Agree. Arriving at consensus too much like politics. Moderation sounds more like drinking.

Because the ST drives, like the one i had in my NAS just went tits-up, and restoring terabytes of data is a pain. I know some of you will say this is allegory, but don't say I didn't warn you.

Holy smokes. What did you do to make them take away your graduation status?
All I know is Branson's insurance premiums are going way up, and I'm gonna be the guy that pays for it. Insurance companies profit even more than health care workers from other peoples pain and suffering. I hope Nancy Pelosi signs up for one of these flights. Maybe we can fly her to Africa to visit the troops.
and leave her there.

The same dopes that can't find a start button couldn't find their ass with both hands.
If you are still running xp, that is fine with me, just don't get into a discussion about modern computing.
If you are running Linux, don't get into a discussion about something you know nothing.
Once you do a few tests and actually use the software, you will realize windows 8.1 runs faster and better than Windows 7.

kudos to AC. That scientists of that period were pretty decent philosophers as well. Not the robot driven error prone measurement/methodology/math freaks we have today.

would you prefer they completely shut down...
Well yes, but this way they can coninue to suffer the same fate they inflicted on Compaq. The company that brought you the 386 was reduced to whoring itself with consumer grade plastic crap built peddled and supported by foreigners. Of course Packard used to have an almost revered name before Fiorina, with Whitman, it's just pathetic. Maybe HP should build rockets, how much worse could they be?

A company where ground-breaking satellite, rocket and other space systems make space [parts] more accessible to millions of people on Earth every day

get it?

Don't single him out, the number of dopes posting about things they don't use and have no experience with is legion. Idiot probably uses systemd for good measure. Sorry to throw that non-sequitor in there, but systemd is the edith keeler of debian. If it doesn't die our future will be broken. Linus himself may collapse into a statistical nondeterminate improbability. And nobody wants that.

thou shall not covet thy neighbors goods. as usual, this is very simple. making excuses for why you are going to hell is very complicated. notice, how the bible knew about you "free" types even before linux and probably about systemd.

1. Blue Screen edition
2. Incompatible edition
3. Chinese gov't approved edition.

Surface Pro 3 is the machine to have. Yes it's expensive, but Apple users don't mind spending lots of money for the BEST product available. It's going to be hard for Microsoft to screw this one up. Hmmm, I shouldn't have said that...

FTFY,
Now let's talk about the real problem. We can discuss feeding enough power into your building later. At 1/3 of a rack, I suggest you go shopping for wheelbarrows to transport the cash you are going to need to fix your real problem. - Don't feel bad, we all have this problem.

You can't say anything on Slashdot without everyones approval.
Mod away bitches.

I suspect that little patent tidbit is causing more problems than you can imagine. If the company wanted your patents, they would have bought them from you. Now, they are just trying to figure out if you will be skimming their IP and trying to patent it.
Next time, tailor your resume to the job you are after and leave the irrelevant fluff out. Forcing strangers to make decisions about you is not a good idea. THEY DON'T LIKE DOING THAT. You either meet some of their requirements or you don't. You repeat their requirements back to the and explain how you can fulfill them. Once you start talking about being a "self starter" or "working well under pressure" or your GPA or all the things you do in your life that will distract you from what they want you to do, they start talking about those things too. Because the job interview part is over.

But in the real world, well, we still have people using Windows 95.

not really
If you want to fix their broken spreadsheet problem, maybe they should use SUMIFS (and stop calling you for help). In fairness, you probably didn't charge her anything, which works out to be the right price. Of course if she had called me, I would have told her to spend the 300 bucks on a new computer and not charged her either. Although my solution and insight was worth much more than yours.