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Submission + - Will IBM's Watson Kill Your Career? (slashdot.org)

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Nerval's Lobster
Nerval's Lobster writes: "IBM’s Watson made major headlines last year when it trounced its human rivals on Jeopardy. But Watson isn’t just sitting around spinning trivia questions to stump the champs: IBM is working hard on taking it into a series of vertical markets such as healthcare, contact management and financial services to see if the system can be used for diagnosing diseases and catching market trends. Does this spell the end of your BI career? Not really, but it does raise some interesting thoughts and issues."

Comment Re:Hrrmm... (Score 1) 857

by Surt (#29491475) Attached to: Cursive Writing Is a Fading Skill — Does It Matter?

I think the point is that the likelihood of a child of the next generation ever, ever, seriously ever, being in a situation where they need to take notes on paper is so close to zero as to render the teaching of cursive malignant when consideration of what ELSE could be taught in that time is made.

Comment Re:Someone has high demands. (Score 1) 244

by afex (#29491425) Attached to: "Going Google" Exposes Students' Email
I agree completely with you, in fact i was going to mention the 'buy 1 get 1 free' type of "free" in my post as well. What i'm saying is that since there is little, if anything, that is truly free nowadays, and the word has sort of shifted meanings to mean "doesnt cost any money".

I suppose we should also complain about people that claim they "saved" $50 on an item that was $100 w/ 50% off? (just joking, i know half of the people will read this and be foaming at the mouth just thinking about something saying that : ) )
The Internet

Submission + - Online threat garners additional piracy charge

Submitted by skinfaxi
skinfaxi writes: Jeffrey Lynn Weaver, 47, of Roanoke, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to sending a threatening communication, and to copyright infringement. In January of this year, he made a post at infowars.com about the California police officer that had shot a man to death in an Oakland subway. In California, there were riots over the shooting. In Virginia, Mr. Weaver posted to infowars, threatening to kill the police officer and the officer's family, adding "THIS ISN'T A THREAT IT'S A F--KING PROMISE."

The officer moved himself and his family out of their home within a day of Weaver's posting, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Ashley Neese. Weaver's public defender argued that the post was protected political speech and should be read as "a contribution to the dialogue on police brutality" rather than as an indication that Weaver planned to actually travel to California and kill anyone, she wrote in a court filing.

Weaver was planning a First Amendment defense, but the feds that seized his computer said they were also going to add charges for pirating music and movies. He entered the guilty plea this morning.

Full story here: http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/215349

Comment Be each other's biggest fan (Score 1) 1146

by skinfaxi (#28958369) Attached to: Navigating a Geek Marriage?
I remember reading about research on predictors for marriage failure. The biggest predictor is how a spouse reacts when the other has good fortune and success.
A quick illustrative test:

If your significant other gets a promotion do you
a) feel inadequate or jealous
b) sulk, blow off, belittle or otherwise diminish the accomplishment
c) /cheer, /hug, /dance and tell your love how awesome they are and how much they deserve it

If you select a or b, your relationship is likely doomed. C is where it's at.

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