Thank you for what you have done for us.

I'm going to pile on here. I have a 15" HP laptop that fits in it, plus my Canon XSI, plus 4 lenses, plus flash, plus filters and other crap. I took it to Washington DC on a plane, fits in the over-head bin. This is my main photography pack. (I also have a much smaller sling bag from Lowepro). My pack has worked GREAT for me, for about 3 years now. It has fallen out of a car, more than once, and kept things safe. I really, REALLY can't recommend this bag enough.

Oh, and with their sling design, it is easy to get the camera out of, without putting the backpack down. Two things I wish it had. A waterproof cover, and a place to tie on a tripod. Oh, I will point out, I had this in a flooded vehicle as well, and it dried out easily, and has not shown any adverse effects of being half submerged in water. The one lens that WAS submerged with it... not so happy ending. :-(

Sorry, had to say it.

This is shaping up to be a pretty interesting hacking game. I wonder if we could get some sort of network involved to make it into a true spectator sport, and not just the barbs fired off after each round?

I didn't think thumb drives came until later. I thought it was RW CDs/DVDs that brought the end of the floppy, though, they were not nearly as simple to use as floppy disks, hence the need for thumb drives.

Yea, I was thinking along the lines as well. Parrot and crow families tend to be very intelligent. I find it hard to believe the Anole is smarter than them. Of course, I am sure some of those would look at the Anole as a tasty morsel, and would win, anyhow.

I have a friend that had staples in here, after a surgery. Another doctor had an MRI done not long after that, and my friend, and the doctor at that point, discovered the staples. It was VERY unpleasant.

Ok, I have more than one. Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail... but Gmail is what I use as my email box. I have had it since I got an invite early on. I have had it longer than any ISP I have ever used. I DO own a few domains, but don't actually use them for email explicitly. From time to time. So, I could get around restrictions, but, if they don't let me use Gmail or maybe Hotmail, I won't use their service. I have yet to find any service online that was SO pressing, that I would work at getting another email address for them.

I completely agree. Gmail IS my email address. Stop me from using it, and I don't have another. Oh, I use qwest... and I think I have a hotmail address through them? Morons.

I have used your argument before, on these discussions. I completely agree. Imperial is superior for real world uses. Metric is superior for math, science, and standard conversion. It is all about convince.

This seems a little excessive to me. They recognized the problem, and took care of it, fairly quick. They didn't realize they had a problem on launch. It seems to MY eyes, that Google TRIES to do the right thing. Unlike Facebook, that does the wrong thing, until OVERWHELMING complaints roll things back. The privacy issues caused by the Buzz launch seemed to not big a big deal, except for a few outliers.

I don't know about 10 years... but I don't think you are far off the mark. :-(

Honestly, I have been completely passed by, because I don't have a degree. Having a degree in the IT field helps a lot. I have 16 years experience so that gives me MAJOR advantages over those just coming out of college. I am going to school now, part time to get my degree. When I get out, I will have over 20 years experience AND an IT degree. It is kind of the best of both worlds. I also know of at least one guy that is a very brilliant programmer that almost got let go from a company that was reorganizing, just because he didn't have a degree. A LOT of his co-workers lobbied to keep him on.

A degree gives you upwards mobility. That is pretty much it. It also lets you get your foot in the door. Everything else in the middle is up to who YOU are.

He was there, legitimately. So, that argument doesn't have merit in this case. He mis-represented what his ULTIMATE goal was, but he went to the school, represented what he was going to do correctly, and followed through. It is what he did with the video AFTER, that is getting him in trouble. I am pretty sure that you can stand off of school grounds, and take pictures of kids playing. Now... someone will MOST LIKELY call the cops on you, quickly, but from my understanding, those kinds of actions are NOT illegal.

Generally, model releases are needed for pay. You can take a picture of anyone, as long as they do not have any reasonable expectation of privacy. A school is a public place, hence no real expectation for privacy. He just can't make money, directly, off of it. At least, that is how I have read the statutes to be.

They guy made a crude joke. WAY too many people have gone WAY overboard on this. Our society is being put into a straight jacket. Humor has ALWAYS had more wiggle room, than most other forms of speech. But, the way too important people are even stifling humor. It is really pathetic.

I am going to college and getting an IT Management degree with an emphasis in development. I am getting a minor in Marketing, and will go on for a Master's in Business Administration. I will have been in IT between workstation, server, and network admin as well as web development for 20 years or more when I get my degree. I am trying to get myself in a position to be able to interface well with developers and pitch the cool stuff to upper management to get buy in. I should have the business credentials to get management's respect, while having the knowledge of the tech side to be a valuable interface between the two sides. At least, that is my vision, at this point. :-)