Comment: Re:Anonymous Coward (Score 1) 305
I'll whore out our little game we just released. It's free, fun, and addictive.
Slashdot FireHose Beta Sneak Preview
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Davak
Davak writes "The old fogey slashdot has announced a new (dare I say, Web 2.0) youthful, digg-like voting system-Firehose. This new code is described as a "collaborative system designed to allow users to assist editors in the story selection process." This review of the Firehose describes the new features and implications of this new system. For example, much of Firehose's AJAX eye candy is built around yahoo's ajax toolkit."
Running Late and Wasting Billions; Punctuality...
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Ant writes "ABC News reports a recent survey found 15 to 20 percent of the United States/U.S. population is "consistently late," especially when it comes to work.
Chronic lateness isn't just annoying — it's expensive. American Chief Executive Officers/CEOs are late to eight out of every 10 meetings, according to a 2006 survey by Proudfoot Consulting. And when CEOs are late by 10 minutes every day, it costs the U.S. economy $90 billion in lost productivity.
This Reuters article say Peruvians are mostly late that made punctuality program organizers to make campaigns to resolve this issue.
Seen on Digg and in one of its Digg comment."