Submission + - Norad, please don't hurt Santa - he's one of us
thefickler writes: Norad is using our tax dollars to track Santa. Haven't we got anything more evil to shoot down?
Submission + - More Customer Momentum Around Microsoft - Novell
El Lobo writes: Deutsche Bank AG, Credit Suisse and AIG Technologies today became some of the first customers to tap the benefits of the recently announced collaboration between Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. on interoperability between Microsoft(R) Windows(R) and Linux.
Deutsche Bank, already a significant user of Novell and Microsoft products, was pleased that the collaboration would improve interoperability among various systems. "Microsoft and Novell*s agreement gives us the benefit of choice of platforms and tremendous flexibility that will help make our company more competitive and efficient." said Clemens Jochum, chief technology officer of Deutsche Bank AG.
http://www.bobsguide.com/guide/news/17037.html
Deutsche Bank, already a significant user of Novell and Microsoft products, was pleased that the collaboration would improve interoperability among various systems. "Microsoft and Novell*s agreement gives us the benefit of choice of platforms and tremendous flexibility that will help make our company more competitive and efficient." said Clemens Jochum, chief technology officer of Deutsche Bank AG.
http://www.bobsguide.com/guide/news/17037.html
Submission + - PTO Publishes MSFT's Application for RSS
Law Nun writes: "As per the usual policy of publishing applications 18 months after their receipt, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published Microsoft's patent application for a "Content syndication platform," which sounds a whole lot like RSS:
From the abstract:
"A content syndication platform, such as a web content syndication platform, manages, organizes and makes available for consumption content that is acquired from the Internet. In at least some embodiments, the platform can acquire and organize web content, and make such content available for consumption by many different types of applications. These applications may or may not necessarily understand the particular syndication format. An application program interface (API) exposes an object model which allows applications and users to easily accomplish many different tasks such as creating, reading, updating, deleting feeds and the like."
The application, No. 11/158,936, was filed June 21, 2005 by Amar S. Gandhi, et. al. No word on the buckets of prior art which likely exist.
The application can be found here: http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=P TO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2F srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220060288329%22.PGN R.&OS=DN/20060288329&RS=DN/20060288329"
From the abstract:
"A content syndication platform, such as a web content syndication platform, manages, organizes and makes available for consumption content that is acquired from the Internet. In at least some embodiments, the platform can acquire and organize web content, and make such content available for consumption by many different types of applications. These applications may or may not necessarily understand the particular syndication format. An application program interface (API) exposes an object model which allows applications and users to easily accomplish many different tasks such as creating, reading, updating, deleting feeds and the like."
The application, No. 11/158,936, was filed June 21, 2005 by Amar S. Gandhi, et. al. No word on the buckets of prior art which likely exist.
The application can be found here: http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=
Submission + - All-girl team wins video game contest
Billyh writes: "Looks like a girl team won a video game contest for the first time.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6163545.html"
Journal Journal: [!= Suck] Rail Gunner's XMas 8
You read it now! Now!
Submission + - Google Reveals Santa's Favorite Cookie
inblosam writes: Before Santa comes around you may want to know what cookie is Santa's favorite. 5 experiments using Google were used to compare two contenders, the Oreo and the Chocolate Chip Cookie. Find out which cookie wins claim as Santa's Favorite Cookie.
Submission + - Time's Person of the Year 2006 is... You
An anonymous reader writes: Time Magazine's Person of the Year selects the person (man, woman, group or idea) that, "for better or worse, has most influenced events in the preceding year". Previous recipients have included Charles Lindbergh (1927), Adolf Hitler (1938), the Generation Twenty-Five and Under (1966), the Computer (1982) and the Endangered Earth (1988). The Person of the Year for 2006 is you. Time believes that you are the most influential person in 2006, by using the "Web 2.0" (i.e. Wikipedia, YouTube, MySpace) to control the media and change the world. So give yourself a round of applause and a teary acceptance speech.
Journal Journal: Cell Phone/PIM integration? 1
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Journal Journal: Goodbye, 38.... 4
Dropped another 2 pounds this week, and actually wore some 36-inch jeans to work today, which I haven't worn in at least 3 years. w00t!
Journal Journal: It's amazing what you'll find... 2
Over the last 6 weeks or so I've been using my blog as a forum to dig around within NHL statistical data for information that hasn't been studied or made available before. Basically, I've taken detailed game information and provided some structure to it, so links between various events can be identified, and hopefully, some meaningful conclusions can be drawn about the nature of the game. Unlike baseball, which is awash in statistical data that
Journal Journal: More Hockey Analysis Up 1
dave-tx asked, so here it is, a review of how often hits result in offensive chances during NHL games. The short answer is about 2-3 times per game (roughly the same for Takeaways as well), but what's interesting is who shows up on the top 10 lists in these categories...
Journal Journal: It coulda been a Hat Trick... 1
Last night was our best game yet, a 6-3 drubbing of one of the weaker teams in our league. Maybe not too impressive, but we've had probably 50% of our roster turn over in the last month, and this is the first good, concerted effort we've put together. I scored twice, once on a breakaway (snuck in behind both D and caught a pass near center ice), and the other on a nice feed into the low slot from a winger in the corner. Since I'm 16 pounds lighter than the start of the season, I can defini
Journal Journal: Musing over the dead 1
Many thanks to SolemnDragon for inspiring me to finish this JE and post it. I've been dabbling with it for over a year now (the events occured September 2002), but now seems a good time to post it.
Journal Journal: Pissing away a rainy afternoon... 3
I know I've got a project plan to work on, modification specs to approve, and invoices to review, but on a cold, drizzly afternoon like this I find myself wallowing in the rhetorical mud with Pudge, over the recent anti-Harold Ford ad that's been airing here in Tennessee. What a waste of time! Some people just can't seem to see things from another perspective.
Journal Journal: [WGT] Another pound bites the dust
With a nod to my beloved 1980 Detroit Lions, Another pound bites the dust... Another pound bites the dust...
Progress So Far
9/8/06: 209
9/15/06: 204.5
9/22/06: 206
9/29/06: 201
10/6/06: 197
10/13/06: 195
10/20/06: 194
10/27/06: 193
