I'd be happier if they'd just fix the batteries so they don't drain in under an hour. I've been through 5 batteries and they all had this problem. I just use the wires now.

A friend was looking at products on Amazon while NOT logged in. Then later started receiving EMAILS from Amazon about that product. So they are linking cookies to your account even if you aren't logged in. Not a great idea considering people use public computers to browse for products.

And the ability to delete pads and saved revisions. That was a deal-breaker for me for Etherpad.

Were we really supposed to start adopting Wave? Last I tried it, I was unable to meld my existing email with Wave- send messages to people who only have normal email from a Wave, and receive emails into a Wave. Without that, it is a failure. I'm not going to be forced to check my Email, Wave and Facebook to reply to various people. It's bad enough I can't just hit 'Reply' on those Facebook message notifications you get in your Email.

I also thought were were going to see Wave clients? I thought I would be able to use my own email address for this.

They should have made this into the next gen of Gmail, and then the whole Gmail userbase could just flip the switch in Gmail and suddenly everything would be waves.

This is pretty sad news. I love visiting my local bookstore here in Canada - it's called Chapters/Indigo.

I find today that I am gravitating more and more toward books. TV has become an endless rain of banal reality shows and perpetual cliff-hanger-dramas. Movies are mostly sequels and fluff and even movies now are hopping on the cliff-hanger bandwagon.

Books so far have remained ad-free and satisfying, with a low cost per entertainment-hours.

National Geographic Magazine did a recent article on the US power grid. Apparently it is way older and sensitive to fluctuations than I thought. It's really not set up currently to handle the erratic nature of 'green' power.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/07/power-grid/achenbach-text

Hardcover books are expensive. My favourite author releases them at about $50 each. Even for an avid reader and book collector like me, I consider hardcovers to be luxury items that I reserve only for my favourite author's books and a few others. Combine that with the current economy and I wouldn't be surprised to find that harcovers are not selling well. Many of my friends have 'rediscovered' libraries to save some money.

I wonder how many people buy the 'cheap' ebook first, decide they like it, then buy the paperback or hard cover after in order to have it for their shelf.

You won't catch me with an e-reader though, until DRM dies (probably not even then... I'm a collector).

I think the point here is that yes, it's just an image... but in the case of the child abuse, it was a real child being abused. For many people that image would fester and they would start to empathize with the child and would be upset about the act that was done in order to produce that image.

I doubt you would feel that it was 'just' an image if it was your younger sibling or your child who was in the picture.

But yes, people should be aware of the job they are taking on and whether they can handle it. Though sometimes you don't know if you can handle it until it's too late.

Ask the candidate to give a short presentation on a software project they worked on in the past. they can describe database design, frameworks used, reasoning behind programming environment choices etc. You'll get a good feel for their technical knowledge, grasp of a project and communication skills. Have someone in the interview who can throw technical Qs at them from time to time.

"We are an open source company and it's why we're better than proprietary companies."

This is the biggest line of marketing nonsense. Just because you are giving people the source when the buy the product does not make you 'better'. It's still proprietary if users are restricted like crazy on what they can do with that source. If they can't share or fork it. Also, providing the source doesn't mean that the app itself is better when it comes to features, usability, stability etc. By what metric are they claiming to be 'better'?

Who is Google supposed to give the money to? They had multiple people submit similar ideas. And what's to stop people from pocketing it, rather than use it to implement the idea?

Sounds like Google realized that they'd just be handing people a big ole check with no accountability for it.

Or was Google planning on implementing the ideas themselves?

"This article suggests that the extended length of the current console generation will drive some developers back to the PC as new games push up against hardware limits."

Let me just say - stop it! Stop pushing hardware limits, especially for graphics. I'm playing Red Dead Redemption right now and it is stunningly beautiful on our Plasma TV. Enough is enough - now please focus on bringing back originality, story, better controls, and please-oh-please split-screen gaming. I heard Red-Dead is introducing a co-op mode but no split screen. BLEH. So much for my boyfriend and I playing at the same time.

I have several friends who are also gamers. In our past we used to get together at someone's house and have lots of gaming options like Goldeneye, Mario Party, etc. Now... split screen gaming is rare- and even when it exists (ie Borderlands) it is limited to 2 players.

Girls with self-confidence who aren't shallow are less likely to go for the 'jock' type. Girls who are looking for a partner, not a care-taker.

I was looking for a smart, nice-looking 'geek' and I found one. :) It's nice to have someone who enjoys video games and reads the same books as me. He even got me into his board-game obsession. You might not believe it, but there are some good-looking female 'geeks' and gamers out there. :)

Sometimes companies do things that annoy you, but you are getting a good enough deal that it's worth it to stick with them. Also, we don't have a lot of choice here as far as phones for the plan he likes to use. I'm sure you're familiar with the concept of weighing pros and cons - this button issue is one of only few cons.

Your assumption that my boyfriend is dumb or that 'women always go for the dumb guys' is absurd and insulting. I'm primarily attracted to his intelligence. You sound rather bitter...

If I was in the market for a new job, I'd be looking for companies who operate as a Results Only Work Environment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROWE

I am SO done with this hourly nonsense.