The graph of George Carlin's "Seven Dirty Words" is interesting as well. http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=ass%2Cballs%2Ccocksucker%2Ccunt%2Cfuck%2Cmotherfucker%2Cpiss%2Cshit%2Ctits&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3

"Must have missed it "

The article states they have only recently deployed one with two more to be deployed in the coming months. This is probably why you didn't see it.

I completely agree with this post. I currently work for said "boring" company doing Java GUI programming work. It's not horrible and in fact can be rewarding at times. Our deadlines are fairly lax and as long as we get the work done, no one really cares what you do. You put in 40 hours a week and starting you can make 65k+ easily, 70k+ if you have a masters. This gives me tons of time at home to program my own game that I'm working on. In fact if you're thinking of game development/modding, I would suggest you look at the game Replica Island for android. The developer, Chris, is a game industry veteran who joined Google and works in Japan. For his side project he made this game then gave it away for free along with it's source code. It's fairly simple to mod and get a decent side-scroller working on android phones. I believe there have been 5 other developers that have released some side-scroller now on the android market based off of his code in the 6 months it's been released! His website is www.replicaisland.net

Cougar Life advertises themselves as a sex-finding network for Older ladies. On XM, they routinely play cougar life advertisements on the Comedy Raw Dog channel and these advertisements bluntly state, "Don't you wanna f**k a cougar" REPEATEDLY. I know these specific advertisements containing overt references to sex just started, maybe Google just noticed these and changed the status of the site from casual dating to a sex-finding site and therefore labeled the adverts as adult links.

-Jim

Interestingly enough, Miyamoto wanted to name Mario, "Mr. Video". He said in this recent interview, http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/nsmb/vol1_page2.jsp, that he was glad he didn't as Mario turned out to definitely be a money-making name.

Excerpt from the Article:
Miyamoto: Well, I called him "Mr. Video". My plan was to use the same character in every video game I made.
Iwata: So you had that plan right from the start? Why did you intend to use him in every video game you made?
Miyamoto: Well, I thought the way Hitchcock cropped up in all the films he directed was really cool! (laughs)
Iwata: (laughs)
Miyamoto: Or take manga artists like Osamu Tezuka and Fujio Akatsuka who have the same character popping up in a variety of different works. I think I was probably influenced by that at the time.
Iwata: If you were considering using the character in a number of titles, you must have been satisfied with the way Mario had turned out.
Miyamoto: I felt that I had come up with a pretty solid character, which is why I thought: "Right, I'll keep using him from now on!" That's why I decided a solid, imposing name like "Mr. Video" would work best. But thinking back, I don't think I should have gone with that name. Someone at Nintendo of America actually came up with the name Mario. If he had been called "Mr. Video," he might have disappeared off the face of the earth. (laughs)

But... If you bury the heart underneath a crossroads, you summon a rogue deamon process that goes around giving processes 1 wish before kill -9 ing them!

I have found that most politicians have a poor understanding of what net neutrality is or they do not understand the consequences of not having net neutrality.

For instance, take a peek at these two articles on Net Neutrality that have come up in the past year.

The first one about Senator Mc. Cain. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/22/fcc-approves-proposed-net-neutrality-rules/ He states, "These new rules should rightly be viewed by consumers suspiciously as another government power grab over a private service provided by private companies in a competitive marketplace". He also states it will stifle innovation and kill jobs. He clearly does not have a coherent understanding of Net Neutrality as one of the goals is to increase innovation through the unrestricted, unfettered access to the internet. In this case, the government is providing deregulation to a market by disallowing private companies from restricting content.

Another Politician, Senator. Feinstein believes we should allow ISPs to restrict access to the internet to abate the spread of child pornography. In her words, changing the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program "allows for reasonable network management practices such as deterring unlawful activity, including child pornography and copyright infringement." While removing child pornography from the internet is a noble goal, she doesn't understand how much more harm will come of this through abuse of the policy. Halting the spread of child pornography can be combated through our legal system instead of giving ISPs complete control over what we can view. The article can be viewed here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/11/feinstein_stimulus_amendment/

While allowing ISPs to restrict our internet access would stop the spread of child pornography and could be construed as a government intrusion of a private sector that doesn't need it, consider China and Iran. The governments of these countries are completely against Net Neutrality in every way so they may control their populations by restricting anything that collides with their views. While our private ISPs might not have the kind of power these governments do, would you want our ISPs to be allowed that power?

I found it funny that google believes you want to translate spanish to english when you type in "translate tu es tres mignon" Google Return: Translation for tu es tres mignon: Spanish English tu es tres mignon - you're very cute translate.google.com

This article assumes the Secret Service and our National Security guys don't know what they are doing. Even if it was possible to detect the Mobile Equipment ID, who's to say that his Sectera is always at his side. Maybe there are times he passes off his Sectera to his detail driving the fake car. Who knows if Obama carries the same Sectera all of the time. I can easily see his aids replacing his Sectera every day with a different one. Using this type of security would completely nullify the method to capture Obama's Sectera MEID, even if it was possible.

You're right, but using that logic no one would ever email their senator and complain, or call their senator up and give them their mind. Personally I'm going to email her and tell her I won't be voting for her re-election bid even though I've supported her in the past and am more liberal than conservative. She will probably read my email and ignore me, but if everyone did that who thought the same as me, she might be convinced, even slightly to change her opinion on this matter to avoid losing too many votes.

I really don't see why this is a bad precedent. Blizzard created World of Warcraft and sells you a license to use the game how they see fit. This doesn't mean you own the game.

When Spore came out, they effectively only let you only install the software three times. This is their right and shouldn't be infringed upon.

Now as a consumer, you have the right to not buy their software. If enough people do not buy their software, they are forced to do business differently or lose money, hence Spore eventually increasing the number of computers allowed and the possibility of de-authorizing computers for other reinstall's. Now, this still seems ludicrous and hence I won't buy it.