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What: "Branded wine is like a movie set: looks great from the outside, but pass behind the edifice and it's all plywood and 2 by 4s". A nice discussion about product branding as applied to wine labels.

Writer: JAMIE GOODE

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Date: Oct 28 2010 12:28 AM

What: "This is not because people blatantly lie about how to invest in the stock market (well, quite a few does actually), but because telling anyone else how to invest in the stock market is like telling someone how to make love - there are no simple truths and no roadmap to follow. Listening to others and benefiting from their advice is great, but sooner or later you have to start making your own mistakes."

Writer: Daisy Chain

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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Aug 9 2011 12:30 PM

What: See the link for the discussion of the bitter gourd theory of acceptance.

Writer: Kate

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Date: May 10 2012 4:17 PM

What: "Remember that what you are building is like a giant musical instrument. To get a nice sound, the size of the mouthpiece has to be matched to the size and length of the pipes. That ricey sound comes from using a trumpet mouthpiece with baritone pipes. Supra is more of a trombone sized mouthpiece and needs more medium sized piping. Turbo cars can get away with 3" pipes because the turbo is a sort of like blowing through a reed (turbine), effectively turning brass into a giant woodwind instrument, like mabe a contrabass or something (almost worth it for the sound quality alone). The muffler is like a mute stuck in the end of the horn."

Writer: RPMsOnHigh

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Date: Oct 3 2013 10:59 AM