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Comment Inside Job (Score 1) 327

I watched these two videos in there entirety, it is obvious that the author (if not the creator) is someone inside the department. The dialogue is a series of inside jokes that must be hilarious to someone inside the department, but only moderately funny to an outsider like me.

Comment Studies & Policy Recommendations (Score 1) 119

If you are doing 'research' that needs to reference previous public studies, this is great news. (If you are associated with a university or large institution you probably already had access it). This is not the place for discovering how something works (hint: try wikipedia), this is a place for discovering how we use something and what it means for the public.

Comment Re:As much as I love Cisco gear... (Score 1) 160

Cisco does separate releases into two groups: Technology ("T") Train which includes new features. And "mainline" which includes only bug fixes. You can open a TAC case w/o a support contract, provided your equipment is under warranty. Our company does so on new equipment, before it is added to the contact (annual renewal). To do this, you must call them. Cisco doesn't charge for software updates that based on security vulnerabilities. (If you don't have a contract, you must call them.) Writing this from memory, since I'm too lazy to look up the references.

Comment Re:Snowflake (Score 1) 634

"Beautiful Snowflakes" - its a reference to the belief that we are unique individuals, just like snowflakes. Rationally, of course, that isn't the case. Personalities, backgrounds, and other observable/measurable traits can be classified into several neat categories and dealt with using common techniques. Snowflakes are not unique either. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake#Uniqueness I'm sorry, but you are the only one here seeing racism...
Programming

Haskell 2010 Announced 173

paltemalte writes "Simon Marlow has posted an announcement of Haskell 2010, a new revision of the Haskell purely functional programming language. Good news for everyone interested in SMP and concurrency programming."

Comment Test Proctoring (Score 1) 272

Exams are proctored by a local testing center that verifies the student's identity and ensures a trusted testing environment. The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (http://online.engineering.illinois.edu/policies/eop.htm) requires a proctor for all exams. The course content is the same for both on-campus & online students.
Robotics

Submission + - Cyberdyne is shipping nearly 100 more exoskeletons (ieee.org)

Aero77 writes: An army of exoskeletons is coming. And according to their inventor, Professor Yoshiyuki Sankai of the University of Tsukuba, in Japan, they're making a difference in the lives of disabled people. Speaking at the International Conference on Intelligent Robotic Technology and Business, held earlier this month in Taipei, Taiwan, Sankai proudly described how the robotic exoskeleton suit HAL (short for Hybrid Assistive Limb), helped a 46-year-old man whose left leg was withered by polio when he was 11 months old. HAL reads electric signals at the surface of the skin that are generated by the muscle beneath and then uses them to guide the movement of robotic limbs strapped to a person's real limbs, thereby multiplying their strength.

Comment Re:Dumb. (Score 1) 513

False. More than 60 percent of personal bankruptcies are attributable to medical PROBLEMS. If the person can't pay the bill, the hospital sends it to collections, then writes off the bill. Medical bills don't cause bankruptcies, being sick and unable to pay your bills causes bankruptcies.

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