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  1. Also... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Ultrasound Machine Ages Wine

    Try running your crappy vodka through a Brita water filter a couple times. (although Mythbuster disagrees, I think it works.)

  2. Another good reason for telecommuting by sjames · · Score: 1 · on Financial Services Firms Simulate Flu Pandemic

    If not for the obvious social benefits, cost reduction, or for employee satisfaction, pandemic preparedness is a good enough reason to permit telecommuting wherever practical. In the event it's necessary, only those who telecommute already will be at 100% productivity. The rest will not have developed the necessary work habits or adapted to the different communication strategies needed to successfully telecommute. They also may not have the resources they need in place at home, and depending on how bad things are, they may not have the opportunity to correct the problem.

    Not downsizing to the bone is a good preparedness measure as well. If things barely stay together when someone is on vacation, it will come apart when 25-50% are out sick.

    Cross training is a decent idea as well. It won't help a bank at all if it's back office remains perfectly functional if nobody there knows how to reload the ATM or retrieve the deposit envelopes (or even where the key is!). Little things nobody thinks about like where the cleaning supplies are kept could be important during a pandemic. Frequent cleaning with disinfectants will be a must.

    Distributors and logistics companies will want to make sure the executives can drive a forklift without skewering someone if needed.

  3. Re:Relevant sites? by mr_gerbik · · Score: 1 · on Election Day Discussion

    > As far as blogs go, I don't really have any good ones. Any other ones you guys like?

    I like disjointed.org. Coverage from Philadelphia, Columbus and Ann Arbor.

  4. Old News by mr_gerbik · · Score: 1 · on New Radar Sees Through Walls

    disjointed.org had this hours ago! hours!!! get on the ball slashdot!

  5. Re:Its so good by mr_gerbik · · Score: 1 · on Reverse Graffiti

    Yeah, this is old news. disjointed.org had this days ago.

  6. Re:Its so good by mr_gerbik · · Score: 1 · on Reverse Graffiti

    Yeah, this is old news. disjointed.org had this days ago.

  7. Angle Grinder Man -- The Most Powerful Man in Tech by mr_gerbik · · Score: 1 · on Torvalds the "5th Most-Powerful Man in Tech"

    http://disjointed.org/archives/000248.html

    "Basically, he jumped out of his car in his outfit and said, `If anyone can, Angle-Grinder Man can,' " Ms. Tendai said in a telephone interview. "Then he just started sawing it off. It was wicked."