I actually had gotten to an order page a while ago, this was way after the initial rush. Placed the order (Element 14) in April, and just got it last Friday. I also got an invitation to order it from RS about a couple weeks ago.

Even better is if it is a Firewire device -- from what I've read, Firewire gives all kinds of direct memory access to stuff plugged into it (it is a system level bus). Even more so for PC-card (pcmcia) devices.

I think that is mainly to raise public awareness that there is a treatment for the condition that they are experiencing (or don't know that they have), and it gets them to actually go see a doctor. Believe it or not, quite a few folks just don't go to a doctor regularly.

From my experience, when a talk page starts to get a lot of activity, an admin will install "MiszaBot", which is an automatic archiving script that archives discussion threads older than 90 days. I just checked this article's talk page, and it looks like the whole discussion is still there in the archive 3.

I just need one with a timer on it. One time I was cleaning up my computer desk, and almost burned myself on a (cheap Radio Shack) iron that was still plugged in... from a soldering job I did 3 days prior. Oops. Needless to say, the tip was pretty much ruined on that one.

This is one of the things that a lot of people have a hard time understanding about space travel / orbital mechanics. The analogy I use, is let's say you throw a baseball on the interstate, intending it to land in the bed of a specific pickup truck. Now half way through the ball's flight, you find out that it needs to go into another truck traveling in the opposite direction, and the only thing the ball can do is eject pieces of itself in order to change it's direction / velocity. Well, it ain't going to make it. So that is why the Columbia shuttle couldn't dock with the ISS, even if the damage was known about.

However, one thing it could have done is fly in using a trajectory which put more stress on the good wing, until the vehicle reached an altitude in which the occupants could safely eject. But that was only speculation on NASA's part, no guarantee that it would have worked. But an inspection would have at least left it as an option.

The main response I give to this, is it has always been acceptable to have a limited amount of personal phone calls -- for example "Honey, I'm working an hour late", or "Well, can you pick up a gallon of milk on the way home?" accompanied by the usual personal greetings / goodbyes, etc. Or maybe you need to call your doctor during business hours to schedule an appointment. Now days, online has either replaced or supplemented many of these previous phone-only personal items, and it may actually be more efficient then sitting on hold for half an hour with the insurance company. The alternative is for the employer to give you more frequent personal days to take care of things that can only be done during business hours. Oh, and many office workers are on flex time, which basically boils down to the employer isn't buying your time, instead they are buying your work output. if you aren't producing enough for what they are paying you, then there are other avenues than cutting off all your phone and internet access.

You mean like what is here? Yes it would be easier if they gave a Linux support flag on the actual model page, instead of flipping between these two pages (or gave pricing info on the Linux page), but it is better than many vendors.

I've been looking at the Torgoens, among them the T2 series (also no longer on their web site). Here's what I'm basically looking for in a slide rule watch:
1) Preferably a rotating outer bezel, instead of rotating the slide rule with one of the crowns. It seems that it would take too long to set the slide rule for a quick calculation using the crown. Also, most watch of that design put the slide rule crown on the left side, where you'd have to take the watch off to use it.
2) No parallax errors -- so the ones with one set of scales on the outside bezel, and the other scales under the crystal are out.
3) Something where the numbers on the bezel won't wear off, i.e. not painted on but actually etched / engraved.
4) Enough of the gauge marks so it doesn't look too plain. Most of the E6B ones fill this category nicely.
5) C, D, and time scales. Some watches are missing the time scale (see the third one in on the T2 for example).

I think either the Citizen Skyhawk comes close to what I want, but I'm skeptical on the digital face (which can get covered up by the hands periodically). Also some of the no-longer made Seiko's look close to what I want.

The reason this is significant is that apps are usually installed with limited access to items it doesn't need. So normally a bad app won't be able to steal passwords, or lift your address book, unless you give it permissions. This demonstration is simply showing a covert channel for information leakage that people may not have thought about before.

That is precisely the reason I started liking Best Buy -- it was so pleasant after a bad Circuit City experience. CC was trying to push an extended warranty on a laptop that my Dad was buying, saying that this model is known to "blow up" if it isn't cleaned every 6 months. I came back and said, "so you are saying that we should buy a different laptop then?" The sales person didn't react to well to logic.

Went over to Best Buy, the sales person let us browse, he said it looks like we knew what we were doing, and to grab him if there were any questions. Of course, now that CC is gone, BB has started to degrade.

Our dog doesn't call when called, but knows the cat's name. Every time the cat is called for dinner, dog comes running.

This may or may not help with the current situation, but with regards to choice 2, (especially during the hiring process) mention that you do some community work on the side for non-profits, and that the entities you deal with want to make sure there are no legal issues with anything you contribute to them. Sell it as you helping your church with their web site (even if you don't have a church...), or helping with backend systems for running a homeless shelter, etc. That opens the door to them letting you adjust that part of your contract -- after all, which employer would want to be seen as squashing their employee's ability to do charity work / help the community?

Then, take the contract to your lawyer, tell him what you want to have covered, and he will be able to re-word that section of the contract as an amendment for you to have your employer sign. This may work better at hire time than once you've been at a place for a while though. But worth a try.