That's "Carte Blanche", dear, not "Card Blanche". And stop frothing a bit, if you can. In 1973, when this all happened, the US House and Senate were both controlled by Democrats, and a Republican was President. As for "legitimate purposes", that's largely in the eye of the beholder. Many people would argue we should instead have instead intervened in Syria, where there actually ARE relatively peaceful demonstraters being massacred on the streets.

Where are the +1 insightful mods when you need them? Parent post is right on!

No, no no...beggars make rags. Rags make paper. Paper makes money. Money makes banks. Banks make loans. Loans make beggars. It's simple!

If the senior guy is making what he agreed to, it should not be relevant what the other guy makes. Of course, being human, we care. A lot. But the solution is to talk to your employer, tell them you're interested in updating your skills to be of more value to them, and negotiate training/salary issues and MAKE YOURSELF MORE VALUABLE. Easier said than done, but that doesn't change whether it's what you really need to do.

OR it could be a memetic alloy terminator *disguised* as a light switch...

At last! Politicians that have realized they shouldn't permit the installation of electronic equipment that is smarter than they are! :)

Did Mark Twain actually say that? Whether he did or not, that's a pretty cool sig. I may borrow that somewhere...

As has been mentioned, in this case "Mister" is a title, not a gender marker. I am quoting. Hmmmm...perhaps I should have use quotation marks and an attribution, but I really thought this quote would be universally recognizable to the /. crowd. Sorry!

Even a democratic government needs its secrets. Example: A Middle-Eastern leader doesn't think that Iran is a safe neighbor, but for reasons of domestic stability dares not say that publically, nor act against Iran itself. It describes Iran as a "snake" that needs to be beheaded to an American diplomat. Did this need to be made public? No. It helped no-one, and serves only to add to the region's instability. Someone in the State Department thinks the government of North Korea is unstable. Does this need to be made public for accountability? Again, no. It only serves to add to the problems with diplomacy in the region. Wikileaks isn't engaged in an assault on dangerous secrecy - it's engaged in an assault on American policy. Where are the Chinese leaks? The North Korean leaks? Oh, yeah. There aren't any.

Marked "Troll"? Really? It's a true statement of my feelings, and not trolling at all.

Assange is, as best I can tell, a moron. I rank this right up there with his saying that the decision to publish his incriminating police files is "disgusting." Sauce for the goose, Mr. Saavik...

You can absolutely have employees who are productive enough, and make substantial contribution enough that they get their own set of rules. I've seen those people, and I've *been* those people. However, you can't have employees that are so difficult to work with that they provide negative contribution to their coworkers' environment. In those cases, you need to either get them away from the coworkers, or get them away.

Freakin' Microsoft. Who gave them the contract to upgrade SunOS, anyway?!?

The best parts of the article were several in which the author gives incorrect explanations of what the computer terms he's using mean. Made my day! This is why I so seldom listen to the press when they're talking tech. :)

I dunno. If your users need to do all their work at the office, this could be great. You either always have connectivity, or nothing would have worked without the net being up anyway. Otherwise, you run into issues. Not only will this take some serious bandwidth, but if your net connection is down, you are out of luck. I'll be in the "thanks, but I LIKE using my computer even when the ISP is down" category. :)