If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
RR Urban wrote:
Last I knew... Robert Cringley was a self promoting huckster and flake. Actually, I rather like his "I, Cringley" column. That he was a flake in his plane building adventure, is, I think, without dispute. Can't argue with "self promoting" either; you're dead on there. I don't, though, think he's a huckster. huck·stered, huck·ster·ing, huck·sters 1. To sell; peddle. 2. To promote or attempt to sell (a commercial product, for example) in an overaggressive or showy manner. I yield to your superior knowledge. Or your use of the dictionary. No matter which, you got me on this one. Both definitions listed above apply, with the second being a very good description. Zoom would probably give him three thumbs up... if Robert was a paying advertiser in AeroSnooze. Yeah, that seems to be the magic to achieving an endorsement, doesn't it. But let me say this: Cringley is a much, much better journalist than other unmentionables shall ever be. He opens his columns up for debate, he offers corrections, and freely admits it when the readers call him a boob. That doesn't make him great, and it doesn't guarantee he's honest, but it greatly increases the likelihood. And it's not the sort of behaviour you're likely to see out of his eminence anytime soon. I've wondered who's Cringley's core audience was. Now I know. g Yeah, I sometimes read his column. I don't know if I count as "core" or not, but I do enjoy his stuff. It's not about airplanes, it's about computers and technology. And, I really, truly enjoyed "Plane Crazy" though likely not for the reasons that he intended. That was one of the best documented, worst run projects I have ever seen. The show ought to be required viewing for all new project managers. I particularly liked how, at one point, he was farther behind in the schedule than the number of days that had elapsed. Wonderful stuff. Barnyard BOb - doe snot? Have a look he http://www.google.com/groups?q=doe+s...x.com& rnum=2 or this equivalent link: http://tinyurl.com/yypr Hmmm. Maybe, I should snot have axed. I thought that was a good question, but maybe it's not. B.S. |
#12
|
|||
|
|||
Ben Sego wrote:
RR Urban wrote: Last I knew... Robert Cringley was a self promoting huckster and flake. Actually, I rather like his "I, Cringley" column. I've wondered who's Cringley's core audience was. Now I know. g Yeah, I sometimes read his column. I don't know if I count as "core" or not, but I do enjoy his stuff. It's not about airplanes, it's about computers and technology. A And here's one of those columns: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20031211.html |
#13
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
I use http://www.datasheetpro.com/ when I need datasheet for any component and it works very well for me. Datasheetpro is a free electronic engineering tool that enables you to locate product datasheets from hundreds of electronic component manufacturers worldwide. Try it and I hope you will be benefited. Good luck! |
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|