Radical as this claim may seem to a casual reader, the actual alternative that emerges from integrating Noë’s arguments with the state of the art in vision research is in fact rather tame, if not entirely mainstream (hence the title of my review). The main reason for this happy, if somewhat anticlimactic, conclusion is that the first part of Noë’s thesis—that perception cannot be fully internal...

The Java Virtual Machine (Jvm) needs, for the purpose of garbage collection (GC), to determine the data type stored in every memory location. Jvms that can do this reliably are said to be type-accurate (TA). Full typeaccuracy usually exacts a price in performance due to the need to scan stacks and registers accurately. The mostly accurate approach presented here can reduce the TA overhead signi...

The validity of Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory of Motivation was tested empirically by surveying 2372 chemical fiber employees in 2012. In the valid sample of 1875 respondents, the degree of overall job satisfaction was more than moderate. The most highly valued components of job satisfaction were: “corporate image,” “collaborative working atmosphere,” and “supervisor’s expertise”; whereas the lo...

Michael Schmuker " All models are wrong, but some models are useful. " – George E. P. Box (1979)