I like to imagine that drivers in North America are so horrible because of the hideously low level of skill needed to obtain a driving license along with the relatively affordable fines for things. If there were real mandatory training classes along with harsh punishments for driving unsafely I think that the level of driving would improve a lot. It is unlikely to happen with cars as seen currently but if they were to start a system like that for flying cars when invented they could change the culture of drivers then.

I think the most likely outcome of that situation is the C-level audience realizing that they can offer you much less than you're asking for and you'll accept as your company can not afford the unsubsidized Macbook.

Users have decided that google is the best search engine because the sites they want to go to are at the top of the search results. Paying the sites at the top of the search results to delist from google would make it so that google is no longer the best search engine in the eye of the users

I think that this idea is much too late to work but it is an interesting idea.

Because if you're doing that then there is no reason to be using the TV which solves the problem about having to care about this.

From what I remember the hacks weren't done by arbitrarily executing code, they were done by changing the game code itself. Modding the console made it so that the console didn't check to make sure that the game was the same as it was on the disk.

*Think of the hot coffee mod, it required changing a boolean value in the game from false to true. I do admit it is much easier to modify a boolean and keep things signed properly than to add in a whole hack, but it would be pretty easy to do something like modify your running speed, or disable clipping as well.

I don't know much about the 360 modding scene, but for the original xbox there was a lot of cheating if you played using the alternative to live. The reason a lot of people were using that alternative was so the could cheat. This leads to believe that it could be possible to cheat if you have a modded console.

The biggest reason I can think of to at least try out the new technology a little bit, is that it can help with your option a. That is knowing a little bit about the different technology options will allow you to make better decisions when you need to choose which technology will best solve your current problem.

I do agree though that there is no reason to become an expert at every new technology for fear of dropping behind the curve.

We already know.

I read that as, "The FBI should be investigating the tourists instead."

I use the windows key all the time, it has all sorts of handy shortcuts built in to it. win+l lock computer, win+d show desktop, win+m minimize all windows (works differently than show desktop). I also use it to pop up the start menu as the mouse is usually already in the middle of the screen and the program I'll need is not at the bottom of the list.

FTFY.

Banning MySpace would release all of their users onto the rest of the internet. Instead of a ban I'd recommend limiting anyone with a MySpace account to MySpace access only.

When IPv7 standard is release we will talk about how no one will fill up all the address in IPv6 and there is no reason to switch to IPv7. When the IPv8 standard is released then we will talk about how easy it actually was to switch to IPv6 in the first place so there is no reason to stick around on IPv7. Maybe after IPv9 we will hear the end of IPv6 but it is highly unlikely.

I have one of the Samsung 3d ready DLPs but didn't buy the hardware necessary to use the 3d tech. With all the 3d stories lately I've been wondering if my set will work with this new stuff or not.

It could very easily be both. The developers were lazy and when asked to do the work they went and found a reason why they shouldn't have to do the work.