You got it backwards. Google gets protection from fiber's mortal enemy... the backhoe.

What backhoe would hang around fiber with the threat of dangerous black SUVs around every corner?

:) :)

True.

However, I can't remove Glorious Leader's birthday from my calendar.

Also lock:

• Newsstand

...nah, just kidding.

I thought tenure was a way to keep administrators from messing with academic freedom. Without it teachers would "follow the party line" and never research or teach anything controversial.

True. This is typical marketing-speak.

<product> is best in <narrowly defined class>.

<product A> beats <product B> in <narrowly defined class>.

etc..

The crappier the product, the more they have to lean on marketing like this (and the narrower the class).

I think there is a big market for microphones that can pick up words without having to actually speak.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throat_microphone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subvocal_recognition

who's with me?

Hey, you used a trademarked word!

I love love LOVE ctrl-option-cmd-eject (shutdown), ctrl-cmd-eject (reboot) and control-shift-eject (blank screen)

I use them every single day.

I've been secretly using Jude Law's biometrics. Eventually I'll be on that ship to outer space.

twist: the wifi router was located in the closet

Maybe things are changing, but shouldn't sales taxes be for tangible goods?

But this is an opportunity. It means even nerds like us can make movies now!

Scripts are just crazy mad libs, and we can fill in the blanks with whatever we want to.

  "_____________!
(exclamation)
he said ________ as he jumped into his convertible
(adjective)
______ and drove off with his
(noun)
__________ wife."
(adjective)

"UBUNTU! He said FREELY as he jumped into his convertible HYBRID and drove off with his IMAGINARY wife."

I think the problem is that the Flicker Fusion Threshold might be poorly understood by manufacturers.

I think lots of factors affect our perception, young people can perceive flicker more than older people, and things like caffeine can make flicker more noticable.

Harbor Freight shopping list:

[_] Air Compressor, 5 Hp, 60 gallon
[_] Shop Press, 20 Ton
[_] HF-35A Joint Strike Fighter, 25 ton