they're big polluters, what with all that idling. Then again, I'm in the States. Does France even have those abominations?

Joel Test for my scientific endeavors.

This is _exactly_ the sort of thing that shouldn't be done by private companies. Private companies will _always_ cut corners and compromise the health and welfare of local citizens. The ones that don't get run out of business by the ones that do. Take a look at dialysis clinics. The private ones have a 25%-30% higher death rate. Google it, it's all over the (independent) news.

as long as you're an executive. Carly Fiorina ran HP into the ground. I don't see her collecting unemployment checks.

Write the fingerprint of your certificates in a text file. Sign that file with your GPG key(s) (i.e. keys of 1-2 well known wikileaks members, starting off with Julian would be fine :-). Then publish the signed file.

Nobody disputes big box stuff (like Fallout 3) isn't going anywhere, and the indie stuff like this is doing great, but whatever happened to the middle tier stuff? You know, Stuff like No One Lives Forever & Blood, or Independence War or even Fallout Tactics? Is it just me or did they get squeezed out this generation?

Indie games are fun in spurts, but I'm starting to miss the days of a steady stream of B grade titles with the budgets to do something a bit more meaty, but without the baggage of a big budget release. Anyone see gamespy's PC release list this month? They're listing stuff like 4 packs of girls games and emulated Sega Genesis games released on Steam for Pete's sake... :(

a. There is no risk. People in the $250k+ bracket have their investments protected by the gov't and get bailed out when they screw up. Gore Vidal said it: Socialism for the rich & dog-eat-dog Capitalism for the poor.

b. $250k/yr puts him in the top 10%, that's rich in my book. He's got virtually no worries either, see comment a.

c. I'm not trolling. It's a fact that 5% of the population of the United States is sitting on 2 TRILLION dollars in capital and doing nothing with it. If that's not hording, I don't know what is.

Ever heard of the dark ages? Do you even know what it means outside the context of poorly written fantasy novels? 1000 years of stagnation to keep the rich rich, only broken up when the Arabs, of all people, brought back knowledge. Google for the origin of the word 'Algebra' some time.

Yes. It does. For the last fucking time, you're country is not socialist, it's fascist. Just because you live there doesn't mean you understand a thing about it. Can you see Alaska from there?

The rich guy doesn't make anything. Jeez, do you not know what a ruling class is? They're 'property owners'. They don't produce, they just own and horde. They play the poor off of each other to their own benefit. We used to call them the 'gentry', nowadays we call them 'venture capitalists'. They point is, they horde everything and we get nothing.

The rich man only has all that stuff because the poor man is tricked into making it for him.

'cause conservatives like to laud this kind of thing as a sign that their take on capitalism works. But why should us lower classes have to go begging to some rich guy just to get what they need? Random generosity & hoping for the best isn't a good way to stabilize human society.

Sorry, had to get that off my chest. Seriously. Odds are at least 40% of the people posting voted Republican last election, and they're the one's pushing this crap. Yeah, the Dems go along, but begrudgingly and only because they can't win reelection from you twits w/o a huge wad of cash to run votes.
Oh, and if you're 'independent' you're just part of the problem. Look at how you've voted the last decade. Notice how you vote for Dems when Reps are in and vice versa? Yeah, you're that easy to predict, and that easy to manipulate.
Start voting with your wallet and stop voting for the guy you want to have a beer with. Yeesh!

Um, the position of having all our jobs sent overseas? Here's another thought, when you think 'union' think the American Medical Association & the BAR. They're both unions you know?

There's more to Unions then striking you know? There's voting as a block for economic interests. Right now the trouble with the middle class is they're easily frightened by social issues. A Union gets them back on track and voting for a protectionist agenda that's needed to keep work in your country.

2 weeks after he's sent to US Federal prison.