http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2006/04/scatterbrained/ afowejfaiwuehfakjnfa Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:00:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2006/04/scatterbrained/#comment-17 engyn Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:02:12 +0000 http://www.ladyada.net/rant/?p=17#comment-17 ... oh... and sorry that I reminded you that you have blogs. I would never try to make more work for you... … oh… and sorry that I reminded you that you have blogs. I would never try to make more work for you…

]]> http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2006/04/scatterbrained/#comment-16 engyn Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:44:09 +0000 http://www.ladyada.net/rant/?p=17#comment-16 Wow... i didn't know people actually read marketing materials for circuit stuff. I used to get the Maxim-IC brochures and those had some really choice marketing pictures. I mean... imagine you are a marketing person charged with the task of making low-power bandgap references exciting. I mean... I'd probably rely on violence and genital metaphors too. Clearly, I'm not the only person who sees circuits this way... Wow… i didn’t know people actually read marketing materials for circuit stuff. I used to get the Maxim-IC brochures and those had some really choice marketing pictures. I mean… imagine you are a marketing person charged with the task of making low-power bandgap references exciting. I mean… I’d probably rely on violence and genital metaphors too. Clearly, I’m not the only person who sees circuits this way…

]]> http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2006/04/scatterbrained/#comment-14 tober Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:43:38 +0000 http://www.ladyada.net/rant/?p=17#comment-14 That's very special. It sure looks like the people who designed the Mini-Circuits web site are not native English speakers - except that I believe that Mini-Circuits is in fact based in the US, so WTF? My employer occasionally sends me to the facility of our contract manufacturing partner in Malaysia, and they've got some real chestnuts in the company propaganda which is posted all over the factory. I'm inclined to forgive a great deal when I know I'm dealing with English that was written by people whose first language is Mandarin and second language is Malay. Even still, it's a bit hard not to giggle, or at least smile, when passing slogans involving terminology such as "to assure a strong climax" writ large on the walls... That’s very special. It sure looks like the people who designed the Mini-Circuits web site are not native English speakers - except that I believe that Mini-Circuits is in fact based in the US, so WTF? My employer occasionally sends me to the facility of our contract manufacturing partner in Malaysia, and they’ve got some real chestnuts in the company propaganda which is posted all over the factory. I’m inclined to forgive a great deal when I know I’m dealing with English that was written by people whose first language is Mandarin and second language is Malay. Even still, it’s a bit hard not to giggle, or at least smile, when passing slogans involving terminology such as “to assure a strong climax” writ large on the walls…

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