Some like to build new things but do not want to change the entire toolset/framework every year.

Either way it's important to get a good balance of bleeding edge and introspective developers but the common thread that should bind them all is a passion for software development.

I've done this on occasion and it seems to work quite nicely as I find I'm rarely braking. The cars behind me enjoy a nice smooth flow and since there is usually a space in front of me others can easily merge.

Don't confuse this with driving slow. One average I'm going approximately the same speed as the stop-and-go cars in front. If I see congestion up ahead I take my foot off the accelerator and try to time it so that the car in front is just starting to get going again just as I arrive.

Here's a post where someone determined what the original equations were and verified Ray's answer (in the picture of him holding a solution) in Maple:

http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/u7551/teen_solves_newtons_300yearold_riddle_an/c4szejb

My least favourite situation is when I've put my computer through the x-ray machine and then the line into the microwave gets tied up and I'm peering over security trying to make sure that no-one walks out with my precious....

This reason is why I believe first-past-the-post style of polling is the best system we have.

While it will not result in a true % representation (e.g. Conservatives in Canada winning with 39% of the vote) it is still the best system to get rid of someone you don't want.

To calm any fears that no rogue commits have been added as a result of this hack?

Is git log enough and looking at the last datetime stamp?

I'm safe - as of Tue Feb 28 7:32 AM Pacific.

Sure you can continue to add DRM, dongles, licensing, etc. to help prevent un-authorized copying...

However, to really survive you must be continually improving the software thus giving incentive for customers to pay/license the new version. That's how you can keep ahead of the game and if the older version gets pirated... well at least you get a fresh start with the new release.

If this isn't the case then your static software probably isn't going to keep its $10k value for long and no matter what protections you put inside it'll get cracked/hacked eventually.

Plus the cost of imprisonment if the kids don't overcome the steep challenges ahead of them with the meagre resources they have...

That is if the leaders of a theocracy actually believe and practice what they preach.

Because we're driven by the almighty dollar in a race to the lowest common denominator. Where it's better to plan obsolescence into products so that the customer needs to buy a new one over and over again. More resources consumed, more money exchanged, more GDP.

Short term gains over long term quality.

I prefer to be elitest and think that only a small percentage of the population can actually think abstractly enough to have an aptitude for math and computer science.

While I love wrapping my head around a hard problem (and gain immense satisfaction in solving it) when I describe what I do (sit in a desk most of the day and think about problems) to other people they picture it to be about as fun as water torture.

The things is if the lenders were responsible if you go bankrupt rather than the government, they would probably be a lot less willing to loan you $100k to begin with.

Sure it was 13 years ago now but when I went through university, people would talk about their $14k loans and that sounded like a pretty large loan back then.

Hear, hear...

Basically the same as the housing bubble. The availability of credit is directly proportional to the price.

Loans should be privatized and if the student defaults on the loan then the bank should suck up the costs. Might make them more diligent before giving out the loan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory

I've seen several observations that point to a common lineage for humans that goes back to only a few handful of mating pairs in Africa around 70k years ago. Probably explains why there is only a single species of human at this point in time.

Why this might be the case is still undecided but a catastrophe on a global scale seems plausible.