You should watch this to understand what the debt limit is.

This has been known for ages. here is one reference:

http://www.csicop.org/si/show/polygraphs_and_the_national_labs_dangerous_ruse_undermines_national_securit/

More the reason not to follow him, especially after handing off to police.

Joel Spolsky had this article on Gladwell the expresses very well what has been annoying me about Gladwell and his books.

The manufacturer provides the training. Mostly in simulators.

Here is a more knowledgeable article about this crash written by an airline pilot. Korean airlines may have had some of those problems years back, but no longer.

Really. So many people out there are pretty much totally ignorant on basic facts of physics,....

People who cannot write a coherent paragraph, or are not familiar with Hamlet or King Lear, or do not know history are equally bad, even if the know how to write code in C++.

The assumption in your post is that all you need to present is evidence to convince others of your point of view shows a very shallow understanding of human condition.

Perhaps some study of humanities would improve your understanding.

Think of all the interest payments the government lost...

OK. You own your car. The car has a computer with software that controls the anti-lock brakes. You hack this software to be more efficient and use the brakes better. You install in your car and post your hack on the net.

Now some Joe Shmoe takes your code and puts it in his car. Then he drives around and has accident and kills someone, because the brakes failed.

Are you now liable for the accident?

A big advantage of e-readers for older readers is that you can make the font larger. E-readers open up huge number of books for older folks who do not see as well, that was not available before.

Before you attempt to change this kind of code base, you need to understand what it does. The best way is to write unit tests that exercise system. Think of tests as very precise requirements. Once a decent test suite is in place (200 to 300 test cases) then you can start thinking about fixing, rewriting portions of the system.

Rewriting from scratch is probably the worst thing you can do. See this article by Joel Spolsky,,

Here is the link to 2600 website with the DVDs that you can get of the talks.

3. Remove any student who is constantly disrupting class. If they become a problem (and don't have a documented mental handicap), simply expel them and kick them out onto the street.

OK. And then what? What happens to them? They are citizens as much as you.