But what happens when that spider discovers tar, makes an ersatz spider out of it, drinks too much, and fights with it?

This is EXACTLY why I've still got my RCA 45rpm record player in my Plymouth. You really appreciate the 'warmth' of vinyl as you're cruising down the highway...

for those who care...

Sounds like you do some really cool cyber-stuff and I'd love to join your cyber-group but living in Tulsa for two years? Ehhhhh...

/here's hoping no one from OK has mod points

You sound exactly like the manager who told the coder "just get rid of the setting but don't rip out all the other code behind it. We'll have to retest everything and we don't have budget or schedule for that. This isn't difficult. "

Honestly... does this come as any surprise to anyone on /.? When I heard about Flame and Stuxnet it was as if every cyberfiction story I read in the 80's had finally come true. Mentally, I'm already prepared.

Bring on the onslaught of Jihadist Erectile Dysfunction Spam!

the Global Internet Censorship Body will ensure equal unrest and humiliation for all.

Considering their web page hasn't been updated since 1997...
xenononline.com
...I'm not surprised they're gone forever.

You may be right on all counts. Currently this summer, our training program has been determining who is "bright enough" and sticking with them. It's working out, now. But it's hardly an easily replicatable thing.

a 20-60 min interview over the phone isn't enough. People can talk a good game and sound intelligent when answering my open ended "How do you solve/approach this asynchronous timing window?" questions. You may have spent 10 years in the industry, but you may not have the right mix of skills to get tasks completed. Then I go and waste months training them up and they just don't work out.

exactly, it's the WaPo, not the Grey Lady. Lower your standards. They let Tracee get away with terrible lapses of judgement, especially around Olympics time when she tries to "blog" humor. Yech.

/still gets weekend delivery... sigh.

As there is ample legal president to support it, law trumps in the face of science every time.


/The tomato is a vegetable.

Since 2006-ish I've eaten nothing but locally raised, grass fed beef/chicken/pork. And lots of it. And I'm still fat.

[looks at the 280 calorie coke bottle at my desk and two crumpled baggies of Cheddar Jalapeno Cheetos] Yep, That's it. Exposure to antibiotics at an early age. QED.

hey now, currency speculation is a noble, time-honored pursuit, and a perfectly legitimate way to round out your portfolio with some very risky investments.

/no risk, no reward!

preferably, by Sir David Attenborough OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS, FZS, FSA.