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#165216 - 01/22/07 09:54 AM Re: Marketing by Ambush
dalehileman Pooh-Bah Registered: 07/10/05 Posts: 1773 Loc: Apple Valley, CA, USA	Who is Dvorák _________________________ dalehileman
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#165217 - 01/22/07 10:04 AM Re: Marketing by Ambush
ParkinT enthusiast Registered: 10/30/06 Posts: 293 Loc: Orlando	Dvorak, An early computer geek, he proposed a new layout for the computer keyboard (from memory, I believe it was in the 80's). This was before the Internet and when 'Personal' computers were very rare. His design was based on the frequency of letters used in the English language and made a whole lot of sense. Although a superior design it was unable to overcome the "human factor". That is, the majority of 'touch typists' who were unable (or unwilling) to relearn in order to improve efficiency. _________________________ "I am certain there is too much certainty in the world" -Michael Crichton
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#165218 - 01/22/07 10:12 AM Re: unQwertyuiop
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3290 Loc: R'lyeh	You're confusing John Dvorak with August Dvorak. The first is (still) a computer columnists, and the latter patented the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard in 1936. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#165219 - 01/22/07 10:15 AM Re: unQwertyuiop
dalehileman Pooh-Bah Registered: 07/10/05 Posts: 1773 Loc: Apple Valley, CA, USA	Thank you, guys, for responding in spite of my evident laziness _________________________ dalehileman
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#165220 - 01/22/07 06:29 PM Re: None of the above
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803	is the Dvorák in question
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#165221 - 01/22/07 06:35 PM Re: Marketing by Ambush
olly old hand Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 956 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand	Is that the term to describe the trend of placing advertiser's products prominently in the hands of the major characters in movies and Television? Sometimes it is not so obvious. Remember the Coca cola sign in Bladerunner? Spammers will integrate text into a picture and distort it so it can't be identified by filters.
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#165222 - 01/23/07 12:41 PM Re: Marketing by Ambush
dalehileman Pooh-Bah Registered: 07/10/05 Posts: 1773 Loc: Apple Valley, CA, USA	Fal:'...missed your grand-daughter's wedding because you deleted the announcement without looking at it' That's probably more than 21 years in the future, at which time I will be 98 _________________________ dalehileman
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#165223 - 01/23/07 03:21 PM Re: Marketing by Ambush
bakitY stranger Registered: 01/22/07 Posts: 2 Loc: usa.	why u call it spam...
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#165224 - 01/23/07 06:03 PM Re: Marketing by Ambush
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803	Quote: Fal:'...missed your grand-daughter's wedding because you deleted the announcement without looking at it' That's probably more than 21 years in the future, at which time I will be 98 They do funny things with dates on spam sometimes.
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#165225 - 01/23/07 07:20 PM Re: Marketing by Ambush
dalehileman Pooh-Bah Registered: 07/10/05 Posts: 1773 Loc: Apple Valley, CA, USA	Forgive me bak, but why do I call what spam _________________________ dalehileman
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