Yes, it's still there, just like you can find goth shit at Hot Topic still, but it's no longer the focus of the store and generally buried behind mounds of licensed merch.

Front page and focus of the store to back page and afterthought.

Have you been on ThinkGeek lately? It's basically the modern Hot Topic in internet form. The front page of both websites contains Doctor Who, Marvel, Minecraft, Star Wars, and a number of other primary properties. The days of USB rocket launchers are in the past. Hot Topic was a great buyer for ThinkGeek(and awful for all of the other properties). Much better than GameStop from that perspective

Yes, plugged in to a USB 2.0 slot on my computer charging my phone. I never stated overtly or insinuated that I had a type A slot on my phone. That's stupid and ridiculous. Again, OP said USB 3.0 cables don't work on USB 2.0 slots. The default cable type is type A, with special non-standard connectors on the other end for nearly every major manufacturer. Without specifying a specific type, the only assumption to be made is type A, and type A is backward compatible.

I didn't say it did.

OP said: Probably Apple looked at what they did for USB 3.0 and decided it was fairly stupid, since now a USB 3.0 cable won't fit in anything other than USB 3 ports.

I said since when since my USB 3.0 cable works just fine in USB 2.0 ports. No one said anything about micro or mini.

Indeed. My brain hurts. "Billboard Advertising" is a common term. Perhaps should have went with "Billboard displaying".

? USB cables typically have A connectors on one end and another on the other end(in this case, micro B). USB 3.0 A works in standard USB 2 or USB 3 ports.

He didn't say mini

Probably Apple looked at what they did for USB 3.0 and decided it was fairly stupid, since now a USB 3.0 cable won't fit in anything other than USB 3 ports.

When did this happen? I've got a USB 3.0 cable plugged in to a USB 2.0 slot charging my phone right now.

That's not Borland 4.5

? People don't use Matrox for linux? What year is it?

Professor Hathaway was apparently foiled again

MCSA (get the 2008 version; the 2012 version is a lot harder and isn't any more valuable, mainly because nobody actually uses Windows Server 2012)

I work in government, which is usually the last to get any new software. Basically everyone is on 2012 now.

What does "should" mean? In California, curriculum requirements include the history of the state, but that is not part of Common Core. Nationalized standards do not care about locale.

Standards drive the curriculum. Since teachers are graded off standards, anything not in standard is no longer in the curriculum. This is the fault of the standards, not the implementation.

"Some faults". You obviously don't have a kid in school. The only benefit of Common Core is that it's not the cancer that is Everyday Math