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The Non-Dimensionality of Time - My Contribution to Geek Pride Day

Submitted by CmputrAce on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 22:32

Jim Baker We cannot travel through time because it is not a dimension. It is merely the measurement of movement.

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 James Baker at 1:40am May 25
I want to slap someone everytime I hear them refer to time as a dimension.

 Luis Mata at 2:56am May 25
bull

The Origin of the "Buddy List"

Submitted by CmputrAce on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 22:14
Did you ever wonder who actually invented the "buddy list" that has become so ubiquitous on computers worldwide? I guess it was a couple of years ago while chatting with a "buddy" who I have known online since 1987 that it hit me: I invented the "buddy list"!The documentation for AOTools tells the story about how I got the idea.Quick note: The documentation shown here is for the last version of AOTools that I released in 1992 to work with AOL v.2. I created the first AOTools for AOL v.1 with all the same features. The first version worked on Windows 3.0, and I initially developed it using a beta version of Visual Basic. I was an early beta tester for several Microsoft projects.

The Advent of "Green" Computing

Submitted by muriani on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 16:56

A friend and I built a "hackintosh" over the past week. We cobbled together some spare parts, and took on the arduous task of making it all work.

The only problem was this: the 350watt PSU (which had fairly glowing reviews when it was produced) wasn''t enough. One CPU, one video card, one hard drive. (To be fair, I wasn''t using a SATA drive, so there was a whole power rail that was unused.) The concept that I was pushing the PSU past its limits on a machine that was several generations removed from the current era of computing made me wonder - how much power ARE we using? CPUs have made serious strides in reducing power consumption, but the rest of the machine hasn''t. Video cards that require 200watts. Stacks of hard drives. All expected for power users, but what about when we''re NOT gaming, or compressing our digital media, or creating the next wave of independent digital entertainment. What about just listening to music, or checking our email? Chatting with friends via IM? We don''t need a quad-core supercomputer to do that.

On Being a Manager

Submitted by CmputrAce on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 16:51
or, How to Really Motivate Your Employees
or, The Best People Manager Doesn''t Even Manage Peopl
 
They once called me Colonel Kurtz. Mind you, I''ve never seen "Apocalypse Now", so someone had to explain to me why that should be derogatory. I guess I can see why some people considered me dangerous... I upset the ox cart. I changed the rules and I won. Mind you, I didn''t break the law or even do anything immoral.
 
What I did was my job and that bothered them. I just didn''t do my job their way.
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