Comment Re:School vs Industry (Score 5, Funny) 236
And what kind of workplace hazards did you experience as a computer scientist
The Skynet kind.
Comment Re:Ah, yes. (Score 1) 580
Can't have a discussion without some sort of pop culture reference:
German Tour Guide: You vill find more on Germany's contributions to ze arts in ze pamphlets ve have provided.
Brian : Yeah, about your pamphlet... uh, I'm not seeing anything about German history between 1939 and 1945. There's just a big gap.
Tour guide: Everyone vas on vacation. On your left is Munich's first city hall, erected in 15...
Brian : Wait, what are you talking about? Germany invaded Poland in 1939 and...
Tour Guide: We were invited. Punch vas served. Check vit Poland.
Brian : You can't just ignore those years. Thomas Mann fled to America because of Nazism's stranglehold on Germany.
Tour guide: Nope, nope. He left to manage a Dairy Queen.
Brian : A Dairy Queen? That's preposterous.
Tour guide: I vill hear no more insinuations about the German people. Nothing bad happened. Sie werden sich hinsetzen. Sie werden ruhig sein. Sie werden nicht beleidigen Deutschland. You will sit down. You will shut up. You will not insult Germany. (Throws his hand up in a Hitler salute.)
Comment How to Lie with Statistics (Score 5, Informative) 630
How to Lie with Statistics, Darren Huff, 1954
Ireland's Largest ISP Settles With Record Industry 222
An anonymous reader writes "In what has been billed as a world first, four music companies and Irish ISP Eircom have agreed to work together to end illegal music downloading. The Irish branches of the record companies (EMI Records Ltd, Sony BMG Music Entertainment Ltd, Universal Music Ltd and Warner Music Ltd.) brought a High Court action against Eircom last March which has resulted in this settlement after eight days of trial. Eircom will be implementing a three-step process — informing a subscriber that their IP address has been detected infringing copyright; warning the subscriber that if they do not stop they will be disconnected; and finally disconnecting the user if they fail to heed the warning. Which technology they will be using to spy on their customers is currently unknown. EMI and the other record companies have recommended US-based Audible Magic, which (among other things) claims to block copyright violating web content from sites like Youtube and MySpace. However, digital surveillance is nothing new in Ireland and Eircom may have already tested and implemented the necessary technologies."
Journal Journal: How to Vote in Canadian Election
If you're a Canadian and uncertain how to vote in the upcoming election, go to the Vote for Environment Google Map App, find your riding, and follow the advice. Even if you're not eligible to vote, you might want to check out this interesting map application.
Comment Re:This reminds me of something from WWII history (Score 1) 94
I remember hearing about this in 20th Century History. It's been about 5 years, but if I remember correctly, the professor suggested that the switch from strategic targets to civilian targets allowed British factories to continue to produce materials necessary for warfare/defense. For example, I believe he gave the example of a simple ball bearing factory being critical to Britain. Had the Germans continued to bomb strategic targets such as this factory, the British would have been unable to produce parts necessary to repair or produce new RAF planes.
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