http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_and_evolution_in_public_education kinda rolls the clock back a few centuries.

Um... you don't think he was hiding out by himself with, ya know, no documents, records, phones, or other intel that we might have snagged? That and the messages "you can't hide anywhere" and "we will come and get you, alone, and without the help of the country you are in" are pretty powerful.

Pretty big gamble by members of the anonymous crowd: if the giant massive preplanned SHOW OUR STRENGTH RAR! sit-in ends up being 12 fat guys, 3 furries, and a couple of abhumans that finally left their parent's basement, the anon-movement will take a giant credibility hit. Kinda like when the brought down Amazon.com for a couple minutes... really showed 'em then!

And think about post calculus math: Linear algebra... gotta know what those array things are and how to deal with them; probability and statistics are also very useful in programming. Sure, a code warrior may not need to know differential equations or vector calc to design a UI, but advanced code design and the "science" part require math. Oh, and the secret of calculus? Calc 1: figuring out the instantaneous rate of change of an equation and the minimums and maximums. Calc 2: the area under a curve. Calc 3: the volume of a curved object.

You'll soon be able to buy astronaut ice cream with a chinese space program theme. That and watch them go to the moon, then mars, all while NASA rocket scientists are driving cabs and eating government cheese.

No. And your post is OR.

Sure, just assume that 90% of the lawsuits brought by patent trolls lose at final judgment. You can't work backwards from that factoid and conclude that 90% of software patents are crap. After several levels of filtering, only then is a case decided. And at each level, if the software patent i strong, the process ends. Demand letter gets reviewed. Strong patent? Settle. Initial lawsuit gets filed. Semi-strong patent? Cost-risk analyze defending the lawsuit and license if the numbers don't work. Lawsuit continues. Weak but possible bad judgment? Settle. So only the patents that the defendant looks at and decides that the risk of losing the suit, cost of the suit, _and_ the strength of the asserted patent are such that it makes sense to risk a final judgment are these 90% losses representative. Hardly a basis for a universal declaration that all software patents are weak and unenforceable. Sure, folks may have a beef with the concept of software patents, but that is a separate issue.

I seem to recall various mass market paperback sci-fi novels from the mid 60s to 70s having mail-away cards for book clubs, ads for other books in the series, and the occasional cigarette or booze ad. So the precedent is there.

Vampires, Pirates and Aliens is apparently an ABC (Australia) cartoon based on a series of books. Dunno how many *boom* Headshots! there are per episode, but probably not that many. http://www.abc.net.au/abckids/shows/prog176.htm

The claim from TFMSNBCA is "The pulsar discovery, announced today on the journal Science's website, marks the first time Einstein @ Home has had a hit.". And later " The first and most famous BOINC project is SETI @ Home, which has been sifting through Arecibo data for the past 11 years, looking for signals from alien civilizations. (None has been found yet, even though more than 5 million users have been looking.)".

No idea how you combine those two into "The claim that this is the first discovery to be made through distributed computing".

Brain damage maybe?

Just keep a list of passwords and such in your safe/safety deposit box, along with account numbers and all that other info. Sure, your folks are going to be able to look at your pr0n collection after yer dead, but at least they will have a list of your bank accounts and such. Otherwise that computer will just end up on ebay as is, right?

This was of course at Mad Scientist University where you majored in "creepy workbook writing"?

No, you bookmark the pizza place, have your username/password/credit card in the browser, and your order saved as a quick order. Three clicks and pizza is on the way. Speed dial... ha!