Took some significant technology improvements in MOO2, that's for sure.

No joke, that's the reason called out in TFA for the Chinese to do this.

That's pretty funny. :-)

Expect your prices to go up in direct proportion to any fines levied.

This is not through a medium. Light travels slowly through water, for example, but returns to the speed of light after exiting the water. This is passing photons through a mask, and then those photons staying at the slower speed.

But, what are the applications of this?

When my engineers are low on actual tasks, I encourage them to learn. Go read up on some new technology, play around with that game engine, read some technology magazines or books, etc. That increased knowledge is incredibly useful to the company in the long run, it makes for happier employees, and they are even more marketable. Sounds counterproductive, but I prefer more marketable employees because it means not only do I have a strong team, but now the company is far more appealing to other marketable employees when I have an opening.

Be careful, Darinbob, the troll is working! It's disguised as a red herring, too!

No, it's flamebait. It mentions no less than four additional points not relevant to this discussion simply in an attempt to troll Americans. Take out those four other points and I would agree it's a valid criticism, or perhaps include other points that ARE relevant/related.

This is an excellent reply. Mod parent up further.

It's not harmless stringing them along like that. What you're really doing is giving them invaluable experience and training in responding to people who might simply be on the cusp of getting taken.

That's true, but there's a difference between an open source support contract and the way in which Oracle does a support contract.

Typo on the average male weight. It's 193. But, what really scares me is that I could get raped by a linebacker.

You should reword that so it's not in past tense. I don't know what rock you live under, but women are still constantly denigrated at work, politics, school, and elsewhere. The glass ceiling still exists and is real.

Well, it's not like this is really news yet. Let's see if we can dig up what's really happening at Congress. Is a representative actively sanctioning this behavior? If so, then that's news.