...how different is that to pulling the fire alarm, or jamming the lifts in a skyscraper?
Skyscrapers have lifts? Aren't they tall enough already?
(E.g. What happens if someone locks a record and then is hit by a bus?)
Well, the first thing that happens is the company investigates why there was a bus in their call center.
If they're going to use any version of Civilization in the classroom, I would much rather they use the original version from Avalon Hill (well, Hartland Trefoil, really) and designed by Sid Sackson over that game by Sid Meiers. The former is much more reliant on efficiency and diplomacy, while the latter rewards combat and warfare over all else.
As it is, they're probably not either -- probably simply being repurposed.
Or thrown into the trash compactor.
The difference is one of scrutiny. Large corporations have layers and layers of government hoops to jump through, whereas the mafia generally has noone to answer to, no quarterly reports to write.
Has noone tried to reverse engineer the codes?
potentially dying platform.
When exactly was this patient alive, doctor?
And then have a hot lunch afterward.
For really fast reading, I recommend using a user style sheet, and disabling all author styles and images/flash.
But what if I like to read about entertainment/fashion? 90% of the news IS the pictures.
When I built my house, I wired every room with about 500 yards of CAT-5 into a 110 block in the basement. 6 months after we moved in, I bought a wireless router. Doh.
You mean copper.org has a document that prefers copper over PEX? Shocking.
I grew up in Poland (81-93).
81-93? Is that Poland's record in wars? I thought it was 0-2.
Or change the channel during the commercials. Nielsen is not guilty of falling behind the times because of DVRs, they are guilty of falling behind the times because of remote controls.
I, for one, welcome our new deep-ocean dwelling, bomb-releasing overlords.
Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated. -- R. Drabek