I've argued this same point time and time again; the TSA and airlines are only worried about expensive planes and the buildings they could hit. Blowing up a security line at Atlanta's Hartsfield airport (busiest in the world) would cause unheard of levels of panic.

It would be an interesting 'art piece' to draw concentric rings around a random point in line to demonstrate "90% kill", "50% kill" zones.

Frankly, its your own fault if you don't take the time to exemplify yourself to your superiors. I've seen plenty of people sit silently on the sideline, complaining about how no one knows what they do (the occasional 'give me back my stapler'), and turning that into a negative atmosphere. I've tried sticking up for these people in the past, only to be told to mind my own business; and I took that to heart.

I've always wondered why its not considered a closed glove box in a car.

IANAL
Amazon isn't setting precedent if they are found in the wrong. They were not the proper legal authority to demand the book back. If I had bought a book from Borders and it turned out to be illegally sold, Borders couldn't break into my house to take the book back. What is worse is that Amazon basically entered (the E in B&E) and deleted the book and in the process ransacked & damaged other items.

The copy write owner can get back "damages" from Amazon in the amount of money it made selling the book illegally.

and you'll have vapourware!

then please be sure to write your congressman and let them know. It was narrowly defeated last time, so the more people complaining the better chance it will be defeated again.

Great follow, thanks for the links!

Where do you get that BLACK is full power in an NTSC signal? Any time I look at a scope for analog signals I see black as 7.5 IRE and white as 100 IRE.

One problem I always had to try and explain to the graphics guy was "Don't use black fonts on color backgrounds". They never understood that, or why they couldn't use pure white.

You know the old saying; if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Is this a personal project? Are you going to have any serious down town moving between the two kernel bases?

I know I'm going to be unpopular for this one: Linux isn't a good operating system for all embedded needs. We're swapping out some of our main product lines from Linux (macrokernel) to smaller and more efficient microkernels.

That is great that it stops you from hitting someone else, but what about a car that protects you from the other idiots on the road not willing to shell out for a volvo?