I believe the issue here is not that it can't be done (T-Mobile offers WiFi calling on certain phones), it's that it can't be done well. The transition between WiFi and Cellular is often far too bumpy for a low-latency, bi-directional audio stream to sustain, so the call will drop. This would result in a service that would get more complaints than praise from most phone companies' point of view. So they don't offer it.

That and probably also patents. It's always patents with this kind of shit.

Ha. I was an RIT student in the 90's too. It was a total sausage fest. I went back for a visit in 2005 because I was in the area and noticed a lot more women there. I don't know what the per-major balance was, but it was at least better overall.

Amiga OS to BeOS to OSX to Windows7 (you insensitive clod)!

Punctuated by lots of attempts to go Linux, usually ending in a chmod/.conf-editing rage induced reformat.

Ugh. I remember taking an 8088 class after knowing 6502/68000 well.
Multiplexed address/data bus, segmented addressing, little-endian, and backwards operands.
I was like, "Is there anything left for them to be contrary about?!! How did this get to be the dominating platform?!"

I blame Intel for single-handedly turning subsequent generations of programmers off from assembly language.

Zero. If you count Google Talk then maybe 20, on average, usually to the wife.

I buy gas in Washington whenever I'm across the river because I want to pump it myself.

...and a cold.

I am too and I haven't been to any in over 2 years. Last one was some shitty regional vendor expo. My employer has been really tight with travel budget lately while at the same time prodding me to do "professional development" activities. I'd love to finish out my Crestron cert. but that's several days of classes in another city (mostly for stuff I've already figured out on my own in the meantime). Oh well.

Is InfoComm worth it anymore?

Perhaps their coveted cinnamon roll recipe?

/bin or /usr/bin?

...used to keep bread bags closed. Twist Ties forever!

I find it easier to look at the keys and remember what I'm typing than to look at the screen and remember where my fingers are.

I'd mod this to the top if I could. Nail on the head.

Also, I think it is because public companies are always forced to give at least the illusion of growth, even when contraction is their best hope for survival.

This. I figured this out on my own replacing a 208 pin QFP in a satellite receiver long ago. Chisel tip is the best for this technique. Have lots of good, well-dusted braid handy and go back through afterward lightly with an Xacto knife between each pin/pad to clean up any stray, microscopic bridges. Lastly, hit it with a blast of contact cleaner to wash away the flux mess and it will look factory-good or better.

Why do I picture Yahoo as the Wile E. Coyote of tech companies?