It's best we just go ahead and surrender now. I for one welcome..... no, no, this goes beyond overlord.... I welcome our unicorn-domesticating superiors and look forward to serving under the yoke of unicornia!! (I admit I got all excited at first thinking they found a lair of uni-porn.... but this isn't bad, either!)

If you are not tying the drumsticks together with electron-dampened cooper-molybdenum oxygen-free cables, then your turkey will never be as "warm and resonant" as mine. I'm happy to sell you my spare cable if you need....

And that's the REAL reason Guinness was invented; to prevent unauthorized archaeological activity.Otherwise, the Irish would have categorized the the entire subterranean contents of the Emerald Isle by now...

Even Kormack is dismayed... I guess he has to post AC for obvious reasons....

Hello Mr/Ms/Dr/Rev AC, I think you miscomprehended the statement. The title of this article/page is "Is it Time to End Our Love Affair with the QWERTY Keyboard." The answer, "No. That is all" means NO, IT IS NOT TIME TO END OUR LOVE AFFAIR. It was modded insightful because many people can read and understand the sentiment that it is not time to end the QWERTY keyboard. You yourself seem to defend the QWERTY, too. Which means, in theory, you should agree with "No. That is all." Instead you question how it became insightful. Well, you can lead a Slashdotter to water...

This is not flamebait. I am a private school teacher so I say this with honest clarity. Some public school administrators are largely a joke. I am currently getting my master's degree in education administration and I hear horror stories day in and day out from classmates that work in the public system. Granted, I live in New Orleans so our public system is a dysfunctional mess. However, across the nation the legislative mandates that any public school teacher have to deal with are contradictory at best and truly insane at the worst. So ditch the public system. Private schools tend to be run more like companies and lousy administrators don't last. Firing teachers is a breeze... in fact, you're simply not rehired. To work in a private school you have far less legal protections but you have students and administrators that truly care, supportive parents (not always) and colleagues that are largely pros. (in the case of a good private school, much like in the case of a good company) So instead of bailing on the profession, bail on the bad school. Also, to be fair, there are thousands upon thousands of EXCELLENT public schools out there and perhaps your wife should look at other options in the area. Often times a different district or parish (counties for everyone else) will have a very different system. But really, don't give up on the dream of teaching. Teaching provides far more than can be measured and on my deathbed I will take a massive amount of satisfaction to the grave with me. Difference makers take it with them. Moneymakers may or may not be able to do the same.

Hirai-sama Banzai! (No, no, no, this is not a war chant. It literally means, "Sir (give or take) Hirai, ten thousand generations!" May Hirai be remembered for ten thousand generations, indeed.

Around here we just chuck stuff into the bayou..... that's what we call (wait for it..) bayou-degradeable. (Can't pass up this one, now can I?)

Please don't make comments if you don't know what you are talking about! (oh, wait, this is slashdot...) And forget?? Where you live 'people' might forget but here in New Orleans we forget very, very little of Katrina. Officers that did the shooting have been convicted and sentenced. The mistrial you point out is for one officer who was on the cover up side. Dugue was not even involved in the shooting. Please don't spread ignorance. (and don't back-peddle saying it was the cover-up dude getting off. He's not off, there's just been a mistrial)

Bread and Circuses. Congrats America, we're living 324 AD style!!

2112 on many levels... well done!

and here I was thinking the executive branch enforces the law.... guess I'm not so sharp.

I tell my world history students this every year... Think about what would happen if terrorists due in fact get hold of a nuke and wipe out a US city... or three.... How long would it take for us to build the camps? Sadly, I think more people would be donating time and money to get the camps built then they would to help the victims of the attacks. One of the scariest scenes I ever saw in the 24 tv series was the de facto camp built to house "suspected terrorists." We'd do the same... in a heartbeat. Sad and scary.

Racist newsletters tyvm.

Stop with the silly Iran thing, really. If I break Iranian law by actions in the US without ever having my actions affect any aspect of Iranian society/economy, etc then my actions, not only unknown in Iran, will have no impact on Iran. HOWEVER, when non-US folks break laws that have direct impact on US companies and US citizens INSIDE the US (and they use US computer services)then of course they are fair game to be prosecuted. Sorry you don't like the long arm of the law, but if I start messing with French companies from the US then France certainly has the right to seek me out. Not that France has the backbone for that sort of thing, but still...