Word: smarter
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...expounded by the 1996 best seller The Rules was old hat, and dumbed down at that. Written as a Socratic dialogue between wise Cypria and eager Saccharissa, Moore's handbook advises women to employ all the usual tricks: let the man make the moves, let him imagine he is smarter--and remember that, as Saccharissa says wistfully, "the thing which is against my own inclination is always the correct thing to do." Running footnotes and quips from Jane Austen and others (added to this edition by Norrie Epstein) provide unneeded heft to an amusing rediscovery. Happy Valentine...
...came under fire because they would automatically identify their owners to websites that asked--hardly raised my blood pressure. I like the idea that advertisers could use my chip to figure out who I am so that they could hit me with targeted ads; advertising is unavoidable, and the smarter the ad, the better. But I'm ranting again. I recognize that lots of people want more privacy, not less. So what can they...
Here's where Mom is way smarter than her Baby Bear: in a few months, she'll take out an ad in the newspaper and sell her two-year-old machine for $600. Then she'll go to Boscov's and buy last year's model for $800 (or less.) Her M.O. is to get a great PC every year or two while never spending more than $300. Now, you might not be lucky enough to live near a Boscov's--but the principle is sound. Go to a local department store or another outlet that you trust to take...
...MICHAEL JORDAN As if in some far-fetched action film, Michael Jordan once again snagged victory at the last second. His sixth championship of the decade came over a favored Utah Jazz team. Who was putting his Vegas money against MJ? Smarter to bet he'd score 45 points to win Game 6 and another ring...
...same places. The Redmond offspring won't all be geniuses of course; someone has to marry the beautiful people in marketing. But many of the Redmond kids will be frighteningly smart mutants. There's no telling how far this evolutionary shortcut can go. Each generation of geniuses will be smarter and start working younger. It's possible that the high-tech companies of the future could be managed entirely via inter-fetus telepathy. Some entrepreneurs will cash out their stock options and retire before they are born...