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HB Divining
Figuring out which is the next idea to post | |
For people who already have a few
ideas under their belts, this works
best individually. Look at the
number of good ideas you have, and
the bad ideas. You will notice that
some ideas beginning with some
letters have all croissants and some
ideas starting with other letters have
a few
fishbones. That is what you
have to remember. Your ideas
starting with that letter aren't as
likely to succeed.
So post carefully, you may be able to
bring up your HB-chi in that area. If
you
can, change the name to something
starting with a stronger letter.
If you absolutely must post an idea
with a weaker letter you must do
everything to bring up your HB-chi
for
that post, including...
1. Shortening up your posts.
2. Use technology that exists.
3. Spell check your ideas.
4. Avoid posting an idea that
punishes other people.
5. Move away from a theory and
towards your idea.
6. Use patience and understand
people understand your idea and
nothing more.
7. Refrain from flaming others.
8. Do not expoit others' weaknesses
for humor.
Using these HB-chi building rules will
help you have a stronger idea even if
your letter is weaker. Use these rules
as well to fortify your stronger letters
against weaker ideas.
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[sartep], that's alphabet abuse. There's no gaurantee that a letter "A" idea for me will have the same 'je ne sais quoi' that someone else's letter "A" idea has. Hence, it seems to be futile letter-dropping for you to insist that a good idea in one part of the alphabet is better than an idea in another.
In terms of marketing, I think you've missed the boat. What's important for people with fishy ideas is not "knowing" how to start a good idea, but simply WISHING to have a good idea. Sell to their superstitions, ie, a twenty-six sided cube, a tiny divining rod that they can hold over their computer screen to see if it dips on their new idea, or a bag of tea leaves or squirrel bones or feathers accompanied by a how-to manual.
Superstitions, like a stopped clock, are right twice a day. And people with detached ideas on HB would probably go for those odds. I know I would... |
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What I mean by that [blissful], is that if superstitions were never right (and I extrapolate that they are right twice a day) then no one would be superstitious. And what makes superstitions so enticing is their irregularity, which to us is interpreted as "magical."
So in one day, a mirror breaking really does begin seven years bad luck and a rabbit's foot actually gets someone a good job. |
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"You will meet a tall, bald stranger. He will say 'Baked!'" |
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In a south African, tinged with Manhattan, accent. |
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Then he will attempt to bite you. |
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Hint: post ideas about tortoise shell modifications. People seem to love those. |
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world is held up on the back of a turtle. |
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[po] ;-) Then what holds up the turtle? |
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Bad chi: Bluetooth, genetic modification, magic, WIBNI. - all in the help file, |
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Good chi: Custard, pro-cat (if you want the [blissmiss] vote), anti-cat (if you want the [8th of 7] vote) and sometimes wordplay games (disguised as inventions). - from noticing trends in ideas and annos. |
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? its turtles all the way down. |
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That one was a funny quote. |
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when I get to z, my monitor may blow up and I will get custard all over my face (especially if its Friday 13th and there is an R in the month) |
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// You will notice that some ideas beginning with some letters have all croissants and some ideas starting with other letters have a few fishbones. // |
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This is nae the case for my ideas, nor about a few others whose idea list I just perused. So apparently no, I will not notice this. "Tis what they call a load of hooey and probably should be mfd'd, but I can't be arsed as they say. |
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sartep, I'm thinking maybe you need to do a little less halfbakery navel gazing. |
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Once, I believe it was Rods_ who created an idea just because it started with the only letter left unrepresented on his idea list. He got in trubble for it. Shame too, as I recall I liked the idea. |
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That would be true if you were actually fooling anyone. Don't flatter yourself. |
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Well, [sartep], you are more than welcome to study my list of ideas and tell me my alphabetic horoscope if you like. Your eight rules are representative of a certain personality, and if they represent your personality then congratulations, because you seem to be a nice person.
And quite frankly, I would still rather have a little box of chicken bones from the HB. |
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And by the by, if you remove the alphabet bit then all you really have is a paraphrased version of the help file... which, I believe is baked. |
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I will look at your ideas and see
what I can devine from it. K_sra.
