That's just because everyone spend their time trying to find the answers instead of just using their brains.

... and further increased the usefulness of the file cabinets, as the frat members at least had the opportunity to look at something while everyone else had nothing to go on.

Shouldn't curving fix this? Even if everyone gets 30% on every test it shouldn't matter, as long as everyone is getting around 30%. If you are getting wildly varying test results on a single exam then perhaps what you find new and interesting is expecting too much of your students. I think that if they know and understand the curve and have access to test statistics then they shouldn't be bothered by low scores.
On the other hand if the students who are griping are doing so because they typically excel/do average in school -- but are not excelling/doing average in your course -- and your tests are not insane, then I think that those students would probably do well to be exposed to something outside of the box. In fact by not doing so aren't you just perpetuating the system that is promoting the cheaters and the system-gamers above their peers, placing incompetent people in positions where they don't belong, only to have those people hire similar inflated people in the future? I think that if you're "new and interesting" tests are really better at discriminating between the best students, then it's probably just that different students would do well in your course, and they may also be more deserving of a good grade than the complainers.

Are you serious? Why would apple invest time and money in developing a technology only to give it away for free? The entire submission is a troll. There are literally thousands of patents on 911 technologies. Just because 911 is a public service doesn't mean that it exists in a vacuum of altruism; people still spend money and make money deploying and developing these technologies, so naturally there are patents. And like any other market, if it is useful and desired by the consumer, it should be profitable, and then the company that made it makes money. I know it's trendy to demonize contemporary corporations --especially when it comes to patents-- but this is how capitalism works ... this is the USA.

sensile is not a word

For a second I was worried I'd be pushing a button every 108 minutes

mod parent up

Yes. It's graphics power is nearly the same as the last-gen nintendo gamecube. The ps3 and 360 look better because they have better graphics. So the ps3 and 360 would look better on composite graphics too (or even an old black and white tv). The output resolution, (480p, 1080i etc.) just allows those better graphics to shine through with less jaggies. It's textures and polygon counts that make the difference in video games.

umm..? except then you have thousands of printed copies containing both your question and the answer. and if it's indexed you can just search the question and the answer will pop up in google.

I know this one, try www.google.com/ncr

I've determined that the most slashdot articles are complicated set-ups for xkcd links

science news is bi-weekly now

Well we weren't quiet about the site, as it was funny. And I told the truth about it when they asked.

This actually happened to me when I was a high-school student... Back before the internet crash, when you could get domain names for free, a friend of mine wanted to put a website up of his balls, just his balls, at jasonsballs.com (made-up first name). He was 16 and I was 17. I registered the site and drew up the html, with jasonsballs.com in big red letter, a single gif of his ballsack, and an angelfire counter. A few days later and a coupl e thousand hits later, I'm in the administrative office at my highschool with the police. They asked me about it and I explained what we had done (mistake of course). After a bit of time both of us were charged with "Pandering Obscenity of a Minor" or some such charge, a 5th degree felony. After months of lawyers talking, we finally had a court date. 5 minutes in, when an actual judge saw the case, he dismissed it immediately. Nevermind the thousands of dollars in attorney's fees that we had to pay.

I had an idea to call the ACLU at that time but thought that media exposure might hurt me in the long run, now I regret not calling them.

Anyway, this seems like a similar situation and hopefully competent decisions like this will continue to be made.

And in most other languages acronym and abbreviation are not words.