we both have the same to loose. So if China decides that they can get by with just their intranet then deterrence doesn't work. Especially since the stakes for the US and rest of the world would be total economic collapse. Also concerning is the less one side understands about the technological concepts and repercussions the more likely ether side is start a cyber war. and we all know our decision makers are crack technologists. A least nukes mean the total end of the physical world, where no one is likely to exactly know what would happen if we erased the virtual one.

I switched to http://duckduckgo.com/ a few weeks ago. I find it is much better at returning actual sites instead the long form posts that mentioned questions, but lacked actual information past that.

Anyone know how much every twitter user using ssl would slow down the service? twitter has always been a little slow (not surprising given how many requests they receive). This effort has got to introduce a huge scaling problem right?

the lack of any non binary choices made me feel like the choices were meant to be read that way. Choices make a lot more sense when they are 0-5 beers too.

I play more 2600 than xbox. Pong is a great social game after the bar.

because they will need them for the decades of litigation that it will take to get the song rights back.

I count everything that isn't a block comment. stuff that isn't in /* */ type comments. I count blank lines, in line comments(everything after a //), and brackets. they all promote readability just as much as the code itself and are important. Since i keep to a coding standard it doesn't matter much anyhow, since if im keeping to it its hard to artificial increase LOC.

Need to write more.

I've been looking for an alternative to Java for some time. Java was appealing because of it cross-platform compatibility, and relatively easy to use GUI classes. Anyone have any suggestions?

I thought the same thing after reading the article. It was their modules that were broken in the release so you would expect them to have more specific automated testing for these areas.

I would gladly pay more for three things, higher quality materials(no more of that fake wood shit), U.S. made, and a trustworthy company. That last one is a bit tricky. I trust a company when they continue to improve, instead of sitting back and when they think something is 'good enough.' i also need someone who i can call, communicate with, and treat me like I'm a reasonable human being.

I think one of the biggest issues is the gap in price between good products and low end stuff. I want my music to sound good and I'm willing to buy something that is 3x the cost of the everyday / low end equipment. But instead I'm given the choice between low end equipment or pro-awesome-blow-your-mind stuff that is 10 times more expensive, with nothing in between. I would love the more expensive stuff, but I just can't afford a 10,000 worth of stereo gear.

the browsing opportunities are why i go to book stores. i never know what im going to buy. there are alot of books that i would never have found if i couldn't walk through the shelves.

A budget like theirs would also help :)

..is measured in what we won't produce and is therefore something we will never known.