Actually, short breaks _don't_ improve productivity. Latest study (Harvard Business Review - http://hbr.org/2012/05/coffee-breaks-dont-boost-productivity-after-all/ar/1 - _do_ sign up and read the whole article, don't just read the headline) shows that productivity is, at best, indifferent to micro breaks and at worst, reduced significantly. Those breaks _do_ have some effect on the stress level of the employee, but that's not of the employer _immediate_ concern (though long-term employers should factor this into their calculations). Numbers and cases, or it isn't science. (oh, and 5 minutes of an 8 hours day is ~1%, not 0.2%).

Lot's of "not an infringement" marks there. Yes to "overall structure", but no to almost everything else, including a yes to "did Sun pushed Google to do this" (rephrased). I wonder how much weight does a blurred statement like that have. You could almost say that the same covers all "inspired" work.

"nature intended" - really? in this forum? Good luck avoiding the hailstorm.

Unfortunately, the Sun JVM (now Oracle main JVM) "array cells are consecutive in memory" blocks this. When the JVM reports "free memory = T" it must be able to allocate an array of size T. However, due to the aforementioned feature, this require the JVM to pre-allocate all the memory so it can reshuffle everything to be able to allocate that array in consecutive memory addresses. So why didn't they (Sun, now Oracle) drop this feature? Because it helps tremendously in signal and image processing, allow you to fine-tune memory-based optimizations and, usually, offers better array instantiation speed.

Pity. I thought it was a great series of games, especially the 4th one. Best space-simulator of its time (in my opinion). Also was disappointed that Archon lost.

College education is not only about "depth", it's also about "width'. You get to taste more things that you would if you'd have only your "2 month on job training".

http://blog.andreineculau.com/2008/06/repagination/ - Repagination hacked to work in FF3.5. Enjoy. (not that the article was worth the effort)

In my university days, I understood a lot of calculus by visualizing an animated sequence (mean value theorem, limits, derivatives...). Animation is a great tool for these things. Same goes for numerical analysis.
Also (from the same days), linear algebra can be (often / sometimes) simplified to a 2d / 3d projection which can be displayed easily by a computer. Forget that you CAN'T draw in 3D or can't animate in 2D on the board - the computer can.
And of course - physics, chemistry, geography, history - omg, history would be so cool to learn with a projector, if done correctly (not just clips - diagrams, arrows on the world map describing population movements, pressures, wars) - all of the "real world" sciences are much more fun when working in the real world. Even political science (if your school offers it) can enjoy the benefits of a projector, even if only as a video machine (watching Marting Luther King Jr. making his speech for example).
However - I don't think that a projector is a "magic wand". It conforms to the equation "invest more time, reap more results". If you invest the proper amount of time preparing good material (and not only video clips), your students would enjoy it immensely.
Just my 2 bits.