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Answers to five major questions about Mitchellâs report and what it means for baseball.
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Some of the questions appearing on the 82-item questionnaire given to prospective jurors in the Kobe Bryant rape case:
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A lot of things are happening in the Ruby world right now, and I wanted to highlight a few of them here:  At FOSCon this year, Amy Hoy has asked people to start writing more instructive articles about parts of Ruby or Rails so that newbies would have more "fine manuals" to read.  I've tried to do my part with two short series (so far), one on RubyInline and the other on ruby-prof.  The RubyInline articles are: RubyInline, making making things faster easier, and RubyInline: Going a bit Further.  The ruby-prof articles are:  Profile and ruby-prof, ruby-prof and call graphs, and Profile and ruby-prof:  getting specific. Another blog related event is the current blogging contest being run by Ruby Inside.  They're offering $100 US to their favorite informativ, ruby related blog post this week (Aug 14-20).  There have been a lot of interesting entries so far.  It would be pretty cool to see more contests like this crop up. We're getting close to a couple of Ruby conferences, I wrote about RubyConf*MI in my last post.  RailsConfEurope is also comingu up quickly.  If you're reasonable close to either of these, you should consider registering. O'Reilly has released the Ruby Cookbook.  It's a massive tome, chock-full of Ruby goodness.  I haven't had time to read the whole thing yet, but what I've read looks good, and I'm hearing good things from folks I trust.  Looks like another good book to add to your Ruby bookshelf. APress is getting ready to jump into Ruby and Rails in a big way.  They've got ten titles listed on their 'Rails Roadmap', and have lined up some well known Ruby names to write for them.  They're still looking for some Ruby authors according to this blog post. No Starch Press is also starting to make some Ruby related noises.  I can't be specific yet, but there's a good looking Ruby book on its way into their catalog.  If the book is half as good as what they've talked to me about, it's going to be another 'must have'. The Pragmatic Programmers also look like they're set to add some more titles to their Facets of Ruby line.  James Gray has said that he's writing a book for them that should be announced soon, Ezra Zygmuntowicz also has a book on the way, and I've recently signed a contract with them for a Ruby related book.  It looks like the PragProgs aren't going to be content to sit on their Ruby laurels. Finally, Developerdotstar is close to announcing a couple of books about programming.  Neither of these is Ruby specific, but from everything I've heard I think they're going to be solid, language independant books about becoming a better programmer.  Just the kind of thing you'd expect from these guys.
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Description: Since news of inmate abuse at Abu Ghraib prison first broke, questions have focused on whether senior officials were to blame.
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Every developer (PHP or not) out there has sat back in their favorite chair and thought about what else is out there. Well, Cal Evans is no different and he shares a tool he was linked to (by Terry Chay) that could help you find that "what's next" in your career.   I love Nashville, TN. Well, ok, I really like it. It's a great town but I'm getting a bit restless. The problem I face is that I never know what the environment for programmers will be in a given city before moving there. So when Terry Chay briefly mentioned indeed.com's salary search tool, it sparked my interest. If I, a PHP programmer, wanted to move to another city in the US, how would I fare salary wise? Since I don't want to list every city in the US, I've selected CNN/Money's Best Places to Live in America as my list of cities to compare.   Looking specifically for PHP-related jobs, he made the query, found the cities, ranked them and listed the average salary for the area. He also grabbed the cost of living for each location based on the closest large city and matched them up.   The result?   So it's agreed then, we'll all meet in Columbia, MD.   Check out the post and the lovely graph Cal has put together for more cities and their stats.
