THIS! I was on the other side, interviewing countless developers at a previous (small) company. We got a new CTO sometime after I came on and so the hiring criteria changed accordingly. He had me conduct the technical interviews for many Java developer positions, and he sat in sometimes. There were many people I felt would be qualified for a mid-level or even entry-level position and recommended as such. EVERY SINGLE ONE got shot down because they were seeking Senior-level talent (and rockstar level at that) for far less than such talent is worth (at least 40% less).

At one point I talked to him about it and reminded him that he said I was the "best Java developer the company has ever had" in my annual review (he based some of this on what people who pre-dated him said about me). Based on his criteria, they wouldn't have hired me. After this, he STILL didn't change his hiring practices. It was so frustrating that it was one of the factors that contributed to my leaving the company.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/121/1214255p1.html

Word from Nintendo is that Miyamoto is NOT stepping down and this was a misinterpretation.

Actually, the game one puts the responsibility of regulating children INTO the hands of parents and OUT of the government. The ruling just prevented a law requiring the government to decide what can and can't be sold to minors with regards to violent video games. Now the responsibility is on the parents to actually pay attention to what their kids are playing and, if the kids bought something the parents don't want them playing, take it away.

Dammit, didn't mean to post AC on that one...

I wouldn't say that. DirectX 11 is still pretty new. Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_with_DirectX_11_support

Maybe it made it to the front page because of posts like this that, instead of helping this guy out, simply show your "uber-l337" Linux knowledge and elitism and have left this guy in a position where he doesn't know about these DEs you speak of.

Instead of attacking someone who may not know what you know about Linux and calling it Microsoft FUD, how about you help the poor guy?

I've got an i7 920 on my desktop and run Windows 7 for gaming/home use purposes and it works fine. Don't let the problems with the server software dissuade you from a very good processor for home and gaming use. The kind of stuff you're describing doing will never run into anything close to the problems from this article.

As a former student of Digipen, I can confirm this. They're all crazy, but typically smart as hell. Also, most (not all) of the students are just as socially inept as you would expect. Hell, we even had this one guy who was the perfect embodiment of the stereotypical geek. Even the professors called him a "creepy little gnome".

Then this information should only become relevant if it indeed impacts job performance. There are many people who can go out and do things a boss might not like to hear about, but still not let it impact their job. Why should it be assumed things that COULD impact performance WILL impact performance?

For example, my grandfather was a pretty bad alcoholic yet it never caused him to miss a day of work or have any more of a negative impact than other typical reasons (not getting enough sleep, etc). FYI, the man was a chemist for 50+ years.

As for the department getting black eyes due to employee's personal lives, that's just a symptom of a halfway retarded society who lets one bad apple ruin the bunch, despite the fact each one is in a sealed plastic bag.

Why should workers have to supply personal information that isn't in any way relevant to the job? Why should workers give their bosses the means to invade on their personal lives? I realize there are cases (mainly national security type jobs) that may view these as compromising security, but then they should only require NDAs or, at worst, closing these accounts.

How is this any different from the SplashTop (or ExpressGate) interface used by companies like ASUS? It boots in seconds (usually less than 10 sec on my machine) and runs only a few apps, most of them web-based.

If this already exists, then why are we making a big deal about it? Furthermore, if it already exists and nobody seems to give a shit, then why SHOULD we be excited? I've only used it once or twice as a "hey, neat" kind of exercise.

Perhaps the bigger problem is this: I once dated a young woman who had lithium treatments for bipolar disorder and, as a result, had to constantly get her blood tested to make sure it wasn't at toxic levels.

Yes, in certain amounts, lithium helps, but in larger amounts, it is toxic to the human body. If we put it in something like water, how are we going to explain to people that drinking too much water might cause bone loss, kidney damage and seizures? This is not to mention the problems lithium can cause on the unborn during pregnancy. What, are we going to add tap water to things women shouldn't ingest when pregnant?

Or how about the similarities between the current "You can't NOT support Obama's economic policies or you want the country to fail" sentiment being pushed by Obama's administration and supporters and Bush's "If you're not with us, then you're against us."

At least Bush had the stones to say it outright...