It’s Saturday, and I’m trying hard to wrap my head around this story about a Ryerson University student who’s facing academic misconduct charges for starting a Facebook study group. His professor, it seems, calls it cheating. A Facebook study group is like any other study group, he argues, and he’s right. The problem isn’t that he […]

It’s Saturday, and I’m trying hard to wrap my head around this story about a Ryerson University student who’s facing academic misconduct charges for starting a Facebook study group. His professor, it seems, calls it cheating.

A Facebook study group is like any other study group, he argues, and he’s right. The problem isn’t that he and his fellow students were cheating, it’s that the higher-ups don’t comprehend the technology of social networking and are making knee-jerk reactions.

The student, Chris Avenir, will have a hearing next week that we hope he wins, for if he doesn’t, he’s looking at likely expulsion.

Student faces academic misconduct charges for running Facebook study group [Tech Digest]

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In honor of it being Friday, I believe it’s time for another top ten list. This one comes to us today from ValleyWag, who’s wisely compiled a list of the top ten videos of Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, losing his shit. If you’ve never seen it in person, you’re really missing out. Above is just one, […]

In honor of it being Friday, I believe it’s time for another top ten list. This one comes to us this day from ValleyWag, who’s wisely compiled a list of the top ten videos of Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, losing his shit.

If you’ve never seen it in person, you’re really missing out.

Above is just one, but they’re all worth watching. And then think to yourself about Vista: Would you really trust your personal to this guy?

Steve, we love you man, but take a Xanax.

Ten best Ballmer-goes-nuts videos [ValleyWag]

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In order to promote its Automated Transfer Car (ATV), the European Space Bureau held a contest last summer. The rules were simple; send in a playlist of ten songs to load onto an MP3 player that the un-manned ATV would fly up to astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Therese Miljeteig, a 14-year-old from Norway, won […]

In order to promote its Automated Transfer Automobile (ATV), the European Space Agency held a contest last summer. The rules were simple; send in a playlist of ten songs to load onto an MP3 player that the un-manned ATV would fly up to astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

Therese Miljeteig, a 14-year-old from Norway, won the competition with this playlist…

Here Comes The Sun - Beatles
Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
Rocket Man - Elton John
Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
Imagine - John Lennon
Flashdance - What A Feeling - Irene Cara
Walk of Life - Dire Straits
Fly - Celine Dion
Rockin’ All Over The World - Status Quo
I Believe I Can Fly - R Kelly

…a playlist for which I’ll reserve comment, other than to say “Congratulations, little girl! You did it! Hooray for space! SK8 STR8! Stay in school and what-have-you!”

Her prize will be to travel to French Guiana this Sunday to watch the Jules Verne ATV vessel launch supplies, including the MP3 player, up to the space station.

Music heading ‘out of this world’ [ESA.int] via vnunet.com

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