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Gabe: I had planned on making a couple posts last week but I ended up getting some kind of devil virus. It was the sort of sick where you don't really sleep. You just curl up in the bathroom and hallucinate that wolves are encircling you. I'm feeling better now though.I had wanted to talk about some stuff but I forgot almost all of it during my spirit quest. Let me see if I can remember anything. Sorry if this is sort of scattershot.I did go to the Pokemon Tournament and I ended up taking fourth. It was my first tourney and I was using a pretty crazy deck I'd built just a few days prior. Kiko also went and he took fifth even though we had the same win loss record during the day. They used some special Pokemon math to push me in to the final four and give him fifth. I pretty proud of both of us. It was a new level of competition that we'd never seen before and I think we played really well.If you're a fan of Transformers I highly recommend the new animated series on Cartoon Network. Some people might be turned off by the look but I think it's incredible. It's got a very Teen Titans look which makes sense seeing as it's by the same people. Even in vehicle mode these transformers are expressive and full of character. I read Amulet over the weekend (don't believe the date on his site, it is already in stores) and if you are a fan of comics I suggest you do the same. I don't want to say too much about it. I think that Kazu is one of the most talented individuals working in comics today. With Amulet he has created something timeless. I've collected all your Dickerdoodle pictures and there's some pretty great stuff in there. Give me some time to sort through them and I'll start posting my favorites soon. I'll get Tycho to help me pick a winner and we'll find something cool here in the office as a prize.-Gabe out
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Zac Greant has posted a series of items on his blog pertaining to the just passed php|works conference he attended. The topics range from eZ systems out to Mozilla. Here's the list:    php|works 2006: Mozilla Report php|works 2006: Mozilla agenda php|works 2006: eZ Report php|works 2006: The eZ Plan php|works 2006: General Followup  Each of the posts summaries som eof his experiences at the conference (specifically in promoting eZ systems and the Mozilla Foundation), and a bit of the happenings following.
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Government questions about &#39;&#39;basic data integrity&quot; derailed publication of a report raising safety concerns about arthritis drug Vioxx on the eve of a
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By Jonathan Nelson, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Feb. 12--Tell us about your job?   I do Internet sales (at Dick Hannah Motors). When somebody visits a (vehicle) Web site, they put their information in. We take that lead and give them all the information (on the vehicle).
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Good morning and happy holidays to you all. I thought I&#39;d come and answer some of your questions. Before I do so I&#39;ve got a statement I&#39;d like to make.
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A great customer turns bad survey questions into valuable feedback. Blog [David Norfolk says: I don't like most surveys I see â they're normally from the armed and dangerous wing of the PR industry â but they can be useful, when done properly. So I was interested when Richard Collins (he wrote a piece for Reg Dev on test-driven development here earlier this year) pointed me at this piece from one of his staff â and I thought it was worth sharing with our readers â , Editor]â¦
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Mark your calendar: November 22. That's the day, barring something unforseen, that OPML 2.0 will move from a draft to a final frozen spec. If you plan to use OPML 2.0, or you're already using it, please set aside a few hours to carefully review the spec, between now and the end of September, or at the latest early October, to be sure it makes sense to you.  We're doing this very slowly and carefully so people will believe in the quality of this spec. If you don't think it's a good spec, now is the time to say why. Speak now or forever hold your peace. You may not like the format, that's not the issue now -- it's the spec we're trying to finalize.  Thanks for your help!
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The answer: "It depends!" The real question: "What happens next?"
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Now that you know how you scored, you probably want to know why. Check out the answers below for the gory details. And be sure to return next year for another news quiz, ripped straight from the tech headlines.Question 1: Why is Microsoft still under the court's watchful eye?10 points c. Microsoft's delays in filing technical documentsIt could be worse. