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...select Linus Torvalds, who invented Linux, the Web's ubiquitous operating system; Bart Ehrman, the biblical scholar who wrote Misquoting Jesus, a book on how biblical texts, through error or intent, changed over the past 2,000 years; and Reza Aslan, who wrote No God but God, a book about what's really going on with Islam and the West, debunking the "clash of civilizations" argument...
...useful feedback to come from students. The program’s partners include IBM, Novell, and Microsoft, according to Clippinger. The Higgins project is open source, meaning that anyone will be able to see the code behind the technology. The popular internet browser Mozilla Firefox and the operating system Linux are also open source programs. The code-name “Higgins” comes from the name of a long-tailed Tasmanian mouse, which represents the many markets that could use this technology. —Staff writer Jillian M. Bunting can be reached jbunting@fas.harvard.edu...
...7427466391.com typed the answer into their browsers and went to that Web page, which offered another, harder problem (don't ask) that finally led to an invitation to interview at Google. The company also has inserted the "Google Labs Aptitude Test" in geeky publications like Linux Journal. It poses 21 questions, ranging from absurdly complex mathematical equations to poetic queries like "What is the most beautiful math equation ever derived...
SHIRKY: We're seeing lots of places where value is being created outside of institutional frameworks, in ways that institutions can't touch. When you look at the way Linux has developed, it's not a model that can be emulated by any organization that wants to pay programmers because if someone has one good idea, it will be added to Linux. You would never hire an employee who only has one good idea. That would be a bad hire...
...Nokia's 48% stake in Symbian gives it too much say. Clifford has peacemaking experience. He ran the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where he balanced the clashing interests of doctors, patients, university and government. Now he will have to broker peace with one hand while fighting competitors like Microsoft and Linux with the other. A new wrinkle appeared the day after Clifford took over, when share-holder Siemens agreed to sell its mobile-phone unit to Taiwan's BenQ. The acquisition includes Siemens' 8.4% stake in Symbian, but only if Symbian shareholders approve BenQ as a new owner. "Challenges are what...