OT Re: [Gllug] Linux based banking

leslie Till les_till at blueyonder.co.uk
Thu May 30 18:03:06 UTC 2002


Vincent AE Scott wrote:

> Jim Bailey(jim at lateral.net)@Wed, May 29, 2002 at 08:58:02PM +0100:
> > On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 06:07:15PM +0100, Simon Stewart wrote:
> > >
> > > Simon (being a fussy consumer)
> > >
> > You are not a consumer but a prosumer
> > http://www.quinion.com/words/turnofphrase/tp-pro4.htm.
> > this is a word I have been bumping into a lot recently.
> > Marketing 14032002 did an article about people like you, pains. ;)
> > Apparently however you lack imagination and creativity to produce new
> > ideas, humanity should not fear marketing people are here to create and
> > PR to give these great ideas to the people.
>
> that link didnt work jim.
>
> BTW, i seem to recall watching a TV series about psychology since the
> days of freud.  IIRC it was on C4.  now hear my memory gets even more
> disjointed.  but, i *believe* the term PR, was coined because the
> marketers didnt want to use the word 'propoganda'.  it was seen as a
> less obvious term.
>
> completely OT, but somewhat interesting, i saw a large wooden crate
> being offloaded outside the welsh office on whitehall this afternoon.
> with thte words 'raytheon' and 'M141' stamped on the side.
>
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>
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raytheon M141 can be found by Google but still not sure what it is -
something not very nice by the look of it.


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