Re: [OT] Selling beer (was: Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names])

2021-07-16 Thread Charlie Gibbs
On Thu Jul 15 12:42:45 2021 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 14 iul 21, 08:02:19, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > >> On Tue Jul 13 16:50:38 2021 Michael Lange >> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:25:17 +0100 >>> Joe wrote: >>> >>> (...) >>> Back when we had TV advertisements for beer, it

Re: [OT] Selling beer (was: Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names])

2021-07-15 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-07-14 11:29 a.m., Christian Groessler wrote: > Here in Germany, near Munich, we have a beer brand (from Munich) which > doesn't advertise but is the "standard beer" all around :-) > WoW That's pretty cool, a "standard beer". Everyone get used to the same beer and you don't risk

Re: [OT] Selling beer (was: Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names])

2021-07-15 Thread tomas
On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 09:55:50AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 14 iul 21, 08:02:19, Charlie Gibbs wrote: [...] > > If they didn't pay [for ads], companies would have stopped sinking vast > > amounts > > of effort and expense into them a century ago. > > You're giving (big) companies

Re: [OT] Selling beer (was: Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names])

2021-07-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 14 iul 21, 08:02:19, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On Tue Jul 13 16:50:38 2021 Michael Lange wrote: > > > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:25:17 +0100 > > Joe wrote: > > > > (...) > > > >> Back when we had TV advertisements > >> for beer, it was always the rubbish beers that got the publicity. > > > >

Re: [OT] Selling beer (was: Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names])

2021-07-14 Thread Christian Groessler
On 7/14/21 5:02 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote: On Tue Jul 13 16:50:38 2021 Michael Lange wrote: > here (Germany) we still have those TV ads for beer, and I can assure > you that the advertised brands (its not up to me to decide whether > they are rubbish or not) are the ones that are available

[OT] Selling beer (was: Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names])

2021-07-14 Thread Charlie Gibbs
On Tue Jul 13 16:50:38 2021 Michael Lange wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:25:17 +0100 > Joe wrote: > > (...) > >> Back when we had TV advertisements >> for beer, it was always the rubbish beers that got the publicity. > > here (Germany) we still have those TV ads for beer, and I can assure >

[OT] Selling beer (was: Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names])

2021-07-13 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:25:17 +0100 Joe wrote: (...) > Back when we had TV advertisements > for beer, it was always the rubbish beers that got the publicity. here (Germany) we still have those TV ads for beer, and I can assure you that the advertised brands (its not up to me to decide