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Submission + - It Management Fail: Always Blame the Worker Bees

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @03:08PM

An anonymous reader writes: A refreshing dose of sanity, It Management Fail: Always Blame the Worker Bees counters Security fail: When trusted IT people go bad, which advocates the usual reactive and punitive Big Brother measures for keeping those icky, untrustworthy IT staffers in line. Management really needs to look in the mirror when it screws up, though I suppose the time-honored tradition of shit rolling downhill will persist for as long as pointy-haired bosses exist. (Bonus points for pointing out the propagandistic fearmongering use of "rogue" and "hostage".)

Submission + - World's First Full HDR Video System Unveiled (gizmag.com)

Submitted by Zothecula on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @03:07PM

Zothecula writes: Anyone who regularly uses a video camera will know that the devices do not see the world the way we do. The human visual system can perceive a scene that contains both bright highlights and dark shadows, yet is able to process that information in such a way that it can simultaneously expose for both lighting extremes – up to a point, at least. Video cameras, however, have just one f-stop to work with at any one time, and so must make compromises. Now, however, researchers from the UK’s University of Warwick claim to have the solution to such problems, in the form of the world’s first full High Dynamic Range (HDR) video system.

Submission + - Turns out that music really is intoxicating, after (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by

jamie

on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @01:25PM

jamie writes: "Our reaction to the music that we love stimulates the flow of dopamine into certain sections of the brain, concludes a new study out of McGill University. The findings "help to explain why music is of such high value across all human societies," the scientists note."

Comment automatic weapons are ilegal already (Score 1) 2166

by salaneking on Saturday January 08, 2011 @05:44PM (#34807698) Attached to: Congresswoman and Staff Gunned Down

Quote The suspect fired indiscriminately from about four feet away, Michaels said. A congressional official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity that the gunman was using an automatic weapon. unquote Unless specifically registered by the ATF automatic weapons are illegal already.

Comment Re:Experts (Score 0, Troll) 875

by salaneking on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @09:21PM (#32273132) Attached to: National Academy of Science Urges Carbon Tax

The experts are politically driven to get grant money, This drives their science. If you believe the experts then you are just ignorant about the politics involved. You cant possibly understand the need to get money in science is the driving force. The whole community of experts would testify in writing that their rectum is capable of fitting over the top of their head and give evidence to support it if it involved getting a grant. Yes I am a scientist and understand the science. However did you go outside today. Humm It is May 19 and here in Cincinnati OH the temperature is now 62 degrees F and I haven't even run the AC yet this year. Where the Hell is the global warming when you need it. The cap and tax is just just a ploy to implement global governance and redistribution of wealth.

Dead Space 2 Announced 56

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @02:22AM from the now-with-extra-dead dept.

Electronic Arts announced on Monday that their popular survival-horror game Dead Space is officially getting a sequel. According to the press release, it's being developed for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. There's speculation that Dead Space 2 may include some form of multiplayer, after an EA job opening was spotted on LinkedIn that mentioned multiplayer level design for the franchise.

Microsoft Updates Multiple Sysinternals Tools 179

Posted by timothy on Friday October 03, 2008 @12:24AM from the might-as-well-make-the-best-of-it dept.

wiedzmin writes "A couple of very useful updates have just been released by Microsoft for the ever so popular Sysinternals tool set. The most notable one is ProcessMonitor v2.0 which will now include 'real-time TCP and UDP monitoring.' Another one, released earlier this year — Desktops 1.0, provides a very unique multi-thread way to get multiple desktops running on your Windows box."

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