I totally agree. I'd also point out that there is a time-proven backup that we've used in the US and probably Europe for 100 years. If a train stops off-schedule, a trainman grabs a handful of flares and torpedoes (small pouches filled with dynamite that are strapped to the rail. They bang real loud when run over and are a signal to the engineer to stop) walks or runs a mile down-track and uses the flares and torpedoes to stop any approaching train well before it can hit the stopped train. Why wasn't this simple, low-tech solution used that every trainman in the US knows and is required to use?

This roundabout in Berkeley, California has beem around longer than that. Check out the age of the surrounding houses. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Berkeley,+CA&hl=en&ll=37.890164,-122.272328&spn=0.0015,0.002406&sll=38.544906,-121.740517&sspn=0.134528,0.307961&t=h&z=19

Ha. We've been an Advanced Circuit customer for years. Stand-up bunch of people.

He was a hell of a guy. About 20 years ago I bought one of his books from him at the ham radio swap meet at mumble-mumble college off of El Monte Blvd. He was there with his Bug and he signed my book. Later I exchanged several emails with him, one of which he based a Pease Porrage on. He will be missed.

I'm raising my glass with you, brother. We lost two of the great old men of our craft.

Bob Pease was a living God in the field of analog circuit design. He designed a metric shit-ton of chips for National Semiconductor, wrote a regular column in Electronic Design magazine, and on top of all that, he was a damn fine individual, willing to talk to the most junior tech. He will be sorely missed by those of us that knew him and his work.

How much of your money you invested in the company. You see, that's usually what separates the "owners" from the "employees". In the few (these days) cases where an employee becomes a shareholder, it is usually worked out before they are hired. Oh, I forgot, you weren't hired, you're a contractor.

Chronowolves?

Years and years ago. Stuck it in my machine and it booted Win98se. Such a bargain.

http://www.starringthecomputer.com/snapshots/angry_red_panet_b205_1.jpg

Let's just turn that around. You're the boss and your employee writes that code. I'd think it would be a bug now...

Right. Coward.

If it wasn't for the mindless bug in the trial period timer. On the 60 day trial version, you could set the date on your machine to current+10 years, install it, run it once, set the date back to current and have a trial period of 10years+60 days. I did it. And I wasn't the only one.

Although it does not appear in the Wikipedia definition, it is common for all US military vets that served in the deterrence of the Soviet nuclear threat to call themselves Cold Warriers. I kept Pershing tactical nukes operational during the early 70's. They were in Southern Germany and their purpose was to defend against a Red Army attack from the east. I have several friends that served in similar roles.

I'd love to have widely adopted secure end-to-end non-reputable email, but I think it will be a cold day in hell before *any* government will support a standard that doesn't permit them to read the email at will.