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Comment Because it's easy (Score 4, Interesting) 1003

by Audent on Thursday December 15, 2011 @04:06PM (#38387466) Attached to: Why the NTSB Is Wrong About Cellphones

It's easier to say "ZOUNDS, we must BAN this THING" than it is to say "Our driver training is not up to scratch, we don't review our training at regular intervals and we don't have mandatory retests for the people we entrust our children to" because that would sound like they've not done their job.

Sadly this isn't restricted to driving buses either.

Ballmer "Interested" In Open Source Browser Engine 410

Posted by timothy on Thursday November 06, 2008 @08:56PM from the ted-bundy-was-interested-in-women dept.

Da Massive writes "'Why is IE still relevant and why is it worth spending money on rendering engines when there are open source ones available that can respond to changes in Web standards faster?,' asked a young developer to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in Sydney yesterday. 'That's cheeky, but a good question, but cheeky,' Ballmer said. Then came the startling revelation that Microsoft may also adopt an open source browser engine. 'Open source is interesting,' he said. 'Apple has embraced Webkit and we may look at that, but we will continue to build extensions for IE 8.'"

Comment I don't get it... (Score 0) 155

by Audent on Tuesday August 05, 2008 @11:06PM (#24491259) Attached to: Theorists Make Quantum Communications Breakthrough

what does it mean for my porn collection?

(this is a joke. Of course I don't have a porn collection, dear).

OSS Not Ready for Prime Time in Education? 252

Posted by Zonk on Thursday March 02, 2006 @12:18PM from the prime-time-drive-time dept.

cel4145 writes "Inside Higher Ed reports that the Alliance for Higher Education Competitiveness has released a new study, The State of Open Source Software. Is it true that open source is 'not quite ready for prime time' in education? Or, as I suspect, is the study just another proprietary software vendor funded report for discouraging the adoption of open source software?" From the article: "Lack of vendor support is one of the largest hurdles limiting the adoption of open source in higher education, Abel said. 'The biggest thing is it takes more physical labor to implement open source because it isn't pre-packaged,' Abel said. "You have to have software developers that can make this stuff work.'" Are the staffing issues associated with OSS enough to outweigh the benefits?

Comment I propose a crusade for next year! (Score 2, Funny) 264

by eggnogg on Sunday December 15, 2002 @06:24PM (#4894024) Attached to: Web Zeitgeist

I think we need to proppel "wigs and hairpieces" into the top ten most searched. I suggest taking a few moments out of each day to search for some new head attire.
Now go forth and spread the word.

egg

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