They're writing windows software. That may make your strategy a little more difficult. Also, most large companies have a problem with you installing your own OS on company computers...

Which means what? Nobody owns any content they post online?

I'd like to see links for reference. I've been on a lot of developer pages and Im not sure that I know what you're talking about. I know this isn't wikipedia but [citation needed]

Ever used multi-dimensional arrays? I'm pretty sure they're called that because geeks want people to think that they are masters of the universe...

I disagree. My grandfather landed on the beach in Okinawa as a US Marine and I've spent a lot of time trying to understand what he must have gone through.

Reading With The Old Breed while I played through CoD5 was at times a very sobering and insightful experience. Obviously I don't think I "understand what war is really like" if I did, I would have that 1000 yard stare so common to those soldiers.

I don't know if my grandpa would approve or not but I found it to be a very interesting experience that gave me some insight.

It was terrible.

This is how google search works. If you goto google.com and search for something they give you results. If Google has a tailored special kind of search just for your topic then they will provide a link to that tailored search..

For example, if you search for a swim suit model then they will add a link to search for that swim suit model using google image search

In a similar way, they offer a search specifically for news. Its true that they display ads on that page but you can return to search motivation. When you search for news are you trying to buy something or get information? The answer is get information, therefore you click on the news result, not the ad.

If a user actually wants to read a news article (the only reason they'd come to your news site anyway) then they will click on the news link. No wonder you're "notaprguy" you're way to oblivious to ever be useful in that function. If you are in marketing I cringe for however you work for because you obviously have clue what you're talking about.

Google doesn't force websites to be listed, if you want out then you can get out and Google could careless because anyone with half a brain recognizes that Google listing their content is WAY more beneficial.

Rape being above the national average probably has more to do with reporting. The Mormon church has a lot of safe guards and members of the church have interviews with their Bishop. Bishops are required to report cases of rape etc so it makes sense because there is a better system for reporting.

Also, before you assume Mormons have bad attitudes towards women consider that Utah was one of the first states to allow women to vote and sponsors the largest Women's service organization in the world.

It isn't all gravy of course. There are polygamist groups (no longer associated with the Mormon mainstream see LDS) that live in Utah and have very different ideas. However these groups also live in Colorado, Idaho, Texas and elsewhere (lots in Mexico).

I'm from colorado and live in utah and while Utah doesn't get as much skier tourism as Colorado its still significant. Also, you may have heard of the Sundance film festival? There were also some Olympics in utah not too long ago? That being said I do think the liquor laws are retarded. I don't drink (nor do I endorse drinking) but I do absolutely recognize and defend the right of others to drink. Having half the alcohol level just makes people drink more (so now they're fat AND drunk). And private clubs? This is a huge turn off to tourists. Thank goodness we have Governor Huntsman...

At 6:18 pm EST IBM's super computer went online At 6:19 pm EST IBM's super computer declared nuclear war on humans At 6:20 pm EST there was a SEG FAULT and skynet must reboot to continue genocide

I think the hardest thing about being "The Computer Guy" is that people stop taking the time to think through problems themselves and just ask you. That ends up making their questions stupid because they no longer need to think about problems.

I have a MBP that I've carried half way around the world and back and its running great after two years. I actually had it in my backpack when I got in a motorcycle accident. When I pulled it out of my backpack the bottom half was actually bent about 8 degrees in the middle. I put the bend on the edge of a table and bent it back. It had trouble ejecting disks for a little while but after a month or so it "just worked" Also dropped it down a flight of wooden stairs..no problem. Your best bet if you're not going to get a MBP is to get an Acer. Its the most likely to break the fastest so you can buy a real computer.

http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1012-frogs.html Strange, and I thought the big threat was coming from the fungi that are devastating species. Good thing they tied the threat to global warming, now we can all do something about it! ::smirk::