kcwhitta - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Number one reason I dislike Microsoft... (Score 1) 146

by kcwhitta on Saturday April 21, 2012 @09:19PM (#39759641) Attached to: Microsoft Patent Hints At Search Results Tailored To User's Mood, Intelligence

And Google is *not* trying to "help" their customer? Google screws with search results all the time: it used to be much more geek-friendly than it is today. It thinks it knows what I want to search better than I do: thinking I make typos when I don't, and it includes search terms I don't want to include. Many of the geek customizations for advanced users that used to work are no longer available.

Comment Re:Freelance (Score 1) 435

by kcwhitta on Monday January 02, 2012 @02:10AM (#38561360) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Re-Entering the Job Market As a Software Engineer?

What I didn't mention is that I'm now 35 and quite happy.

Comment Freelance (Score 2) 435

by kcwhitta on Sunday January 01, 2012 @06:53PM (#38558958) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Re-Entering the Job Market As a Software Engineer?

I actually worked at Microsoft awhile, quit for a couple of years, and then decided to freelance. You've just got to be stubborn and have a lot of passion. It can be done.

Comment Google being stupid, again - more to the story? (Score 0) 196

by kcwhitta on Sunday January 01, 2012 @05:26PM (#38558402) Attached to: Google Health's Lifeline Runs Out

Yet another stupid move by Google. At this rate, Apple is going to win hands-down with Facebook coming up behind them. Gotta wonder what's really going on.

Scientists Develop Brain-Microchip Bridge 118

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @10:15PM from the man-and-machine dept.

dreampod writes "Canadian scientists have developed a microchip capable of monitoring the electrical and chemical communication channels between individual neurons. This is the first time scientists have been able to monitor the interaction between brain cells on such a precise and subtle level. In addition to providing the ability to see more easily the impact of drugs on various mental disorders during testing, this provides one of the first fundamental steps towards real mind-machine interface."

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