I'll save you all the trouble. Their "music" sounds like one of those sleep CDs you hear them playing at incense shops that sell quartz "power crystals" and/or the soundtrack to Myst.

Here's their picture:
http://www.networkworld.com/gr...

The guy on the left clearly did the kernel bit.
The dude in the middle has a cello and tattoo so he's clearly getting laid and therefor has never heard of Linux.
The guy on the right... well look at his hat and shoes... he's way too busy putting imitation carbon fiber parts on his Mitsubishi Lancer to have time for programming.

Your welcome for the 10min of your life I saved you.

We hold the police to a higher standard for a very good reason. If the occupy people did that crap to me, I'd probably stop so I could kick the guys ass. But I'm not a cop, I'm not on duty, and it's not my job to put up with that kind of crap. Annoyed with protesters? Don't get a job as a cop dead center in the protest capital of the country.

The rich are going to get just as screwed by this as everyone else. The FCC could have done a LOT over other things to remedy this situation. This is the easy way out, and very damaging.

I was a licensed welder for 10 years. It doesn't pay that well.

It's kind of like getting your CCNA. It doesn't pay well unless you get into one of the specialties. That $300k per year is what you get if you're welding under water or on a sky scraper. You really have to know what you're doing. Know what materials you're welding, use the exact right gas mix, have $50k worth of equipment, have all your welds Xrayed and inspected. I'm really good at welding and the few times I'm had my welds Xrayed has been pretty shaming. Those $300k dudes are earning their keep.

I actually think this article is demeaning to those in the trade fields. It would be like comparing your local ISP's helpdesk guy to one of Googles top developers. Just because it involves "welding" doesn't mean it's even remotely the same job.

Wow! I could have sword Street view was a part of that. But I have now checked and you are correct sir! I apologize for the mus-information. I have used the historical satellite view in the past it seems. I must be getting old...

Well now, there's a difference between "Having an all white school" / "Having an equal opportunity school" / "Having a school that gives preferential treatment to anyone that's not white" The first is moral repugnant. The second is how, at least I, think things should work. The third, again in my opinion, is just as repugnant and discriminatory as the first. How are we supposed to get past racism if our way of dealing with it is just as discriminatory as the racism it's designed to remedy? I don't think any form, for any government or business should ever have a "Race" box on it.

Do you know why I adopted a black kid from another country? When we decided to adopt, we went to the adoption agency... they asked us if we wanted to Adopt "Domestically" (the US) or Internationally. We of course said "Domestically" because it was going to be a lot easier. You meet the birth mother, she accepts you, you tell your insurance company whats going on, they reimburse her for her medical expenses, you get a kid! What could be easier?

They gave me the forms to fill out... all of our personal and financial info, etc.. etc..
How healthy of a child would you accept?
Disabled?
Major medical problems?
Minor problem?
No health problems?

That made me a bit uncomfortable. We're not rich so I put down minor problems.

Would you accept a child that's been the victim of abuse?
Yes, but I still didn't like the question.

What race would you accept
White?
Other?

that's it. White or other.
I refused to fill it out. I took it back to them. That's when they informed me that when you adopt from the United states of America there are 2 programs. They had fancy names for them but what it came down to was there was a "white" program and there was a minority program. I absolutely refused to adopt from the US because of that. I could have picked a the "Other" program but I found the entire thing repugnant to say the least.

Now, I knew when I adopted from Africa that I was probably going to get a black kid. But no other country on earth let you specify the race of the child. You got the next kid that was up for adoption that met your age and health requirements. Other than that, you didn't get to make a distinction. I was morally ok with that, though the health thing I'm not too sure about. But I also didn't want to get bankrupted by medical bills.

So I'm not just full of shit. Adopting from the US would have cost me out of pocket about $5k. Adopting from Africa cost me over $40k, my kid was Mal-nourished, riddled with Parasites (took 2 years to finally get him healthy) and I don't want to even tell you how horrible the trip was. All so I didn't have to check that box. I'm glad I didn't. I have the best kid ever.

(side note: I've been called out on my adoption details before. So I just want to state ahead of time, the laws and rules of adoption change from country to country, and from year to year, even weekly. So if you or someone you know had a different experience, that's entirely possible. Adoption law is constantly in flux because it's obviously a very sensitive issue for everyone involved. The statements I made above were true at the time I went through the process)

I would have read this submission, but I'm already half way through a 3000 page Novel at home and I don't need another one.

