There's about 10,000 versions of ping too, so your metric doesn't really make much sense. If it did all we'd do all day is shout ping at each other across networks.

Also if we get a bit more topical there's loads of versions of linux compared to a handful of versions of windows.

Rumours about that existed far far far before the steam on Ubuntu/Linux thing started.

With linux support, I think they could viably do it too.

Go read about RT and how thats the only way to install apps.

Anecdotes are nice, but your situation is RARE in a coprorate environment. However, I'm close to the 6's myself, and am in a similar situation...

To get where I am, I've also worked my but off, and frequently have to jump ship when I'm looked over for a promotion due to my "Condition." Only to land in a sea of work that is often more difficult, with longer hours, shorter deadlines, and marginally better pay.

"Even the television cameras set up to record the test were knocked off line without collateral damage."

That _IS_ collateral damage.

not to mention use less and using numerics in a sentence.

A lot of this is actually happening now. (except for me the CID is my phone).

The computer I work on goes into "Standby" when I'm done w/ it. Allowing all I was working on to be right where I left off. My Cell phone has an alarm app that makes me do something to shut it off. I can't talk to my t.v. but I can say Navigate to Work, and get the bet route.

Also, using "TASKER", my phone recognizes where I am, and performs necessary tasks. As I leave my house, it sets auto brightness on and enables keyguard, and turns on GPS. (just in case I'm not in my car).
When I get in my car, it turns off wifi, set's Keyguard off, turns up the media volume to 11, locks in my car dock screens, and fires up pandora. As I leave the car it turns wifi on, kills pandora disables GPS, and set's the keyguard. When I arrive at work, it goes into silent mode jacks up the brightness, and disables GPS & bluetooth if it's still enabled if by chance I arrived via vanpool. Even when I travel to different work sites, based on WIFI SSID, which is the same for each site, it performs these functions.

When I leave work, it set's Bluetooth on, and jacks the ringer up.
As I arrive home, it disables key-guard, turns off GPS, sets WIFI on automatically, sets autobright, say's "Welcome Home" Tells me my battery level, and turns all ringers to max. Finally, as I lay to sleep, it automatically drops the brightness down low, and switches to silent mode.

Best part? If I forget to plug in my phone, and the battery reaches 5%, the phone turns off, leaving me enough reserve power to make a few emergency calls if necessary.

This didn't take any programming knowledge except order of operations.

Didn't Jeremy Clarkson get this in a Jag...

I'm sure the magic number was 50Miles per gallon or something equally crazy.

However the problem isn't that cars can't do it, its that OLD cars can't do it.

Your brain appears to be overheating due to internal reflection of heat from your foil cap.

Blondes who experince more snow glare than anyone else in the world? Nah never.

TIMMMMMBBBERRRRRRRR.

Does anyone give any kind of warning to the sites prior to publication that they have been submitted to slashdot and are going to feature?

I can't figure out how to do this and I'm a quite long time blackberry user.

There is some "broadcast" message settings but I don't want to mess with those "just in case".

And if any friend likes this comment, their mutual friends can see it too..... and within 6 likes you've captured most of the planet in your "Mutual Friends" group.

Congratulations on world wide fame :D

However people regularly do, and this seems to show :)

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