Comments on: Babel: English Lit Syndrome meets Economics 101 http://blog.oddhead.com/2008/11/20/babel-english-lit-syndrome-meets-economics-101/ Musings of a computer scientist on predictions, odds, and markets Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:37:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Gmat Preparation http://blog.oddhead.com/2008/11/20/babel-english-lit-syndrome-meets-economics-101/#comment-1244 Gmat Preparation Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:30:51 +0000 http://blog.oddhead.com/2008/11/20/babel-english-lit-syndrome-meets-economics-101/#comment-1244 haha. I'm pretty amazed you sat through the entire movie like that. I would have been lost half way through... haha. I’m pretty amazed you sat through the entire movie like that. I would have been lost half way through…

]]> By: IELTS http://blog.oddhead.com/2008/11/20/babel-english-lit-syndrome-meets-economics-101/#comment-372 IELTS Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:07:02 +0000 http://blog.oddhead.com/2008/11/20/babel-english-lit-syndrome-meets-economics-101/#comment-372 I do love this movie..great fan. I do love this movie..great fan.

]]> By: David Pennock http://blog.oddhead.com/2008/11/20/babel-english-lit-syndrome-meets-economics-101/#comment-371 David Pennock Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:45:36 +0000 http://blog.oddhead.com/2008/11/20/babel-english-lit-syndrome-meets-economics-101/#comment-371 True enough, except of course they are certain not to forget the proper region coding to make sure the DVD can't be watched in the wrong country. :-) True enough, except of course they are certain not to forget the proper region coding to make sure the DVD can’t be watched in the wrong country. :-)

]]> By: FoolsGold http://blog.oddhead.com/2008/11/20/babel-english-lit-syndrome-meets-economics-101/#comment-370 FoolsGold Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:03:28 +0000 http://blog.oddhead.com/2008/11/20/babel-english-lit-syndrome-meets-economics-101/#comment-370 Welcome to Global Business "thinking". Products have symbols rather than switches adorned with text. It is considered better to confuse customers in all nations rather than to make things clear in any one particular language. Instruction booklets are annoying in six languages. And just as computers default to 'no security settings' DVDs default to 'no cultural preferences imposed by the manufacturer'. Welcome to Global Business “thinking”.

Products have symbols rather than switches adorned with text. It is considered better to confuse customers in all nations rather than to make things clear in any one particular language.

Instruction booklets are annoying in six languages.

And just as computers default to ‘no security settings’ DVDs default to ‘no cultural preferences imposed by the manufacturer’.

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