Jenkins' QC explains trial tactic

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Jenkins' ex-wife 'made things up'

Jenkins' ex-wife 'made things up' 07/06/2004 08:17 AM
The former wife of a man jailed for killing his foster daughter is accused of lying to cast doubt on his defence.

Ex-GI Jenkins' Military Lawyer Arrives
in Japan

Ex-GI Jenkins' Military Lawyer Arrives
in Japan 08/05/2004 08:32 AM
Reuters via Wired News Aug 5 2004 1:15PM GMT

Ex-GI Jenkins' Military Lawyer Arrives
in Japan (Reuters)

Ex-GI Jenkins' Military Lawyer Arrives
in Japan (Reuters) 08/05/2004 03:36 AM
Reuters - In a step toward resolving a delicate U.S.-Japan diplomatic stand-off, a U.S. military lawyer arrived in Japan on Thursday to advise an American soldier accused of deserting to North Korea almost 40 years ago.

Selling On eBay As A PR Tactic

Selling On eBay As A PR Tactic 12/18/2003 02:13 PM
It just won't stop. If you have something odd or strange to sell the trick is to put it up on eBay. Not just because it's the marketplace where many people go, but big or weird items on eBay are like an automatic ticket to press coverage. So, despite the fact that it's been done before, a town in Arizona is trying to sell itself on eBay. Basically, eBay has become both a selling platform and a publicity platform.

GoogleSmear as political tactic

GoogleSmear as political tactic 03/28/2005 12:54 PM
Blog: Saw an interesting post on the subject of ”GoogleSmearing” by Juan Cole, a professor of Middle East studies at Michigan. Could...

Sun tries new tactic in Linux battle

Sun tries new tactic in Linux battle 08/31/2004 11:37 AM
ZDNet UK Aug 31 2004 4:08PM GMT

Techdirt: Selling On eBay As A PR Tactic

Techdirt: Selling On eBay As A PR Tactic 12/19/2003 02:34 PM
"It just won't stop. If you have something odd or strange to sell the trick is to put it up on eBay. Not just because it's the marketplace where many people go, but big or weird items on eBay are like an automatic ticket to press coverage. So, despite the fact that it's been done before, a town in Arizona is trying to sell itself on eBay. Basically, eBay has become both a selling platform and a publicity platform."

Argentina Won't Copy RIAA Tactic

Argentina Won't Copy RIAA Tactic 12/18/2003 05:49 AM
More than 150 million music files change hands each year in Argentina, and the number is climbing. Unlike the RIAA, however, the trade group representing major labels in Argentina prefers dialogue to legal action. Flavio Bustos reports from Buenos Aires.

Kerry considers delaying tactic

Kerry considers delaying tactic 05/21/2004 06:58 PM
White House hopeful John Kerry may delay accepting the Democratic nomination, to give him more spending power.

Sun sales tactic targets Linux

Sun sales tactic targets Linux 08/31/2004 11:56 AM
Company will compensate its sales staff for selling non-Sun machines, as part of its effort to boost Solaris on x86 hardware.

One year after Bray's brilliant tactic

One year after Bray's brilliant tactic 07/07/2004 02:24 PM

Paul Boutin notes, as I did, that MSN readers are uniformly polite and informative. Then I read a brief post from Tim Bray, who has been the opposite to me in the past, and he says he's seen the growth that is going on today in the weblog world, in the Web, ten years ago. This reminds me that Tim compared my contribution to that of Charles Goldfarb, the inventor of SGML, in a totally condescending post last year, and ignited a flamewar, and that's been his major contribution to this space, as far as I'm concerned.

I tried to explain to Tim then (not that he was listening of course) that RSS was just part of the picture, and to see it only as an XML format was to miss the point, that there were applications on both sides of RSS, content management software and aggregators, and lots of people, that made it really work. To think you could swap out the format was as silly as thinking you could swap out HTML or HTTP in 1994. Yet that is exactly what Tim and his colleagues tried to do. If instead there were a pause for thought, just a tiny bit of respect to balance the bluster, he could have saved a bunch of time and effort. He still could.

Steve Gillmor tagged Bray then as a master tactician, I guess so, but at least a little strategy should be behind every tactic. It's still not too late to get back on course Tim, I'll accept your retraction when you make it, but so far, that hasn't happened.

Like so many others, you came to conquer, and fa iled. Now what?

New Scam Tactic Hits Online

New Scam Tactic Hits Online 09/13/2004 06:53 AM
Online scammers get the upper hand in bypassing filters by exploiting the process of steganography.

