How To Help Our Public Schools With Technology? (Saturday 22nd of November 2008 10:15:01 AM)
Armorer writes "I'm a programmer engaged to an inner-city public school teacher. I've been
headwork for a long time now about what I can do to help close the robotics gap, and I finally
did being (very small) about it. I convinced my company to ...
(more)A nun, really needing to go to the bathroom, walked into a local Hooters. ... (Monday 13th of October 2008 04:10:02 PM)
A nun, really needing to go to the bathroom, walked into a local Hooters. The place was hopping
with music and dancing, but every once in a while the lights would turn off. Each time after
the lights would go out, the place would erupt ...
(more)It got crowded in heaven, ... (Tuesday 14th of October 2008 04:10:02 AM)
It got crowded in heaven, so, for one day it was decided only to accept people who had really
had a bad day on the day they died. St. Peter was existing at the pearly gates and said to the
first man, "Tell me about ...
(more)Looking for Earth-Like Exoplanets (Saturday 11th of October 2008 03:45:02 PM)
Show manual is running a story bestowal the search for planets like Earth orbiting other stars.
While we've been able to locate a few "super earths" so far, none of them really compare in
size or the incipient for habitability with our own world. Fortunately, ...
(more)Give Up the Fight For Personal Privacy? (Wednesday 08th of October 2008 10:00:01 AM)
KlaymenDK writes "Over the last decade or so, I have strived to maintain my privacy. I have
uninstalled Windows, told my friends 'sorry' when they wanted me to join Facebook, had a fight
with my brother when he wanted to move the family email hosting ...
(more)Plug-in Hybrids May Not Go Mainstream, Toyota Says (Friday 03rd of October 2008 04:45:01 AM)
Mattnyc99 writes "Honda's challenger to the Prius — the Insight hybrid that we discussed
so lividly a month ago — got its standard unveiling today at the Paris auto show, with
club confirming it would be cheaper than the world's most popular ...
(more)Successful Moonlighting For Geeks? (Monday 15th of September 2008 12:15:01 PM)
Lawksamussy writes "Having just bought a really old house that's on the verge of falling down,
I'm now trying to find a way to pay to fix it up. I have a great job in system software
evolution that pays the bills, but I'm looking ...
(more)Any Suggestions For a Meaningful Geeky Wedding Band? (Saturday 30th of August 2008 06:00:01 PM)
Mbutala writes "I am getting close to popping the question, and I've been racking my brain for
an idea for a cool and unique wedding band. I've been cerebration of contacting a company that
can (possibly) fabricate a ring from pure Iridium (Ir) or a ...
(more)Software Quality In a Non-Software Company? (Tuesday 26th of August 2008 02:30:01 PM)
Nicros writes "I work for a publicly traded biotech company that happens to write ms-dos that
is, in fact, kind of critical for the work — without it no data would ever be read from
our instruments, and no analyses would be performed on that ...
(more)A general store owner hires a young female clerk who likes to wear very short ... (Friday 22nd of August 2008 12:10:02 PM)
A general store owner hires a young female clerk who likes to wear very short skirts and thong
panties. One day a young man enters the store, glances at the clerk and glances at the loaves
of bread behind the counter. Noticing the length of ...
(more)Weekly wrap-up of entertainment quotes (Thursday 21st of August 2008 04:59:20 PM)
"Sometimes, you know, I cry and at times I scream and I get really angry and I get really like,
you know, into wallowing in self-pity sometimes. ... It's all part of healing, and anyone who's
going through it out there, it's OK to cry. ...
(more)How To Encourage a Young Teen To Learn Programming? (Tuesday 22nd of July 2008 09:00:03 PM)
Nameless Hacker writes "I'm in a bit of a bind. My young teenage son is open gate to get
curious about computers, and in particular, programming. Now, I'm a long time kernel hacker
(Linux, BSD and UNIX). I have no trouble handling some of the ...
(more)Multiple Experts Try Defining "Cloud Computing" (Friday 18th of July 2008 07:35:35 PM)
Jg21 writes "Even though IBM's Irving Wladawsky Berger reports a leading analyst as having said
anew that 'There is a clear consensus that there is no real consensus on what cloud bookkeeping
is,' here are no fewer than twenty attempts at a definition ...
(more)A girl is driving along the expressway listening to the radio when she hears a ... (Wednesday 16th of July 2008 08:10:02 PM)
A girl is driving along the expressway listening to the radio when she hears a song she really,
really likes. When the song is over the announcer says the title of the record was, "Hot Lips
and Tender Kisses."When she gets home she's very excited ...
(more)A general store owner hires a young female clerk who likes to wear very short ... (Sunday 13th of July 2008 08:10:02 AM)
A general store owner hires a young female clerk who likes to wear very short skirts and thong
panties. One day a young man enters the store, glances at the clerk and glances at the loaves
of bread behind the counter. Noticing the length of ...
