I think that Valleywag is officially obsessed with the geek sex trade. If rumors are to believed the escort services of the valley are doing so well that working girls can turn down anyone they like. In the words of Karl Childers that ain't like no prostitute I ever heard of.
Sure it's the world's oldest profession but did it really need a 21st century makeover like this? Nearly every girl has a website including enough personal gibberish and racy photos to make a seasoned MySpace user blush. I dare say we are a far cry from some of these women accepting Visa and MasterCard, or possibly even PayPal.
What I don't understand is why some of these lonely guys are busy hacking away on FaceBook widgets and Twitter updates when they should hard at work perfecting version 1.0 of Gigolo Jane. Hey, she's a nice girl and best of all comes with a limited time lifespan that essentially equates to forced upgrade. Hell, even if she's buggier than Vista you can still get some excitement out of a really hot robot chick who digs it when you talk in code. Because face it boys, you'll never find a gal like that on this planet.
As damned intriguing as it is, in a staring at a car accident way, I hate to say it but browsing as site like eros-guide.com makes me feel a little queasy. Not because of the subject mind you, but because some of these "escorts" have a better looking site than I do. I mean what the hell. There is obviously a lot of money, pardon the pun, rolling around in the sex trade.
On second though guys why don't you give hope of creating the perfect uber woman from wires and circuits and start pimping out your skills building these sites. Who knows, maybe she has an ugly girlfriend or at the very least maybe they'll give a company discount. At the very least you won't be spending tonight alone, even if your keeping company with a virtual chat bot telling you about the latest specials.
It's amazing what a 5th generation fighter is capable of. The following video demonstrates the "super maneuverability" of the F22 Raptor, the Air Force's premier aircraft, as seen at an air show. Despite the F22s abilities it's unlikely that it will ever demonstrate them on the battlefield. Only 187 are slated for production a fact which seems to reinforce the belief that large scale air combat is a thing of the past.
Despite this the aerobatics are great to watch.
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A key to communicating effectively is to know your audience. In terms of written work you may hear of things like the Fleischman Kincaid system which rates text on a "grade level". In theory, the average seventh grader should be able to read and understand your work, in practice comprehension and coherent meaning often depends on subject matter as much as the words you choose.
For whatever they are worth, readability scores are at least helpful in determining the complexity of your vocabulary. For years, I've used the readability feature in Microsoft Word which seems to take into account grammar and sentence structure. It is by far not a hard fast rule for easy reading but I like to think that every little bit helps.
That is why today's Goof Off is the so-called "Blog Readability Test". At first glance, it does not seem to be as sophisticated as MS Word, but it's terribly convenient and only requires a destination URL before it does its magic. I can't agree with all of the determinations but it seems to have a general idea about reading level. As such, I'm proud to announce that even an elementary school kid can understand this blog, according to the test. Incidentally MS Word claims this entry is on a tenth grade level.
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