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Comment Worked great for me! (Score 1) 1055

by robotngineer on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @09:48AM (#26447547) Attached to: How Does a 9/80 Work Schedule Work Out?

I had a 9/80 schedule for two summers, and I greatly enjoyed it. To me, once I get to 10 hours @ work per day, my productivity drops, so the 4/10 schedule could get a bit tiring. The 9/80 schedule is a great balance in providing every other Friday off. Plus, on the Fridays that I did work, the office was quieter, since others had the day off, so I was more productive. I'd imagine that the boss/environment would affect how successful such a schedule is, but I loved it, personally.

Windows Is Dead – Long Live Midori? 695

Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 30, 2008 @01:21PM from the what-about-midori-linux? dept.

parvenu74 writes "A story from Infoworld is suggesting that the days of Windows are numbered and that Microsoft is preparing a web-based operating system code-named Midori as a successor. Midori is reported to be an offshoot of Microsoft Research's Singularity OS, an all-managed code microkernel OS which leverages a technology called software isolated processes (SIPs) to overcome the traditional inter-thread communications issues of microkernel OSes."

IOC Admits Internet Censorship Deal With China 380

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday July 30, 2008 @12:29PM from the shut-up-it's-patriotic dept.

Dave writes "BEIJING (Reuters) — Some International Olympic Committee officials cut a deal to let China block sensitive websites despite promises of unrestricted access, a senior IOC official admitted on Wednesday. Persistent pollution fears and China's concerns about security in Tibet also remained problems for organizers nine days before the Games begin. China had committed to providing media with the same freedom to report on the Games as they enjoyed at previous Olympics, but journalists have this week complained of finding access to sites deemed sensitive to its communist leadership blocked. 'I regret that it now appears BOCOG has announced that there will be limitations on website access during Games time,' IOC press chief Kevan Gosper said, referring to Beijing's Olympic organizers. 'I also now understand that some IOC officials negotiated with the Chinese that some sensitive sites would be blocked on the basis they were not considered Games related,' he said." But yet somehow the mainstream media will ignore this because the Olympics are patriotic or something.

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