I wouldn't consider IRC or USENET to be 'back in the day" technologies. Both are alive and well and doing a fine job of allowing for inconspicuous file transfers...

Just because you can't search for it in Google doesn't mean it's not on the Internet.

RT(F)A -- Suit originally filed in 1999. Since the claim is specifically against image interaction, rather than simply hyperlinks, the timing is just about right.

Lots of movies (everything except the blockbusters) make most of their money in back catalog. There is huge money in owning a massive library of old films.

So while I agree that copyright has lost all sense of 'fair use', I don't think you'll win arguing that there is no value in long copyrights.

The real variable, and the real constraint, is theater screens. Bad movies have shorter runs and good movies last longer. Price comes in later when you wait for it to show at some local independent theatre, or on PPV, Redbox, etc.

It's not the size of the home page, it's the motion of the .GIF

US citizens are eligible for the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion of up to roughly $92,000 if you are either permanently residing outside of the United States or have been residing outside of the US for at least 330 days during the previous 12 months.

US Government contractors are eligible, but US government employees (State, USAID, etc.) are not.

It's a good deal if you can get it; and if you are close to the threshold of 330 days, take a vacation anywhere outside the US -- you don't need to be working all the time, you just need to not be in the US. Also, if you have a touch of the OCD, ask the immigration people to stamp your passport chronologically instead of randomly when you travel. This makes it super easy to show your dates outside the US if you get called on it.

I am not a tax advisor.

Snarky...I like snarky... Hopefully there will be a new comment modifier so we can distinguish humor from snark...

I found it funny that of all the available data Google has on the Android Market, they chose to ignore the one that a lot of people track. Voting with dollars is a good way to see which apps/developers are producing quality; and it tends to signal whether the market is sustainable since developers, like everyone else, have rent to pay and at least one mouth to feed.

How about a breakout of paid versus free and some idea of who's making money developing for the Andriod platform?

First, it's additional work... but more importantly, it's additional liability since you are now responsible for what gets posted...

I just use the rand() function in Excel. Way less hassle than firing a laser through a diamond...

This is the same way in which news has always developed. The difference now is that all the rumors, facts, leads, and dead ends that a good reporter sifted through and tracked down is much more public. Now we get to see the making of the sausage because so many people are willing to post random noise and data, but most of us still want trusted reporters to help us analyze and make sense of a story. Every individual needs to pick their level of comfort and trust in their sources -- some will continue to trust the traditional institutions of journalism, and some will believe that 'Anonymous Coward' is a trustworthy and citable source.

Same signal, more noise, and less ability of the average American to distinguish between the two.