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Comment Re:Peaking at 22 (Score 1) 381

by StarReaver (#27225783) Attached to: Brain Decline Begins At Age 27
I'd be interested in seeing how people who have researching jobs do on these tests, or how well 27-and-older students score compare to students younger than 27. I certainly know a fair share of the "27-and-older" category in the computer science degree program here.

Exchange Comes To Linux As OpenChange 249

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the native-not-emulated dept.
joesmart writes to tell us that new work on OpenChange and KDE seeks to bridge the gap between groupware compatibility and open source. KDE developer Brad Hards spoke at the Linux.conf.au conference and said the goal of OpenChange is to implement the Microsoft Exchange protocols as they are used by Outlook. "OpenChange has client and server-side libraries for Exchange integration and relies heavily on code developed for Samba 4. It is open source software licensed under the GPL version 3. Hards said more work is being done on the client side and 'we have code for the server,' but estimates another 12 months of development is required to produce an OpenChange server ready for production."

Comment Re:And What of the Others? (Score 3, Insightful) 650

by StarReaver (#26610201) Attached to: EU Could Force Bundling Firefox With Windows
I can see it now.

Which web browser would you like to install?

[x] Internet Explorer (Recommended)
[ ] Firefox
[ ] Chrome
[ ] Opera
etc.

Or even worse...

Choose your installation type:

[x] Standard (Recommended)
[ ] Custom (For advanced users only)

Most people would choose the standard option. Either because it's automatically selected, or because it says recommended, or because custom sounds scary, or simply because the user just wants to get a web browser and just hits "Next".
Education

How to Deal With an Aging Brain? 684

Posted by timothy from the swap-in-hans-delbrueck's dept.
An anonymous reader writes "I'm sure this is something all older Slashdotters are aware of: as I get older my once-sharp brain is, well, getting worse. In particular, I'm not able to remember things as well as I once did. As a geek my capacity in this area was always what defined me as a geek. Nowadays things seem to go in OK, but then leak out. A few weeks later I've mostly forgotten. So, I ask Slashdot: how do you cope with your mind getting older? What's your trick? Fish-oil? Brain Training on the DS? Exercise? Or just trying harder to remember things?"
Sci-Fi

David Tennant Stands Down From "Doctor Who" 245

Posted by timothy from the no-really-who dept.
Dave Knott writes "After winning the outstanding drama performance prize at the British National Television Awards, David Tennant announced that he will be quitting the iconic role of The Doctor. Quoting Tennant: 'When Doctor Who returns in 2010 it won't be with me. Now don't make me cry. I love this part, and I love this show so much that if I don't take a deep breath and move on now I never will, and you'll be wheeling me out of the Tardis in my bath chair.' Tennant will appear in a Christmas special, titled The Next Doctor, before filming four more specials in January. After that, the search will be on for the actor to play the 11th incarnation of The Doctor."

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