I don't know about the state of technology now, but when I was young and interested in that kind of stuff, you were considered a pretender if you didn't make your own including grinding your own mirror.

Actually, I have watched TV shows because of ads.

watching livefeeds of the Ferguson riots, I keep thinking the press could use drones for videoing or at least placing cameras in convenient places l;ike on top of lampposts.

concepts?

or dung pile.

A word to Microsoft:
You can run, but you can't hide.

Firefox running NoScript or Chrome not running NoScript ( since last I heard it wasn't available for Chrome )?

Much of the theory and practical applications was worked out a long time ago. Mistly by physicists out of jobs when the SSC was canceled. Just another reason to keep funding the sciences.

Let me add to this, do you think an ABI plus a specified subset of C++ to be used in the creation of script interpreters and REPLS which can use binary modules created by C++ is a good idea?

"I'm sorry Dave I'm afraid I can't do that."

On virtually every "customer service" call I have ever made, before I get connected to a person I hear a message This phone may be recorded for quality insurance.. Does that mean that even in a two party state, I can record without telling them? After all it seems like they have given permission.

Moron #2.
Just ask that Peterson guy in California.
Or Hans Reiser.

And the first sentence produces moron number one.