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To: Amy J who wrote (173964)	4/3/2003 10:23:27 AM
From: greg s	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Hi Amy, Did you read my PM to you? I do not believe we are in disagreement (see my PM). I simply misconstrued your original post. This can happen in discourse on MB's. Absent body language & voice inflections, meaning can become garbled. I ask that you not try to read more into my misunderstanding than just that. re: SARS and shaking hands. My best advice is to wash your hands often and thoroughly. Avoid hand/face contact after shaking hands until you wash. Beyond this, you can wear a facial mask all the time, but then you would look like the Chinese <VBG>. greg.

To: Amy J who wrote (173964)	4/3/2003 11:26:51 AM
From: denni	Respond to of 186894

Microsoft Research Finds Women Take a Wider View PR Newswire - April 03, 2003 08:01 Optical Flow Cues and Large Screen Displays Offer Gender-Specific Benefits When Navigating 3-D Environments on the PC REDMOND, Wash., April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Research has found that women are 20 percent faster in navigating 3-D environments on computers when optical flow cues, or continuous visual cues for navigation, are built into an application's user interface. This discovery is a key factor in overcoming known gender differences in the approach men and women use in navigating 3-D environments. The study concludes that software designers should build applications optimized for large displays and multimonitor configurations, because these form factors more naturally allow for the presence of optical flow cues in scenarios such as gaming, graphic design, architectural walkthroughs and various training programs. (Photo: newscom.com ) "Our team of cognitive psychologists, sociologists, usability specialists and computer scientists is working hard to push the boundaries of human-computer interaction," said Dan Ling, vice president of Microsoft Research. "This work in wide-screen displays will help lead to the best possible computing scenario for our customers." Mary Czerwinski, senior researcher and manager of the Large Display User Experience Group, George Robertson, senior researcher, and Desney Tan, Carnegie Mellon University graduate intern, collaborated on the project, which builds on a paper they published at CHI 2002 that provides evidence that women and men can navigate through the desktop more efficiently when utilizing large screen displays that offer a wider field of view. "It is now well-established that males do better than females in orientation tasks, especially in exploring virtual environments," said Earl Hunt, professor of psychology at the University of Washington. "Previous attempts to close the gap have centered on training women to use more- efficient strategies. This paper represents an important advance, because it demonstrates that a characteristic of the display may be used to improve the male-female difference in orientation performance." Engineers from Microsoft Corp.'s Usability Labs and Microsoft researchers will present eight additional full-length papers and five short papers, and will host and participate in tutorials and panels on topics ranging from collaborative technologies and peripheral awareness interfaces to design and usability at CHI 2003. The conference runs Saturday, April 5, through Thursday, April 10, at the Broward Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. More information on the conference can be found at chi2003.org. About Microsoft Research Founded in 1991, Microsoft Research is dedicated to conducting both basic and applied research in computer science and software engineering. Its goal is to develop new technologies that simplify and enhance the user's computing experience, reduce the cost of writing and maintaining software, and facilitate the creation of new types of software. Microsoft Research employs more than 600 people, focusing on more than 40 areas of computing. Researchers in five facilities on three continents collaborate with leading academic, government and industry researchers to simplify and enhance technology in such areas as speech recognition, user-interface research, programming tools and methodologies, operating systems and networking, graphics, natural language processing, and mathematical sciences. More information can be found at research.microsoft.com .

To: Amy J who wrote (173964)	4/3/2003 12:05:44 PM
From: GVTucker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Amy-- Here's the quote from you where both greg and I got that misconception: Do you think a male CEO from the Baby Boomer generation with a wife at home should make up rules for dual-working Gen X men and women in a vacuum of input from GenX? Too many companies with this particular profile do this, and that's a waste of time for a GenX to wait out that kind of stuff. Implicit in this statement (at least to me) is that a male CEO with a wife at home was unable to make up fair rules for a dual-working Gen X couple. Quite frankly, I have no idea whether I'm a Baby Boomer or a Gen X or some other sort of buzzword generation. Because it doesn't matter to me. Every individual is different. I've met open minded men in their 50's who have the most "traditional" family possible, and I've met closed minded women in their 20's. I don't think it is fruitful to put labels on people and have that be a basis for their value system. You need to evaluate individuals on their own, regardless of the attached baggage. The quote of yours that I referenced above is more of the former than the latter.

To: Amy J who wrote (173964)	4/3/2003 12:30:29 PM
From: soozieque	Respond to of 186894

Amy - Here's a prime example of the unbiased news media practicing "free speech" here in America. newsmax.com With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff For the story behind the story... Wednesday April 2, 2003; 10:46 p.m. EST Eagleburger: NY Times Asked Me to Trash Bush Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger revealed late Wednesday that the New York Times recently asked him to write an essay on the Iraq war - but only on the condition that he would be critical of the Bush administration. "About ten days ago I was approached by the New York Times to write an op-ed piece," Eagleburger told Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes." "When I talked to them about it I was told, 'What we want is criticism of the administration.'" "They told you that?" asked an incredulous Sean Hannity. "Yes, right out, flat out," Eagleburger replied. "He told me, 'We want criticism of the administration.' "Needless to say," the former Secretary of State added, "I did not write the op-ed piece." Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics: Media Bias Editor's note: "CATASTROPHE" Reveals Bill Clinton’s Role in 9/11 - Click Here to find out more Printer Friendly Version Reprint Information