And don't underestimate the rudeness to be found in R programming forums.

After working in labs in academic and corporate environments for a few years and coming to terms with the limits of my memory, I advise people to keep a lab notebook mindset. First off, I recommend lab notebooks. Log what you are working on at a high level day to day. It gets you in the habit of writing about what you are doing. When you save large data files it begins to feel natural to add a little text file saying what the data is, how you made the data, and other comments. Sometimes it is not practical to have all this information saved automatically by the test software itself because you may have a comment like, "Due to time constraints I didn't let the system warm up the standard 60minutes before gathering data, but starting the testing immediately. This will likely add 2-5% error according to the equipment manual."

Keeping notes on paper, computer, "in the cloud" all works, as long as you actually make it a habit. It's not old-fashioned. It's not inefficient. Don't let people rush you into skimping on taking notes.

I think the idea of a "paperless" office is a bit extreme. Lots of people have reduced the amount of paper they use in the office, and I think this trend will continue. Going truly "paperless" strikes me as either a buzzword not to be taken seriously, or a perfectionist's notion of how a modern office should be. I've notice my boss talks of having "gone paperless" and indeed I see very little paperwork in in office, but I do notice him aways keeping a small notebook in his shirt pocket. He's a wise man.

I commute between Seattle and Redmond on the #545 bus used mostly by Microsoft employees and contractors. Often I notice that most of the passengers are using their cell phones during the bus ride. My guess is that looking around the bus gives me a pretty good sense of what phones are popular on the MS campus. Yes, many many iPhones. More iPhones than Windows Mobile phones. I notice some people have both a Windows Mobile phone and an iPhone. I am starting the see lots of Android phones however. It will be interesting to see what happens when Windows Mobile 7 comes out.

Of course there is lots of non-MS software which is used extensively at Microsoft. Labview, Matlab, and JMP are all used a great deal because there are no real MS equivalents. I've never noticed any non-Office productivity suites being used by my coworkers, but that is probably because Office works well enough, and the latest version is always available for employees.

You could have the best of both worlds. Block ads, but send money to websites you like. You don't have to worry about ads, and the sites will have a revenue stream from you.

It pains me to see a good post using the word "leverage" in such a bad way.

Using the word "leveraging" like this is a sin.

I can't yell at you, but I want to.
So you've never tripped over something left on the floor in your home? You've never had a misstep because you were distracted?
Basically you called this girl a stupid bitch because she was distracted by her phone and fell into an open manhole, and therefore she shouldn't reproduce.
Someone left a manhole cover off. That person is the one who deserves all the hate.

Actually nanotech is being used in cosmetics. It's real, and not just buzzwords. There is actually some concern about the lack of regulation of nanoparticles used in such products. Incorporating nanotechnology into cosmetics has been happening for many years now.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/clothes/nanotech011105.cfm