Not when you take the radioactive waste into account. Power for a year, dangerous waste for hundreds. The power company will be long dead before their waste is eliminated. You need to look at the long term picture.

That pretty much falls into the category of a working alcoholic. A little bit makes a dry task not seem as dull. Who hasn't had a beer while they worked? Having a bit of weed is the same thing, depending on your tolerance. Some people manage to function with copious amounts of intoxicant in their system. Being intoxicated is being intoxicated: some can work with it, some can't. I wouldn't recommend getting drunk and working on something which requires fine motor skills. I also would not recommend doing the same with weed.

I could make very informed decisions with those... I could also provide the occasional pointers, as an investor, to keep items on track. Seeing that a company is actually working to make designs better, the results of the simulations, and how close the company is to bringing a new product to market... but then what would happen to the corporate espionage industry? Also, we'd end up with investors with science behind them, and that's kind of a scary thought.

I see them in the exact same way. MOOCs make excellent reference material: complete with how-to videos and explanations. If you're really lucky, you get one under git versioning control.

I'll often join a MOOC that is already well in progress (even after they are complete), take what information I wish to learn from it, and then never return. I do, however, still leave it registered in case I need to refer to it at a later point. With no pressure to simply pass, I take what I need, the pass be damned.

It sabatoges for non-intel. We're talking about a compiler. It shouldn't matter what brand of CPU is being used.

The last time I checked, MOOC stood for Massively Open Online Course. The acronym is fairly well known for this. Unfortunately, this will most likely end up sidelineing this camp. One cannot simply reuse geek acronyms for other geek activities and expect it to catch on.

irc.ponychat.net #geek Us normal bronies don't generally stick out as being part of the fandom. It comes from being normal and not drama whores. We simply like our tech and programming.

Might they be referring to the wikileaks post after the anon north korea 'hacking'?

If you're still using internet explorer 8, you deserve this. Microsoft is almost on IE11 at this point (looks like firefox). If it shipped with Vista, why are you still using it and thinking you're safe? While you're at it, why not use Windows XP and avoid security updates as well... If you don't like 8, install 7. If your programs aren't compatible with anything later than XP... well... those will have security that's so outdated you might as well just consider the entire system a liability and get insurance for the lawsuits.

It has to do with counting the years until they are out the door and not your problem anymore...

Pretty much. My personal favorite is when you have to create a registry key in a place where no indications exist that such would have any results in order to get options that weren't there before.

Never trust an OEM, or listen to the sales person. Most laptops did not meet the specs to run vista at launch. You should have checked for yourself. Every christmas I go around tech stores with a bag of chips and a slushie for the entertainment. If you listened to one of those people when you bought your computer... well... all of /. looks down on you.