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And the dumbest headline of the day…
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…goes to: Reuter’s Health section. Fitter men carry less weight around belly: study Link
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Bloggers Steal Ideas
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I couldn’t resist doing this…. From Slashdot: Wired has up a story about HP, as part of a larger drive to figure out how ideas ideas (sic) ‘infect’ large groups of people, scientifically proving what most people already knew: bloggers steal their ideas from other bloggers. The article links to the HP Blog Epidemic Analyzer […]
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Ah, crotchety old physicists are fun
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Dr. Donald E. Simanek, Professor of Physics at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania is one smart guy. Plus he really likes to debunk (in great detail) myths of science and physics. Link
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Awesome Steriogram video
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Author: ryanvis
Song’s not that great, but this video is awesome! Link (via memepool)
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Wonder if any of our Execs would do this
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Ted Waitt, CEO of Gateway (as in computers) is apparently one stand-up guy. Now, he’s been well compensated in the past I’m sure, so his reduction in pay is likely a large symbolic gesture. But how many other CEOs do you know that made less annually than a moderately-priced computer? Link
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More Layoffs
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Author: ryanvis
It happened today. No hard numbers yet, but so far three people (in our group of 11) have been let go… the people I hear about leaving are very surprising. This should be a productive day. UPDATE: Not official, but estimates are 60 locally and an additional 42 in the field. UPDATE: It’s official; 118 […]
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Offshoring Hype and Acceptance
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This is a very lucid and thought=provoking look at the trend of offshore outsourcing. Will this really be the peak year for the trend? Link
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Why Outsourcing Will Plateau
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One (poorly written) perspective on the outsourcing movement from someone who receives the “benefits” of the outsourcing. Company sends jobs to India; Company looses contract, but not for some high-minded morals. Link
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Lessig on Eldred vs Ashcroft
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Lawrence Lessig argued against the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act in 1999. They lost (and lost on appeal to SCOTUS), which was a terrible thing for public domain works. One of the arguments lost in the (what little) reporting was done on this case is this one: This point is rarely made, but it […]
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AIM is spyware
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Apparently, installing AIM installs the spyware program Viewpoint Media Player. I’m glad I don’t use this program, although I did find Viewpoint software on my machine. I wonder if this is installed with Netscape. Oh, and my favorite part, AIM inserts free.aol.com into IE’s Trusted zone so they can push software installs without having to […]