"it is projected to increase internet traffic capacity between the two regions by over 20%, a wonderful boast to transpacific relations!"

That is until a ship drops anchor on top of it.

Ah, but here lies the problem. Schools are no longer teaching COBOL. They are teaching Windows and Linux, C++ and JAVA, and distributed/clustered computing. They, apparently, could care less about COBOL and mainframes.

"which would potentially allow criminals to clone the card in order to withdraw cash. "

Heh... the joke is on the hacker. I have no money in my bank account to withdraw!

Check out the FF add-on PDF Download. When you click on a link that goes to a PDF it prompts you and asks if you want to open it in the browser, save it to disk, or open in with Adobe Reader (outside the browser). No more FF lockups on PDFs for me.

Will the ASCAP be targeting Weird Al now?

I leave my computer on 24/7. It doesn't idle when I'm not using it. Instead it is trying to save humanity.

You work in a federal court? Where's your ID that lets you walk by the US Marshall without going through security procedure? You shouldn't have to worry about cameras on your laptop or your cell phone. Even if you don't "Work in a federal court" it is as simple as answering the US Marshall's responding to the question, "Do you have a camera on that thing?", "No Sir." I've passed by a US Marshall manning a metal detector too many times to know this should work.

At an average of 28mph, I'll stick with a gas guzzler thank you very much.

What happens if you don't have the Wiimote condom on and the Wiimote goes flying out of your hands? Anyone remember the lawn mower scene in "The Happening"?

This will become a hot commodity with hardcore raiders in Warcraft.

"Bathroom breaks are for pansies. Pee in your undies. lol"

Except I can go back to 2003-2004 when I was an AT&T wireless customer and their coverage in major cities was terrible. Their coverage and network issues are not because of the iPhone (IMHO), they've been having problems longer than that.

So you are admitting on an Internet forum that you gained from stock trades due to insider information (after all your friend cited the "exact" reason why the stock would do well). Hey, someone's knocking on your door.... what do the initials SEC mean? :)

But it's perfect. As the polar ice caps melt, the oceans rise and will one day flood out coastal cities. So, we start now by exporting salt water into space thus saving the world! (Or at least coastal cities from flooding.)

My question is, how can you be sure that the information that Google provides is actually about the person you searched for?

When performing a Google search on my name (first and last in quotes) I can make out at least three different people on the first page. Which one is me? Which one is the chemist? And which one is the guy who died on a passenger ship in the first half of the 1900s? I know the answer, but how would anyone else?

So, maybe there is a Heide Iravani who has an STD and slept her way to the top. But it may be about a different Heide Iravani than the one who is filing a lawsuit.

You can't trust Google to provide you the information on an exact person.