How to avoid sounding like an monkey
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A few weeks ago a well-respected developer wrote a blog post about something he called the "social graph." A graph, to most people, is a diagram like the one on the right, which plots the value of a stock over time. For 99.99 percent of the people this is what a graph is. For a very small group of people, a graph is also something like this:  This is the kind of thing you study in a branch of mathematics called Graph Theory. I know a bit about this because when I was an undergraduate, getting a degree in math, I studied this stuff. I proved theorums about how many edges you'd have to traverse to get from one point to another on this kind of graph. There are many types of graphs, directed and undirected, for example. Some that you'd need two colors to paint, or three, but none need more than four (a theory that has been proven since I left school, thanks to computers). Graphs are useful for modeling stuff that goes on in computers. They are also part of a field of math called combinatorics that's related to statistics, and also related to a highly theoretical area of math called topology.  Now if you showed that diagram to most educated people, they probably would call it a network, and before we talked about social graphs we called them social networks, and you know what -- they're exactly the same thing, and social network is a much less confusing term, so why don't we just stick with it? (Answer: we should, imho.) So if you want to sound like an idiot, call a social network a social graph, and everyone who knows anything about math or computer science with think you're a monkey. Or call it a social network and stand up for your right to understand technology, and make the techies actually do some useful stuff instead of making simple stuff sound complicated. PS: This Google search illustrates. Most of the definitions of "graph" are what you'd expect. There is one search result for "graph theory" -- when they talk about the social graph that's what they're talking about.
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Mini games that use a mic and players' voices make Mario Party 6 a raucous game. Just don't expect the novelty to last long. Game review by Chris Kohler.
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Anisotropy--there's a word you don't hear everyday
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The multistarrer, however, sounds a bit like Masti.
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Start with layering: an extra pair of socks and two long-sleeve T-shirts. Keep the hands warm, always. Oh, and pretend as if the elements do not matter.
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An open-source application for Mac OS X encodes music using just about any audio file format imaginable. In Monkey Bites.
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Options, beautiful options. How dost thou delay me?
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Hearing aids are the best way for many people to maintain a connection to the world, but they can also disappoint new users.
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How do you explain a quarterback sneak in Chinese? How about a blitz, an onside kick, or a fair catch?
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Blog: New devices help remove the stigma of hearing aid use for aging baby boomers, and help preserve the auditory environment for the rest of us.
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Schmoozing can be a trial for the shy, reclusive, and socially challenged. Even those who understand the power of networking sometimes quake at the thought of a roomful of strangers.
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All is not quiet on the speech front.
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âBundlingâ sounds sweet, doesnât it? Like swaddling a baby. But donât let it fool you â the communications version of it is not such a simple pleasure.
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PR spin starts FUD about FUD Buried deep in the bumf for Microsoft's new Vista release is a line that says it handles sound very differently. This kind of jolly PR spin is enough to chill the blood of those who rely on Windows running their audio production software reliably.â¦
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Q: I recently started a new job. While I like the work, I'm faced with one particular situation that's detracting from my enjoyment of the job. I sit in a cube adjacent to a gentleman who makes a painful snorting noise every few minutes, wherein he loudly sucks phlegm to the back of his throat and quickly coughs it out. ...
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By Prasanna Raman  * ON the editorial floor where I sit, often a frog's croaking is heard. The first time I heard it, my colleagues and I thought a frog was moonlighting as a journalist here. But, it was just the journalist's cell phone's ringtone.
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MP3 players should carry warnings users risk damaging hearing by having the volume too high, experts say.