Utah Open Textbook Project | Demonstrating the Cost Effectiveness and Educational Effectiveness of Open Textbooks Digital Math - OSCON 2014 The Main Stage sessions from OSCON 2013 are a collection of jaw dropping talks across across a wide variety of topics. Each one of these talks were highly rated by the people who attended them and each one has insight and information that's valuable for any programmer or developer. Every few weeks we'll be releasing the video of one of the Main Stage sessions so we can share the information with the larger community. Discrete Math You Need to Know Tim Berglund, Datastax In this talk, Tim Berglund explores the branch of mathematics that deals with separate, countable things. Introducing the Numenta Platform for Intelligent Computing (NuPIC) Scott Purdy and Matt Taylor (Numenta) NuPIC represents a new approach to machine learning and machine intelligence. Reinventing Business Bruce Eckel (Mindview, LLC) Over half of US workers hate their jobs, and most of this unhappiness seems to come from dysfunctional organizational structures. Create More Value Than You Capture Tim O'Reilly
Authorities: Singer killed in gunfight with bounty hunter © Hank Williams III/Facebook Country singers Hank Williams III (left) and Randy Howard. LYNCHBURG, Tenn. (AP) — A bounty hunter trying to detain a country music singer wanted on a DUI charge shot and killed the man in a gunfight at the singer's home, authorities said Thursday. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was looking into the circumstances of Tuesday night's shooting of 65-year-old Randy Howard, agency spokesman Josh DeVine said in an email. Howard was a member of country music's "Outlaw" movement, which rejected Nashville's polished music in favor of a rougher sound. Hank Williams III posted a picture on his Facebook page Thursday of him and Howard smiling together under the words, "RIP Randy Howard." Howard had been charged with fourth-offense DUI, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a firearm while intoxicated and driving on a revoked license, DeVine said. "He said he wasn't going back to jail. He embraced the term "redneck." "It can be positive," he said.