Not if it is done well. IT may include web development as well as *nix, network, server, and database administration. I wouldn't want someone in any of these roles that wasn't capable of scripting.

Based on your experiences, I would think that you went to a very tiny school, and had very little interaction with other colleges or universities. I went to a small school for my undergrad where the entities you described would serve as "departments." I'm finishing my graduate studies at one of the many universities large enough to have an entire school of Engineering. The department of Computer Science is only one department within this particular school.

If you want to continue using your phone there is. I upgraded two iphones in my home at one point. Turned out we lost access to our phones because itunes was too old. We had to upgrade our os before we could update itunes just so we could load our music and applications.

Wearing a sportscoat through security. I was flagged and pulled aside because I was carrying--some sweat on my back. At the time, these things had been in operation for about a day. They security guy informed me that it was probably just a bit of sweat it detected (I guess he had seen the same thing happen before?). Nice to know that if sweaty terrorists come into an airport that they will also be hassled.

Actually I find spotlight barely usable. Granted, I'm on an older Apple machine, but for me Quicksilver is the way to go hands down. Personally, I wish that Apple got rid of spotlight years ago, purchased Quicksilver, and integrated it into their base operating system. Cmd+space or ctrl+space for quick launch of applications, folders, contacts, sending email, doing arithmetic, looking up words, sending an instant message, running an applescript, and practically anything else that you would want to do on your system.

I wouldn't say the dock is useless, but over the past six years I've probably used it for less than 1% of the applications that I launch.

Not even that. You can have electronic/powered mechanical systems without cybernetics. Cybernetic implies some sort of feedback system.

It seems that in the vernacular "cybernetic" has become somewhat synonymous with "cyborg" or "android".

Darwin has a precedent: http://www.comicvine.com/darwin/29-40600/ Also, the tornado creating mutant was riptide: http://www.comicvine.com/riptide/29-9732/

Not supporting a device after 12-13 years isn't "planned obsolescence" it's regular obsolescence. There's no way that Microsoft/device manufacturers could find the time or money to support every legacy item. It just isn't feasible. Plus, if you could solve your problem with a card reader there really isn't much reason to worry. It's a pretty common way to access images from a camera.

Have you tried any of their alternate domains? I find that many sites still take mailinator, and even more take alternates. Refresh their homepage a few times.