First they found the flight recorder of Air France 447 on the bottom of the freaking ocean, and then they found Osama bin Laden. Are the planets in the solar system aligned or something? Now if only I could find my car keys...
Keeping soldiers busy has been practiced forever in most if not all military forces. There are several very good reasons to do that, and one of them is to prevent soldiers from dwelling on the horrors of war.
I agree 8pen is a superior input method. However, I assert it won't catch on due to the difficult transition from the familiar methods which are not ideal but are still pragmatic enough.
Employment is more than just business in the real world. It's a social activity and organizations are social structures rather than ideal friction reducing "infrastructure" that some academics think they are.
The economics revolve around society and not the other way round.
There's too much hassle in learning the system and becoming proficient in it. I use Swype which is phenomenal - it's fast and hardly requires any learning if you know the qwerty keyboard.
The value of loyalty is completely gone in today's organizations. No loyalty to the company; No loyalty to the employees, and no loyalty between employees. I'm not advocating blind loyalty, but when people change companies every couple of years for a slight bump in salary, or a shinier title, or just so they don't appear "stagnant", it's a problem. And it's a problem first and foremost for the employees themselves.
This device's technical specs or price or whether it would fit in your cabinet are all completely irrelevant when it's so damn ugly. Who would look at one and say "I want to put one of those in my living room"?
This lawsuit boggles my mind. I'm sure the guys running Oracle are pretty smart. Can't they see that no matter the outcome of the lawsuit, they are losing big on reputation and client lock-in just by pursuing it? Am I missing some great strategic outcome Oracle is hoping for?
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They could call it "the command line".
Already covered.
We're getting closer and closer to the advent of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.
And another relevant: Assange vs. Zuckerberg.
Relevant.
The alignment mention was not accidental. ;-)
First they found the flight recorder of Air France 447 on the bottom of the freaking ocean, and then they found Osama bin Laden. Are the planets in the solar system aligned or something? Now if only I could find my car keys...
Your +5 Informative post is why I still have faith in humanity (and Slashdot). Thanks for researching and posting it.
Keeping soldiers busy has been practiced forever in most if not all military forces. There are several very good reasons to do that, and one of them is to prevent soldiers from dwelling on the horrors of war.
Too little, too late.
Gosu is Yet Another Slightly Better Than Java programming language.
Open to everyone in the United States, that is.
This app is obviously malware, so Google removed it. Why is this news?
I agree 8pen is a superior input method. However, I assert it won't catch on due to the difficult transition from the familiar methods which are not ideal but are still pragmatic enough.
You are either an economics major or under 25.
Employment is more than just business in the real world. It's a social activity and organizations are social structures rather than ideal friction reducing "infrastructure" that some academics think they are.
The economics revolve around society and not the other way round.
There's too much hassle in learning the system and becoming proficient in it. I use Swype which is phenomenal - it's fast and hardly requires any learning if you know the qwerty keyboard.
The value of loyalty is completely gone in today's organizations. No loyalty to the company; No loyalty to the employees, and no loyalty between employees. I'm not advocating blind loyalty, but when people change companies every couple of years for a slight bump in salary, or a shinier title, or just so they don't appear "stagnant", it's a problem. And it's a problem first and foremost for the employees themselves.
Arctic scientist says the Arctic will become super important.
Is it grant hunting season already?
What about do no evil? Junk mail is very evil.
I didn't RTFA, but the summary is a mess.
This device's technical specs or price or whether it would fit in your cabinet are all completely irrelevant when it's so damn ugly. Who would look at one and say "I want to put one of those in my living room"?
This article demonstrates how researchers get grants from the military for research completely unrelated to warfare. It's all about the framing.
I'm all for this kind of behavior.
Exploding heads?
This lawsuit boggles my mind. I'm sure the guys running Oracle are pretty smart. Can't they see that no matter the outcome of the lawsuit, they are losing big on reputation and client lock-in just by pursuing it? Am I missing some great strategic outcome Oracle is hoping for?
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