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In “South Pacific,” the nurse Nellie Forbush famously sang of her proclivities as a “cockeyed optimist.” Now, as Madison Avenue wages war against a recession, marketers are lining up behind her with upbeat campaigns that, to quote from another 1940s song, accentuate the positive.

I'm not alone. Scott McNealy famously banned PowerPoint presentations from Sun Microsystems (SUNW) (although one suspects that may have as much to do with his distaste for Microsoft(MSFT)). And the shortcomings of the program have been the subject of countless crabby columns and amusing parodies. Ever wondered what the Gettysburg Address would have been like had Abraham Lincoln delivered it via PowerPoint? Visit this site to find out. 我並不寂寞。Scott McNealy，就以禁止昇陽電腦內使用PPT做簡報而聞名。（雖然有人懷疑是因為這與他和微軟的過節有關）這個程式的缺點已經是數不清的抱怨和嬉笑怒罵的文章主題。如果當年林肯的蓋茲堡宣言是用PPT發表，不知會是怎樣的景象？參觀本網站可以找到答案。

crabby OLD-FASHIONED crabbed) INFORMAL
easily annoyed and complaining:
You're very crabby today. What's upset you?
via
preposition
through; using:
The London-Addis flight goes via Rome.
Reports are coming in via satellite.
I only found out about it via my sister.

cockeyed (RIDICULOUS)
adjective
describes a plan or idea that is ridiculous, unsuitable or unlikely to be successful:
The government has dreamed up some cockeyed scheme for getting unemployed youngsters back into work.

pro・cliv・i・ty

 

━━ n. 傾向, 性癖 ((to, toward)).

proclivity
noun [C] FORMAL
a tendency to do or like something, especially something immoral:
the sexual proclivities of celebrities
his proclivity for shapely blondes