The difference between "some of them will die" and "all of them will die" is drastic. The first implies that some of them have a reasonable chance of survival. The government provides the training and supplies such that potentially all of them could survive with a reasonable expectation is that some of them will survive. I'd be ok with a voluntary mission with similar chances. I would not be ok with a mission where the expectation is that noone would survive.

"Why do you want to run a SQL server that has NO SQL support??"

That was certainly my first question.

But does it come in Mauve?
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I thought everyone got 80 virgins......

So which of these is Godzilla, and which is Gamera?

The 7-11 I used to frequent had a ethernet jack near the soda dispensers......this jack was where the nearby ATM was plugged in. It would have been quite easy for me to insert any sort of device between the ATM and the jack. There was enough space between the jack and the ATM and there was also a valid reason for me to be in the area that it wouldn't look like I was doing anything with it. While it wasn't an official bank ATM (unaffiliated), I still could have been malicious had I wanted to. [I also never had a reason to use that ATM and am always wary of using an ATM that isn't physically at a bank...not that those are drastically safer.]

I offer as a solution not covered by the patent the following. This solution is released free of charge to any and all podcasters / podcasting software / podcast playback devices:

Create a REST based url which requires a random number to be passed as the final argument. Without this random (non-predetermined) argument, the compilation file (aka RSS or ATOM feed) will not be returned.

From the patent statement linked in the summary: The compilation file was stored at a predetermined URL known to the Personal Audio player and was updated as new episodes became available

I didn't read the article, but the summary says MORE THAN 30K. Maybe they matched them 1:1 which lead to the extra valuation.

This isn't about greater justice. It's about greater revenge. Not the same thing.

I've always mentored people because I don't want to be a star among numpties; it is harder to judge my true worth. I want to be the best player on the all-star team. The only way to do that is to make sure everyone around me is as good as they can be......and to stay ahead of them.

He fell victim to his own reality distortion field.

I agree. I think the current "future" is Single Page Applications with HTML and Javascript (subject to change at a moment's notice).....whether it's Angular or Knockout based, SPA apps seem to be the way to go (for now). It's probably the closest we've come to the write once / run anywhere......it works on the desktop and on the device, doesn't require anything other than a decent browser, and requires very little infrastructure (a basic web server).

This, but also get a mentor. I more or less took a guy through this type of exercise and had him rewrite the same application four times to teach various concepts. But by being his mentor, he was able to grok the design considerations of the new technology to even know what to look up......

Rewriting an app the same way you always have but in a new platform doesn't teach you the best practices and new approaches. And not having the knowledge or experience to know the better ways makes it really hard to search for them. A mentor's job is to point you in the right direction.