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Oracle on the psychology of patching

Oracle has a belated reply to a survey a few weeks back on how database administrators have never installed one of the company's critical patch updates. In a blog post Oracle's Eric Maurice faults the survey for relying on a small sample size--not that it stopped us...

Tags: psychology, oracle corp., problem, roi, eric maurice, roi/tco, marketing research, security, finance, managerial accounting, marketing, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-31

Personality Psychology Pro (zip)

Personality Psychology Pro is a huge pack of personality tests and games presented in a pleasant/funny way. By these psychology tests and games you can realize much more about yourself and about your companion sexual partner. You can analyze your personality and find out what is on your mind. You...

Tags: psychology, personality psychology pro, games, business structures, personal technology, finance

Software downloads 2006-02-21

Student's Guide to APA Psychology (zip)

The Student's Guide to APA Psychology shows how to document and format research papers in the style of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychologist. Revised and updated to the new 5th edition of the APA Publication Manual. The free file uses the Windows Help reader already installed on...

Tags: psychology, student, microsoft windows, operating systems, software

Software downloads 2001-12-08

Additional Resources

Should colleges really teach hacking?

Should colleges really teach hacking?Bartending SchoolIn the mid-70's I took one of those vocational courses you see advertised on late-night TV: "Learn to be a Bartender in One Week". Although I never used it (I went at night, which takes 2 weeks and over the weekend I got my...

Tags: food & beverage, security, cyberthreats, tools & techniques, beverage, hacking, chemistry

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Traffic Psyche (zip)

Traffic Psyche helps you build your real, natural traffic to your blog by using a social psychology approach. Use with one of the biggest blog community, BlogCatalog.com it helps you build your own community with ease. It automatically add friends, join neighborhoods, surf pages and Web sites, give rating, and...

Tags: community, blog, nusaxcess resources, blogging, web site development, web technology, internet

Software downloads 2008-08-05

FCC set to slap Comcast's wrist

It's almost official. In the latest step forward, a majority of FCC commissioners voted Friday to "affirm" a complaint against Comcast for blocking BitTorrent traffic, the Washington Post reports, although the punishment is likely to be a "slap on the wrist," according to one analyst. The final...

Tags: fcc, comcast corp., republican, wrist, federal government, government, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-07-30

The Philosophy of the Good (exe)

The Philosophy of the Good is a free e-book including an Anthology of essays on a new Philosophy concerning the ancient concept of the GOOD. These essays cover religion, philosophy, psychology, social theory and social comment. If the e-book cannot be read on your computer because of system incompatabilities the...

Tags: essay, caius ebook, e-books, channel management, personal technology, marketing

Software downloads 2008-07-25

Does Apple need to announce a post Steve Jobs plan?

Does Apple need to announce a post Steve Jobs plan?The perception is ...... Apple can't be great without Steve Jobs. I personally don't feel this is necessarily the case even though when Jobs was ousted proved to be a disastrous decision for Apple.Apple is in a strong growth period and...

Tags: quality, desktops, digital media, steve j, apple inc., steve jobs

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Improve your UI by expressing time effectively

Your user interface may convey time for various reasons, such as through progress indicators that tell users how long they have to wait for an operation to complete. This chapter from Designing and Engineering Time: The Psychology of Time Perception in Software looks at the different ways you can...

Tags: addison-wesley, tools & techniques, advertising & promotion, management, marketing

Book chapters 2008-07-17

Your correspondence so far

It's been just over a month now since I started writing here, and it's certainly been an interesting one. I've had many emails over the last month asking me this, that and the other, not even a single death threat yet! I'd like to share some questions and my answers...

Tags: web server, operating system, server, microsoft corp., q., e-mail, web servers, microsoft windows, operating systems, online communications, internet, software, zack whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-29

Linuxworksbetter.org: A humble proposal

Linuxworksbetter.org: A humble proposalQuestion...You don't clarify who's paying the fee. Would people present themselves, or what?Anyway, I struggling to ignore the fairly major ethical questions.I hope I missed the pointi cannot believe that you would equate the horror of having a loved one or family member trapped in a radical...

