Comment Re:Missing Skill (Score 1) 210
Lol! Nice :-D
Comment Missing Skill (Score 1) 210
That would require Aunt Mildred to order your gifts online and not knit you a tacky sweater by hand.
Comment Don't fear the standard, use a better browser (Score 1) 163
The browsers should let users control their data and privacy settings. Let users disable the new features just like the users who are truly concerned shut off 3rd party cookies and JS.
Later School Start For Teenagers Brings Drop In Absenteeism 436
krou writes "Monkseaton High School in North Tyneside, UK, began an experiment in October that saw its 800 pupils ranging in age from 13-19 attend school an hour later than normal, at 10am. Early results indicate that 'general absence has dropped by 8% and persistent absenteeism by 27%.' Head teacher Paul Kelley supported the idea because he believed that 'it was now medically established that it was better for teenagers to start their school day later in terms of their mental and physical health and how they learn better in the afternoon', and he now claims that the children are becoming 'happier better educated teenagers' as a result of the experiment. The experiment is being overseen by Oxford neuroscience professor Russell Foster. 'He performed memory tests on pupils at the school which suggested the more difficult lessons should take place in the afternoon. He said young people's body clocks may shift as they reach their teenage years — meaning they want to get up later not because they are lazy but because they are biologically programmed to do.'"
Submission + - Developers organize in advance of webOS SDK (predevcamp.org)
@acarback writes: "There isn't even an official release date for the Palm Pre or its SDK, yet there are developers in 54 cities planning on attending preDevCamp. Not officially affiliated with Palm Inc, preDevCamp is a BarCamp style event aimed at helping mobile developers dive into Palm's new webOS. Organizers are promoting the event any which way using — including Twitter (@predevcamp, #predevcamp) and a discussion board where both users and developers can submit application ideas."
Comment When the Wind Blows (Score 1) 358
After reading James Patterson's When the Wind Blows, the topic of gene and longevity creeps me out.
