DRM laden? I dl the PDF and put it on my local server. I can then privately access it via my Nook, Android, or any of my home machines.

Dang I can't recall the last time I logged in there but I do recall that I had forgotten the password. Now maybe I can log in again. Hmm wonder what my aol, compuserve and Prodigy passwords are too?

I buy Gatorade in bulk ($35 for 2 canisters of powder - 36 qts/canister) and until a little while ago it cost more to use a gallon Gatorade than gas (I travel long distances and water only is not an option).

Of course that is a useless statistic in and of itself. As others have pointed out without proper references it's just another form of statistics (and damn lies). I think Fox had a wonderful news article where it showed it cost more to ride a bicycle to work that it did to drive to work. A number of couch potatoes at work decided to show me the article (basically shoved it in my face). I pointed out the holes but to no avail (horse, water, drink). Now that was a masterfully crafted bit of propaganda for the non-thinking masses! And they felt better about driving that huge SUV.

Last Action Hero - Louie the Fart

I should probably add a smiley but no one will take that seriously, will they?

Shawn of the dead? Nut up or shut up! - Zombieland

Dan is correct, at layer 2 the 802.3 frames are compatible but at layer 3 the packets are not compatible. Things like switches will generally pass IPv6 traffic with little or no trouble but routers and firewalls will ignore IPv6 traffic unless it support (and is configured for) IPv6.

:-)

I still have my 28c and I have a nice 48sx under Android and Linux. I love this calculator and it takes me so long to figure out the non-RPN calculator.

Must have been a GPS error

Vote 0 (really should have been 0 - 15" or 15 - 30" I guess)

No really, I've been switching my machines over to headless. At least there not covered in grits. ;-)

Most of my machines are either truly headless (the plug computers) or operate off a KVM. Access is generally ssh.

Never!

Your sight is short and your mind narrow! We're running out of resources at an alarming rates and I'm not talking petroleum. Perhaps we can create extremely good recycling technology but I doubt it will occur before another great war. If we don't start figuring out how to get off the rock we call home we will surely perish on it. We will need a great deal of effort and time to figure out how to survive in space as it is a dangerous place. Yes, I know you don't care, it won't happen in your lifetime but the work needed to take that next great step had better begin in our lifetime. That doesn't mean we should spend crazily either. We need to have a well thought out plan (I'm not sure any country does).

The amount we don't know could fill galaxies the amount we are learning is doing just that.

On the point of Google and not being evil, I fully agree. Once you become a large company the 'Don't Be Evil' mantra only applies to your shareholders not your customers.

On the MS point ... Uh, I recall the early days and the geek culture wasn't in love with them (Bill's letter to the community didn't exactly endear him to the community, even if he was right). Later MS growth and gobbling up companies to quell competition really didn't endear him to the community.

As far as fanboys go, well they're fanboys about as useful as a religious zealot.

The odd this is that these devices (Traffic generators, Printers and other test equipment) weren't on the internet. They were on a protected lan. The problem was that someone brought an infected laptop onto the protected network and the infection started. It might not have been such a problem but the equipment wasn't even known to be Windows based and getting the vendor to 'fess up was a royal pain. Once we threatened them with a cancellation of the maintenance contract we were able to gain some headway.

Wireless may be acceptable but I also worry about it's use. Not so much due to DOS but rather just too many wireless devices.

I doubt we will ever see the switch/outlet/module for $10 and the reason would be the processor needed to handle the next request the identification of the 'class of service' (things like the risk factor). Something like UPnP would be needed and that will require some horsepower.

Currently there is A10, a slightly improved X10. Insteon and UPB are both power line and provide ACK/NACK to the protocol. With Insteon we lose virtual addressing from X10 (a device that doesn't exist but which commands are sent to). This is due to the linking requirements (kind of security). The X10 PLC patents have run out, I'm not sure of the wireless related patents.