Tags: operating systems, unix, murph, linuxworksbetter.org, humble proposal, linux

Discussion threads 2008-06-12

Risking Another Frontline Disaster

Risking Another Frontline DisasterNatural monopolySounds like a natural monopoly. Regulate it as such.RE: Risking Another Frontline DisasterSeems like another non-elected regulator and two elected pols are gaming the system for their "constituents" benefit, at the expense of "the people." Also seems like the WSJ believes everything must revolve around profit...

Tags: h-1b program, h-1b visa holder, h-1b, h-1b visa

Discussion threads 2008-06-06

Google vs. educational databases

Google vs. educational databasesGoogle vs. Educational Databases: Some CommentsINTERNET SEARCH TOOLS AND SERVICES :DATABASES :OPINIONS:Google vs. Educational Databases: Some CommentsThis post is a response to a discussion on ZDNet Education cited in thispost on Net-Gold:INTERNET SEARCH TOOLS AND SERVICES :DATABASES:Google vs. Educational DatabasesThere are a number of observations that can...

Tags: storage, databases, jstor, database, google inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

Why James Bond looks so healthy

According to The Telegraph, shaken martinis might be the secret of Bond's success. In fact, two UK researchers, a psychologist and a chemist, are collaborating with a French bartender to prove that 'shaken, not stirred' martinis are different. They'll show the difference on June 4, 2008, during the Cheltenham Science...

Tags: james bond, food & beverage, investment, manufacturing, finance, roland piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-22

Survivor Buddy, a friendly robot rescuer

The St. Petersburg Times, Florida, reports that a well-known robot designer, Robin Murphy, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of South Florida USF, 'plans to add a heart to robot rescuers.' As says USF, the goal is to develop 'a robot that will be a companion...

Tags: details, robots, emerging technologies, roland piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-17

A robotic chef for your kitchen?

The European Commission has founded a project named 'Co-operative Human Robot Interaction Systems' CHRIS for a cost of €3.65 million. The project, which started in March 2008, will last 4 years. It is based at Bristol Robotics Lab BRL which will work with the University of the West of England...

Tags: project, chris, service robot, robots, emerging technologies, roland piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Encyclopedia (gadget)

This Encyclopedia gadget has 40 of the Best online Encyclopedia sites. Starting with American Studies, Anime, Artcyclopedia, Astronomy, Bartleby, Botany, Britannica, Canadian, Catholic, CIA Fact Book, Earth, Encarta, Food, Holocaust, Jewish, Legal US, Library of Congress, Life, Literary, Medical, Medieval Studies, MIT Sciences, Mythical, Nasa, Philosophy, Plant, Psychology, Reference, Scholarpedia,...

Tags: gadget, sidebar gadgets, wiki, food & beverage, online communications, manufacturing

Software downloads 2008-05-05

Does open source programming make you a criminal?

Does open source programming make you a criminal?lmao, nicely done! ntntRE: Does open source programming make you a criminal?Great post Dana! It always nice to start the day off with a good laugh.I know where this came from......but I wouldn't have even bothered satirizing the two talkbackers who were constantly...

Tags: development tools, does open source programming

Discussion threads 2008-04-30

Sir Tim Berners-Lee addresses WWW2008 in Beijing

Speaking from the stage in China's Great Hall of the People last Thursday evening, World Wide Web inventor and Director of the World Wide Web Consortium Sir Tim Berners-Lee shared some of his hopes for the Web with his audience of WWW2008 delegates, impeccably polite and ever-helpful conference volunteers and...

Tags: web, tim berners-lee, channel management, marketing, paul miller

Blog posts 2008-04-29

Microsoft releases more Ultimate Extras - Search parties are out looking for the "Wow!"

Microsoft releases more Ultimate Extras - Search parties are out looking for the "Wow!"Microsoft tried this stunt with Plus!...and look how that went....RE: Microsoft releases more Ultimate Extras - Search parties are out looking for theAnyone who thought Ultimate Extras was any more than a marketing ploy was kidding themselves....

Tags: microsoft corp., ultimate extras

Discussion threads 2008-04-23