(more)I am a highschool student and I really wanna buy a macbook. Can someone write me reasons to convince my ..? (Thursday 10th of July 2008 06:02:23 AM)
parents to buy me one?haha. doesnt the fact that you cant write your own reasons tell you that
Brian Aker On the Future of Databases (Wednesday 04th of June 2008 06:15:02 PM)
Blackbearnh recommends an hearing with MySQL supervisor of technical lore Brian Aker that
O'Reilly Media is running. Aker talks about the merger of MySQL with Sun, the challenges of
foreseeing databases for a SOA world, and what the next decade will bring ...
(more)Intel's Atom — First benchmarks and a Full PC Review (Tuesday 03rd of June 2008 06:10:53 PM)
Barence writes "PC Pro has received, benchmarked and discussed the first Intel Atom processor
to be seen in the wild. A full anatomy of the Atom processor itself is accompanied by a full
review of the first PC — yes it's a PC, not a ...
(more)Iron Man Released (Sunday 04th of May 2008 09:24:28 AM)
Slashdot reader stoolpigeon wrote about the start of summer blockbuster season, and the latest
comic book to make it to the big screen. He says "Iron Man is an entertaining movie, as they
go. I never was really into comic books - so I have ...
(more)Disillusioned With IT? (Wednesday 30th of April 2008 03:54:40 AM)
Cgh4be writes "I have been working in the IT outfit* for about 12 years and have had various
jobs as a expert and systems engineer. Over that time I've had the chance to do a little bit of
everything: programming, networking, SAN, Linux/AIX/UNIX, Windows, ...
(more)A Child's Prayer (Wednesday 09th of April 2008 01:00:00 AM)
One night, a father passed by his son's room and heard his son praying: "God bless Mommy,
Daddy, and Grandma. Ta ta, Grandpa."
The father didn't quite know what this meant, but was
glad his son was praying. The next morning, they found Grandpa dead ...
(more)It got crowded in heaven, ... (Monday 03rd of March 2008 07:10:02 AM)
It got crowded in heaven, so, for one day it was decided only to accept people who had really
had a bad day on the day they died. St. Peter was postgraduate work at the pearly gates and
said to the first man, "Tell me ...
(more)Respectfully Cheating (Thursday 28th of February 2008 12:00:00 AM)
Jack and Betty are fawning their 50th wedding anniversary.
"Betty, I was wondering
antonyms:
innocent -- have you ever cheated on me?"
"Oh Jack, why would you ask such a question now?
You don't want to ask that question..."
"Yes, Betty, I really ...
(more)Is Linus Torvalds Speaking for Linux Anymore? (Friday 08th of February 2008 08:30:02 PM)
An unnamed reader writes to tell us CNET is currently running a story asking 'Is Linus
Torvalds even rhetoric for Linux anymore?' It examines both Torvalds' recent public statements
on other general expenses systems and his current approach towards Linux. ...
(more)IE8 May Not Pass the Acid2 Test After All (Thursday 24th of January 2008 03:45:12 AM)
Dotne writes "CNET has published an article called Acid2, Acid3 and the power of default. The
article predicts that IE8 will not pass the Acid2 test after all: '[Another] scenario could be
that Microsoft requires Web pages to change the default settings ...
(more)The 12 Days of Christmas (Saturday 22nd of December 2007 12:00:00 AM)
December 14, 1972
My dearest darling John:
Who ever in the whole world would dream of
getting a real Partridge in a Pear Tree? How can I ever express my pleasure. Thank you a
hundred times for inasmuch as cap of me this way.
My love always, ...
(more)A nun, really needing to go to the bathroom, walked into a local Hooters. ... (Friday 14th of December 2007 08:45:10 AM)
A nun, really needing to go to the bathroom, walked into a local Hooters. The place was hopping
with music and dancing, but every once in a while the lights would turn off. Each time after
the lights would go out, the place would erupt ...
(more)Academic Games Are No Fun (Thursday 06th of December 2007 12:00:04 AM)
Ponca City, We Love You writes "Academics have been centralization to use virtual worlds and
multiplayer games as ways to delving everything from economics to epidemiology and turn these
environments into scholastic tools. A game called Arden, the World ...
(more)A girl is driving along the expressway listening to the radio when she hears a ... (Saturday 20th of October 2007 09:00:04 AM)
A girl is driving along the expressway listening to the radio when she hears a song she really,
really likes. When the song is over the announcer says the title of the record was, "Hot Lips
and Tender Kisses."When she gets home she's very excited ...
(more)A missionary who had spent years showing a tribe of natives how to farm and ... (Monday 17th of September 2007 10:00:07 PM)
A missionary who had spent years showing a tribe of natives how to farm and build things to be
selfsufficient gets word that he is to return home.He realizes that the one thing he never
taught the natives was how to speak English, so he ...
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