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When a CGI Script is the Most Elegant Solution 256

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday March 04, 2007 @12:52PM from the the-answers-is-always dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Writing local Web applications can be quick, easy, and efficient for solving specific Intranet problems. Learn why a Web browser is sometimes a better interface than a GUI application and why experienced Web developers find themselves struggling to learn a GUI toolkit, and descover that a simple CGI script would serve their needs perfectly well, if not better."

Schools Banning Homework? 534

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday March 04, 2007 @09:58AM from the also-thinking-is-hard dept.

theodp writes "Alarmed by indicators of student stress like cheating and substance abuse, some SF Bay Area schools are reducing an education staple: homework. Homework is mostly banned at Menlo Park's Oak Knoll School, but some teachers apparently have higher 'expections' [sic]."

Comment I dont understand (Score 3, Interesting) 159

by bombboyer on Thursday July 06, 2006 @06:34PM (#15671445) Attached to: AOL To Be Free For Broadband Users?

I dont understand why anyone would do this.

Everyone I know that's gone to broadband from AOL did it as much to escape the confines/ads/annoyances of the AOL software as for the speed. Why would you voluntarily restrict yourself to using their browser when you could be using Firefox?

Furthermore, the people that have broadband (granted, not as much today, but still) are the people that are a bit more technically savvy and want more out of their internet connection/experience. Why on earth would any of these people want AOL?

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