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Advent Calendar For Geeks 65

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 01, 2010 @01:05PM from the geek-christmas dept.

bLanark writes "Well, as children and adults all over the world begin their day with chocolate, with the traditional Advent calendar, I'd like to remind you that there's an alternative for geeks. The Perl Advent calendar will give you a new Perl tip every day right up to Christmas."

Comment Re:Nothing compared to what they did before... (Score 1) 483

by tentux on Thursday August 26, 2010 @05:47AM (#33378942) Attached to: Facebook Says It Owns 'Book'

:)) True. They could place a decorated decagram shaped icon on their webpage with "Sued by Facebook" to gain notoriety...

Comment Re:Pictures can tell the future? (Score 2, Informative) 175

by tentux on Sunday August 15, 2010 @03:43PM (#33258202) Attached to: The Hidden Security Risk of Geotags

Agreed, the OP may have over-stretched what can be concluded from photographs alone. I think what they were getting at was using geo-tagged photographs and other evidence such as tweet posts and facebook status updates, and indeed advertising your GPS position could all be used to conclude you're on holiday, plus you've photographed where your house is and all of the nice stuff that's in it. However, unless you make a habbit of uploading all of this information to an entirely public domain I'm not entirely sure there's a danger of all this information getting into the wrong hands...

Scientists Create Equation For a Perfect Handshake 144

Posted by samzenpus on Monday July 26, 2010 @02:31PM from the thank-you-science dept.

Hugh Pickens writes "Discover Magazine reports that despite the average person shaking hands nearly 15,000 times in a lifetime, one in five (19 per cent) admit they hate the act of the handshake and are unsure how to do it properly, regularly making a handshake faux pas such as having sweaty palms, squeezing too hard or holding on too long while over half the population (56 per cent) say they have been on the receiving end of an unpleasant handshake experience in the past month alone. But help is at hand as scientists have developed a mathematical equation for the perfect handshake taking into account the twelve primary measures needed to convey respect and trust to the recipient. The research was performed at the behest of Chevrolet as part of a handshake training guide for its staff and is meant to offer peace of mind and reassurance to its customers. A full guide to the perfect handshake is available on Flickr."

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