I grew up in Prince George's county Maryland and now live in Kent county Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay. The entire county has less that 20,000 people (the smallest population in the state) and it's almost all farmland and waterways. Yet Kent County had its roads cleared very quickly after the big snow this year and our power went out for maybe 2 hours. Kent county has the most efficient emergency crews I've ever seen and I'm willing to bet they only have a fraction of Montgomery County's budget.

The two words are not derived from the same place.

Definition and history of "niggardly". Possibly Scandinavian origin, 14th century.

Definition and history of "nigger". French and Spanish origin, 17th century.

Quirkz, I think a thoughtful, moving story could be created off of the roadmap you've provided. A skilled writer could make the "worry about the peace" absolutely gripping.

And perhaps the "ugly damsel" is the most beautiful woman in the world to the main character...Niafer from "Figures of Earth" by James Branch Cabell springs to mind.

There are many folks on here saying a variation of "Don't Do It".

- If you really want to be a game developer, you'll ignore their advice.

- If you listen to their advice, then you didn't really want to be a game developer.

Walking away from a creative passion because someone tells you that you should is a fairly good sign that it wasn't really a passion.

"Lions' Commentary on Unix" by John Lions and Peter H. Salus

"Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid" by Douglas R. Hofstadter

"Linux Administration Handbook" by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, and Trent R. Hein

Any of the Feynman physics lecture series ... or "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" and other such titles

Any of Raymond Smullyan's puzzle books

Aye, it could be an accident. But, nonetheless, what an opportunity for Eve and Mallory.

How convenient for U.S. packet sniffers.

stoolpigeon:

So one could argue that bad employers need unions more than good employers.