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly turned down a request from 10 state attorneys general to extend oversight through 2012. Redmond still faces two anti-trust probes in Europe, where unlike in the U.S., its former attorneys are not members of the organization tasked to oversee it.Question 2: Who's tired of filling the trough for IPS, telcos, and device makers?10 points a. U2 band manager Paul McGuinnessMcGuinesses' comments, made to attendees of a music industry trade show in Cannes, France, echoed the drumbeat struck by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry last week. Having failed to stop users from swapping files, the record industry is going after the pipes used to transport them. Expect to hear this tune in high rotation over the coming months, even if you can't dance to it.Question 3: What happened to those missing iPhones?10 points d. We don't know nothin' about no missing iPhones5 points b. They fell off a truck and got unlockedAt least, d is the answer Apple and AT&amp;T are offering, after analysts pored over figures released by the two companies. Apple says it sold 3.75 million iPhones last year, AT&amp;T activated roughly 2 million, and about 350K were sold in Europe, leaving 1.4 million unaccounted for. Give yourself 5 points for answering b, since it's believed the gadget's popularity has created a robust international market for hacked iPhones that can be used with any carrier.Question 4: What caused the Mideast and India to lose Internet access?10 points c. A whale chewed through the undersea cablesOK, maybe it wasn't a whale. But something cut two undersea cables that delivered bandwidth to a half dozen countries, causing havoc for some firms using India-based call centers. Officials say the break will take about two weeks to fix. So if you thought your PC maker's offshore support sucked already, you're in for a real treat.Question 5: Whose personal loss record did SocGen's Jerome Kerviel break?10 points b. Brian Hunter at Amaranth EnergyHunter managed to lose only $6.6 billion speculating on natural gas prices, ahead of Hamanaka ($2.6 billion), Leeson ($1.7 billion), and Iguchi ($1.1 billion). To set his record, Kerviel created fake e-mails with bogus trade requests and hacked into SocGen's servers to cover his activities. However, there's no indication Kerviel was on steroids at the time, so no need for an asterisk.Question 6: How much coin did it take to snag the C block of analog spectrum?10 points a. $4,713,823,000Only one bidder exceeded the FCC's reserve price of $4.6 billion on the auction's final day. But the identity of that bidder will remain a mystery until all 1,100 pieces of spectrum at auction have been sold, a process that could take months. The smart money is on either Verizon Wireless or Google, but no one knows for sure. Remember the presidential election in 2000? The FCC is the new Florida.Question 7: What's holding up Apple's new online rental service?10 points c. The software isn't readyScheduled to be released by the end of January, Apple says its Apple TV upgrade still isn't quite ready for prime time, so it's holding off for a couple of weeks.Question 8: What glitch is the MacBook Air NOT suffering?10 points d. Difficulty fitting the laptop inside nonstandard manila envelopesEagle-eyed MacWorld reporters noted several warnings about the MacBook Air's shortcomings buried in the fine print at Apple.com. Interestingly, some of the documents cited in the story vanished into thin air after their presence was revealed. No word yet whether Apple plans to sue itself for leaking insider information.Question 9: How did Yahoo celebrate its better-than-expected financial results?10 points d. All of the aboveThough making $200 million is better than losing it, Yahoo's profits were down 23 percent from the previous year, causing it to lay off 7 percent of its workforce. Yahoo renewed a partnership with AT&amp;T, though likely at much less favorable terms. CEO Jerry Yang predicted Yahoo would be facing ?headwinds? throughout the rest of the year, reigniting rumors of a possible takeover by AT&amp;T, Microsoft, or one of the media giants.Question 10: What's HTC phones plus ABC fines divided by Dell kiosks?10 points a. 24,286HTC says it sold approximately 2 million phones last year via companies like Sprint and AT&amp;T. The FCC fined 52 ABC affiliates $1.4 million for showing a woman's bare buttocks in a 2003 episode of NYPD Blue. Dell is closing 140 retail kiosks this year. So (2M + 1.4M)/140 = 24,286 (rounding up). Or, if you prefer, 12,143 per cheek. Be sure and tune in next week for another cheeky news quiz.Ready for more? Take another stab at this week's quiz, or quizzes past:Test your geek IQ Test your network security IQ InfoWorld news quiz: February 1 InfoWorld news quiz: January 25 InfoWorld news quiz: January 18 InfoWorld news quiz: January 11 InfoWorld news quiz: January 4 InfoWorld news quiz: Year in review InfoWorld news quiz: December 14 InfoWorld news quiz: December 7 InfoWorld news quiz: November 30 InfoWorld news quiz: November 23 InfoWorld news quiz: November 16 InfoWorld news quiz: November 9 InfoWorld news quiz: November 2 InfoWorld news quiz: October 26 InfoWorld news quiz: October 19
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Here's the new Reddit for Scripting News... http://reddit.com/r/scripting/  Please, if you're a regular reader of this site, bookmark it, and when you want to contribute a link to the community, add it there. Do the normal thing you do with Reddit or Digg, move articles up or down, according to your opinion of how relevant they are to the community defined by this weblog.  Warning: I will moderate, heavily if necessary, to keep it from being abusive or overly immature. Sorry for having to post the caveat, but you know how it goes.
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Rojo  is trying to hire a few Engineers .  Rojo is an amazing company to work for.  We're working with some really impressive technologies and doing some really cool work.  If you're interested in RSS/Atom, Social Networking, Open Source, Java, Linux, etc then I'd highly recommend that you come and work with us.  If you suggest someone to Rojo, and we hire them, we'll give you a free iPod. At the very minimum its a nice gesture for your help.  Also if you want a free invite to Rojo please let me know.  We'd love to have more feedback.