- Microsoft admits Win 7 tool violated GPL • The Register
The GPL in action, as intended: "Microsoft will soon release a Windows 7 tool under the GPL, after admitting the product violated the terms of the popular open-source license." (microsoft windows gpl legal )
- The Placebo Effect
On the effectiveness of placebos. They really work and not only that… "not all placebos are equal. Some are absolutely more effective than others. It turns out that a wide variety of factors have definite influence over how well a placebo works. [...] Pills with a recognized, well-known brand name and packaging are more effective than generic pills. [...] Patients who receive placebos from someone in a white labcoat get better results than when the placebo is administered by someone not wearing a white labcoat." (placebos medicine research )
- Aardvark
Most amusing. A budding journalist asks "What are good article ideas for a school newspaper?" through Vark.com, and it puts him in touch with someone to help. Only it doesn't really work out… (journalism school newspapers social_media )
- 500 Internal Server Error
500 Internal Server Error (none)
- Why You Can't Use Personal Technology at the Office – WSJ.com
On the bafflingly common chasm between office and home IT: At the office, you've got a sluggish computer running aging software, and the email system routinely badgers you to delete messages after you blow through the storage limits set by your IT department. [...] At home, though, you zip into the 21st century. You've got a slick, late-model computer and an email account with seemingly inexhaustible storage space." (technology corporate_policy enterprise_computing )
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