Nah... you'd still owe at least for the 1 'e' in the "(Score:5)" you earned... :-)

Not really... here's a programmer from the 70s who would completely agree with him:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halstead_complexity_measures

People do that all the time... http://www.shopliftingprevention.org/whatnaspoffers/nrc/publiceducstats.htm you have no idea how much merchandise walks out of the big box stores on a regular basis (especially when you consider the inside jobs)

When I was working at Best Buy one of the stores in our region had the entire computer department fired because 35K worth of laptops disappeared from the store... and that's the one they noticed.

You know who's got the highest Torrent ratio? The intern working at the big label who uploads everything that comes through the office. The guy downloading that song may not "know" the insider but he's still benefiting from the fruits of his labors.

Theft is almost always a cost-benefit deal (aside from those who get off on the act not the booty) The risk may be higher walking out of a physical store with goods but so is the reward if you set your sights big enough. 1 often balances out the other. Adding in the thrill seekers and stupid and I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often especially when the economy's down.

Depends on which neighborhood you're in or who they are asking you about.

A snitch is a snitch and there are many places where you will pay a heavy price for saying *anything* about *anyone*.

I learned a long time ago that the police were not on my side. There are aspects of their job that I benefit from (such as their presence, in theory, deterring a higher level of crime) but I have never had an officer actually try to "serve and protect" me. I'd be better off setting myself on fire and waiting for the FD than waiting for a policeman to help me out.

I'd like to be more fierce against the OP...

Get out of your son's way!! He's doing it the best way already... why are you trying to stop him?! There is nothing, in my book, valuable about learning a WYSIWYG editor when you are proficient in creating without one. I'm sure there are arguments against me but that's how I feel and how I code.

Yeah... the AOL beginnings aren't really that strange. My Mom paid for an AOL subscription. I rarely if ever used any of the AOL walled garden but would immediately background the app and use the now wide open internet connection. At some point a friend of mine got a job at a local ISP and I switched to there because it was similarly free and AOL's network was getting congested.

AOL was what it was and that wasn't too terrible a thing for a while.

I'm on a different "kinda" side...

I've had the same DSL wire running to my house from the same provider since I bought the house in 2002.

That provider has changed names twice in that time both of which I believe were buy outs.

I've upgraded my service once in that time. (1.5 sync -> 40/20) and when i did that I was forced to drop my third-party ISP and switch to using my Telco who've been providing me the line just not the service all along.

So... I answered 3-5 because that's when I upgraded my line and switched "ISP"s.

Did anyone read the posting?

"Men wanted for hazardous journey, small wages, and bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful, honor and recognition in case of success."

"Men" being the important word here. They are not looking for a breeding crew on the first trip. They are looking for workers. I'm presuming future missions would be more diverse (especially if they are trying to build a real colony).

It's not a bug. It's a feature.

Bose has more problems than just inaccurate sound...

This guy writes a fun rant :-)

http://philintheblank.com/philled/Bose.html

No Highs, No Lows, Must be BOSE!

For the OP's $50 I have to say I've always been a fan of my Sony cans. When they originally debuted the MD-600s they were hands-down the best cans for the price, plenty usable in a pro environment. I've since switched to the MD-V700DJ because they have bigger drivers, more sturdy head mount and the form factor is better for how I use them.

There are more pristine sounding audiophile headphones out there for more money but these are pretty damn good and price point is excellent. Bang-for-buck win. (I just bought a replacement pair for $130 including shipping)

I'd just like to read this article written without the mumbling sound caused by Apple's dick being firmly lodged in their mouths. The entire article read like they were trying, really hard, to write an objective article but then phrases like "engineering marvel" and "the hardware spec itself is flawless (and peerless)" come out and credibility is lost especially when those exaggerated comments are in the neighborhood of descriptions telling about what isn't any better (and in many cases worse) than the competition.

I think an objective article would have more of the following tone:

"Apple's new Mac Book is the first laptop to integrate a retinal display and standard USB 3.0. They also include a massive battery to keep the battery life high, 7 hours, in the face of the higher power drain of the screen. The balance of the components are on par with competing laptops or in some cases slower presumably continuing in their aim to keep battery life high. Apple also continues their black-box philosophy having no user-serviceable parts within the shiny package."

Fluff that out to make an article long enough for an editor and I'd be screaming less fanboi at this PR-grade article.

Honestly this is rubbish. A good sales person can sell you something they've never even imagined before. It's like playing poker... if you think you need the cards in front of you to win then you've already lost.

I used to be the combo role. I'm a highly technical person who worked as a salesman. I was pretty good at it but the sales part was draining on my soul so I was quite happy to shed that part of my responsibility. At the time I worked with a lot of people who were excellent sales people but knew nothing at all about what we were selling. Every once in a while they'd bring someone over who had question they couldn't answer. Most of the time they'd just pass that customer on to me completely because they didn't need them. Their numbers were just fine selling to people who didn't feel the need to ask those questions.

In my current job we sell very technical resources to people who don't understand quite what they are buying. We give a certain amount of technical training to the sales staff but in the end they are what they are "Salespeople" we have technical people who assist in training the customer and making sure we sell something that is actually somewhat based in reality but the sales people need none of those tech skills to be very good at their jobs.

In a perfect world, sure, your sales person would be an expert at what s/he sold to give the best value to the customer and the least headaches to the delivery team but that is not the world we live in and we seem to get by just fine.

Excellent story! It's pretty rare you get Utopia and Distopia presented together in one story so well. After reading the second half of the story I'm saying "Sign me up!" with no reservations... I only hope we as a civilization can get there someday (in my lifetime preferably)

To be very specific: The 3 consortiums involved are US, US, FR as far as the tech goes. Each consortium includes a few different companies all of which, I believe, include some local talent for support / logistics and some code.