Seems to me that there is miles of difference between a born Engineer (a smart, logical thinker who loves tinkering and solving problems), and a sold Engineer (someone who has no inclination or desire towards engineering, but simply wants to make as much money as possible).

I don't think there will be a Boom of engineers, because what any decent company is trying to do (and what this article is referring to) is get their hands on GOOD engineers... a product that you cannot commoditize.

Is when you call them a Douche, you know they understand how you truly feel.

Then the odds of getting hit by a piece of the satellite are the odds that a piece will hit near enough to you that you can grab it and keep it as a trophy of improbably odds.

Smells like a hoax to generate interest in otherwise unremarkable artwork to me.

That the higher rate of aspergers and autism diagnosis could be due to the ever broadening classification for the disorder, as well as pharmaceutical influence?

Please... since when has "Hackers hacked this" brought something into the mainstream? While it may make it a topic of conversation on tech blogs for a while, and increase user base slightly (niche product, adding another niche user group), hacking is not mainstream. While I have read all day long on most of these blogs that a kinect can do really cool things and are totally hackable and awesome, even living in silicon valley and surrounded by engineers I only know 1 or 2 actual people who own one, and they just use it as it was intended. Same goes for the Nook. The only person I know who owns one of them is my Grandmother (true story), and she picked it because it seemed less complicated then an iPad for reading books.

I love the hacker community and I love being a part of it, I believe that the work we do trying new things and extending functionality of existing products shapes the future. But let us be honest, the mainstream adopts the end solution, not the hack. I see a future with augmented reality, virtual presence, and computers aware of your presence and position in space are common place. But these devices won't be powered by hacked kinects, but what was inspired by them.

When did Irene start being a hurricane? Looks like all the readings submitter found indicate it never was.

I wonder what share of the 30% of people who use their pads in a restaurant are a part of the 35% of people using their pads on the John... And I wonder how many of them bother to disinfect.

Happy dining!

Bingo.

Chick getting arrested in the picture for the article reeks of Santa Cruz. Makes me want to yell at her to get a job.

If your devices are 802.11n compatible, you could put your router in n only mode... The 5.4ghz band may be less crowded.

SHA/MD5 are not alternatives (already mentioned above) as they are one-way.

Real alternative is to have a standardized global keychain (like implemented by iOS), which doesn't offer extra security when there is no pincode set (other then obfuscation), but offers at least one additional layer with a password or pin-code actually set. (not to mention, with pin code enabled there is a free layer of hardware encryption enabled as well).

They do need to be defended to be respected however. If there are lots of violations of a particular patent in the wild, then it will seem less dangerous to other companies who want to make money off the patented idea without having to license. By vigorously defending the patent, it shows other would be opportunists that they should try some other idea to rip off for their personal gain. Better to be a hard target then a soft one.

All those pie charts make me hungry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZMwKPmsbWE