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  1. Re:wikis on Best Practices For Process Documentation? · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I work in the IT department of a largish retail company and we have over the last 6 months undertaken a wiki implementation; at first as an internal trial and then to roll out to the great unwashed. We're using Dokuwiki (php based) which is quite easy to install an manage and has a great active on-line community which certainly helps at the outset. Take time to understand the wiki software world fairly well; use the The WikiMatrix to help you discover and choose.
    Some tips:
    • Start with only one area of the business and get it done well. News will spread and everyone will want to be on board.
    • Only deal with one individual from each part of the business. This centralises control and keeps some focus. If it's small and that means you then all the better.
    • Certainly do not keep information on the wiki that is likely to go out of date any time soon. Wiki's are best at creating lots of relatively static documents that can be easily corrected and added to. You don't want to be changing minute critical details on the same pages constantly, such as keeping contacts, products, or business transactions. That is crazy! That's what business databases are for and they're far superior for many obvious reasons.
    • Look to similar on-line wikis for structural concepts. Wikipedia, Wikibooks are good starting points. Link to the "empty" documents you want to create later as part of the early structural creation process.
    • Avoid utilising extraordinarily special wiki features too often as they often become cumbersome to maintain and will scare away many novice users at which the page may be aimed.
    • Be sure and test the wiki features out with several browsers!
    • Add the documents that are immediately usable first; don't just add them for the sake of completion. This will save you time and increase the return on time invested.
  2. Re:"Points of entry"? on US Expands Airport Biometric Data Collection · · Score: 1
    Honolulu Hawaii is a major access to those crossing the Pacific and then on to the mainland which includes Canada. Strangely, just entering the air space of the US warrants data capture. I guess you could cross the border more easily once in Candada. I just wanted to Ski Banff.

    I'd put Miami on that list as well, a major gates to Europe, and potentially Seattle from Asia. I'm not that familiar with much else, but at a guess these could take out 6,7,or 8 on your list.

  3. Re:Electrodes? on Electrical Field Treats Brain Cancer · · Score: 1

    We need to get a PNAS report on that.

  4. Re:If m$ is too pricey on Microsoft Cracking Down On Indian Retailers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's an interesting perspective I've not considered. I'm no expert on Indian society but I do know it's heavily class based and has been for centuries. I expect that any prestige an OS has will weigh far more heavily than the underlying cost, pirated or not, and independent of its quality. It would be very difficult to turn that situation around without a lot of marketing; and network marketing probably wont cut it - you need big flashy billboards for this one.

  5. Think of the Environment!! on Remains of James Doohan Lost in New Mexico · · Score: 2, Funny
    That's just crazy. Here I was thinking he would be polluting space, crashing in to the ISS in 30years or so.

    Why o' why didn't they just fire him into the side of a nearby Mountain - it'd have saved on the Rocket fuel and thereby made a smaller environmental ... impact. :o/

  6. In other news on Powerful Supernova May Be Related To Death Spasms of First Stars · · Score: 1

    George Lucas has taken a turn for the worst, exclaiming "I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened."

  7. Do what you love. on Is Switching Jobs Too Often a Bad Thing? · · Score: 1
    It's a bit cliche, and probably not as relevant to a young starter like yourself, but you will ultimately realise that there's more to life than the $$ and the passion you have for creating code (I'm going to assume you have that). You'll want to make a difference, and you'll want it to be aligned with what you're truely passionate about (like saving the planet, world peace, eliminating poverty, etc). Since the jobs seem to be flowing in your area well enough, I'd be looking for the gold nuggets that meet more than just the money criteria - they'd be something that you're willing to spend 5 or 10 years of your life on. It won't be as easy to find, but when you find it, it will be infinitely more satisfying. I've had 2 jobs in 15 years and in that time I've struggled with the problem of not committing to my passion. Don't waste this opportunity to really search out the market when the going is good, it may not always be this way.

    I wouldn't worry about what the employer thinks of your track record in the first few years. Any employer worth their salt will see through it if you're genuinely passionate about the role. Just be clear to get that across in the CV ad the interview. If they can't then you don't want to be working there.

  8. Going Retro on Motorola Unveils Phone That Bends · · Score: 1
    I used to have one of these when I was a little kid (~30yrs ago). It was called a banana.

    Now there's a thought, and Apple Banana phone!

  9. Re:Incorrect on Extraterrestrials Probably Haven't Found Us - Yet · · Score: 1

    It might be that their software is better than ours we're just not that intelligent after all.

  10. Re:FrostWire on Alan Cox Files Patent For DRM · · Score: 1

    Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it. - John Lennon

  11. Clearly on The U.S. Falling Behind In Broadband? · · Score: 1

    Europe has a much more demanding pr0n industry.

  12. Re:I've heard this song before on Will Stallman Kill the "Linux Revolution?" · · Score: 1

    Mod parent UP!! ahhh to have mod points... (I've heard that song too)

  13. Re:To be fair to MS on Vista Hacking Challenge Answered · · Score: 1

    You might want to rephrase that (last bit) :o)

  14. A partial solution? on How to Become Invisible · · Score: 1

    I hear breast enhancement can make a womans face disappear.
    Though, apparently, it only works on men.
    So I hear anyway. Hmmm, food for thought.

  15. Re:Most easily configurable? on Opera Seeks Developer Input For Opera 10 · · Score: 1
    Right click Tab Bar, Customise, Placement = Bottom.

    Voila! hehe

    Oh, you mean immediately below the address bar. That seems not 2b really sensible in the context of MVC interface. Where would they be placed when tiling multiple windows? Something to consider.

  16. Re:I found this even more interesting on Wormbot Crawls Through Your Intestines · · Score: 1

    Cool. Wait till the pesticide companies get a hold of this. All they have to do is make it Nuclear proof and add a few laser mods and you have the perfect solution.

  17. Medical purposes? on Wormbot Crawls Through Your Intestines · · Score: 1

    It's nothing but a tracking device for when you're in the Matrix. duh!!

  18. The Government on The New Wireless Wars · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Oh No... not the Government again!!

    Hang on. What Government? Oh phew.. that other one.

  19. Re:Shameful, really. on CmdrTaco becomes An Old(er) Man · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe he's still too young for Captain yet, CmdrBurrito though, now that's a possibility.

  20. Oh no... on Sun Research Yields Unexpected Results · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Our Sun is not the Sun that we thought it was."
    ...we have a bastard sun!!
  21. What's wrong with on Totally Random One Time Pads · · Score: 1

    ... 52 pick up? In Soviet Russia, Quasars find you random.

  22. Better than life. on Help for an MMORPG Addict? · · Score: 1
    [Red Dwarf]

    Tattoo EXIT on his forearm and see how long he takes to notice.

  23. Re:do your homework before your splurge your money on State of WLAN Support on Linux? · · Score: 1

    There's only one problem with this, I (and many potential Linux converts) already own the equipment and have for a couple of years!! The longer Linux takes to get up to speed on the wireless front the slower the rate of new converts will be on the home desktop. You wont find us using Linux on the desktop just yet unless we're hardwired into the network. Lucky for us Cat5 is still in plentiful supply (generally already in the cupboard wasting away) and most wireless routers come with a few patch ports.

  24. How to find documentation on hiring editors: on Desperately Seeking Documentation? · · Score: 1

    man oh man

  25. Q. What is Perl 6? on What is Perl 6? · · Score: 5, Funny

    A.Two Kiwi oysters going at it.