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Comment POTS rules (Score 4, Informative) 329

by Christopher Bibbs on Monday January 21, 2013 @01:08PM (#42648285) Attached to: When Was the Last Time You Used a Landline Phone?

I'll use my land line forever, much the way I do my Slashdot account.

Submission + - Winnie Wrote a Math Book

Submitted by SoyChemist on Thursday August 02, 2007 @03:50AM

SoyChemist writes: Hollywood is not known for providing a wealth of positive female role models. Danica McKellar, the actress that played Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years and Elsie Snuffin on The West Wing, has written a math book for teenage girls. Math Doesn't Suck is in the style of a teen magazine. It even includes a horoscope, cute doodles of shoes and jewelry, and testimonials from attractive young career women that use math at work. It focuses on fractions and pre-algebra and uses mnemonics like calling a reciprocal a "refliprocal", because you just take the fraction and flip it upside down. Wired interviewed McKellar about the new book and her crusade to eliminate the achievement gap between boys and girls in math courses. McKellar graduated Summa Cum Laude from UCLA. While studying there, she co-authored a proof and presented it at a conference. After she and Mayim Bialik — star of Blossom and a PhD in neuroscience — appeared in a 20/20 episode about intellectual actresses, several literary agents came knocking on her door.

Comment Re:AppleCare Support is NOT for business (Score 1) 232

by ben_place on Thursday March 08, 2007 @01:13PM (#18277918) Attached to: Apple Care Efficiency When Macs Break?

I agree whole-heartedly about TekServe - loved em! Is there anyone else that good anywhere else in the country? I don't know. I sure can't find one near Detroit.

Comment Re:Useful for some (Score 1) 594

by Christopher Bibbs on Wednesday March 01, 2006 @03:46PM (#14829540) Attached to: Laptops Required for Freshmen

Listen to the little kid calling someone a n00b.

Journal Journal: The world according to Kenny

Journal by Christopher Bibbs on Thursday February 06, 2003 @02:56PM

It seems my co-worker thinks that given the number of people in the world, someone will read, and be interested in, just about anything written on the web. I tend to disagree, but I'm going to enable comments for this entry just to see if he's right.

I have nothing really interesting to say or share so just insert your own witty ancedote.

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