so I forwarded your posts to a   
   >> coworker who is really stressed over the changes. It made us both   
   >> laugh.   
   >>   
   >> Susan   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> H wrote:   
   >> > This device will never catch on without a cool name.   
   >> >   
   >> > I think you should call it the eyeBook. (Unfortunately, iBook is   
   >> > already   
   >> > trademarked.)   
   >> >   
   >> > I have also found that the PENCILS deposits tend to become opaque and   
   >> > even illegible over time. A better device is the Nkpn.   
   >> >   
   >> > The Nkpn uses a non-degradable semisoluable solution which is   
   >> > integrally   
   >> > bound to the paper and virtually impossible to remove, thereby assuring   
   >> > not only permanence, but if used to encode the username on the   
   >> > frontleaf, sometimes results in the borrower returning the device.   
   >> >   
   >> > And no eyeBook is complete without an eyeBookBag, which comes in many   
   >> > different styles & colors and is suitable for transporting the eyeBook,   
   >> > the Nkpn, and what has become an essential accessory, the eyeGlasses,   
   >> > which enables the user to more effectively scan the device while   
   >> > reducing eyestrain and adding at least 20 apparent points of eyeQ.   
   >> > Additional eyeQ can be obtained if the eyeGlasses are appended to a   
   >> > chain, but only if the user is female, and with some unavoidable side   
   >> > effects, such as being named Marion.   
   >> >   
   >> > H.   
   >> >   
   >> > doug thomas  wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> > > I was just sent this by our librarian.   
   >> > >   
   >> > > Doug Thomas - read and enjoy   
   >> > >   
   >> > > Built-in Orderly Organized Knowledge device, or BOOK   
   >> >   
   >> > --   
   >> > harmon@mac.com   
   >> > "Are you ready, guys? Let's roll!"   
   >   
      
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