stev3 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:No surprise (Score 1) 371

by stev3 on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @03:23AM (#26722071) Attached to: IT Job Market Is Tanking, But Not For Everyone

I agree completely. I'm in the same boat -- I started looking for a new position about 2 weeks ago, and at this point I have 1 job offer (for 15k on top of my current salary), 2 second interviews lined up, 1 third interview and a meeting with a recruiter later this week. All of the other work was done by myself through Monster, Dice, etc. If you've got the right skill set, are in the right area, and are open to working in a different type of environment (smaller company mainly), then you're golden. I'm in the Chicago-land area fwiw.

Air Force to Get "Cyber Sidearms" 81

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday October 12, 2007 @04:49PM from the buzzword-makers-just-getting-lazy dept.

mlbtaz writes to mention that techs working on Air Force networks will soon be getting "cyber sidearms" to help alert them to potential security breaches. "The tool could be a small piece of software installed on Air Force computers or it could be a simple mechanism for taking a screenshot and relaying it to security experts, said Maj. Gen. William Lord, who will soon take command of the Air Force's provisional Cyber Command. In an interview this week, Lord said service officials have not made a final decision about which technology they will use for the program. "

Feed Hi-Def South Park Plays on Xbox (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Sunday March 04, 2007 @02:12PM

Xbox Live members are set to get the first high-definition rendition of South Park in a free download for two weeks. In Game|Life.

When a CGI Script is the Most Elegant Solution 256

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday March 04, 2007 @12:52PM from the the-answers-is-always dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Writing local Web applications can be quick, easy, and efficient for solving specific Intranet problems. Learn why a Web browser is sometimes a better interface than a GUI application and why experienced Web developers find themselves struggling to learn a GUI toolkit, and descover that a simple CGI script would serve their needs perfectly well, if not better."

Submission + - Humans hardwired to believe in supernatural deity?

Submitted by dohcrx on Sunday March 04, 2007 @12:16PM

dohcrx writes: According to a New York Times article published March 4, 2007 6 in 10 Americans believe in the devil and hell, 7 in 10 believe in angels, heaven and the existence of miracles and life after death while 92% believe in a personal God.

"When a trait is universal, evolutionary biologists look for a genetic explanation and wonder how that gene or genes might enhance survival or reproductive success."

"Which is the better biological explanation for a belief in God — evolutionary adaptation or neurological accident? Is there something about the cognitive functioning of humans that makes us receptive to belief in a supernatural deity?"

"Religion made incursions into the traditional domain of science with attempts to bring intelligent design into the biology classroom and to choke off human embryonic stem-cell research on religious grounds. Scientists responded with counterincursions. Experts from the hard sciences, like evolutionary biology and cognitive neuroscience, joined anthropologists and psychologists in the study of religion, making God an object of scientific inquiry."

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