Well, in the eighties some politicians here in Norway suggested a ban on robotics. It probably seemed like a nice way to save jobs (and votes.) Now, all politicians like to have a piece of the high tech cake, and claim their policies made it possible. (Our biggest claims to fame is OO, the paper clip, a cheese grater and a supposedly very efficient sea missile.)

But yes, all people should fear redundancy. I am a software engineer above the mid thirties and I fear redundancy big time. But, I do read a lot of books, follow forums and do a lot to not get left behind.

Again, I realize that is different from having your job replaced with a machine, like in the shoe industry, canning etc. For those, we invented reality TV.

On a serious note, once again: Yes, of course it can be a big problem, but only if a large enough mass of people at the same time suffer from it. OIf it is a chip at a time, it will get about as much as attention as when your last blacksmith went out of business.

The scapegoat is hiding behind that MBA wall over there.

(Serious note: What a troll story. Of course, everyone should care about unemployment rate, but should software engineers (and you Flash idiots) care more than others about it? Probably not.)

let's award a patent for adding text to an image. Sometimes I wish Mr Franklin had been given a perpetual patent on electricity, which he chose to not license out.

I found this guy on youtube, rather amazing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNjWecipbTA He plays COD WAW, and is pretty good at the zombie levels. He cannot move and aim at the same time, but he manages to get pretty far.

Could not agree more. What a brilliant man and engineer!

From TFA:

However, we did notice a curious phenomenon: the screen appeared slightly darker and a bit more saturated when connected to the Blu-ray player with the Monster Cable 1200 High Definition Experience Pack cable.

So, is there a difference or is there not a difference? The headline and content do not match.

Yes, but that will change next year when you return home from the polar research station.

Probably so they can climb even higher.

Sadly.

Any application developed by one or more Visual Basic developers, given enough time.

Thank you for the correction, you are absolutely right!

Actually, it was called both F-19 and F-117. When the game was released for the C64, the official name of the plane was not yet known, so Microprose called it F-19. When the Amiga version was released, they changed it to the official name, F-117.

I think he was involved in Gunship as well, and probably a lot of other games from Microprose.

Good times, indeed. :)

It is just a plot to get Assange to the US, probably. "Yeah, we got a nice room booked for you. All meals covered!"

Or they used the same sequence to generate IDs for multiple tables. (Yargh.)

* I really tried to avoid a car analogy but I fear slashdot demands it. :)

Ahem, allow me:

Some people like to mix and match, and others just want the default stuff, trusting the chef, so to say.

Imagine it to be like a pizza place. Some restaurants based on this fantastic Italian dish got so much on the menu that you don't need to customize your order (except for an extra hot sauce or two!), and others don't trust the chef to make the correct choices from the great number of delicious toppings available.

Do you trust the chef? Are you happy to let an experienced chef guide you to what is the proper ingredients?