ACLU challenges FBI data tactic

ACLU challenges FBI data tactic 04/29/2004 01:59 AM
Boston Globe Apr 29 2004 5:53AM GMT

"Kerry rules out delaying tactic"

"Kerry rules out delaying tactic" 05/27/2004 03:23 PM

Gore: Cheney tactic "sleazy and
despicable"

Gore: Cheney tactic "sleazy and
despicable" 09/09/2004 12:49 PM
Dick Cheney's "vote for us or you'll pay with your life" comments earlier this week shocked many people, but Cheney hasn't retracted his statement. When Bush was asked about Cheney's comments yesterday, he just stared at the reporter. Aides to Cheney said his language may have been a bit harsh, but the underlying message was right on. As Adam Nagourney pointed out in today's New York Times, Republicans may express more delicately in the weeks ahead the notion that voting for Kerry is akin to begging for another 9/11 -- but this threat will certainly be repeated in one form or another until Election Day.

Tactic: mix digital video in real-time

Tactic: mix digital video in real-time 06/25/2004 03:49 PM
Livid Instruments announced on Friday the release of Tactic, a hardware device that works with the included software to allow video DJs to mix and edit digital video in real-time. Tactic is made of handcrafted wood and features a USB connection, 16 buttons and knobs that can be assigned different functions, six buttons for triggering effects and 36 tactile buttons that let you rapidly trigger effects. The software offers a preview screen that monitors video clips and camera feeds as well as programmable sliders, buttons, wheels and knobs. As MacCentral posted this article, Livid had not yet posted system requirements or pricing for Tactic.

New Phishing Tactic Leads to Calls for
Stronger Safeguards

New Phishing Tactic Leads to Calls for
Stronger Safeguards 07/26/2004 05:58 PM
Tougher measures urged as new online tactic emerges.

Front-Porch Chat: Birth of a Kerry
Campaign Tactic

Front-Porch Chat: Birth of a Kerry
Campaign Tactic 08/17/2004 11:18 AM
John Kerry has held 10 "front porch visit" events — an actual front porch is optional — where perhaps 100 people ask questions in a low-key campaigning style.

Army files charge in combat tactic - The
Washington Times: Nation/Politics

Army files charge in combat tactic - The
Washington Times: Nation/Politics 10/29/2003 07:10 PM
Army files charge against American officer over Iraq combat tactic .. court marshalled

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The Wi-Fi Alliance Explains It All

The Wi-Fi Alliance Explains It All 05/25/2004 07:25 PM
The Wi-Fi Alliance today announced a new Wi-Fi Certified logo and a new Interoperability Certificate as part of its certification program. The Alliance said the changes are ?designed to assist a broad range of consumers with their WLAN purchasing decisions? and ?designed to reduce the complexity in buying decisions and to allow for future technology enhancements?.

Safire explains

Safire explains 12/15/2003 05:39 PM
can do

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"The Times explains"

"The Times explains" 06/28/2004 03:22 AM

Newsweek explains

Newsweek explains 01/26/2004 12:03 AM

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"Tim Jarrett explains"

"Tim Jarrett explains" 07/10/2004 03:20 AM

AT&T Wireless explains itself

AT&T Wireless explains itself 12/15/2003 10:29 AM
As requested (read: ordered) by the FCC, AT&T Wireless has explained why they've had so many problems implenting number portability (many customers had to wait...

UnSanity Explains APE

UnSanity Explains APE 05/28/2004 12:37 AM

"Eric explains "

"Eric explains " 11/05/2003 09:27 PM

"Engadget explains"

"Engadget explains" 03/08/2004 11:16 PM

Clarissa Explains it All

Clarissa Explains it All 04/15/2005 04:39 AM
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"explains why with a handy chart"

"explains why with a handy chart" 04/29/2004 04:27 PM

Microsoft re-explains .Net strategy

Microsoft re-explains .Net strategy 11/20/2003 12:44 AM
Industry figures give the software giant a passing grade for embracing open standards.

liz explains why she started bl0gging

liz explains why she started bl0gging 04/26/2004 01:14 PM
i'm fascinating by these explanations since i'm not sure i consciously chose to start blogging

MS explains mysterious Net attack

MS explains mysterious Net attack 06/28/2004 11:23 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Jun 29 2004 2:59AM GMT

Ted explains how to plug in JRocket.

Ted explains how to plug in JRocket. 03/11/2003 09:43 AM

Ted explains how to plug JRocket into an existing JDK 1.4.1 JRE:

Ted Neward: First, I created a subdirectory in my standard JDK 1.4.1 install structure, j2sdk1.4.1/jre/bin/jrockit. Into this directory I copied the jvm.dll and Xusage.txt files that came from JRockit itself. Then, after adding a line "-jrockit KNOWN" into my JDK 1.4.1's jvm.cfg file (so that the launcher would recognize "-jrockit" as a viable command-line option), I fired up the standard Sun JDK java launcher with the command line "java -jrockit Hello". Sure enough, it worked.

