Yes. I knew what I was doing. My point is that Apple has not gone away from the dark side. They appeared to realize they had better offer DRM-free music or people would start getting REALLY upset; yet they still want to make money off their previous DRM'd music. In other words, they don't think DRM'd music is "wrong" suddenly; they just are going with the popular opinion/popular desire. And try to make money off the shift while they're at it.

My point? Just because Apple now sells DRM-free music doesn't mean Apple is anti-DRM.

Yup: http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/asus-ul80vt-review. I have a UL80vt, and get about 9-10 hours reliably (both linux and win7), and that's while running overclocked by 33%.

If it's just checking mail, get a dedicated netbook. Light, easy to drag around, and if the damned thing is shattered... so what?

Alternatively, have them issue blackberries. This is still a hospital, right?

But if they assume bad faith, they're fucked whether or not they guessed right.

The Russians are quite capable of doing the right thing.

Actually, a lot of those are support personnel... there are a lot of people that support that one trigger puller... and you don't want to match the enemy one for one... you want triple their numbers or more... if the enemy has a platoon, we send a company, etc.

The detail you are forgetting is the rest of the CVBG has phalanx and other anti-missile systems. If it's the carrier's weapons that actually knock down the missile instead of an escort's weapons, then that's a major failure.

Name one other profession or trade or area of expertise where expert advice is so routinely ignored for such trivial reasons.

All of them.

It doesn't happen with doctors, lawyers, plumbers, electricians, auto mechanics or insurance agents. /blockquote.

You might want to talk with some doctors, lawyers, plumbers, electricians, auto mechanics or insurance agents. They'll tell you differently. It might happen a little more often to IT professionals, but, trust me, it does happen everywhere.

Point is, don't dress up military installations to look like civilian infrastructure, it's bad.

Don't let your own country commit real war crimes like torture, and then you can start complaining about rules of engagement and flags when it's an attack on a military vessel.

Of course, Israel (unlike Hezbollah) limited itself to launch sites

Do you think I was peaking hypothetically about doctors houses shelled by the IDF, schools bombed by the IDF (after telling civilians to use it for shelter) and bombing clearly marked U.N. vehicles? Israel has launched attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, and Egypt. Whereas Iran hasn't attacked one of it's neighbors in 200 years.

Everyone gets ONE chance to totally submit to muslim authority, anyone who doesn't immediately takes that option gets killed, or tortured and killed if they can do it (the actually "preferred way" to do it is crucifixion in sharia).

A load of xeonophobic crap.

Spec up the job properly so that they must be able to demonstrate that the app complies with appropriate standards, and demonstrate compatibility with browsers from multiple vendors on multiple platforms. Developing properly now will save you a LOT of problems/costs in the future and give you far more flexibility - eg to use smartphones, tablets etc should you want to.