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Comment Re:Question it with a hypothesis... (Score 1) 719

(By the way, no, "global cooling," was never a real thing, before somebody ham-handedly posts a link about it. There are fake magazine covers out there, etc., but ignore the deniers.)

You must be kind of young.... global cooling was a not so popular and short lived theory just as we were starting to realize that we do and how we might effect our environment.

Comment Re:Is it more difficult? (Score 1) 241

collaborative tools are kind of a double edged sword... there are thousand of packages claiming to be collaborative tools and only a very small percentage of them focus on what really makes collaboration possible. Collaboration requires communication and without out that if you have a geographically diverse team then you suffer.

I work with people from all over the country every day and because they are comprised of many different companies {that we purchased and gobble up} there are multiple packages out there that I have to deal with. The solutions are usually junk and have some kind of project management software built in that some exec wanted, these solutions are half used and end up being a waste of time and money.

The solutions that work well are more along the lines of web-meeting or chat clients with audio/phone conferencing, file/screen sharing, and white boards many are not even label as collaborative tools but serve the purpose very well.

Comment Re:You're Doing It Wrong (Score 1) 567

Their example of google is a generic search... search for a popular movie and the right side will be filled up with information even local show times if it's still playing in the theater and it's similar for bands, musicians, actors, companies, etc.. otherwise yes a lot of web pages are designed that way for multiple reasons one being the formating also views well on tablets, phones, and old monitors.

Comment Re:Depends (Score 1) 567

Most of your IDEs, audio, image, and video software is setup by default for wide screen viewing with tool bars to the left and right of what you are working on, even pdf has a table of content on the left hand side by default for navigation when sifting through large amounts of documentation.

So if you don't have multiple screens then it's probably not something that will benefit you.

As for their web page example of google the right hand side of the page will have other information in it that doesn't appear in a generic search like freebase, imdb information, or advertising depending what you search for. Google is about the only place where I click on advertising since if I'm looking for a replacement part and I google a part number.. the ads are places I can purchase the item sometimes even locally which is what I was looking for in the first place.

Comment Re:Greasing Palms. (Score 1) 280

Administrative authorization where I live means a commercial driver's license which cost the same as a regular license but you have to qualify for it. {aka have a clean driving record with no drunk driving charges and the vehicle needs to be inspected and insured.} The laws here may be fairly relaxed compared with the rest of the states or other countries but this customer would like taxi drivers that don't have DUIs, a bad driving record, and can pass a simple driving test.

Comment Re:"second screen" innovation (Score 1) 101

I'm not a huge gamer but when I was in highschool I worked at a fast food place and a few gamers would take over the TV in the break room to play the turbo graphix on their lunch hour. I didn't know a lot of people that had them but I did know three and I grew up in kansas.

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