Feed The Month-Long Party Begins: Happy Birthday, Star Wars (wired.com)
Submission + - BBC and William Hill fail miserably at statistics
goatpunch writes: "According to the BBC a male and female child have an 18.1% and 23.5% chance respectively of reaching age 100. By age 40 these chances have apparently dropped to 8% and 11.7%. What on earth can account for such a vast reduction in the odds? Surely they should improve with age.
How on earth did the expert statisticians at William Hill give a 90 year old a 0.4% chance (250 to 1) of reaching 100. Something is wrong here. This story has been widely reported, but no-one has pointed out the glaring error in the statistics- bookmakers employ people who devote their lives to defeating gamblers through statistics."
How on earth did the expert statisticians at William Hill give a 90 year old a 0.4% chance (250 to 1) of reaching 100. Something is wrong here. This story has been widely reported, but no-one has pointed out the glaring error in the statistics- bookmakers employ people who devote their lives to defeating gamblers through statistics."
Journal Journal: How to Stop the Dilbertization of IT 412
In the simplest terms: too many IT workplaces have become Dilbert-ized--micromanaged, bureaucratic and stifled creatively. It's become an environment where busy work is praised and morale is low. But how to go about bringing IT's appeal back? Answers come from surprising places.
Submission + - Good Teaching Tools for the Kids
jdramer writes: I was recently asked by someone who home-schools her kids what kind of programs are available for teaching kids about what you can do with computers. She was thinking things like computer animation, drawing programs; basically anything that encourages creativity. So I'm wondering what programs are out there that would be good for young children in primary school?
