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Stories · 3

  1. Cal Schools May Nix SAT In Admissions Process

    Education · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the news-for-the-college-bound-nerd dept. · 312 comments
    An unnamed correspondent writes: "The University of California school systems is considering to stop using SAT scores in college admissions. Story at Yahoo." The usual double-edged sword here: the SATs, ACTs and similar tests may be close to worthless, but other factors (like how GPAs [?] are calculated and weighted) varies wildly from school to school. (What might a GPA of 3.9 at Stuyvesant High be worth elsewhere, for instance?)

  2. IBM Announces Linux Support

    Ibm · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the now-its-official dept. · 88 comments
    Ilya Berdnikov writes "IBM has finally announced its full support for Linux! Here's the story. " Most interesting is the comments about IBM supporting Caldera and SuSE in addition to Red Hat, as well as a bit about DB2.

  3. Diamond Announces Wireless LAN for Gamers

    Games · Games · · posted by CmdrTaco · from the and-it-aint-even-to-spendy dept. · 0 comments
    Nick Vlku writes "Wow... this is pretty neat. According to next-generation online, Diamond multimedia has announced a wireless LAN for the average home user that'll operate at 2.4ghz and reach speeds of 1Mbps at up to 150 feet. All that for $200 with two NICs included. Now we just need to get those Linux drivers out the second this thing comes out. " I want a PCMCIA adapter too. Oh, and wireless electricity.