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Comment Remember PageRank? (Score 3, Informative) 109

Google became the Ruler of Search back in the day because it had two big things making it distinct from the many other search engines of the times:

1. Small clean text ads that were separate from the search results
2. PageRank -> how trusted and valid a page's data was in relation to a search term

PageRank was multiple algorithms rolled up together and it evolved over time to combat SEO and keep data results honest.

Google has of course ditched these two things completely

Comment Pushing all the costs onto employees (Score 1) 66

The article mentions "business fund the acquisition of PCs that their staff use", nah that's not how this will work. Simply pass the cost onto the worker as a new "employee tax", with minimum specs and upgrades no longer coming out of the company's pockets. MBAs will love this idea, IT will cry in a dark corner

Comment Re:Consider the timing, seems reasonable (Score 1) 105

I don't know about that. I decided to be a computer programmer (AKA software developer) when I was in 8th grade in 1980. Enlisted in the Air Force as a computer programmer in 85 and I've been developing software ever since.
TBF I did start out on mainframes, but haven't touched one since 88-89 timeframe. Of course I started doing web based stuff around 1992 ...

Comment "Not for ME, I'm a safe driver" .... say some (Score 1) 127

Various studies have shown that tailgaters and aggressive drivers CAUSE accidents and traffic jams, even (or possibly especially) if they don't get in accidents themselves. If the default device behavior here causes drivers to tailgate less to keep the device from showing them warning lights all of the time, that's an even better effect!
 

Microsoft

MS Design Lets You Put Batteries In Any Way You Want 453

jangel writes "While its strategy for mobile devices might be a mess, Microsoft has announced something we'll all benefit from. The company's patented design for battery contacts will allow users of portable devices — digital cameras, flashlights, remote controls, toys, you name it — to insert their batteries in any direction. Compatible with AA and AAA cells, among others, the 'InstaLoad' technology does not require special electronics or circuitry, the company claims."
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Son Sues Mother Over Facebook Posts 428

Most kids hate having their parents join in on a discussion on Facebook, but one 16-year-old in Arkansas hates it so much he has filed suit against his mother, charging her with harassment. From the article: "An Arkadelphia mother is charged with harassment for making entries on her son's Facebook page. Denise New's 16-year-old son filed charges against her last month and requested a no-contact order after he claims she posted slanderous entries about him on the social networking site. New says she was just trying to monitor what he was posting." Seems like he could just unfriend her.

Comment Discuss expectations & Compromise IN ADVANCE! (Score 1) 1146

Everyone says communication is key, but what I'm not hearing is communication about expectations. You really need to know what your SO's and your own expectations are and make any compromises in advance that you can. Know that your expectations & compromises WILL change.

1. Who is expected to do chores? Which chores? Cooking, cleaning, mowing, shopping, oil changes, etc. Is one of you expecting to be able to give "HoneyDo" lists to the other? Who cleans the bathroom & to whose standards?

2. Finances. Who budgets? who pays bills? What money is common and what money is not? Does one, or both of you get an allowance of personal money? Who decides how to spend discretionary money? Do you budget vacations in advance? if ONE of you controls the budget, be careful not to allow this to become a dominance thing.

3. Asthestics. Who picks cars, couches, pictures, carpet, etc? Whose decor is it and why?

4. Physical. Do you expect your partner to stay the same shape/fitness? What happens if time/work/children make this not allowable?

5. Children. Yes, No, NEVER, Maybe. When? Who decides? Oopsy, I know we decided "Yes in 2 years but ..". Upbringing. Good cop/bad cop? So very unfair to the "bad cop".

6. Private time? Friend Time? Date time? Private/personal space?

Expectations and the managing thereof are some of the most crucial ingredients in making a marriage viable. And I guarantee you both have some expectations that you don't even realize you have so you to start discussing the ones you know about, especially the ones you think are a "given".

Comment Re:My Advice (Score 1) 1146

Aha, Finally! I was worried that I'd get down to the end of the comments and have to write this one myself.

RobinH is right. Communicate. Learn to let things go. BOTH of you must realize that you cannot change the other person (much) and efforts in that direction will irritate and frustrate your SO.

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