Exactly. Nowhere does this article mention that long term memory is improved. In fact, it says the opposite, and I quote: "Subjects had fewer correct answers and omitted more responses when sleepy than when rested" So in now way does the study support this statement: WRONG "Research found students to have better recollection after long periods of sleep deprivation" WRONG All they said is that when subjects are sleepy, they noted a slightly greater activity in the porietal lobe, which is associated with long term memory, that's all. Here: TOP: Activity of a rested brain doing subtraction BOTTOM: Activity of a sleep-deprived brain doing subtraction Which would you rather be?
Open Source makes it possible to not have to pay for knowledge. Without O.S., we end up with situations like Microsoft struggling to redo things that IBM figured out in the 1960s.
I like the idea that Richard Stallman's or Alan Cox's brains aren't being wasted on the 197th iteration of some corporate Order Entry System. Instead, they make totally vital and cool things like a portable C/C++ complier and an open TCP/IP stack. This makes the world I live in interesting. Without them and people like them (people like you, reading this) why get out of bed in the morning?
BTW: My colleages, while they are avid users of Open Source software, they fear for their job security because of it. I think they're insane. Don't you?
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Exactly. Nowhere does this article mention that long term memory is improved. In fact, it says the opposite, and I quote: "Subjects had fewer correct answers and omitted more responses when sleepy than when rested" So in now way does the study support this statement: WRONG "Research found students to have better recollection after long periods of sleep deprivation" WRONG All they said is that when subjects are sleepy, they noted a slightly greater activity in the porietal lobe, which is associated with long term memory, that's all. Here: TOP: Activity of a rested brain doing subtraction BOTTOM: Activity of a sleep-deprived brain doing subtraction Which would you rather be?
I like the idea that Richard Stallman's or Alan Cox's brains aren't being wasted on the 197th iteration of some corporate Order Entry System. Instead, they make totally vital and cool things like a portable C/C++ complier and an open TCP/IP stack. This makes the world I live in interesting. Without them and people like them (people like you, reading this) why get out of bed in the morning?
BTW: My colleages, while they are avid users of Open Source software, they fear for their job security because of it. I think they're insane. Don't you?