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Cool article, growing up, with NES, we had
Something like Game Genie or something like that, was like a cheat code to give you unlimited lives and no loss of power.
Nice to see Seiko, 5, as a cheat code.
GQ Article on Seiko 5
My wife forwarded me an article from Apple News. The headline was: Why Seiko 5 Is the Biggest Cheat Code in Affordable Watches Which of course as I am an old fart (an elderly non-gamer), I didn't know exactly what they meant, but I did not like the connot...
Cool article, growing up, with NES, we had
Something like Game Genie or something like that, was like a cheat code to give you unlimited lives and no loss of power. Nice to see Seiko, 5, as a cheat code.
First thing I noticed as I opened the GQ article is the disclaimer...
" All products featured on GQ are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. " So it looks like they've taught us TWO new terms today..."cheat code" and "independen...
"All subjects taught by your math professor are independently chosen"
However if you buy his recommended textbook, or the suggested calculator, or Excel from Microsoft, or if you use Google Sheets, or if you read math articles using Acrobat Reader, he will get a commission. Hmmm. Don't like it.
+1, there are obvious examples also in academia, and probably anywhere else...Not good! ;-)
My only book to date has been a research monograph for the Amer. Math. Society, which is not that uncommon when your contributions are mainly viewed as research (plus, I wouldn't have the patience nor probably the skills to write an undergrad textbook any...
Having been in the textbook world ...
I once went to a Prentice-Hall marketing expo where secondary teachers were invited to consider textbooks. The author of the leading Computer Science textbook glided up in his new Mercedes-Benz, followed by a van containing free Polo or Dress Shirts embla...
