Definition: Sneezer
July 14, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Definition
Sneezer is an online marketing slang term coined by Charles Nicholls, founder of SeeWhy, to describe any customer that spreads your offers and promotions through social networks.
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Lateral thinking
July 14, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Lateral Thinking
Q: You can take away the whole and still have some left. You can take away some and still have the whole left. What is it?
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Quote
July 14, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Quote
“Technology makes it possible for people to gain control over everything, except over technology” ~ John Tudor
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Definition: RFID
May 4, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Definition
Short for radio frequency identification, a technology similar in theory to bar code identification. With RFID, the electromagnetic or electrostatic coupling in the RF portion of the electromagnetic spectrum is used to transmit signals.
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Lateral thinking
April 27, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Lateral Thinking
Q: Is it legal for a man to marry his widow’s sister in the state of California?
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Profile: Norio Ohga
April 27, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Profile
Norio Ohga was the former president and chairman of Sony and the driving force in the invention and development of the CD.
Born in 1930 in Numazu, about 75 miles from Tokyo, Ohga spent most of his childhood studying music.
During his studies at the National University of Fine Arts and Music in Tokyo, the forthright Ohga caught the eye of powerful figures resulting in job offers from the chairman of Yamaha as well as from one of the founders of Sony.
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Quote
April 27, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Quote
“One day soon the Gillette company will announce the development of a razor that, thanks to a computer microchip, can actually travel ahead in time and shave beard hairs that don’t even exist yet” - Dave Barry
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Definition: Bytecode
April 27, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Definition
Bytecode – Programming code that, once compiled, is run through a virtual machine instead of the computer’s processor. By using this approach, source code can be run on any platform once it has been compiled and run through the virtual machine.
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Lateral thinking
March 4, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Lateral Thinking
Q: A woman proves in court that her husband was murdered by her sister, but the judge decides that the sister cannot be punished. Why?
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Definition: Frag
March 4, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Definition
Frag is a commonly used term in first-person shooter game. When you kill an opponent in the game you call it a “frag” rather than kill. The term frag is commonly associated with multiplayer deathmatch games.
