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Rube Goldberg competition sets record for inefficiency
Link to the photo galleryCollege students the picture of inefficiencyhttp://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-1035_11-60682.htmlStay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!http://nl.com.com/MiniFormHandler?brand=techrepublic&list_id=e019No video?How could a Rube Goldberg be appreciated without a video of it's operation? 2 stills don't do ANY justice...
Tags: Sonja Thompson, Rube Goldberg
Discussion threads 2007-04-03

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Photos: College students the picture of inefficiency
Ferris State and Purdue University students celebrate their first- and second-place wins at annual Rube Goldberg competition for complex machinery.
Tags: Purdue University, inefficiency, college student, photograph
Image galleries 2007-04-02
Crazy Machines 1.5 (exe)
Create Your Own Zany & Rube Goldberg & Devices! Go crazy with over 200 brand new gizmo-twistin' levels! Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds and more. Start off in the Inventor's Training Camp to sharpen your skills. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
Tags: Viva Media, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources
Software downloads 2008-08-19
Edison (zip)
Edison is a 3d physics sandbox. What this means is you can do whatever you want, there are no limits and no goals to reach. It is possible to make neat contraptions like card machines and firecracker launchers, and using the powerful button system can also be used to make...
Tags: Edison
Software downloads 2007-11-19
Don't overcomplicate small IT projects--manage them with Excel
Microsoft Project is a robust, capable project management tool but, you can effectively manage small or midsize projects with Excel--saving yourself or your IT budget a pretty penny. In 2002, Ken Brown, submitted what he labeled as a "low-budget Excel version of Microsoft Project." At the time,...
Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Bill Detwiler
Blog posts 2008-04-22
Palm's Foleo will be delayed until October
[Update: As pointed out by a reader, Palm has since posted a denial of any slippage. You can read more about it from this Macworld post.] Palm's new Foleo has been delayed, so says Deutsche Bank analyst Jonathan Goldberg, putting another dent in a product that already...
Tags: Palm Inc., Palm Treo, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-08-24
WCW Nitro (exe)
In WCW Nitro, you can take on the role of either Hollywood Hogan or Goldberg in a fight to the finish. Punches, kicks, piledrivers, and other moves including the ability to take the action out of the ring are all here. Each wrestler is modeled after the athletes of World...
Tags: THQ Inc.
Software downloads 1999-02-23
Making your IM secure--and deniable
Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today! By ...
Tags: Instant messaging, Ian Goldberg, IM, Nikita Borisov, messaging, security
Technical articles 2005-02-15
Office 007: From Redmond with Love
For awhile there, Microsoft's highly covert operationssurrounding Office "12" seemed to suggest something a little revolutionarywas afoot. You couldn't turn around without smacking into an NDA, and a leakedalbeit flakey early beta added a hint of espionage.But now, we're being fed details, the rumble of hype isgrowing louder, and the...
Tags: beta, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office
Blog posts 2006-03-02
Harness the power of peer support: Start a user group in your organization
Do your users need more training than your current IT department has time to provide? Create a user group within your organization and watch your users start training each other.Which has a higher priority in your organization, technical support or technical training? In most shops, support wins out over training,...
Tags: Workforce management, Jeff Davis, user group, training
Technical articles 2002-05-14
Tips from the trenches of independent tech support
Meet two techies who hung out their shingles and are operating their own PC-repair businesses. Find out what kinds of calls they receive most often and how they reach their customers.Who fixes your computer when it breaks? If you answered, "I do," you may have what it takes to launch...
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Tools & Techniques, Jeff Davis, Jim Carter, computer
Technical articles 2002-04-09
Law Firm Boosts Client Satisfaction, Enables $492,000 in New Revenues, Lower Costs
Frazer, Ryan, Goldberg, Arnold & Gittler is a small, successful law firm that wanted to become even more successful. To keep its professionals productive away from the office and tame its growing jungle of digital documents, the firm installed a solution based on Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003. Now,...
Tags: Revenue, Team, Billing, Law Firm, Microsoft Corp., Litigation, Team Management, Desktops, Business Operations, Management, Hardware
Case studies
Windows 2000
GMAIL.com Account $If you would like a GMAIL account please read the following as printed!$--------------------------------------------------------------Get a $20.00 or $15.00 dollar gift card of walmart stor and give me the following as printed.[Pin Number] [Code] Rube and plase the numbers on the gift card.-----------get gmail give me your stuff as...
Tags: card, e-mail, e-mail address, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Name, Paulvs1_@..., windows
Q&A 2004-11-15
Mid-week Yuck
ok, I'll be out of the office for the rest of the week, but I had to share this:http://www.hansislandliberationfront.com/A bit of levity in today's turf wars.PreachingI thought this could parody some folks ideas of how religion works :) A priest, a Pentecostal preacher and a Rabbi would get together twice...
Tags: Irishman, bear, cabbage
Discussion threads 2006-06-28
Talking Shop: Causes and control strategies for Internet addiction
By Ruby BayanIt's ironic that the very people companies trust to help control inappropriate use of the Internet may be the ones most likely to abuse it. Because network/system administrators and support pros spend so much time on the computer—and their typical work environment puts them in windowless rooms alone...
Tags: addiction, Guest Contributor, Internet, mailing list, strategy
Technical articles 2003-07-14
Tips for a successful relationship with your recruiter
When the economy turns sour and jobs are scarce, IT professionals often turn to recruitment specialists to help find their next job. IT consultants can also make use of recruiters when the economy directly affects work and project prospects.The executive level is not my recruiting specialty, so I sought the...
Tags: Tim Heard, recruiter
Technical articles 2003-03-26
Announcing the 2002 Builder.com Readers' Choice Awards
We're kicking off our Builder.com Readers' Choice Awards to give you a chance to nominate your favorite products and/or vote for the ones you like best. Find out about the awards and see how you can nominate your favorite development tools.Just like every dog has a favorite toy, every developer...
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Programming languages, Development tools, Microsoft Windows, Middleware, Application servers, Lamont Adams, nominee, Microsoft Visual, Best Java IDE, tool, Java, Borland Software Corp., Builder.com Readers, development tool, Choice Awards
Technical articles 2002-06-03
Microsoft: Fast start for Vista in businesses
Windows Vista adoption by businessesMicrosoft predicts that Windows Vista will be adopted by businesses twice as fast as Windows XP was because of the tools and human support that will be available. Some analysts contend that adoption is more likely to be driven by companies' buying cycles than by whether...
Tags: hardware, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, news, Sonja Thompson, support, tools, vista
Discussion threads 2006-10-02
Why Men Hate Women
Nice ring to that title isn't it?Nope, not any of the jokes on the subject.That is the Headline [ Front Page ] on the Vancouver edition of 24 hours magazine.[ free daily news magazine ]seems that they decided to do a bit of a story on the 17th aniversary of...
Tags: women, off-topic, news, Jaqui
Discussion threads 2006-12-06
Scripting languages
Easier to use than traditional compiled programming languages, scripting languages have become widespread tools for enhancing network and Internet functionality. Steve Goldberg explains which scripting languages are the most common and why.Scripting languages are, in general, computer languages that are handled by an interpreter rather than compiled directly into an...
Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, Development tools, interpreter, Steve Goldberg, O'Reilly, scripting language, Perl, JavaScript
Technical articles 1999-08-30
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