To all the spelling Nazis out there: It's not my fault Firefox's spellcheck is the worst on earth. Sorry about getting my "singles" crossed. :-p

Netflix

You seem to be intimating that the ridiculous efforts Aereo had to go to, to get the single to another part of the country was Aereos fault. It's not. The single is broadcast by the network of their own will... the user could, technically, set up their own highly sensitive antenna equipment and amplifiers and get a TV signal from any station in the country... but that would be very expensive. The idea that there's a distinction between such a setup, relaying the data across IP or the crazy Antenna setup that Aereo came up with is ridiculous. The content industry is trying to get the law to make technology operate the way they wish it would, rather than how it actually does. This is a problem entirely invented by the content industry and the politicians they paid to get irrational laws passed to protect their non-existent product.

I just want to point out to any Aereo users that should they get shut down, you can still go back to the Pirate bay and start real piracy again. It's a lot easier than this nonsense, all the commercials are edited out for you already AND if you thought you were sticking it to the broadcasting industry before, you'd really be sticking it to them now.

This has been available on Google earth for years. It's just new to Google Maps. The most useful aspect of this is if you're buying a house. You can look back at past records to see just how old that swimming pool really is... or did the owner really build that garage last year?

It's the opposite of handy if you're selling however ;-)

I see everyone going off on either Libertarian or Leftist rants here... but it's not quite that simple.

First, my son is black, I'm white... so I have a vested interest in both races succeeding :-) So that's full disclosure I guess...

First, the reason for affirmative action is often argued as a way to help "the disadvantaged" Well, this is just flat out wrong. Diversity in a school, or anywhere for that matter, doesn't aid the minority students all that much. Yea, sure, they would have gotten in where maybe they otherwise couldn't, but does that really help them? Do get into a school they weren't qualified for? Diversity helps the SCHOOL and the students of the majority. If you went to an all white school, how well prepared do you think you would be for the modern working world? Diversity gives the school and the students have a broader view of the world. Marketing students gets more experience with other races and cultures. Programers learn how to communicate with people that might not speak English that well. (I just got out of a metting where my 60yr old co-worker was completely lost because the guy leading the meeting was teleconferencing from India. I didn't have a problem.) Engineering students learn new techniques from people that may have had different experiences.

With regard to my son, it's really hard to find good role models for him. Yes, there are plenty of great African American Scientists form throughout history. But they are not held in that high of a regard by the African American community. I get to go to "African American Parents groups" and I see it there. It's kind of weird that an the majority of a communities basis for success is related to professional athletes. It's something I had not anticipating as being that big of a problem, but I can really see it now that I have a son that's black. Obama, though I disagree with almost all of his policies, has been a huge boon in that regard. I can point to him and say "See? The most important person in the free world looks like you!" and yes, that is something he's asked about. I think the only real problem he has now is he wishes he had strait hair because he wants to have more than 3 options (shaved, Mohawk or Afro) when he goes to the barber.

So the question is: Should the schools garner this diversity benefit at the expense of white kids? I say no. And again, I think the arguments been reversed. It's not a dis-service to the white students. They'll get a degree from somewhere. But what does this do to the minority community? I don't want my son to EVER think he deserves something because of the color of his skin, or some injustice that happened to his ancestors. I want him to know that when he succeeds that it was on his own merits. Granted, my son will never be in poverty while I'm around (providing the job market doesn't crash) but I'd say that if poverty is your concern you should address that directly. Donate to charities that help with school and give scholarships. A scholarship can be race based, I have no problem with that. But don't you ever tell my son he's less of a person because of his ancestry and needs the states help to get into college.

Those issues sound like any feature in any other software project I've worked on...

Are there "Save" buttons in your application?
Can the user click them?
Can the user click every button in the application?
What tells a user a button is click-able?
What happens if there are two user?
Does it become read only after both users click it?
What if the UI is REALLY BIG and controls can't all exist at the same time?'
'Network Programmer: "Do all the users need to see the record save at the same time?
Release Engineer: "You need to get your buttons in by 3pm if you want them on the disk.
Producer: "Do we need to give everyone those buttons or can we save them for phase 2?

So we have a $1500 camera with a pretty piss poor design ergonomically, that takes picuteres that can only be viewed via propriety software? Yep, sounds like an apple product alright.