. . . and ppl wonder why I don't RTFA.

This is pretty true about A workers.

But on the other hand, if you then, go and assign the necessary B and C tasks to B and C workers, many A workers get a bit "territorial". (and often, critical).

If this is the case - it's because those "A" workers really are not A workers. They lack team-skills. This is the flaw underlying all employee ranking systems. Evaluating performance, and selecting a subset of important criteria.

"Rank and yank" really has NOTHING to do with Six Sigma. The two (separate) practices just seem to occur together, frequently, in large organizations. Six Sigma is about complicated processes, and does require workers who have been "indoctrinated", and who care to learn about more than their basic job. It's more skill-demanding, on employees. But more often, it's used as a buzzword-bandaid on a broken corporate culture. (as is "rank and yank"). Six Sigma is not for all organizations, but it CAN be done in a way that works. It's not a universally horrible and stupid practice like "rank and yank".

SRB's should have never been there. This was design-by congress. It's the reason the shuttle failed, ultimately; it never delivered what it promised (cheap, reusable payloads to orbit; dual-use, cross-range capability). And it was so unsafe, they had to stop flying it, and were never able to afford to follow-through on developing successors (like X-33).

Ha ha. Yeah, I don't want to use the "advertising features" of my free app, so let's chop-off all the spyware permissions.

simply replace the explosive payload of the mortar round with semtex or similar plastic explosive. Detonates from electrical charge, not shock or heat, like TNT. (also much more expensive - but with our defense budget, no expense is spared, right?)

I reckon it's about time for another "crisis" to remind us all why we need to keep the NSA apprised of all of our private activity. For our own safety, of course.

I find it very difficult to believe that they don't have audit logs that show exactly when and where he logged on, and what data he accessed. On the other hand, I find it easy to believe that while they HAVE the audit logs, the mandated Microsoft tools make it impractical to search for the pertinent data.

uh, you meant on a clear SUMMER night, right?

He has taken every single one of GWB's radical policies, and cemented them as the new normal.

Which is why I find it infuriatingly ironic when I see these ignorant bumper stickers railing against the "hope and change" campaign. There was no change, and now, even less hope.

"Serial rapist upset at having his identity revealed, and activities detailed in the press; dejected that the President won't come and visit him and tell him he's doing a great job."

Let's suppose you're the fund manager and you want to maximize impact of your dollars. But there are too many researchers applying for grant. What do you do? You divest rather than invest, and hope that one of the projects will churn out useful outcome.

By and large, true. In our current (overall) deflationary environment.

I don't know. Global Warming is based on some fairly common sense.

This is why people migrate from one region to another, and have done so for millions of years of human history and pre-history.
You hang out in one place for a while, and the population builds up, and the piles of shit and garbage become unmanageable. So you go someplace new. When there's enough people, and nowhere else to go, because you've covered the entire face of the fininte sphere that is the earth, you know you have to start managing your pollution. Thomas Malthus came up with a theory that many people thought was common sense at the time. Ultimately, he was right, even though he didn't forsee things like the Haber Bosch process giving us an extra century and a half of food production and geometric population growth. But in-fact, our industrial waste was already beginning to change the climate of the entire planet.

It is not common sense to believe that you can infinitely fill a finite container. It is "magical thinking", at best. Selfish opportunism at worst.

Only a complete moron would judge quality based on quantity.

. . . or an MBA.

As an amateur singer, I think that MOST people who believe that they "can't sing" - - can very likely develop their voice far beyond what they imagine, with some hard work, dedication, and practice, (and some professional instruction). Many, many common vocal flaws can be overcome with proper training, and practice.

Will that overcome a deficit of "talent"; maybe not. But I think that probably about 80% of people out there who believe they "can't sing" - have a lot more hidden potential than they know.

In the case of autotune - in my opinion, it's a useful tool to give a voice a certain "sound" but it is in no way a worthwhile substitute for a properly trained voice, or good vocal talent. It can easily be a substitute for "making money" in pop music production. But frankly, who gives a shit about that? Unwashed masses be unwashed masses, and the scammers out there in ANY industry are going to find ways to take advantage of that, and bet money off of them.