One way to establish that peace-preserving threat of mutual assured destruction is to commit yourself beforehand, which helps explain why so many retailers promise to match any competitor’s advertised price. Consumers view these guarantees as conducive to lower prices. But in fact offering a price-matching guarantee should make it less likely that... - http://socmoth.tumblr.com/post...
There’s no other company in technology that’s started with a strong core business and developed another very strong one. - http://socmoth.tumblr.com/post...
What do you want the stores to say to people when they walk in?” He didn’t tell us what it would be, but he told us it was necessary that we have one. - http://socmoth.tumblr.com/post...
1. Take out a blank sheet of paper or open up a word processor where you can type (I prefer the latter because it’s faster). 2. Write at the top, “What is my true purpose in life?” 3. Write an answer (any answer) that pops into your head. It doesn’t have to be a complete sentence. A short phrase is fine. 4. Repeat step 3 until you write the answer... - http://socmoth.tumblr.com/post...
The first cup,” said Bruce, “represents all of your knowledge about martial arts. The second cup represents all of my knowledge about martial arts. If you want to fill your cup with my knowledge, you must first empty your cup of your knowledge. - http://socmoth.tumblr.com/post...
One test of whether you’re explaining your idea effectively is to ask how close the reader is to reproducing it. After reading that sentence I’m no closer than I was before reading it, so its content is effectively zero. - http://socmoth.tumblr.com/post...
Fate has ordained that the men who went to the Moon to explore in peace will stay on the Moon to rest in peace, These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice. - http://socmoth.tumblr.com/post...
This approach makes local weather an issue in network management.
“follow the moon” strategy which takes advantage of lower costs for power and cooling during overnight hours. - http://socmoth.tumblr.com/post...
Try adjusting the shower temperature with a 12 month delay between knob and temperature change and see how it goes for you. In control theory parlance, this is known as introducing a delay in the feedback loop - http://socmoth.tumblr.com/post...
A grad student at MIT figured out that Fandango, the movie ticketing service, was passing the price of the movie ticket as a hidden form variable in the HTML instead of doing the pricing on the server at the final page. He was able to edit the HTML form in Emacs and submit it to Fandango and buy tickets for any price that he felt was fair (being a... - http://socmoth.tumblr.com/post...