This basically sums up my 20 years of experience with Oracle Salesmen.

The unspoken rule of thumb with Oracle sales is that there is no "list price" on anything. You price it for whatever you think you can sell it for.

This whole affair doesn't surprise me one bit that Oracle hired a team of lawyers that operate exactly like they do - get as much as you can get, and offer elusive and imprecise information during the negotiations.

Wow, briefly skimming over that whole PDF, it makes it sound like there were two nose dives, and neither triggered by the flight crew. Is Reuters sure about what they're reporting? The PDF describes a design flaw in the flight software, and the reasons for justifying that it is still there...

And those holes in the panels above the seats are classic. I bet that hurt a little.

I had this exact same idea almost 8 years ago when my friend bought his Prius and was showing it to me.

Although my idea was to have it sound like the Jetson's car...

Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!

(For the pop culture impaired: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Funniest_Joke_in_the_World)

There are ads on Facebook? Really?

(hugs his ABP)

Rackspace is a large constituent of Lamar Smith's District 21 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Texas.21st.Congressional.District.gif) as they are headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. Having this large of an employer in his own district against the legislation should be a big wake-up call to Rep. Smith.

I'm only half kidding here. Patent lawyers have replaced Personal Injury lawyers as the scum of the earth. The entire patent system needs to be re-vamped, legislation passed outlawing patent squatting and technology stifling. And a firing squad for the patent lawyers.

... and the feds didn't expect it to be discovered?

Sounds like the feds needs to hire a bunch of expert "hiders of things in plain sight" (Geocachers) to give them some advice on disguising these things a bit more. Honestly, I've spent hours looking for some caches only to discover they are literally in front of my face.

According to this, it's in your best interest not to use your GPS while there...

http://www.telecomasia.net/content/foreigners-using-gps-face-arrest-china-0

Awww damnit, I AC'd this one. Ok, ignore this one and use the one with my username on it! :D

How did you come about getting picked to score and perform the "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" theme for the series currently airing? When I first heard it while watching with my son, I had my suspicions, but then confirmed them when I did a little searching. Awesome song!!

One of the truly useful apps on the market. Yes, I've needed a magnet detector. (Geocaching). I've needed to analyze ambient noise. I've needed a compass and GPS. I've needed to see what networks were around me. I even used the Solar page to see why my GPS wasn't working worth crap that day (solar flare).

Saving it out to an APK now onto my card just in case.

I've already been doing this for years, with a Compaq ML370 server, and 4-5 other misc servers in my "server room". During the winter I barely needed to turn on the furnace. Sucks during the summer though.

I agree with this. It's silly to look up the fact that 2+2=4, those things can be easily memorized. But leaving the tomes and tomes of information to the books or the internet in my opinion frees you to assess the situation, have a fairly good idea of what or how you want to do, and then go look up how to do it. That's why I don't memorize Oracle manuals and database initalization parameters - if I need to correct syntax, I'll look it up, but I know vaguely what types of things are available.

Now, if I can ever figure out why my head latches on to movie quotes and pop trivia items like a rare earth magnet to an I-beam, we'll be talking. I can't get those things outta my head for nothing!

Mitch: You know, um, something strange happened to me this morning...
Chris Knight: Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?
Mitch: No...
Chris Knight: Why am I the only one who has that dream?

Can we as the public charge them a late fee? They certainly have a lot of them from me that I'd like to get back! :)