Slashdot Mirror


User: flicken

flicken's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
54
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 54

  1. Re:Question 2 of 2: Browser Stats on What's It Like to be Google's Boss Techie? · · Score: 1

    The answers to both of those questions are at Google 's Zeitgeist. Check out the sections on "Web Browsers Used To Access Google" and "Operating Systems Used to Access Google".

  2. Re:How does it handle embedded graphics? on Sizing Up StarOffice 6.0 · · Score: 1

    I had the same problem while writing a lengthy project. It was a pain-in-the-neck, until i figured out a work-around.

    When inserting a graphic, check the 'link' box in the "Insert Graphics" dialog box.

    I keep all my graphs for the project in one directory, and link which graphics i need for that file.

  3. Success in carrying out this kind of research? on The Social Web · · Score: 1

    Has anyone had any experience in collecting data like this? What did or didn't work for you? Anyone actually convince the Sys Admins to let you snoop mail headers? I'd love to hear what sucesses or failures you've had.

    This fall, I will be attempting to conduct a similar study on group connectivity at WPI (Worcester Polytechnical Institute). Although mostly un-planned at the moment, my goal is to map the inter-relationships of students and faculty to each other. As a small (~3000 student) technical school, the marketing department loves to claim how close a community WPI is. I plan to see whether their claims are true, or if they're just more marketing BS.

    In any case, let me know if you've ever collected data for connectivity research before. I'm open to all ideas.

    To e-mail me, wave a wand, and make spam be gone be gone.

  4. Universal Translator on A Common (Internet-Based) Language? · · Score: 1
    What we need is some sort of a universial translator. So depending on a browser setting, all text on a website would automatically be converted to the language set as default in the browser.

    The Universal Networking Language is such a project to provide this feature. Each website would be translated into a 'universal' language by describing mathematical relations between objects. See the website for more details (http://www.unl.ias.unu.edu/).