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Nielson Results Reveal Consoles on the Rise 20

eldavojohn writes "Nielson ratings are in and the results are that gaming is continuing its steady trend upward. A study released Monday entitled 'The State of the Console,' describes America as an increasingly game-centric country. 'Nielsen Media Research found that 41.1 percent of households with televisions in the U.S. now have gaming consoles. That number represents an 18.5 percent increase since 2004, according the research firm, who used a sample of 12,000 TV-viewing households for its report.'"
Microsoft

Microsoft Responds to DOT Ban on Vista, Office, IE 218

roscoetoon writes "From the blog of Mary Jo Foley: What's Microsoft's response to the DOT's charges? A corporate spokeswoman sent this statement, via e-mail: (caution: microbrain double-speak ahead) ... "We respect the customer's decision. As with any of our other Federal customers, it's our job to help DOT maximize the value of its Enterprise Agreement through the adoption of our technology. We are engaged with large, strategic customers across government at every level, and are working closely with them on these products through their participation in our Technical Adoption Programs.""
Power

Submission + - California proposes to ban incandescent lightbulbs

zhang1983 writes: "A California Assemblyman Llyod Levine wants to make his state the first to ban incandescent lightbulbs with the "How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb Act" The act will promote Compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) to replace the inefficient incandescent lightbulbs. According to him, "Incandescent lightbulbs were first developed almost 125 years ago, and since that time they have undergone no major modifications, meanwhile, they remain incredibly inefficient, converting only about 5 percent of the energy they receive into light.""
Microsoft

Journal Journal: Will Vista Kill Microsoft?

It used to be that Microsoft was the operating system that strove to be most easily usable by the lowest common denominator, and Linux was perceived as a tool only for the most serious geeks. So, by using Microsoft products for over a decade, end users had been, in some degree, 'dumbed down.' But the main intent, make no mistake, was to please the end user.

User Journal

Journal Journal: Objectivism: comic-book philosophy 3

I just made a long post refuting some hollow claim about Objectivism, and I felt it was good enough that it should be preserved in a journal entry. I'd also like further comments on it. (The title won't become clear until the end of the rant though)

Comment Re:reminds me of a story... (Score 1) 283

I work for mumble-mumble and a number of years ago it had become a meeting company.
Head office was designed as a cubicle farm in the middle of a big room with conference rooms along all the walls.
The most important application was the meeting scheduler.

One fine day I got invited to a meeting at head office.
We leave the plant at 4 a.m. for a 5 1/2 hour drive.
At 10 a.m. we wonder into the meeting room, which was in a seperate building from head office cause all the othere were in use.
The first 1/2 hour of the meeting, the gent who called it is on his cell phone calling everyone else who was supposed to be there, telling them that this meeting was important.
OK a bunch of people wander in.
Each and every on fires up their laptops, go the the meeting scheduler and start preparing for the next meeting.
The meeting itself took a half hour to decide that most people were not ready for the meeting and we would have another.
Then we drove back.

Not long after the CEO (who was new to the job) made a policy change.
"From now on, Thursdays will be no meeting days. Security will not unlock the conference room doors & will do walk throughs to toss out anyone caught in a conference room. Please take advantage of these meeting free days to get something of value done."

Happy times.

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