Mmmmm. Dirt cookies.

I found Chaucer to be fairly tame for works of classic western literature. But I suppose violence is ok given how acceptable Beowulf is, and don't bring up the Wife of Bath's tale.

I think it was more the:

With the knowledge plus access to things means it will go from a boring vinegar+baking soda set to a strong acids and bases plus other interesting things set fairly quickly.

I would be happy if the government would just provide PDF forms with just enough brains so that you could fill them in and they would automatically do the calculations for you. Then give people the option to either sent those in electronically or print and mail the damn things. The automatic online filing would be a godsend but I would settle for PDFs with fields and auto calculations that I would have to print and mail.

I was going for one of the many long running British car jokes but it fell flat. Although the new Morgan 3 wheeler is probably very similar to the original Morgan 3 wheelers since they are classified as a motor cycle and don't have to comply with modern safety and emissions requirements.

Why not, Morgan does that.

But was it discovered by a single mother?

Then you must be related to my sister's stupid dog that has now consumed 2 of those.

One of the greatest.

I wonder what putting an iPhone on an inductive cooking element would do? Would it only cook certain parts or is there enough metal to scorch the whole thing?

It would only mean committing political suicide if the population actually cared enough. Are most people willing to vote out the existing lizard on the off chance the lizard from the opposing party gets elected. We can't have the wrong type of lizard being elected.

Sounds like she could easily be replaced by an H1b worker.

$100k/yr, not high enough.
We get told all the time how critical these individuals are for the company and that the company is unable to find or train an American worker for the job. So I am willing to call the companies' bluff and say I take them at their work. Given how important these individuals are to the company they obviously should be the most highly compensated individuals in the company so their total compensation package should exceed the compensation package that anyone else in the employ of the company is receiving. Make them pay CEO level salary, bonuses, retirement packages, stock options, relocation package, health package, and any other benefits and we will see just how critical these individuals are.

Another idea that another /. poster suggested was make it so that the company must hire an American to work along side the H1B that will be trained. Both of these individuals are paid the same amount and after some time the H1B is let go.

Sounds about right for some of those questionable companies. You are missing something though, they now get to state that they couldn't get anyone to fill the position so they need to bring in an H1B worker.

I got a similarly bad offer once for a position very similar to what I currently am doing. It was in a higher cost area yet the pay they were offering was 1/3 what I am currently making. I laughed at the recruiter that made the offer who happened to actually think that was a good amount of money for the position until I told her I already make ~3x as much and live in a much nicer lower cost area.

I think one of my buddies has a dog like that. Boxer English bull dog mix, favorite attack tactic: jump up on you, knock you down, sit on your chest, and lick your face.