A history lesson for you young-uns.

Back before the internet, guys like this were generally only found in the back room of libraries, sorting incoming books and handling interlibrary loans - safely sequestered from the rest of society.

(My college job was at our university library, way back in the 1980s... no, at the front desk!)

First time through, I read this as 'I worked with a felon who claimed "thirty-three years of experience".'

Being a robot's great, but we don't have emotions and sometimes that makes me very sad.

Just keep those blinders on, son. Just keep telling yourself what other people use their iPhones and Android phones for isn't to get stuff done - it's not like they're doing WORK the way you are! Don't ask yourself how all those people who switched away from Blackberry could possibly not see how they're no longer getting anything done with those lesser phones...

"We cannot keep doing the same thing and expect a different result. It does not serve America's interests, or the Cuban people, to try to push Cuba toward collapse. We know from hard-learned experience that it is better to encourage and support reform than to impose policies that will render a country a failed state," said the White House in a written statement.

So would the same people that support this move also say we should have continued with "constructive engagement" vis a vis South Africa during apartheid rather than imposing the punitive sanctions that were demanded by many left-of-center folks?

Another vexing problem LA commuters have to deal with, while those in San Francisco or Oakland do not, is the presence of Bus Pirates.

I don't have stereo vision, you insensitive clod!

Neither - they've just invented transparent aluminum!

However I'm not a big fan of Belgian-style beers.

Hmm... I'm not sure we want to pay for a dimension we're not gonna use.

This is how I want our 3-letter agencies to be doing their jobs, rather than actively working to sacrifice everyone's privacy and safety just because it might make it slightly easier to nail a small number of criminals.

The fundamental problem is - sysadmins have more or less unfettered access to a companies' systems, and there's no good way for non-technical people to tell if a sysadmin is misusing his position. If you're the one running a company's mail server, you can conceivably intercept all sorts of sensitive information. It's the same if you're the one responsible for keeping company desktops operational.

It may take a while - that's a lot of basement-dwellers to sift through...

Yes - but their fries are pretty tasty.

You can certainly get Maine Lobster in Portland, Oregon. However everyone nearby will stare at you while simultaneously registering their passive-aggressive disapproval to their Twitter feeds. #LobstersArePeopleToo