It's de rigueur, and honest funding sources expect you to credit them.

In my field it's usually a paragraph right before the references cited. Sometimes there is also a Conflict of Interest statement, which I think is required by certain journals.

It makes brains so big it takes two stories to cover them.

But who will program the program? Once the new amazing program is created, will users somehow be able to communicate requirements or will they just get a wizard?

The problem is not the lack of coders, the problem is that our species can not keep pace with our rate of technological innovation and expansion. Technology is ubiquitous as evidenced by people walking around like zombies starting at screens. Until we get a handle on technology, what it "is", where it is taking us, and how to adapt it to our species in a sane way, I doubt that programming will go away. It might morph, but it will still require advanced knowledge of business rules, databases, and processing.

As long as we are chasing the shiny ball of hardware, technology, and new functionality we will need programmers. When the ultimate platform is finally decided or all the players agree to use a platform neutral architecture, then we can run code generators. Oh wait, I think we tried that with JAVA and .NET.

What's really funny is that some people think they are giving technology to the gummit in exchange for the right to probe some of us. As if they would need permission.

Also, it's easier to hold a shield while operating a javelin.

Hopefully they might have fewer Star Wars prequels.

And if this works, we might try the metric system.

I think the disconnect is in expecting evolution to produce optimal solutions. Biology is full of make-do solutions.

On the contrary, for sexually reproducing species it doesn't matter how fit you and your genes are. Without a species, the genes are dead-enders.

Yeah, after thinking about it for a while I did exactly that. Came back to post about it, and found your post.

One map showed the 100th meridian as the divide between who gets 20"/year and who doesn't.

Interesting that they both show a sharp verticle divide right down the center of the country. When I first saw it on the light pollution maps it was so sharp that I wondered whether it was a time-of-photo artifact.

1) Buy movie rights.
2) Make movie.
3) Air in paid informercial time slot.
4) (TBD)
5) Profit!

Makes you wonder it the whole thing was just a scam to get at her estate all along.

In other news, the production companies are merging under the name "Streisand Corp, LLC".

HR wants 10 years experience in something that was invented 5 years ago.

If you have bigger-picture skills, you might be tempted to think for yourself.

I know better. After a bit of strong drink I get +2 STR, +6 INT, +9 WIS, +2 DEX, +5 CON, and +8 CHA - and the effects last *exactly* until I sober up.

What actually matters isn't the fidelity of the sound, but the self-satisfaction you feel when you listen to it.