How is that any different from a new hire or, in some cases, an entrenched employee? Bad code happens and it can happen from anybody. The Daily WTF reminds of this.

Torchlight 1 & 2 is also a really good series. Some concepts in Torchlight 1 can be found in Diablo 3.

This is to compete with the Winphone and Nokia markets. Microsoft has the idea to make WinMo flexible enough to work on high and low end phones and break into the Nokia dominated, but largely untapped, low-end market. Having several options is a good thing.

I'd say, to the general public, "Uses the computer without complaining about it" == "Computer Genius".

Don't forget, the "fiscal cliff" means that those making over $72k will go from paying their unfair share of about 14% to their fair share of about 27%. Don't worry, you're rich. The truly wealthy? Well, they'll go from paying their unfair share of about 35% to their fair share of about 39%.

There's a reason George Lucas sold his assets before Obama was re-elected. He knows the hammer (and sickle) is coming.

Threat of taxes. Uncertainty with PPACA. Lack of direction and leadership. And we voted this failure in for another 4 years.

Granted, government isn't the only reason, but its policies, heavy handed regulation, threats, etc, etc, have been a hinderance for the past 6 years and will continue for the next 4 years.

In reality, the tech world is doing really good compared to other industries, where unemployment is really high. Give it time, our friends on the Hill are going to make us all drones and wards of the State soon enough.

Well the "full report" site is having some troubles. But why not give Comodo a try? It's free for both personal AND business use. It's software firewall is top notch and the AV and other utilities it brings are decent. I've not had any virus issues over the past 5 years. And very few of my clients have as well.

So, you have a monstrous mish-mash of software that all has to be installed. Does it have to be compiled on the fly at the client site? Yep, an installer can handle that. Does it need to have the compiler installed first at the client site? Yep, a clicky-click installer can do that and then progress right into compilation. Are there third party apps that are a bugger to install (MS SQL Server can be a bugger to install and get patched up), yeah, that can be automated, too. A computer is a numbers cruncher first. It's an automated tool second. Manual interaction is probably not even third on the list of important things a computer does.

Law 1: Thou shalt not kill. Okay, murder everyone I see.
Law 2: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self. Okay, well since I've murdered everybody, I must also hate them.
Law 3: Honor they mother and father. Umm, see my response to Law 1.
etc, etc.

Ahh, Vimeo isn't blocked. Here's the link http://vimeo.com/21216091

I'd post the link, but Youtube access is prohibited... Go to youtube, search for the video Blinky and be prepared to see an impressive short movie about the helpful family robot that will tend to your EVERY desire.

The TEA Party doesn't want zero taxes, it wants less spending and less taxation. Would it be so bad to have a balanced budget and even start paying down the $16,000,000,000,000+ debt?
Universal health care. Yes, Christ did do it for free. He could also make an olive tree grow and give him fruit. He also wasn't forced to do it. He was no slave.
Welfare? Again, it's the whole being forced by the government under penalty of jail time that we're against. Plus, I can't think of a more inefficient and corrupt system than government to handle welfare. We have millions of people making "welfare" a lifestyle. I don't mind helping a guy, gal, or family down on their luck, helping them get on their feet and be productive again. I don't mind giving money to organizations that teach a man to fish, while giving them a fish for awhile, as long as they go and fish on their own at the end of some period of time.
Abortion? Only rarely is it ever used to save the life of the mother. Most of the time it is a convenience killing.
Homosexuality. I was able to keep it in my pants until I was married. A lot of people are. I won't cast any stones, but I won't condone sexual deviancy either, whether it be between a man-man, woman-woman, man-woman, or whatever.
Finally, I think it's funny that a person will say they don't mind the religion, but can't stand the hypocrisy of the members. Look, we're all hypocrites. A Christian believes in being perfect, but knows that none of us are perfect. We strive for perfection, but fall short daily. And our sins are many, from sins of commission to sins of omission.

The media sure did a poor job at showing just how conservative Romney really is. Few actually bothered to research him more than what the media narrative was. Obama couldn't be more pleased. They and the Republican challengers did a terrific job at stifling turnout. It's really too bad. Mitt would have greatly improved the United States financially, secured the borders while being fair to legal immigrants, raised the standing of the US among the international players, and been able to bring the disparate groups together. How do I know this? Because that's what he has done for the past 30+ years. He really does care about the people. As it is, we're getting more of the same double-talk from Obama. His contradictory speeches with actions that don't really match anything he said in the speech (the statement or the contradictory statement both made within the same speech). As for secession. If you can't trust the government, which I don't, then what do we have? A dictatorship. Truly, the people voted for free stuff and not for responsibility. We get a POTUS mired in scandal from Benghazi to Fast&Furious, from cronysim to a corrupt DOJ. It will be a bad 4 years... probably longer.

As a Windows user that has tried to go into Linux a number of times* I can answer that the app repo is really nice. Ubuntu does it in a user friendly way, but I'm just as comfortable using the console commands. Particularly since most everything is "free," it makes trying out new software easy.

I would not consider Linux a "walled-garden." A user does not have to register to get the apps. They can, in many cases, download the source and compile on their own. They can get someone else's rpm and install it. I've not looked into Windows 8 much (I'm still getting used to Win7), but if it prevents, or makes difficult, installation of "unapproved" apps, that's a serious issue.

*I almost made the full switch until my mobo wouldn't work... bought Win7, found out later mobo just needed firmware update. When Win7 goes away, so does Microsoft. OR when my games are finally fully supported on Linux, the Windows goes to VM only.

Does anyone else think that the game of baseball survived the 50's and 60's simply because math and science could utilize it to teach their subjects? I don't see baseball as a game, but of a boatload of data and statistics.