A 5 year cycle for safety of flight issues and major weapons system is not uncommon. Handheld stuff like this is off the shelf tech (albeit old for this example). You'll find DoD folks using brand new Blackberries today as an example fo the other way.

That's how it works for library e-book lending today. If the one 'copy" is checked out, you can get on a hold list just like a paper copy.

It's coming to a lot of libraries, and in fact many have this service. The problem is that they must buy another copy of the book to make it available electronically. In a time of tight budgets, this means that it can come down to either having 2 copies of the same book or 2 different ones on the shelf. I've found in trying to get books for my 8-year old to read on her Nook, the children’s selection electronically is pretty much nil.

That's OK. Since the real intent of this is to track everything you do and not "protect the children", they'' just go ahead and log everything you do for potential "bad stuff".

As what, the romantic couple's grandparents? These two ain't getting any younger.

DISA is supposed to be a support organization while USCYBER is the Joint command and control organization. DISA was actaully supposed to go away and have the good parts sucked into USCYBER. That got canned however.

I'm not sure if this was a request to mod up or rate's it's own +1, funny for the Google Circles reference on a Facebook article.

Well, the shuttle SRBs use the same solid fuel concept developed for ICBM use, so there is an indirect lineage there as well.

I'll second that. I stream Netflix to Germany for $50 a year and a cheap router to do the PPTP.

This is the new Slashdot. the categories have no meaning. The new categories might as well be +1 "I agree" or -1 "I hate you".

Yes, it's my $260 10" Viewsonic G-Tablet. Sure it's wifi only, but I have instant portable entertainment for 3 children with only the sunk cost. Even my 3 year old has figured out how to bounce back and forhte between the Angry Birds versions to get the one she wants. And I'm not shelling out $40 bucks a game either for a DS cartridge.

You must be new here . . .

That's becasue their feedback and support seem to be a redirector straight to null. Just on the page because they are expected to have them.

Umm, did not Microsoft have to do the exact same thing back in the IE days? They were required to add other browsers (the competition) so that they were not anti-competitive. Whey I showed up in Germany last year I got a nice new MS patch offered to force browser choice.

Do you even read what you're typing? At least try and get the facts correct. Free medical has not been that for a long time, with the exception of the unmarried troop on active duty using a military treatment facility. Troops have to pay for family dental for example and once you leave active duty you have to pay for your medical care too. Prescriptions outside the basics genrally have to be ordered by mail for a copay. Free food and housing are not that. There are allowances for these things, but they are based on a standard of living from 40 years ago as to what size place yu might need and never covers all the bills. Child care has never been free.