Wrong. First you write the documentation, then you write the tests and then, if you have time, you write the code.

Technically, but it depends on the project. Some times there is a certain amount of implied pre-ordering going on. You just have to read between the lines on the project description. No compensation though f it does fall through.

I love Kickstarter, it is one of my secret vices. First rule though, never pledge any more than you can afford to write off and still keep a smile on your face. I have pledged to a couple of dozen projects from books and CDs, to paintings and sculptures, to gadgets and tech. Only one has failed to deliver so far, though after a year of silence, that seems to be getting back on track.

The worst thing that can happen to a Kickstarter project is for it to be TOO successful. You have a crazy idea to build something, Kickstart it and suddenly there are a thousand people after it. All of a sudden you are talking serious money and serious organizational skills to produce it. If they just want the money to bring something to market (you are essentially preordering) then fine, if its to do some R&D and actually design the thing then I'd be careful.

I just think of it as a way to be a kind of "patron to the arts" and to find some cool stuff along the way.

Finally, want to get a surefire success for your project? Just stick the words "Neil Gaiman" in in somewhere. They love him. ;)

Now there was a good idea that never got off the ground.

TFA is quite interesting. His problem is not with Linux, but with his belief in it. It sounded a bit like one of those articles where the "religious believer" starts to question why their particular "god" inflicts so much suffering on the world. I am sure that all that is keeping the notion of the Linux Desktop alive is the belief of all those "Gnomies" out there that it is a real possibility. Should they all however "wake up and smell the coffee" then /. may collapse.

How is the Pi going to affect the Arduino market? Is the Pi higher specced and cheaper?

They will probably just have auto drive motorways. You drive from home to the motorway and then stick it on auto till you reach the urban sprawl of your choice. Probably charge a toll for it as well.

I think you will find they were serious about disco.

I had a TV remote, a PVR remote, a Blu-Ray remote and a 360 controller. Now I have a Harmony 4in1 remote and it is a lot less hassle. It will turn on the TV and Blu-Ray, change channel and even control the correct volume. Nearly gadget of the decade just for that.

Lets face it, no two degrees are worth the same thing if they are from different colleges. There is a sliding scale of universities and chances are, a 2.1 from Oxford is worth much more than a 1st from Scunthorpe Uni. Badges will probably just slot in the list somewhere near the bottom, along with all the other mail order diploma places.

In the future Wall Posts and Communication will be to Facebook what Searches are to Google, just a means to do their real business. Pimping your virtual a$$ out for to whoever pays the most.

What about the Wu Tang Clan inspired Wubuntu, the latest version of Creaky Cow (ie, Mooobunto) and the frankly crap Pubuntu?

That is the nearest we inthe UK have to Glenn Beck.

Move along, nothing to see here.

doesn't mean that it should be done. I'm just saying.

2004 - Half Life 2 came out and I was disappointed. That was one long corridor (albeit of different widths and with different textures) from beginning to end. At least from what i have seen of the first 15 mins, MW3 makes it a Hollywood block buster of a corridor. That is progress.