I never thought it was possible, but for once, I agree with Al Franken. But, sadly, the Internet is consistent of many corporations, governments, etc. How are we to think that "Big Brother" hasn't been filtering our Google & Yahoo searches, emails, etc, for over a decade? That would just be naive.

It doesn't seem like a lot of people care about that part, though. It's the "speed" that we care about? Hmm... Confused priorities much?

To quote "South Park", "Rabble, rabble, rabble!"

--Stak

I'd say to either hire a consultant (consulting firm) or possibly look at Brainbench.com for certification & placement examinations. (Any testing is to be done on-site, in an allotted time-frame...) There may even be a service (such as Kelly services that would administer the testing, etc, for you). I'm in agreement with jvillain about the certifications, though. Just because someone is certified doesn't mean they're any good.

Look at the guys with an experience-based resume, not a certification/education-based resume. Some certs are good, but most good techs & programmers did something other than take a lame course, etc, in Visual Basic or "Web" programming. The best coders learned it because they had to.

I'd, personally, rather hire someone with no college/technical training that's been doing the work for the past 5-10 years, because he/she did it the hard way. That person learned it better, more thoroughly, and more completely. The benefit is they are more than likely still able to learn and work harder for you and your mission statement (I've seen this in quite a few cases).

Regardless, good luck!

--Stak

Feels like kind of a shame, doesn't it? But I'm still glad I never made the "switch" from FreeBSD/OpenBSD to Solaris/OpenSolaris...

--Stak

Got any openings? LOL!

--Stak

Off-topic, yes, but I just hope nobody wants to start calling out the BSD's for this p*ssing contest. I'd hate to see "GNU/FreeBSD" being thrown out there.

EEEK!

I like some of Stallman's work, but his attitude generally sucks! You kinda have to wonder...

I am thinking that maybe a Tor client would be useful, but I do not know if this is allowed in China...

Anyone else know?

--Stak

This is precisely why I've gone back to smoke signals!

I'd try telegraphy if I could be assured that no Viagra ads would come my way or that yon' government agencies would not intercept...

Cheers!

--Stak

It looks like the line that reads:
"...hopes that blocking the offending members will help clean up Chatroulette's reputation."
should read:
"...hopes that blocking the offending members' members will help clean up Chatroulette's reputation."

Just my $0.02...

--Stak

Oh, it's been done: Titan A.E.

Slow day here, too...

--Stak

For that, I think OS/2 would suffice...
--Stak

Even if this is an action by a business, it will not be the first time, nor the last...

Red Hat sued the Swiss government (2009 IT World):
http://tinyurl.com/o6mv2f

And how many times have M$, Apple, Novell, etc done similar things?

I'm just happy to see a law suit that does not revolve around copyright/patent infringement.

--Stak

Sorry Snaller... I should have refreshed the page earlier...

--Stak

Oops, I misread the headline...

I could have sworn the headline for this article read "Google's Chrome OS to Launch in Fail".

Being as I've lost my faith in Google, as of late, I think it is appropriate.

--Stak

Keep your AC/DC (or Metallica, for that matter), give me KMFDM, Ministry, or Thrill Kill Kult...

But, really, what does this portion of the conversation have to do with aviation electronics? ...Oh, yeah... Iron Man...

--Back to the subject: --

I, personally, feel that, if you are in a small aircraft, maybe you shouldn't be using an ipod/ipad anyway...

Generally, small electronics are more a nuisance than an electrical risk, and should, as such, be banned from any aircraft smaller than 25 passengers, if only for annoyance purposes...

Just my $0.02...

--Stak