And you forgot about the master's degree in Computer Science with a specialization in financial processing algorithms for currency exchange trading and their implementation in autonomous combat vehicles.

Ok, I haven't seen anything that extreme but it's pretty funny to read articles in trade magazines where some hiring manager whines about there being no developers available on the job market at the same time as they have ads out with requirements not far off from the above...

>> and there are no number or punctuation keys AT ALL [wordpress.com] which makes typing just about anything quite a pain.

> Sure there are, in fact they are screen-printed on the actual keys.

Right. I meant, they're there, but the Nokias have them as distinct keys--A-Z, 0-9 and eight punctuation keys. 50 buttons on the Nokias versus only 35 on the BB. So things like comma and period and hyphen (which I use all the time) are one press, not two. (And other handy things, like = and % are REALLY hidden on the BB. BTW, one of the keys on the Nokia brings up a character map.) The iPhone makes it 2 taps but since they're bigger they're easier for me to find.

And I meant to mention: I think it's crappy that the iPad has the SAME keyboard as the iPhone--the iPad has enough room they should have put a number row at the top at the very least--even if only in portrait mode.

I think the idea is that the X-Files borrowed some of the cinematic tricks which Silence of the Lambs used to make it so creepy. Granted, that's not the example I would have chosen, but I think it's a real problem in trying to introduce people to some kinds of art. If part of what was impressive about them at the time was that they were ground-breaking, and the ground that they broke is now well trodden, then new viewers are unlikely to be impressed.

I don't see it here or the TFA so http://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/home

Watch out for that term. You used it correctly but if you say "Tar-baby" on TV they'll call you a racist. http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1221764,00.html

I imagine you're not in the US.

I'm from Australia, and our ISPs love bittorrent, for the reason you describe - it drives people towards their higher data, more expensive, plans. In the US, however, their ISPs generally only sell unlimited plans. They are therefore financially motivated to try and stop people from actually using their services. They get the most money from people who subscribe, but don't use much bandwidth. People who use a lot of bandwidth actually cost them money.

Their behaviour is a result of their business plan. It seems most of them realize this, but having pimped the "unlimited" data plans for so long, they encounter consumer backlash when they try and change to metered useage.

what if your target shaves down there?

Gahhh!!! Never forget Rule No. 4: Doubletap!

No one disputes that Apple intended this to be a closed architecture. The point is that it could easily be a more general purpose device if the consumer were allowed that choice. That is far different from suggesting the only reason a Segway doesn't fly is the manufacturer just blocked that capability in it.

Did you even read your comment?

You pirate old versions of Windows, if you're going to pirate Windows at all! Maybe you get an old PC without the install disks because you don't need a powerhouse machine. There's no way to get Win98 through Microsoft. You've got to get it second hand or pirated.

And how does that equate to "No?" What you described is the behavior MS engaged in and have been condemned for.

For one, if you're geeky enough to use the word in casual speech, you might well find people who freak out at such vocabulary to be tiresome, so using the term works as a kind of social self selection.

Apparently, for him, it has worked too well. Thus this /. topic.

If it was inevitable that I would die if I drove a car, I would chose not to drive. I would find another way to get where I needed to be and/or change my life in such a way that I didn't need to be there. That would increase my safety as well as the safety of the devil-may-cares who insist on driving. As the risks of driving go down, I would be more inclined to actually drive and assume additional risks while driving.

I agree that complacency would start to slip in over time. It would be held in check, however, by the relative frequency of drivers paying for their lack of care by suffering impalement. In other words, there is a risk/reward payoff we all calculate at some level and I think with less safe cars, people will, on average, decide to be somewhat safer in their driving habits. They may not sustain that initial level of vigilance all the time, but they will maintain a higher level of vigilance than they would in a non-spear-equiped car.

You laugh, but this same point was made in the excellent book, The Armchair Economist by Steven Landsburg. In the first chapter, The Power of Incentives: How Seat Belts Kill, he questions whether the additional safety equipment really translates into an overall improvement in safety and demonstrates part of his argument by having us imagine driving a car w/o seat belts and with a sharp metal spike protruding from the steering wheel aimed at your chest. It's hard to deny you would drive very, very carefully in that situation. Safety equipment gives the driver increased confidence to take higher risks. I have a friend who says he considers seatbelts a performance option. I suspect a lot of drivers think the same (subconsciously).