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...advertising. Since RSS identifies consumers who've already declared their interests, it makes sense that advertisers would then want to target them, in the same way that Google offers specific ads in response to the type of search a user enters. RSS suppliers would include either graphic or text ads in individual RSS feeds, much as e-mail newsletters currently feature ads. But many remain wary of muddying RSS with advertising. "I think there's the potential for a backlash against ads in feeds," says Eric Peterson, an analyst for Jupiter Research, because they might alienate users by destroying...
...reports should generally be about 5 pages of text . . . We assume these will all be written on a computer (i.e. not hand-written). Figures may be hand-drawn, though, and no need or extra credit for fancy computer graphics. Some may find it easier/faster to use computer plots (e.g. use Excel), which we welcome...
...four to eight hours cranking out this lab report when you can spend nine to fourteen hours—all in a row—to make sure that all the equations are aligned exactly at the equal signs and that every floating table is separated from the adjacent text by exactly 24 points (or a third of an inch...
...other day I was observing a designer move text boxes around a document, playing with the sizes and the shapes to try to find the most aesthetically pleasing arrangement of text for the front page of the Monday sports section. Finally, she found it, let go of the mouse, and sat back, pleased...
...history) know how to use LaTeX, BibTeX, and PSTricks—professional software used in math and sciences—to typeset their term papers? (Microsoft Word is for amateurs.) How many people can just glance at a document and be able to tell that the text is Times Roman 11.5 point instead of 12? How many people can tell the difference between Times Roman and Times New Roman? I’m guessing not many, so I’m a member of a proud...