Comment Re:The new Sirius lineup (Score 1) 397
Boneyard is not Buzzsaw, all they play is AC/DC on that channel.
Submission + - Daniel Tammet - Savant Genius (craniusmaximus.com)
porkpickle writes: "http://craniusmaximus.com/cmblog/daniel-tammet-savant-genius-who-can-actually-explain-to-others-what-he-is-experiencing
An incredible story of Daniel Tammet, who is a British born high-functioning autistic savant gifted with a facility for mathematical and natural language learning. He was born the first of nine children to middle-class parents in London. In his memoir, Born on a Blue Day, he talks of how having epilepsy, synaesthesia, and Asperger Syndrome all deeply affected his childhood."
The World's Most Modern Management System 235
NeoPrime writes "CNN has a story
about an Indian IT outsourcing firm HCL Technologies, whose president feels
that 'employees come first and customers second.' He further feels
that every employee should 'rate their boss, their boss' boss, and any
three other company managers they choose, on 18 questions using a 1-5 scale.
There is even an electronic ticket system to flag anything they
think requires action in the company.
The company president explains, 'It can be I have a problem with
my bonus, or My seat is not working, or My boss
sucks.' This ticket is then routed to a manager for resolution. The article's argument: India has the most modern management system in the world."
MONKEYS USE ROBOTS TO FLING POO!!! GROSS!!! :) :) 52
Bananatree3 writes "A monkey has learned to control a remote arm to fling its own poo at researchers. From the article: " Researchers at Duke University have taught a lab monkey to control the movement of a robotic arm, using only signals from its brain. The monkey's immediate utilization of this new skill was to shower a group of neurobiologists with feces, according to the report by lead researcher Miguel Nicolelis.""
