Newses

[elfs]

A school in Osaka, Japan has decided that all children's uniforms will have a RFID chip installed so tha the school can know with certainty where every kid is at any time.

Meanwhile, in Mexico, politicians are getting RFID implants for security purposes.

Do you say "soda" or "pop"? Now you can find out, with this nifty County-by-County map of which is most prevalent where you live. I can't find much correlation between this map and a similar map of The 2000 Election.

A blind student in Quebec was denied access to an English language immersion course because he could not abide by the rule that he not speak French in the classroom. It's what his dog knows. After a civil-rights complaint was entered, he was allowed to take the class.

And finally, have you ever heard of The Color Marketing Group? These are the people who get paid bucks to figure out what colors will be "in" next year. Obstensibly, they're supposed to guess what people will want, but let's face it, as Neilsen Hayden points out, if a manufacturer doesn't follow the CMG's recommendations their stuff will look peculiarly out of step. Some might consider this a good thing, but the vast majority of Wal-Mart and Nordstroms purchasing officers do not.

What's really going on is the need for change. Once you've got a wardrobe of colors you like, you don't need to buy more. By making you feel subtly out-of-step with the rest of the world, CMG creates a marketing void and the subsequent consumer need.

Comments

I grew up in a totally "Soda" area

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

as I thought. I was always surprised to meet anyone in my area who said anything different, and I see I was not out of line to be surprised, it's obviously the prevalent term, far outstripping even "sody", which still prevailed among old folks when I was young.

Re: I grew up in a totally "Soda" area

[omahas.livejournal.com]

I've never understood that stuff. I mean, they don't account for how I grew up at all. For me, it was "coke" or "pepsi" all the way (I'm a "pepsi" for what it's worth). When I say, "anyone want a pepsi?" literally that's a question for people if they want sodapop or not...because there really isn't anything else of worth. If there isn't any pepsi, then I'll settle for whatever other carbonated beverages there happen to be if I must.