That would be the Cybermen, although they tend to do those three simultaneously.

See also our Microsoft Borg icon.

Because cracking the code is a rewarding achievement unto itself? You sound like a highly unimaginative workaholic who can't comprehend why someone would do something purely for the novelty, entertainment or pure enjoyment of the act itself. To you, everything must have some sort of tangible reward such as a paycheck or prize. I feel sad for you. I mean, why do you bother to live? For what purpose? Clearly you find no satisfaction here, aside from working for a paycheck.

Google announced yesterday the acquisition of the EU and has stated that intends to rollout a new service called Haven.EU that will allow companies to incorporate with this new Google service to evade US corporate income taxes all together.

Incidentally, the arctic is classified as a desert. There's very little precipitation, just like with any other desert.

I've been burned before, although as a kid and in a less developed country. You also need to protect your internet line.

I bet I know what these robots will be dressed up like for Halloween! They're already the right shape.

Exactly. When you're sued by your own students, you're quite screwed. Turns out not only are Harvard's students incompetent, but they also hate Harvard enough to sue. Why would anyone want to go there?

Do you know anything about running a business? In a service industry, people costs are often a huge portion of a company's overall costs. Minor changes in that structure can have major impact on the bottom line.

Even in traditional manufacturing jobs, where a large percent of the costs are tied up in capital and materials, a modest change in employee costs filters through. Just ask GM and Chrysler.

I'd like to be able to set that as a toggle in my search results for apps.

^ Proof that Americans still care about being first in some things.

I understand we also like being the "biggest fish in the pond", although I question the methods we use to achieve that status.

First in what? What's the prize?

If the prize is just throwing money down a hole on hardware that will be obsolete the moment it's deployed, then let the other guys win.

If the prize is getting accurate weather forecasts at the lowest cost, then maybe we'd be better off contracting from those countries, using spare cycles from other government agencies that are wasteful and counterproductive (cough, NSA, cough), or writing better software to run on the other guy's hardware and licensing it to them.

The second approach won't allow us to thump our chest and say, "computer that required 10 new hydro-electric dams! BOOYAH! fastest in the WORLD!!!" but it'll accomplish a meaningful goal.

Better idea. Enter the competition, use already well-developed commercial software (or write a program to average the results of several commercial programs), and easily win the competition. It's not like anyone is going to create software worth millions and give it away for a tiny prize.

I'm offended that boys are being stereotyped as too stupid to realize that Barbie is just using them! Wait, I bet I was supposed to be offended that Barbie using her natural talents and as a result achieving her objectives, was using the wrong talent. Cause she'd be smarter to do it all 100% by herself, so the book portrays her as stupid, right?

Oh fuck off you holier than thou elitist. I can only image the utterly boring do nothing hell your "life" is. Maybe you can't enjoy life's pleasures, but don't take it out on the rest of us.

Oh no! An anorexic harlot from nazi Germany has failed us as a role model. Again.