And then

So basically you draw the line when you can afford it and you call it a waste of money when you can't.

IPhone is your own form of luxury (or a similar product) , you don't need it, you know the price is ridiculously high. There are many phones with similar features costing half the price. But you want it.

Such kind of cars mean roughly 0.00001% of the whole car's market. I bet that Iphone sales in absolute term means more waste than Bugatti sales. So if you are really serious about waste, first ban Iphones.

...I just discovered that almost all slashdotters are bodybuilders!

Really Fascinating.

Well simple, if you fear the worst, browse the mono source, remember mono is "open source". I use mono on a daily basis, the C# language and the framework are simply great. Anyway RMS seems to live in a different age. Now the real issue isn't desktop programming anymore. What truly matters are things like HTML 5 vs Flash. ACID test, SVG support, Canvas, open 3D standard, The real battle is on the web. This is where we need guys like him, not pesting about second class issue like this one.

Yes...Clearly, you notice too that during the last episode, the troops joining Mordor for the last fight have distinct traits and costumes inspired by middle east culture. I would pay a fortune to see their Mullah face once they will heard the famous

"Hold your ground, hold your ground! Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you *stand, Men of the West!"

Well this is clearly the kind of speech you need to keep fighting, isn't it.

The scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GgSdiX0kDI

There are revolution which have been launched because of an Opera performance (Belgium 1830 -> The Mute Girl of Portici). Poor choice indeed.

AFAIK that's the case in all Western Countries. As soon as you have a proper legal system, citizens use it (and abuse it).

I live in a socialist (social democrat) ruled country. Obama would be considered as conservative over here, mainly due to his rather strong christian faith (OMH he goes to church!) and no clear statement on abortion. His economy policy would be considered conservative too due to a lack of a "powerful" welfare state.

So what? What's the point? She does a good job, this what matters for those using her service. If she likes to be dressed as a gladiator, mickey mouse or whatever she wants to while doing it, that's totally up to her. I don't care, I won't be forced to live with her, that's her life and her choice. If you feel threatened by her choice, I suggest you to visit a shrink to talk about your sexuality or move to Iran.

Yes, send an unarmed C-130 into the Iranian airspace. I don't if it will able to broadcast TV stations for more than one second, but it could be great fireworks!

And for Iran, the CIA funded the 1953 Iranian coup d'Etat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat against a democratically elected government. And before this coup, there were already strong British (and even soviet) influence because of their oild reserve. It led to a dictatorship overthrown by a theocracy in 1979. If the US (or any Western countries) try to interfere in this mess, you can be sure that it will be a total backlash. Westerners are far from being innocent in this region. Better to let them deal with their domestic problems and to hope for the best.

This CEO ended up into a cultural clash. The kind of one Japanese bosses experienced while opening branches in the US and in Europe during the 80's. They thought for years the Japanese way was the best and their local workers should adapt themselves to their way of working. Things weren't working as expected. They thought those western guys were lazy, Discipline was the key and respect to the hierarchy was the key. . They finally understood that those guys were simply working differently.

Most innovations in the computing industry happen in the US...The biggest (by far) computing companies are Americans...And yet he claims that US tech grads are unemployable...It looks like there is a "big" flaw in his logic. (I'm not American BTW).

If I was the main shareholder of his company, I would sack him. He should remain an engineer not a manager and certainly not an entrepreneur.

The only rule in the business world is to adapt yourself.

Well thx to Google, A God class is usually known as a God object. a God object is an object controlling way too many objects... http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?GodClass Never heard of it either. At first I thought he meant the main class or something.

Pascal...I had to learn it early 90's.... On the other hand, what's the point to bore students to death with such languages lacking all the nice stuffs of modern languages? I remember that I learn a lot more by my own playing with graphic library because it was funny, extremely visual. And once you want to make some animation, you need to understand the logic behind buffering, and other basic concepts.

I would rather take a high level language and then I would gradually move to the core. It's like being in front of a car...first you want to drive it. Once you master driving...You wonder how this thing works? I always had the feeling that CS takes the opposite road, first you have to know how an engine works before driving...What you learn has no practical use ( read funny for a teenager) until very late in your study.

Come roots are so obvious:

• "presume" -> presumed
• "Innocent" -> guess what
• "declare" -> declared
• "coupable" -> guilty (Culpable)

the rest

• Tout (any)
• etant (To be)
• Jusqu'a (until)
• ce qu' (that)
• il (he)
• a ete (has been)

So a literal translation is
Any man is presumed innocent until he has been declared guilty

Englishspeakers don't understand the chance they've got to master a language half germanic/half roman. You've got everything you need to decypher most western european languages.

I think prior cases still have influences.There is a jurisprudence system in most (if not all) continental european countries. But IMHO it is merely an interpretation of a law not a law in itself (?).

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

I'm not a lawyer so take it as it is ;-)

I tried to find vids of this thing. All I found was a 2 years old interview. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=3202576