For thin pizza, Omaha's the place to be -- namely, Zio's (New York style) or La Casa (grilled pizza with romano cheese...very tasty).

FOr thick, Chicago or else. Medici on 57th in Hyde Park, just off the U of C campus, is quite tasty, as are Gino's and Lou Malnati's. I've only had the thin crust pizza at Carmen's but that was quite delicious as well.

It seems to be perpetually at Yellow, except Orange for aviation, these days, because that is presumably the equilibrium level for preventative security. Maybe the system should be simplified to two levels: one of this Yellorange state, and red if the shit hits the fan.

For those who already have to wear glasses, there are always bifocals -- I got Varilux progressives when I was 20, and have had far less headaches since.

Eppley in Omaha (world's cleanest airport, or so says the urinal, and I've not seen a cleaner airport yet) always has free WiFi. I see that Microsoft has sponsored MDW and DEN, which would be of use to me had I not already taken care of all my immediate business there.

I'm dysgraphic, and I've used LyX for more complicated math stuff before. For simple stuff, just typing out descriptions in Word (TI83 or C++ style syntax for math works) is fairly efficient. Otherwise, some iteration of the Wacom Bamboo would allow you to use OneNote, Word for Mac, or other software to do notes with combined pen and keyboard input.

I'm using a Unicomp on a Mac, and ordered the Mac keycaps, so there is no Windows key or F-lock, and it's basically a Model M so forget media keys. Scroll Lock and Pause function as F14 and F15 and control brightness just like the brightness keys on an Apple keyboard. What was formerly the contextual menu key, however, does not seem to do anything at all.

My issue is principally with the comparative importance of some sort of social intervention and collaboration lesson versus the skills advertised in the course catalog, which might be better handled in an individual format. This is particularly the case in an intro class where most of the students may well not be CS or software engineering people and are likely to code individually if at all beyond the final exam.

That's cute, but these are university students who have already sat through 13 years of that in K-12. They signed up and are paying for a class on computer programming and should get what they pay for, not an occasion to "force socialization" -- that's for down at the bar after the assignment deadline.

There's one problem. The baby boomers, with their rock concert habits, are middle-aged now and many are starting to have some serious problems with presbyacusis. I am not an audiologist and don't know if this would alter the feedback this method is using, but I do know that once you get past 25-30 dB loss in material parts of the spectrum you often need a hearing aid for day-to-day life, which generally occludes the ear canal. So with increasing numbers of hard of hearing people, you're going to have to continue alternative means anyhow. Might be easier just to force your clients to get a new PIN every year or something.

It's actually a matter of generally accepted accounting principles, and I still have trouble seeing what Sarbanes has to do with it. It's revenue recognition, which is pure GAAP. The argument is basically that they'd have understated the expenses associated with generating the revenue last period, i.e. overstated net income and it's derivative numbers such as earnings per share, if they added new functionality to sales already recognized.

I actually learned RPN with dc, and then moved from there to the HP 12c, but dc is still what I use in a pinch on my computer.

If each employee gets his job done, i.e. meeting or exceeding assessment criteria without being a complete a-hole, I don't see the harm. In the example of an email from the boss, it may be a higher priority item that needs addressing sooner. Obviously if there are clients involved it's a different can of worms, but laterals and subordinates can put on their big boy pants, and your managers may vary.

I have to agree with you, as well. Notes is a pox on email, and while I understand it has a lot of programmability in theory, in practice at least 75% of people use it only for email, and a good chunk of the remainder use it for only email and calendar. And yet the Mac version of the app is as big as MS Office '04, and nearly '08. The PC version is little better.

This looks like like a personnel management problem than a technological problem, and is easier and probably cheaper to approach it by traditional means. If one of your subordinates is goofing off with his email and not paying attention to you, tell him to stop. If he doesn't, call HR and determine the appropriate level of censure.

Cochlear implants have 22 electrodes or so, and the people I know who have them can generally understand reasonably clear speech with the implant. Obviously vision is in two dimensions and will take more signals to reach that level of utility, but 60 is well on the way.