True. That's why you approach candidate selection on Elance like you would if you were hiring him/her to work for you in a real company. You review their background, job history, and feedback from previous customers. You ask questions and see what questions they ask. You check-out their website, and other online presence, etc. There is a lot of supply and a few real "gems" out there. I've contracted out a couple of dozen jobs - client/server Java application, complex Perl scripts, hiring an attorney to draft a patent, proofread my book, design a logo, and the list goes on - with almost 100% success rate.

Everybody agrees that a person is sharper at 15-20 than at 60-80. If this is the case, cognitive decline has to start at some age. Is it relevant if it starts at 45 or some other age ? Probably not. What's important is that decline is gradual, not an instant drop. Just like other "characteristics" : health, looks, amount of energy, etc.

Really? USSR exists very well in my memory, since I lived there for 15 years.

First, they have to form a Committee for Renaming the Department of Homeland Security.
Second, the committee has to work for two years and draft a 1000-page conclusions document.
Third, there has to be a nation-wide referendum.
Fourth...

Works great until somebody else hacks and starts messing around with the breaks.

With all its money, Apple can just become a small country (physical or virtual), seek representation in the UN, train its military, and then defy Australian government

I'm a 37-years old hardware architect/system engineer/logic designer; worked in a several start-ups and large companies. In the last couple of years I published a few well-read articles and a 478-page book on FPGA design. Will see where it leads.

What if parents open an e-mail account to a future child. Does it count as over 100% ?

The article doesn't differentiate between base salary and "extras", such as bonuses, stock options, and other forms of compensations. Stock option grants can easily amount to a yearly base compensation in large Silicon Valley shops. And bonuses at Goldman Sachs is even more.

Bags are trying to form a self-organizing mesh network using RFID. That's why it doesn't work.

Is dark energy renewable ? If yes, I vote for it.

An American student is asked how long it'd take to learn Chinese. He answers: 2-3 years. A Russian student is asked the same. The answer: when is the exam?

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Those who design the overall architecture of a system called software architects