Correction, they want big screens. Most of the people buying smart phones haven't the slightest clue what they are doing with them. They fail to comprehend the true computing power and potential of these "handheld media players". All they care about is a better screen to watch hulu or netflix on and let us not forget the angriest of birds.

is the ROI of college actually going to benefit you? If you've got a good skillset you could use those traditional years building something useful and putting experience on paper instead of throwing dollars at a piece of paper that says "Hey! I know things... in theory".

What's the global consensus? Is everyone open to outside-the-box solutions? Or do they want the "comfort" and "warm fuzzy feeling" of Microsoft familiarity?

That the Germans have outsourced the job to Russia to complete Operation Iron Sky?

Microsoft's Baseline Analyzer doesn't cut it anymore? ;-)

Someone made a good point up above that the agreement between you and the cellular provider is like a loan, considering that MOST cell phone users will sign a 2 year contract to get their grubby little hands on the latest iPhone or Android device strictly to avoid shelling out hundreds of dollars. But... and this may be stupid, radical, or just not feasible... Providers offer a full unlock of the phone if you buy the device out right thus exempting you from overpriced contracts and giving you the freedom to take your phone wherever you want. This is probably in the same wishful thinking vein of me believing that all devices, whether they be targeted for a CDMA or GSM network, be equipped with a SIM card to allow for this inter-network mobility.

So that makes this The Prestige... Anyone else get the vision of the amazing Tesla machine that Hugh Jackman commissioned to achieve "The Real Transported Man"?

If someone trolls you on the Interwebs, you should kill them!

I have several friends that have done some cool stuff with Control4 (http://www.control4.com) systems. I've been wanting to try it but my family isn't willing to let me user their house for my guinea pig playground.

I was thinking the exact thing. That plus good old hacker-target.com

is a SUE-ANCE!

I have one question for all the supporters of this bill... http://pawsru.org/m/src/m54619_why-you-mad-brah.jpg

If you are running MySQL, typically you don’t want to allow direct connection from outside. In most cases, you might have web server running on the same server where the MySQL database runs so just set the proper IPTABLES rules and you then mitigate a huge potential breach. Then, if the mole is inside you can dig-dug them out and publicly flog them later. Right?

Noah Wyle already nailed it in "Pirates of Silicon Valley". No-talent BURN!

A link to the actual code snippet would've been nice; I'd love to see the structure and logic behind it.