Explorations into "M" (1)
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Having freshly converted both the Visual Studio 2010 and Oslo SDK VPC images that we received at PDC 2008 last month to VMWare images, I figure it's time to dive into M. At PDC, the Addison-Wesley folks were giving away copies of "The 'Oslo' Modeling Language" book, which is apparently official canon of the "M" language for Oslo, so I flip to page 1 and start reading: The "Oslo" Modeling Language (M) is a modern, ...
【東京ブック】 とてもユニークな採用試験 (1)
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■ 今日の一言『採用試験』 エジソンの会社ではユニークな採用試験を行っていた。 学問的な試験ではなくて、一般常識から考える知恵を見抜くものだったのだ。 例えば次のような質問が出ていた。 「どのような状況であればウソも許されると思うか」 「あなたが50歳になったときの典型的な一日はどのようにすごされているか述べよ」 「あなたが死ぬとき、自分の人生に満足したかどうか判断する基準は何か?」 興味深いのはこれらの質問があまりにユニークだったため、新聞記者がおもしろがってとりあげたことだ。 新聞に掲載されたこれらの質問はアメリカの家庭団欒に大きく貢献したということである。 家庭団欒に貢献する企業活動、というのがなんとも素敵だ。 ■ 企画 仲のよい同僚と数人で行う。 自分が自社の採用試験を自由に設計できるとしたらどういう試験にするか考える。 終ったら全員発表する。 自分が新聞記者だったらどれを一番取り上げたいか投票する。 ■ 一言の出典 » 快人エジソン - 奇才は21世紀に甦る (日経ビジネス人文庫) ■ その他の東京ブック 東京ブック アーカイブ
Need A Stimulus? Go For The Grid (2)
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There's a broadening consensus that a hefty chunk of whatever Congress is planning to spend on an economic-stimulus package should go toward infrastructure. Ideally that would mean "green" projects like efficiency upgrades or transit, rather than just building more highways (though it's certainly worth fixing up existing roads and bridges). Obama's certainly thinking along these lines; as he explained to Rachel Maddow the other day, Congress should focus on updating the nation's electrical grid. But ...
中国制造的6款仿造车 (1)
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译者:ChaoOkay你是否觉得这些汽车似曾相识?中国汽车制造商雄心勃勃的试图建立一个全球性的轿车帝国,但是触怒了日本,欧洲和美过汽车制造商。 1.比亚迪F8 VS 梅赛德斯CLK F8:27000-29000美元*CLK:47000-62000美元** * 中国价格** 美国价格 当你看多比亚迪F8,或许你会有点心不在焉,但你马上就会反映过来,它看起来更像梅赛德斯。BYD是构建你的梦想的简写,原本是一家手机电池顶级的制造商,在5年前开始制造汽车。这款F8系列预计将在今天冬天在中国上市,他的运动和格栅都和德国汽车制造商相同,而从车尾看则和雷诺的相似。和CLK不通的是,CLK是配备了V-6或V-8发动机而F8则是前驱动4缸引擎。 2.四川总裁VS宝马X5 CEO: $19,000*X5: $45,000-$53,000* 这个四川型号的设计师一定是德国汽车制造商的粉丝:这款流行的中国制造CEO运动型多用途运载车和宝马X5非常相似。CEO是2006年上市的,运动型的100马力和4缸引擎(宝马车有六个缸引擎或者V8引擎)。当去年四川CEO试图将这个X5派生物销往欧洲,宝马进行了回击。德国法院规定CEO是剽窃品,严禁在德国销售,而他却在意大利销售。 3.Lifan 320 vs. Mini Cooper 320: $6,000-$8,000*Mini Cooper: $18,000** 力帆,中国的一家小型汽车制造商,今年开始炫耀他们的迷你酷跑克隆体。一些主要的不同是:320具四个标准的车门,一个改装的格栅,87马力,然而迷你只有两扇门和118马力。宝马方面还没有起诉,不过力帆方面已经以原版开始出口了。 4.Great Wall Coolbear vs. Toyota Scion xB Coolbear: $5,000-$8,000*Scion: $16,000** 别被长城卡车这个不同寻常的名字欺骗,而认为他是一个新鲜产物:这款酷熊在06年就上市了,车身上的设计和丰田SCION XB相同(这辆中国车具有1.5升的引擎而Scion's 是2.4L)。长城,是中国的一家大企业,同时有很打的雄心,他们生产的汽车已经出口70多个国家。 5.Shuanghuan Noble vs. Mercedes Smart Fortwo Noble: $7,000-$9,000*Smart Fortwo: $12,000** 中国制造商开始销售诺贝尔车型,一款外形上与在今年车展中亮相梅赛德斯节能紧凑车相近。梅赛德斯至今还没有制止上海方面的行动,但是在明年春天准备把Fortwos打进中国市场时可能会发生些变故。 6 Chery QQ vs. Chevy Matiz 0.8S QQ: $4,000-$7,000*Matiz: $10,000** 奇瑞,一家民营企业也是中国最大的客车销售商。生产了他们自己的Daewoo Matiz版本这是在美国通用公司收购韩国倒闭的Daewoo的事情。2004年,通用起诉奇瑞公司,声称尽管中国制造的车型引擎比较小,以及车么可以互换的等。这个案件已经受理,但是奇瑞仍然在中国和拉美出售。然而,中国制造商同意在美国市场不用奇瑞的名字来出售这款车。添加评论相关文章: 买一送一,汽车当白菜卖 球星名车TOP 50(4) 球星名车TOP 50(3)
Viral emails come to life (1)
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The Dueling Dystopias of Political Campaign Ads [Political Science (fiction)] (1)
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John McCain and Barack Obama may seem as different as night and day, but there are a good number of folks still on the fence as to who will get their vote. Where debates, stump speeches, and lectures on voting records have failed, maybe science fiction will save the day. Supporters on both sides of the aisle are crafting speculative fiction in hopes of swaying votes toward their candidate. The Obama campaign’s “McCain Wins” ad ...
BACHMANN TO ADDRESS NATION: Ah, this is a typical thing people (1)
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BACHMANN TO ADDRESS NATION: Ah, this is a typical thing people do when they are UTTERLY FREAKING OUT about their entire careers: “Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has taped an advertisement apologizing for her televised comments calling Barack Obama anti-American, according to a Republican source familiar with her campaign’s decision.” It is still staggering that this one dingbat appearance on Hardball finally did the trick, after daily doses of such standard Bachmannia for the last two ...
SimpleTech Duo Pro: 4 Interfaces, 3 Terabytes, 2 Drives, 1 Happy Nerd [Storage] (1)
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There are plenty of dual-hard-drive outboard storage systems on the market, but SimpleTech's Duo Pro struck me as particularly brimming with awesomeness. It's not a NAS—it's totally local—but you have a choice of USB 2.0, FireWire 400 and 800, and eSATA, which clocks a max transfer speed of 3Gb per second. (That's gigabits, not gigabytes.) You can naturally do RAID 0 or 1, and though the current options are a 1TB total for $280, a ...