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  • Cooking For Geeks
    jsuda writes "You've got to have a lot of confidence and nerve to write and try to sell a nearly 400 page book on cooking to the take-out pizza and cola set. No cookbook is likely to turn many geeks into chefs or take them away from their computer screens. However, even though Cooking for Geeks contains a large number of recipes, it is not a conventional cookbook but a scientific explanation of the how and why of cooking which will certainly appeal to that group, as well as to cooking professionals and intellectually curious others." Read on for the rest of jsuda's review.pa href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F08%2F1230234%2FCooking-For-Geeks" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Cooking+For+Geeks%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F9M979L" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a/ppa href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/09/08/1230234/Cooking-For-Geeks?from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./piframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discussamp;id=1780696amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"/iframeimg width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d8f3455/mf.gif' border='0'/ pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/zylhFxLMrhKbNGBpnEwfHi-L9bA/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/zylhFxLMrhKbNGBpnEwfHi-L9bA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/zylhFxLMrhKbNGBpnEwfHi-L9bA/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/zylhFxLMrhKbNGBpnEwfHi-L9bA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/tVB5U641Uc0" height="1" width="1"/

  • Google Instant Announced
    GCPSoft writes with this quote from a Google announcement: "Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you type. We are pushing the limits of our technology and infrastructure to help you get better search results, faster. Our key technical insight was that people type slowly, but read quickly, typically taking 300 milliseconds between keystrokes, but only 30 milliseconds (a tenth of the time!) to glance at another part of the page. This means that you can scan a results page while you type."pa href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F08%2F1759217%2FGoogle-Instant-Announced" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Google+Instant+Announced%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fa5Md4b" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a/ppa href="http://search.slashdot.org/story/10/09/08/1759217/Google-Instant-Announced?from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./piframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discussamp;id=1781094amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"/iframeimg width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d8ef01f/mf.gif' border='0'/ pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ni8LqeOQNMgMIfKJyYr1NfLBMhU/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ni8LqeOQNMgMIfKJyYr1NfLBMhU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ni8LqeOQNMgMIfKJyYr1NfLBMhU/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ni8LqeOQNMgMIfKJyYr1NfLBMhU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/ri3pCwepN7w" height="1" width="1"/

  • Narcissists, Insecure People Flock To Facebook
    Meshach writes "A study out of Canada claims that Facebook is a magnet for narcissists and people with low self-esteem. The theory is that these people use the site as a means of self promotion or to feel important."pa href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F08%2F1621235%2FNarcissists-Insecure-People-Flock-To-Facebook" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Narcissists%2C+Insecure+People+Flock+To+Facebook%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FbcjWSB" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a/ppa href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/08/1621235/Narcissists-Insecure-People-Flock-To-Facebook?from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./piframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discussamp;id=1780984amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"/iframeimg width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d8ee469/mf.gif' border='0'/ pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/wzyxnll8TTpI9N0_FsHZx5NLzhk/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/wzyxnll8TTpI9N0_FsHZx5NLzhk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/wzyxnll8TTpI9N0_FsHZx5NLzhk/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/wzyxnll8TTpI9N0_FsHZx5NLzhk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/xodMEJ6Bkpo" height="1" width="1"/

  • BP's Gulf Spill Report Shows String of Failures
    eldavojohn writes "News is out of BP's report on the gulf spill that shifts some of the blame on to other companies like Transocean that worked with BP in erecting the Deepwater Horizon rig. If you were affected by the spill, you might find the video, executive summary and 193 page report an interesting read. The summary outlines six or seven major failures in safety and engineering that all built up to the deaths of eleven workers and widespread contamination of the gulf. From incorrectly using seawater instead of drilling fluid to misinterpreting pressure test results, this report is just BP's side of the story as the blowout preventer has been pulled up and is still on its way to NASA where it will be analyzed by government investigators who will be able to compile their own report."pa href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F08%2F1612220%2FBPs-Gulf-Spill-Report-Shows-String-of-Failures" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=BP's+Gulf+Spill+Report+Shows+String+of+Failures%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FbSjU62" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a/ppa href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/08/1612220/BPs-Gulf-Spill-Report-Shows-String-of-Failures?from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./piframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discussamp;id=1780964amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"/iframeimg width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d8ea600/mf.gif' border='0'/ pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bmYZGd55tcQYq_PkHlxxsW7rr_w/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bmYZGd55tcQYq_PkHlxxsW7rr_w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bmYZGd55tcQYq_PkHlxxsW7rr_w/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bmYZGd55tcQYq_PkHlxxsW7rr_w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/iJGMH6p5ZZk" height="1" width="1"/

  • University Offers Class In Zombie Studies
    Young people at The University of Baltimore will be able to study the zombie condition thanks to the newly available English 333. Students in the class will watch 16 classic zombie films and read zombie comics. Instead of writing a final research paper they may write a script or draw storyboards for their own zombie movie. Unfortunately the class doesn't seems to cover brain appreciation.pa href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fidle.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F08%2F1343227%2FUniversity-Offers-Class-In-Zombie-Studies" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=University+Offers+Class+In+Zombie+Studies%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F94h2Mc" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a/ppa href="http://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/09/08/1343227/University-Offers-Class-In-Zombie-Studies?from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./piframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discussamp;id=1780790amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"/iframeimg width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d8e6b52/mf.gif' border='0'/ pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/erwKHjQRj95TSIVCVhfCD5wHdPg/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/erwKHjQRj95TSIVCVhfCD5wHdPg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/erwKHjQRj95TSIVCVhfCD5wHdPg/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/erwKHjQRj95TSIVCVhfCD5wHdPg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/DRhJqIBqsNM" height="1" width="1"/


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