I don't know about that. I can't intelligently comment on Comcast (as I have the pleasure of saying I've never lived in an area plagued by Comcast) but between Cox and TWC I've always had better internet service through Cox. The speeds are better, the downtimes are extremely rare, and although they claim a data cap, I've gone over it numerous times and have never been penalized for it. I called them on it and they indicated that in reality it's a soft cap and all they do is send a warning email. I suppose if that ever changed I might change my mind, but for now I'd personally recommend Cox.

Their customer service, on the other hand, leaves a lot to be desired (although I doubt it's as bad as what I've heard of Comcast)

Sounds realistic to me, at least where I drive in the fantasy world known as Florida.

That is not entirely correct. Technically, as a "business associate" of the health plan (assuming that the health plan is through the employer) then they have the same obligations as the health plan administrator themselves when obtaining information for an FMLA claim, and information obtained must be done through a health care provider acting on behalf of the employer. This is a reason why many large employers (like the one I worked for) have on staff occupational nurses to act in this capacity.

Actually it may very well included test results for stuff like MRIs. I had to claim FMLA years ago with a company I worked with and part of the document that was submitted to my employer was documentation from my Doctor including medical test results (with legal waivers allowing them to be sent to the Employer, of course) to help support the FMLA claim.

It could be related to FMLA claims. When someone claims FMLA there is certain medical documentation that may need to be shared with an employer (although as it is still covered by the HIPAA laws, great care has to be taken to ensure it is not exposed like it apparently was).

Yeah, perhaps in a hidden way maybe this is some of the motivation for Wolfe to do this. In that case, I fully support the DMCA take down notice if it lights a fire under Mojang to finally get serious about the modding API.

Honestly I found Bukkit to always be very buggy in many aspects, probably in part to the way it was designed. I know I have no say on the decision, but if I were Notch and company, I'd take the useful stuff that they can get negotiated rights for out of Bukkit, firebomb the rest of it and create their own mod engine from the ground up.

No shit, and my comment was directed at the AC who somehow thinks that Wolfe can try to force Mojang's hand. Yeah, he can make them take down the binaries all day long, but he has no leg to stand on in trying to force them to open source the server. I doubt Mojang would even consider it. It's much more likely if they had to that they would discontinue Bukkit/CraftBukkit and create their own modding engine (which I believe they have been working on in preparation for the modding API anyways).

Wrong. He wrote code that went into a mod (essentially a mod that makes mods easy to interface with Minecraft). He didn't contribute a single line of code to Minecraft, which is not an open source project.

You moronic asshole (see, I can do it too). You are not understanding the fact that there is ZERO GPL violations in the Minecraft server. The whole issue of GPL violations is with Bukkit and CraftBukkit, which this guy did work on. And the irony here is that they had to reverse engineer the Minecraft Server software in order to make Bukkit/CraftBukkit work. In short, not only does Wolfe have no ground to stand on in terms of the Minecraft Server software being open sourced but also he's basically torpedoing the software that he helped to create. I'm guessing the dude is going to have trouble finding friends in the Minecraft Development Community before long.

Better question. What Dad let's their kids play FPS games? The only first person game I allow my kids to play is Minecraft (And I actually turn the game to peaceful so they can focus on building and not fighting).

+50 this. If you want a real foundation that can make you a really damn good programmer in college and beyond, try to get an intro into Discrete Math. I'm sure that through iTunes U and other places online there are likely videos and instruction on Discrete Math if there are not any courses available to a HS student.

Computer Science != chugging out code. Anyone who has actually gone through a Computer Science degree (I'm nearly done with mine) will tell you that it's not purely writing code. Analyzing algorithms and computational complexity, doing Math up to or beyond Linear Algebra, Set Theory, and Theory of Computation, and possibly (depending on chosen electives) learning about Cryptography, Database Design, and Artificial Intelligence indicates that learning about how computers work, what code does, how important it is to have efficient algorithms, and the real life applications of coding all is encompassed in Computer Science.

I think there is a gross misunderstanding in society of what skills a CS Grad takes from their degree. To be honest, when I was in High School (96-00) there was no such thing as an AP Computer Science class or test (at least not at my HS) so I don't know how much the class focuses on stuff other than coding, but I can tell you that if someone goes from HS to College expecting a CS Degree program to essentially be a bunch of classes about chugging out a bunch of lines of javascript, they'll get a nice swift kick in the ass the first time they take an Algorithm Analysis class and realize all of the math and proofs involved.

Don't disagree that CEOs are too highly compensated for their jobs more often than not in large corporations. What's that got to do with women in STEM?

As someone who tutors in CS while finishing up his bachelors, I think this is great. Too many times I see women who have the skills to be a good programmer but don't have someone pushing them hard to be a great programmer because it's assumed that the field just "isn't for Women." Women can be just as good at engineering, programming, math and science as men and I think the industry as a whole can stand to get a bit more even in terms of gender representation. If anything, encouring the women in our country to get into these more technical fields could help drive the men who are competing with them to work harder and perhaps we'll be importing less tech savvy people from other countries. My $0.02.