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Journal Journal: I'm a man 15

It's time to tell the truth. I am a 55 year-old man. My name is Andy Kaufman, and I live in New York City.

I am sincerely sorry to everyone for all my lies.

--Andy

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Journal Journal: Merry Christmas -- $$$$$exyGal

It's not the new year yet, but it seems like a good time to give thanks.

Long story short, I've had a good year. Great job, short commute, and dating again. I've become focused, but with great flexibility. I'm not sweating the big stuff, or the small stuff. The good stuff is in the middle.

May your holidays be commercial-free,
$$$$$exyGal

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Comment Using Tech to Solve other Problems (Score 1) 571

I am the IT Manager at a Senior school here it the good old UK. Recently we had OFSTED (The Goverment inspectors in) and decide that we are a bit crap and put us into whats know as Special Measures.

We have been in that for a while now and things are improving - mostly because the Teachers are scared shitless of losing their jobs.

One thing that happens when you go into special measures is you get loads of money thrown at you. The Senior Management have decided that every room that is used by a teacher also needs to be a IT suite. Now we have gone and ordered 50 laptops with pc card wifi cards (they will be stolen) and 4 waps per room. wtf? They did not consult me becuase I am just a figurehead and screwdriver guy as my job title is a joke so they end up with some compnay ripping them off.

What will this solve? nothing. Teaching is getting better as we have got some good new teachers in and the crap ones are appling for jobs else where. But good old senior management think its the bees knees. All it will do in fact is make one of my technicians lifes hell as they run around this large site solving stupid little problems and the kids will be distracted and so bang. there goes ya improvements.

Well back to work :)

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Journal Journal: Teach me economics: Why are tech jobs going to India? 19

American companies are moving tech jobs overseas to India [more info]. Why? Simple, it's all about money. But how is that so? The article says that Indian programmers make 1/10th that of American programmers. Why do they make so much less?

I'm not an economist, but here's a some possible reasons:

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Journal Journal: Can the blind see? 30

Xerithane left me a very interesting comment a few weeks ago. Here's a blurb:

For instance, I suffer from a moderately rare eye condition. I will go blind for 3+ hours if I'm exposed to bright light for more than a few minutes. It's like a goths wet dream. When it first happened I was probably 12 or so, and the whole time I sepnt trying to think what blind people saw suddenly made sense.

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Journal Journal: Slashdot Oldtimers? Are there more archives? 21

Just for fun, I decided to peruse the really really old Slashdot stuff to see how everything started. Maybe I'd find quiet thoughtful debate about the HTML CENTER tag (1995?) ? Or maybe some lively debate regarding the plot of "Good Will Hunting (1997)" ?
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Journal Journal: The Evolution of Compassion 14

My Theory of Evolution - Scenario #1: "Now"

By chance, one trait is introduced into the genome of a specific individual living thing. If the trait is immediately advantageous over those of the same species who do not possess the trait, then the trait will very likely be passed along to future generations. If the trait is immediately undesirable, then the individual will be rejected by its peers and will be unable to pass along the new trait. This is called evolution.

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Journal Journal: A serious topic: Why men masturbate. 54

Ok, so I came across this article on Yahoo News, and the obvious conclusion hit me right in the eye. Evolutionarily speaking, men who masturbate have an advantage over men who do not masturbate. The article does not suggest my conclusion, but it seems obvious from the facts given. Here are some facts/quotes given in the article:
  • Men with low sperm counts can si

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