YYYY/MM/DD makes a lot of sense to use, especially if you work with computers etc., because if you use that construct as part of a filename, it sorts correctly.

Indeed! I'm one of several driving instructors in my local Audi Club who run several teen driving clinics per year. It's astounding how much they'll learn in a single day of instruction. I certainly feel better about their ability to handle a car when they leave, and (I think) so do they.

We teach basic car control, and give them the opportunity to actually lose control in a safe environment, so they know what it's like, know what their car is capable of (and isn't capable of) and mostly, just instill some confidence in them, so that when something happens on the road, they'll already have been there at least once, and hopefully won't panic.

"Driver education" as taught here in the US doesn't teach them anything about driving a car. It teaches them to obey the law (and not too effectively). If they had a solid sense of the amount of energy involved in even the most basic maneuvers, they'd probably look at speeding etc. in a whole new light. And I hope we help, at least a little, with that.

I'd love to require a course like ours for all new drivers before they get a license, and perhaps an occasional refresher for all drivers, period (even us instructors!)

There's a Chrome build in the dev branch for OS X. You can get it here:

http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=mac

The reason Diesel sales in the US are low is because the EPA puts restrictions on how many passenger cars can be sold with Diesel engines. It has little to do with customer demand.

That's because those custom 404 pages still give the proper 404 HTTP response - page does not exist. They're just wrapped in custom HTML that jazzes up the page that's displayed by your browser.

You know, I have to say that I agree with you fully. I'm a Mac user since OSX was released, and the exact same thing is true for me. It's the apps, stupid! =)
Too many people don't understand that the "war" (if there is one) isn't about the operating system; I really couldn't care less about Windows vs. OSX vs. Linux vs. whatever. But if I can't run the applications I need to run, there's nothing to compel me to move to (or even experiment with) another OS.
Everyone likes to trot out the "valid alternatives" to applications like Photoshop, but the truth of it is that people like us have more invested than just the price of the software. We have a workflow that we've developed over time that would be expensive to change, and I don't mean in dollars.

You can "correct" the behavior of Home and End on a Mac by placing the following in ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict :

{
"\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfLine:"; /* home */
"\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfLine:"; /* end */
"$\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfLineAndModifySelection:"; /* shift + home */
"$\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfLineAndModifySelection:"; /* shift + end */
}

Exactly so. In fact, on most old mechanical typewriters, the shift lock key was, in fact, a mechanical switch that did the job of holding the shift key down for you. It needed to be next to (above) the shift key so it could engage the catch that held it down.

If you're currently eligible to upgrade your hardware with AT&T, you get the $99/$199/$299 prices. All new hardware requires a new contract with AT&T, and if you're not currently eligible, you pay full price. This isn't unique to the iPhone.

In Minnesota, you may request a blood test in place of the field breathalyzer, which (according to my attorney) you SHOULD do.

You should also decline (again, according to my attorney - consult your own even if you live in MN) to take any of the other "field sobriety tests" such as walking toe-to-heel, lifting one foot and counting, etc. they simply allow the officers to collect more evidence against you. You are not required to submit to these tests.

Any delay in taking the blood test during transport to the medical facility etc. is not relevant, as the rate of metabolism of alcohol in the body is well understood, and your B.A.C. at the time of the stop can be determined.

Like, for example, OS/400 and its successor, i5/OS. There are plenty of operating environments available that were designed from the outset with security as THE #1 priority. Some of which, I'm confident, we've not even heard of.

If the MS spokesperson there had confined his remarks to "mainstream desktop operating systems", he might have actually been close to the mark. I'm not a security expert, though, so I can't really say one way or another.

Then you didn't look very hard. Go to the QuickTime download page and select option 2: QuickTime 7.6 for Windows XP or Vista.

I understand not wanting to install software for one or another reason, but it *is* possible (and relatively easy) to get QT without iTunes.

If you do install QT without iTunes, it doesn't install Bonjour.

I like your thought process, but does it fit her, too? If she's a geek and you know she'll appreciate the same values of iridium as you do, I say go for it. However, if she's not, you may want to look at what she might want as a symbol, since the ring for her is a reminder of you. If you can show you were thinking of her when you designed it, so much the better.

For my wife, a self-described "dirty hippy", I got a lovely white gold ring (reclaimed gold) with a single sapphire of certified ethical origin. It's untreated, so the color is a little dull, but that's how it came out of the ground. The presentation box was handmade sustainable wood.

Match the ring to her!