Comment Re:Good for him (Score 1) 198

by dhk42 on Sunday August 03, 2008 @07:34AM (#24455089) Attached to: Brian May, Rock Legend, Publishes His Thesis

As someone going for their PhD, I have to wonder if it actually does.

I absolutely guarantee that none of the people who modded this funny have a Ph.D.

This comment was "insightful" people. Pay attention.

David

Feed Best Indie Games 2007 (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Monday February 26, 2007 @08:12AM

Innovation comes from below. To find the weirdest new forms of play, look to independent designers. Commentary by Clive Thompson.

VMware-Microsoft Battle Looming 258

Posted by kdawson on Monday February 26, 2007 @05:39AM from the he-who-controls-the-iron dept.

An anonymous reader writes "VMWare released a white paper detailing its concerns with license changes on Microsoft software that may limit the ability to move virtual-machine software around data centers to automate the management of computing work. Two choice quotes: '"Microsoft is looking for any way it can to gain the upper hand," said Diane Greene, the president of VMware.' And, '"This seems to be a far more subtle, informed and polished form of competitive aggression than we've seen from Microsoft in the past," said Andrew I. Gavil, a law professor at Howard University. "And Microsoft has no obligation to facilitate a competitor."'"

Is Switching Jobs Too Often a Bad Thing? 208

Posted by Cliff on Monday February 26, 2007 @04:47AM from the do-you-have-to-settle-somewhere-careerwise dept.

Career Hot Potato asks: "I've been out of school for little more than a year and I have only good things to say about the job market. So far, there doesn't seem to be any lack of demand for a good .NET developer. I've got to admit, though, I feel a little disloyal at this point. Several great job offers have come my way and I've taken them. My resume is starting to make me look a bit restless and it worries me. Until now I've just chalked it up to 'I'm just settling in,' but now another opportunity has been dropped into my lap. Would I be digging my own grave by taking this job? It'd be my fourth job in 16 months but each offered a promotion and a 30% to 40% raise. I know better than to put a price on job satisfaction but I'm pretty certain I'd be happy there. Is being branded as a 'hot potato' enough to keep you from switching? What's your price on this stigma?"

Feed Which Videos Are Protected? Lawmakers Get a Lesson (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Monday February 26, 2007 @02:12AM

Members of Congress are learning the complexities of copyright law in the wide world of blogging and video clips.

Microsoft Plays Up Open Source 224

Posted by kdawson on Monday February 26, 2007 @12:58AM from the coopetition dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Recently Microsoft's open source software lab posted PostgreSQL on Windows: A Primer. Postgres is one of the longest running open source databases — it has been around for nearly 11 years. The powerful object-relational database is a direct competitor to other OSS databases, as well as Microsoft's SQL Server 2005. So why is Microsoft promoting it? I get Redmond's interest in boosting anything that runs on Windows as a platform. Is this simply a case of left-hand, right-hand, or is something deeper going on?"