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Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for December 18

If you uncover a questionable fact or debatable aspect of this week's Geek Trivia, "And called them by names," just post it in the discussion area. Every week, yours truly will choose the best quibble from the assembled masses and discuss it in a future edition of Geek Trivia. ...

Tags: Barrier, Quibble, Aircraft, SpaceShipOne, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2007-12-18

The greatest barrier to innovation is lack of follow-through

The latter Innovative chair makerThe 2nd persons ideas are more defined, since he not only has the ideas but also has the knowhow of how is he going to do it and what does it take to give shape to his idea.Follow Through, Smallow through.I think that saying a lack...

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Discussion threads 2007-05-09

The greatest barrier to innovation is lack of follow-through

The thing that made Thomas Edison so good at what he did was that he could not only visualize something no one else before had, but he could turn that vision into an actual invention. I dont think that its a coincidence that Edison was also a successful businessman. While...

Tags: Project Management, Planning, Management Skills, Management, Innovation

Blog posts 2007-05-08

NASA: We're working on Warp Drive...sorta

In case you didn't know it, NASA has a research Web page dedicated to the development of Warp Drive (as seen on TV, and found via Reddit). More specifically, the PR Webmasters at NASA have a page they use to update the local citizenry as to the agency's research into...

Tags: Barrier, NASA, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2007-04-25

Control game play by visualization

Almost everyone I've talked to who has played the Nintendo Wii really enjoys the new gaming console. Of course, a big part of the fun factor is the Wii Remote with its motion-sensing abilities, which allows you to move the controller around and see corresponding actions within the game. If...

Tags: Barrier, Helmet, System Software, Gamer, Games, Personal Technology, Sonja Thompson

Blog posts 2007-03-07

Why it's not easy being green

Consumers are not the barrier...This article states "Consumers, not technologies, are the barrier to curbing energy consumption and greenhouse gases, one energy expert says."Actually cost is the true barrier to going green. Take an average consumer of electricity, they'll pay somewhere around 9 to 10 cents per kWh. ...

Tags: barrier, electrical grid, energy, feedback, grid, heater, turbinepilot

Discussion threads 2007-01-25

'Linux Snobs' are the barrier?

Microsoft elitists just suck, like the virus-magnet!Just like the virus magnet, most of the elitist Microsoft techies are elitists who have no knowledge beyond the mouse cursor.The Microsoft experience is one of limitations to what can be accomplished, blocked paths to efficient solutions.Dealing with BSD, Mac, and Linux users is...

Tags: advocasy, barrier, career, crash-free, e-mail, feedback, hardware, it management, linux, linuxiac, Microsoft Corp., networking, old timer, programming, project management, security, software, timer, virus-free, vpn, windows

Discussion threads 2007-01-24

Language Barrier in an Interview

A few weeks ago, I had a phone interview that I don't think I handled very well and I would appreciate your advice, especially if you've been in the same situation.I was very qualified for the position and I fully expected that this interview would

Tags: American-English, barrier, career, ccrobinson, language barrier

Discussion threads 2006-10-30

Images: Mini-jet designer thinks supersonic

Breaking the sound barrier may not be quite as noisy when the luxury-minded QSST eventually gets off the ground.

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Image galleries 2006-07-28

Microsoft takes down barrier in Vista firewall

General UsersJust as well it it turned off - Days of questions - x is trying to comminucate with the internet, do you want X to comminicate with the internet? Problem is that the general computer user does not know what X is (some random exe file as part...

Tags: Microsoft Takes, Vista Firewall, firewall, users, windows vista, Yes, yinbig, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, barrier

Discussion threads 2006-05-11

'Linux Snobs' are the barrier?

I found an interesting piece on reallylinux about the very real barrier being created by 'Linux Snobs'. It makes an interesting read and raises some very good points.I remember when I first started 'playing' around with Linux, It took me at least a week to download the ISO's...

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Blog posts 2006-04-23

Incident, Problem and Event Management: The IT Process Wars!

Join TechRepublic's Bob Artner as he and Gartner Analyst Deb Curtis, explore the barriers between groups in the IT organization that limit the success of the problem management process and provides advice to help overcome the IT process wars. During the conversation you will hear several case studies that...

Tags: automation, barrier, benefit, BMC Software Inc., console, help desk, information technology, problem management, service desk, Webcast

Webcasts 2005-09-28

Language barrier in IT

What do you do when you get a service call and you can not understand a word the IT Manager is saying? Obviously other people have the same problem sice the model number and the equipment designation is wrong too. I speak English French Spanish and Hungarian and can not...

Tags: barrier, info@..., information technology, Language, Language Barrier, off-topic

Discussion threads 2005-07-25

DOWNLOAD: Three women CIOs discuss success factors and barriers

http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-10881-5753792.htmlAfter you take a look at this download, please post your feedback, ideas for improvements, or further thoughts on this topic.Thanks,--The TechRepublic Downloads Team

Tags: barrier, career, download, JodyGilbert, women

Discussion threads 2005-06-20

How IT can contribute to a more productive, positive workplace culture

I was involved in a workshop with a group of professionals theother day when the question came up, "What are the barriers to success foryour group?" Pen in hand, I anxiously awaited their list of IT-relatedneeds that keep them from achieving work Nirvana.You know what I found? The majority of...

Tags: workplace culture, information technology, Ramon Padilla Jr., workplace

Technical articles 2005-05-31

There is no barrier to dialogue

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Discussion threads 2005-05-23

IM giants drop some barriers to peace

Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest e-newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ...

Tags: Instant messaging, barrier, agreement, IM, LCS, America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., LCS 2005, Microsoft Corp.

Technical articles 2004-07-15

Spammers use free porn to bypass Hotmail, Yahoo barriers

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Tags: spammer, Captcha, Yahoo! Inc., MSN Hotmail, barrier

Technical articles 2004-05-07

The java.util.concurrent tools

Java is a language built with threading in mind. The java.lang.Thread class has been around since release 1.0, synchronized is one of the built-in keywords, and java.lang.Object has had wait, notify, and notifyAll methods throughout. These basic tools allow for rudimentary thread control. However, during the design and development of...

Tags: Java, Ryan Brase, tool, barrier

Technical articles 2004-01-22

Career roadblocks: Barriers to success for net admins

In general, the biggest impediments to career advancement can be summed up in two words: time and money. Familial obligations and a demanding work schedule may dominate people's time, while large debts or low-paying jobs have a chokehold on their wallets.But let’s leave the general and focus specifically on net...

Tags: barrier, Beth Blakely, career, job

Technical articles 2003-03-24