Sorry I threw out all the chicken
bones after I ate the chicken. |
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Ideas starting with P and D are
your weakest ones. Careful of that
for the future, post only your
strongest ideas that begin with
those letters. I saw the strength in
your drum circle idea. + |
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You are very strong in the ideas
starting with a Q and W. |
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Lemme respond to your first
comment, K_sra. I like the way
you think. :) 'Tis a pitty about the
tea leaves I threw them out too,
but the tea was yummy. |
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I think the essence of the idea has little to do with the name but I also think many bakers don't try hard enough to pick the right names for their ideas. |
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Mine is a supersticious contry, and supersticions are not good. Three days ago I was traveling in Chiapas (a Mexican state with a really high indigenous population) and some religious leader surrounded me with other 20 male members of the community. They wanted me to give them my video tape because the supersticion says that pictures and videos take their souls away from them, and in order for them to go back to their owner, the video tape and film roll has to be burned. Of course, they got what they wanted and my documentary doesn't exist anymore. |
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I don't know if the point of my story is clear enough. Anyways, being supersticious is not good. Thinking that the inicial letter in an idea will dictate its success is as absurd as thinking that a picture takes your soul away from you. |
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Sorry about the demise of your footage [Pericles]. That's really too bad. |
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Yes, Chiapas has a rich history. It
is a pity about the footage. |
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If they were scared of the camera,
it wouldn't be too close to daily
life. Perhaps a camera that
transmits data to your truck
wirelessly while you have a fake
tape in the camera to burn. But
again, speak to the spiritual leader
first. Perhaps there is a way of
making the camera so people
don't think it catches souls. |
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No bris, D is strong with you. You
are a strong poster. |
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[Pericles], a blessing on your head: May your films grow famous and bring knowledge to many!
Obviously people who mock superstitions do not live near them day to day. Just as people who have never lost a loved one to an alligator may joke about alligator attacks. I am one of those people (the first not the last).
Superstitions have wreaked havoc on mankind and on the cameras of countless hardy souls such as yourself. I sympathize with your frustration, and from one camera wielder to another I say, keep up the good work! En cada cosa que pierden es una historia a decir. |
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bris: "In a south African, tinged with Manhattan, accent" - boy, are you in for a surprise one of these days.
pericles: you need to do what war photographers do, and carry half your film in your underwear. That way, the villagers get some film to burn to feel good about themselves, and you get to sneak some footage out. (I always split up my film when travelling anyway, just in case I lose a bag.) |
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Unless you're shooting for IMAX. That would be uncomfortable. |
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Thanks [bris],[sartep],[k_sra]. I know that diversity is beauty, and that's why I have to respect other people's perspectives of things. These indigenous people may not be right about a camera stealing your soul just as some of our commonly accepted beliefs are based on wrong or misinterpreted ideas. That's what makes documentary making so hard, the camera sees things through the author's perspective. He/she puts the camera where he wants the audience to put the eye, excluding a big important part of the context. |
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Oh well... maybe this will be a good excuse to create an idea for a device to make a camera not look so "harmful", or to be hidden inside a fake-baby. |
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BTW, [sartep], if my next idea entitled "Quibley's Whimsical Bedtime Stories Breakfast Cereal" doesn't go over well on the Halfbakery, I will be forced to expose you for the charlatan that you are! |
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If K_sra posts "Quibley's Whimsical
Bedtime Stories Breakfast Cereal" a
great idea will get a croissant.
-Oracle of Sartep |
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//These indigenous people may not be right about a camera stealing your soul//
On the other hand, they may not be wrong; would you want that responsibility? |
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Sex is like a broken clock. |
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CAMRA stole my soul!
//7. Refrain from flaming others. 8. Do not expoit others' weaknesses for humor.//
Now you're just being silly. |
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FJ, except that the broken clock is right *only* twice a day. |
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sartep, can you divine from my idea list which stocks I should buy now? |
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Clearly a baking company specializing in french breakfast rolls. |
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Beaux, divining HB ideas is the
small crock of shit that I deal with,
if you want to hand over money to
an individual to be invested in
stocks, you would be asking for a
much larger crock of shit than I
am willing to dole out. |
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However, if you would like your
ideas divined for you to know
where your next great idea should
come from, I would be more than
happy to help you. |
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