It was Microsoft’s week on the Apprentice. Two MS execs came on the show to help promote Microsoft Office LiveMeeting. In my opinion, both teams performed poorly on the task they were given - but one team performed horribly. Here’s my recap:
The task
For this 2-on-2 task, the teams were given the task of creating a [...]

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Ryan Gardner on December 2nd, 2005

Part fo the fun of having 26,000 christmas decorations and lights is being able ot control them. What? You don’t have 26,000 christmas decorations and lights? Perhaps you should head oer to “Alek’s” (no not “Alec”, but “Alek”)
He has 3 webcams rigged up to let you see his christmas lights. He also has 8 [...]

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Ryan Gardner on December 1st, 2005

A local engineer in Anchorage, Alaska has secured a used cyclotron from Johns Hopkins University. Everything was looking good for him until his neighbors found out. Now everyone is mad - but without real reason.
I think that physics must be taught at a higher level in public education to help people understand what is [...]

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