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January 7, 2005Motorola plays it cool
Just because Las Vegas is in the middle of a desert and during the summer tortures visitors with 120 F (49 C) temperatures, doesn’t mean that delegates at CES don't freeze their butts off this week. Enough reason for Motorola to attract some attention to its mobile phones by building a enormous ski ramp on the parking lot outside the Las Vegas convention centre and hire a few snowboarders to jump off it.
We're not sure what the link is between a mobile phone and sliding off an icy ramp. Except that the landing in Vegas can be as painful as when you receive the invoice from your mobile operator.
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what sort of dessert? a toffee pudding perchance (would explain the hot temperatures). My tip would be to eat it with ice cream, juxtaposing the hot and cold sensations with less risk of burning the roof of your mouth.
Posted by :helen | January 7, 2005 9:07 AM
desert, not dessert. one s. I know I'm no a spelling genious, but this one I did get right ;-)
des·ert1 n
1. an area of land, usually in very hot climates, that consists only of sand, gravel, or rock with little or no vegetation, no permanent bodies of water, and erratic rainfall
2. a place or situation that is devoid of some desirable thing, or overwhelmed by an undesirable thing
3. a place devoid of life
4. a wild, bleak, and uncultivated place (archaic)
Posted by :SV Sleuth | January 7, 2005 9:16 AM
pedant.(sp?)
Posted by :a. non | January 7, 2005 10:16 AM