New Coke was not a blunder. The fact is that Coca-Cola wanted to replace the sugar cane on the recipe with high fructose corn syrup. It's not only cheaper but generates more need to keep drinking (eating) whatever has it. The taste is close enough, but you couldn't switch it overnight without people noticing. Thus, the launched New Coke to have a few months between batches, so people wouldn't notice ti taste difference. After all, they wanted the Old Coke to taste the same old.
It worked quite well, btw.
Win8 might have been quite the same strategy, but the question would be what's the Microsoft high fructose corn syrup? I don't think they are that clever.

1)Schlock Mercenary
2)The Whiteboard
3)Least I Could Do
4) Menage a trois
5)Too Much Information

Because the USAF wanted the Shuttle to be able to use the atmosphere to break and turn back. This way, when launched in a polar orbit, it would be able to turn back and capture GLONASS or Russian Spy Satellites without appearing on the russian radar. Of course, the final design wasn't able to do such a manouver so the USAF has no use for it. But the design stick.

Actually, the AntiGM movement started as a lobby effort of the pro European agrosubsidy to stop the import from the rest of the world. Who use GM to get better yields and lower costs without subsidies, even with a 35% tariff like in Argentina, and still are cheaper than the French.

Please come to Argentina, I'll personally invite you to the Bombonera. Then you can tell if Americans really have better atmosphere. Just as a point, every music hit is retooled for each match. And you can't avoid jumping when 60,000 spectators are jumping.

Be careful with the settings of the no-df bit in TCP fragments, which Linux NFS generates and expects, while PF rightly blocks when scrubbing. The PF FAQ is your friend there.

I live in Argentina and have read the original proposal. In fact he's proposing to up the penalties for misrepresenting, selling fake property as the original or selling property without that you don't own. Basically, you could sell fake goods, but you'd have to state it, thus, you'll be infringing on copyright. It's not so much about plagiarism as about misrepresentation and selling of fake goods as originals.
Having said that, I still think what he did was despicable and I seriously doubt his wits to be a representative. But which country is proud of its politicians? I would seriously consider moving there!

The main problem was on the wide angle side. The long lenses are amazing. They released a 24mm f1.4 II with the 5D mkII because it was soft. Ditto with the 14mm f/2.8 II vs. I. And the new TSE 24mm f3.5 II is head and shoulders over the original. Just consult http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?FLI=0&API=0&FLIComp=0&APIComp=0&LensComp=0&CameraComp=0&Lens=404 and see for yourself. Obviously the 200mm f2.0 is just unbelievable and the 200mm f4.0 IS is incredibly sharp. But the 200mm f2.8 IS was soft and lacked contrast when wide open. Just compare the just released II.
In general the wide old glass didn't resolved enough at 21Mpx FF.

Have you ever used a Canon 5D mk II, Not to mention an EOS 1D mkIV or Nikon 3Dx? Canon had to redesign many lenses because the glass was not upto the new resolution of the sensors.

I don't think it's a bad experiment in itself. Plus doing a silly thing like that might look sort of bad on your file, but it's a sure way to get a review comitee on that issue. Which might quite possible distract them from your other performance (if it wasn't up to par).

Unless he uses Linux, FreeBSD or any other OSS, he's exposing himself to infringing on Microsoft copyright (how can that be penalized more heavily than physical robbery, is beyond me).
And he has just make a very public questioning of the legality of his software ownership.
I do think he should press to get proper licensing. How does he knows that it was properly activated and it's not a crack? WPA itself has lots of false negatives as it is.

I'm surprise you say that, having visited different countries. The variance in culture and cuisine within US is insignificant respect to the world as a whole. I live in South America, and visited South Asia, North Africa, Eastern Europe, North America and the Caribean. I've been to both coasts and center of the US, and can attest that deep down you're all the same.
You want to say different cultures, think of Tokio vs Marrakesh. That's difference.

I think he took a look at the Space Shuttle and Ares Program and decided that he could provide better technology for a 1/20th of the price. Let's charge them a 1/10th of the price. He get's a lot and sill saves the taxpayers 90% of their money AND provides better technology.

I know I use it here. It uses three angled plane connectors. The best part is that it can only be plug one way, and the plane means that's easier to make better contact.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#Type_I

There's a big problem with the BMI. It's a quadratic aproximation to a cubic mesure. I.e. the body should be proportional to the cube of the height. But they approach by a square. I've seen that big people is always overweight according to BMI. I was training ice hockey four times per week, playing in two leagues, and I was in top condition. My actual weight was 96kg, but I was supposed to be 82kg according to the BMI.
I don't know why don't they use body fat percentage. May be because they don't want to invest in modern measuring technology.