Just as words in their proper places form sentences, each individual strike must be done in the proper order to get the desired result: a flat stone blade.
David PogueFor the last 15 years, Microsoftโs master business plan seems to have been, โWait until somebody else has a hit. Then copy it.โ
David PogueThe rise of the citizen review site is a sobering development. No longer are you on top of the mountain, blasting your marketing message down to the masses through your megaphone. All of a sudden, the masses are conversing with one another. If your service or product isn't any good, they'll out you.
David PogueScientists in California have discovered a chemical in the brain that causes use of Windows in otherwise normal human beings. It's called alcohol.
David PogueToday, there are over 7,000 languages spoken throughout the world. They may sound different, but in every case, they're drawing on the same regions of the brain. If you had told me that stone-tool-making had something to do with our ability to speak, I would have said you've got rocks in your head, but the latest studies indicate that once Homo erectus got creative with stone, our brains were on the way to inventing the most powerful tool of all: language.
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