The BBC launched in 1922. The World Service on shortwave in 1932.

In the states, PBS's "Masterpiece Theater" has been importing or co-producing productions by the BBC since 1971.

The match has to be plausible.

The false positives that so agitate the geek are likely to be discarded very early on.

Because they simply won't make sense when you look at the suspect's age, sex, physical condition, proximity to the victim, proximity to the crime scene and so on.

---- a fact which would not be discovered in the autopsy of a crudely mutilated victim?

The front end is where open source tends to fail. Falls flat on its face. Have you ever wondered why?

MS DOS was revolutionary because it sold to all comers at 1/5 the list price of CP/M 86.

The PC built from modular components sold at mass market prices and which snap into place like LEGO blocks begins here.

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IBM introduced the IBM Personal Computer in 1981 and followed it with increasingly capable models: the XT in 1983 and the AT in 1984. The success of these computers cut deeply into the market for S-100 bus products.
As the IBM PC products captured the low-end of the market, S-100 machines moved up-scale to more powerful OEM and multiuser systems. However throughout the 1980s the market for S-100 bus machines for the hobbyist, for personal use, and even for small business was on the decline.
By 1994 the S-100 bus industry had contracted sufficiently that the IEEE did not see a need to continue supporting the IEEE-696 standard. The IEEE-696 standard was retired on June 14, 1994. S-100 bus

The geek has been running this tired old nag around the track since 1995. It was a bullshit argument then and it is a bullshit argument now.

The price of the mass market OEM system install is and always has been a trivial part of the expense of owning a home PC. There will be the monthly bills for broadband services, the expense of consumables like ink and paper...

The home user has different needs and values than the office worker --- to say nothing of the office manager. These markets began to diverge as early as the introduction of the Apple II and with the introduction of Windows 95, the divide had become a chasm as broad as the Grand Canyon.

The home market is a tough nut to crack - and it isn't just about the games.

The 4K monitor at a mass market prices implies the sale of 4K HDTVs and 4K HD videos --- HEVC encoded ---- at a mass market price.

Risky to who, exactly?

I discovered as an adult that I had received radiation "treatments" as a kid and test subject in one of the AEC's more adventurous and ethically questionable clinical experiments.

For decades now, I have had to pay very close attention to any changes in my thyroid.

No customs stamp, no delivery.

Bitcoins are a medium of exchange. They do not make your transactions invisible.

The majority of gamers may be female ---- but the majority of gamers who post to Slashdot are male --- and much more easily stereotyped as arrested adolescents than adults.

I first heard about Slashdot when I was still dependent on AOL, a dial-up modem and an affordable toll-free regional calling plan.

Then and now when the geek speaks about women, I can't escape the feeling that I have been teleported back to the high school locker rooms of 1964. The only pandering on this site is to the geek's own adolescent sense of manhood,

The auto and truck dealership began as a home town business, employer and taxpayer.

It typically offered a full range of vehicles appropriate to its market, argued for a better selection, and it could and did push back against the auto maker in ways an ordinary customer could not,

To obtain a commercial driver's licence in Germany, the first thing you need is a standard EU driver's license, which are not passed out like candy at a fireman's picnic.

You will need to know the law and demonstrate competence in handling your class of vehicle.

You will be run through a seres of no-nonsense medical and psychiatric evaluations. You will need a damn near perfect drving record and no criminal record.

The big city taxi driver must also have "The Knowledge" - a deep understanding of routes, traffic, destinations, and so on.

The median household income in the US is $51,000. 15% of Americans living in poverty

The median annual wage for computer programmers [is] $74,000. Computer Programmers

Workers in other industries solved this problem by forming unions and building the strength and discipline needed to bargain for better wages and working conditions. The price of unionization, of course, is that you have to stop thinking of yourself as something special, and not merely an employee like any other in your company.

Readers of this story will have noticed the links to four of the major social media sites, including Facebook.

Since the earliest days of USENET and IRC Chat, the geek has a flawless record of making one-on-one communication over the Internet as painful a process as possible for the non-technical user.

It took the commercial services like Sype to break the spell.