User: DieselPup

What century is HE in?

On: Vivek Kundra On US Government Inefficiency

I agree with Kundra, although he's stating the obvious (so who is surprised?). Even so, you'd think the Federal CIO would know what century HE's in. After all, we made such a huge deal of Y2K. But he says, "This is not how to run a modern government in the 20th century," I guess he's going for one century at a time. JR

Re:Does this pass the "Evil" smell test?

On: Google Patent Reveals New Data Center Innovations

Sure, if a company PAYS people to think of things like this, that's called an INVESTMENT in R&D (which is by nature, speculative and risky -- most of the time, a LOSING venture). So when the company's R&D comes up with one idea that is commercially viable, why shouldn't they get some return on the money they put at risk? Oh, and if they're not allowed to get any return to offset their investment (in losers as well as winners), what happens to the R&D cash flow? Unless you're a noncommercial government-funded program, it generally dries up.

Re:Mice vs. Managers

On: Scientists Use Quake 2 To Study the Brains of Mice

Having actually played my manager in Quake, I can confirm this.

Funny, that's what my staff said too.

Mice vs. Managers

On: Scientists Use Quake 2 To Study the Brains of Mice

They initially tried this study using managers, but there was no evidence that the managers were learning anthing or that they even perceived their environment