ArsTechnica Explains O(1) Scheduler

ArsTechnica Explains O(1) Scheduler 12/25/2003 06:39 PM

"David Brooks explains"

"David Brooks explains" 03/23/2005 05:14 AM

"Curious Stranger explains"

"Curious Stranger explains" 05/20/2004 04:11 PM

A non-expert explains Finnglish

A non-expert explains Finnglish 09/05/2004 09:19 AM

« "Tex" in a 10-gallon hat and cravat listens to the Peruvians performing in Three Smiths Square. I had to resist the urge to laugh since it seemed as incongruous as wearing a Lappish hat in downtown Dallas. »

The Morning News has an absolutely brilliant article this week, The Non-Expert: Accents, [alternate 125kb pdf] where advice is given on how to cultivate a fake accent when travelling abroad where 90% of the world hates Americans. Some of the descriptions are spot-on and hilarious, especially the Maine accent.

A bit of handy advice for those wishing to be cultural chameleons when leaving the land of 50 states is YOU DON'T NEED TO SHOUT. Four out of five cruise ship passengers visiting Helsinki this year were Americans and after a peaceful winter of not hearing any English out on the sidewalks I suddenly started hearing people like they were speaking through a megaphone. I mean, I never noticed that people talked so loudly when living in the US, but damn, I can hear Americans at least 3 blocks away and chart an evasive course. One of these days I'm even going to muster the cheek to yell "A LANGUAGE BARRIER IS NOT A HEARING IMPAIRMENT" when some Americans lean into me and ask me very loudly if I speak English. It's great sport messing with some of these people by using my Finnglish, especially when I can tell by their accent that they're from somewhere near where I grew up. :) Cheap entertainment.

I do go out of my way at times to make myself sound like I am anything but an American and it works reasonably well. It is very curious how much confusion an unusual accent will cause in people who are desperately trying to place you by your accent since you can see the wheels turning as they talk to you wondering where you could have gotten such a funky way of speaking. I thought I'd add a new accent to the list from the Morning News - Finnglish. :)

Accent: Finnglish

Scenario: You find yourself in Helsinki and realise that the Finnish phrasebook you bought on Amazon doesn't seem to work at all as the shopkeepers just give you this blank stare or say "Mitä?" You want to get some reindeer kitsch for the family back home but don't have any idea what in the hell these people are saying to you.

Tips & Tricks: First and foremost rule is; don't smile. It's a dead giveaway that you're an American tourist if you smile. Lower the volume of your voice as this puts you at a tactical disadvantage when you can be heard several blocks away. Speak English very slowly with a slight pause between words as though you are considering every word while you stress the first syllable of each word. Be sure to lower the tone of your voice an octave and cultivate a monotone speech pattern. Think of Star Trek's Chekov's "Nuclear Wessles" except do not try to sound Russian. If they give you an odd look, just say how much you love to practice your English around all the American tourists. Drop out any and all of the idioms that you normally fill a conversation with and replace it with something bare and slightly awkward; i.e. Boy, that gulleywasher last night was a real humdinger of a turdfloater!" becomes "The storm, he was not usual last night." [100kb mp3] Confuse he and she randomly in sentences and choose prepositions that are incorrect for the phrase. Don't 'turn on' your TV, 'open' your TV. If you get asked something on the sidewalk, a simple nod and "joo" or "ei" usually suffices. Costume is a consideration, too, as one should not wear cowboy hats, t-shirts with "BUSH! 4 more years" emblazoned on them, anything with the stars and stripes or any other such giveaways.

Response: Skip the tourist market and go to Iittala. Buy a bunch of Moomin mugs and Teema dinnerware and have them mailed home. You've already been busted so just say as little as possible, pay, and leave. :) There's a reason why Mainers and Finns seem a lot alike.

Jim Macdonald explains writing

Jim Macdonald explains writing 02/19/2004 12:06 AM
Jim Macdonald, half of the Doyle-Macdonald writing team, has been presiding over a hundreds-posts-long running tutorial on how to write that is unbelievably good and sensible and right. If you want to write, go read this now.

Well, now, what to put in the opening?

We're going to stick with the chess game metaphor for a while here. In the opening you're trying to put yourself into a strong position for going into the midgame (where the exciting action and the exciting combinations occur), and you do this mostly by getting your pieces off the back rank as quickly as possible. The pieces are your major characters. Get them out there, and get them doing things.

Don't neglect your pawns -- your minor characters. You should cherish your minor characters. They'll save your life. If you have a selection of minor characters you can pull them out to solve problems later in the book.

Now, what to put in that first chapter? (Recall that if your readers don't finish the first chapter they'll never get to chapter two.)

To answer the question of what goes into chapter one, I'm going to grab the first stanzas from a bunch of Anglo-Scots folk ballads. These were the popular songs of earlier times, cooked by the folk process so that only the important and memorable parts remain, they're entertaining, and they tell stories.

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