40 is plenty young enough to re-train...or in this case I would just say "catch up". If you are already familiar with the .net namespace (even older versions), it's not that hard to switch to C#. I had years of experience with VB6 and VB.NET but no C experience of any kind and made the switch to C# on the job and have never looked back. While I still can (and have to to support old code) switch back to VB, I actually prefer C# now and will code in it if given the choice. I spent a few years in Delphi, which was awesome, but after Borland ran it into the ground, there just wasn't any shops around coding in Delphi to work for so rarely fire up a Delphi IDE anymore.

In then end, the advice is simple: just embrace C#. It's really easy to learn when you already understand the .NET framework. And there is a TON of employers that prefer or mandate it.

My parents.

I would have voted that, but given the question of if you can actually get back from where ever you go, I would prefer to go back first to some time that I wouldn't mind being "stuck" in to test out the machine, then if all works well go to the future. It would totally suck to get stuck in a messed up future.

I don't hate you. Some retired and disabled people are a good fit for Windows 8.

I'm sure most of the people in your assisted living home appreciate the new features. I mean what's not to like about providing easy access to the features the users need with very large icons so you can see them even with your cataracts while hiding everything you might do damage with.

Not only that, the Muslims are apparently doing their part as well (they don't eat bacon) http://www.30-days.net/muslims/statistics/islam-growth/

News flash Sherlock: I do live in the USA. Why does everyone assume you must be European to ride a bicycle? And there are plenty of ways to deal with a little perspiration. People do it every day.

Pretty sure Superman already has prior art on the whole data on a crystal thing...

It's not really clear how it is supposed to work. The article's descriptions are ambiguous. But it reminds me of the days when you could dial up to a BBS and then access the internet from the BBS server. I can remember doing that for a period of time before widespread direct dial up access was available. Maybe they will also get to use 2400baud modems to surf in text only mode?

Where I live, just about all the people with those shorter commutes already take advantage of the much less expensive and much more environmentally friendly method of transport called the bicycle. It is estimated that 43% of the population of the urban area I live on the fringe of commutes with a bicycle at least 1 day per year with a good share of those using them everyday. It's the longer commutes that require a car...and for those, a short range electric is completely useless. Even for those with a short commute that need a car, it typically doesn't make sense as they need their car for longer trips outside the simple work commute and it's prohibitively expensive and wasteful to have two cars (one for commute and one for other trips).

This whole article sounds like the writer doesn't really know what they are talking about and just hates "servers". To start with, the description of a "server" is only marginally correct. The biggest example of "environmental infractions" was a situation where a company failed to get operation permits they were supposed to have...which were later issued successfully (guessing they probably didn't even know they were supposed to get permits to run an f'ing generator). The only wrongdoing apparently being that they didn't pay the government tax...not any actual pollution issues. Intentional redundancy for critical systems is demonized. Given everything else in it is written with an equally alarmist tone, I have to question it's overall validity and any other "fact" stated.

The parent was modded funny, but really this is the truth. It's sortof an arms race...especially since there has been so much scary talk to get people to move off IPv4. So once things really start moving with v6, silly paranoid companies and governments will start grabbing whatever space they can get their fingers on and voila!, we will be "out of addresses" again, even though billions of addresses go unused. The other side of the coin will be "wasteful spending" of IP addresses when manufacturers start assigning IPv6 addresses to everything they make, even if it doesn't need one. Mark my words...it WILL happen.

Yes, and they weigh the same as a duck!

The Possum Lodge Institute of Science and Technology would upgrade the super conductor to handle more current and be DIY by using Duct Tape and lantern batteries. http://periodictable.com/Stories/006.2/index.html

I can visualize Red Green demonstrating the project as I type this. Sure miss that show...

An excellent example of physical security...and how physical security will trump electronic security every time. Just ask the crew of the Battlestar Galactica.

How about competition? If I record a better album then you and release it, causing potential customers to buy my CD instead of yours, isn't that also loss of potential sales? Should I get raided by the FBI for that? No court should ever rule in favor of someone claiming damages for loss of potential sales as there is no way to prove that those sales would have actually happened. Such should only be used as a basis for a settlement if someone committed some crime or damage against the owner that could be reasonably shown to result in loss of sales. Bottom line: loss of public sales by itself does not prove criminal activity or civil damages as there is no way to really prove in a court why the loss of sales occurred. Discalimer: IANAL