they had cold-storage CD jukeboxes at (well-known HVAC) back that far for old catalog crep. heck, they had rooms full of videotape carts in TV stations back that far... take your pick, VHS pro or Beta Pro. robotic storage is way old, just the medium changes, depending on what you are used to in your industry.

don't plug toasters, TVs, fridges, etc into the Internet. the geniuses behind them don't even finish the software they're loaded with at the factory.

long time ago, a slashdotter cut right to the chase when he posted "Microsoft is not a software company. they are an abuse company. they utilize software to inflict their abuse." somebody tore down the copy I had hanging next to the copier, so alas, I cannot credit the statement properly. easily 10 years ago, and it hasn't changed since.

the Borg is more cohesive with faster Internet. we are closer every day to domination.

"Hell, Dr. Fred, if we put enough energy into the damn stable thing, just think how big an instantaneous charge we can drain out!"

where's the Kickstarter link?

oh, what the hell, just get together and figure out the 4 fellow students you want to kick off the tail of the curve, and the rest get As.

can anybody here rebound? extra credit!

so take your homepage down. that's how silly it's getting. geez

it's basketball. REBOUND, REBOUND, REBOUND!! (tosses chair. another chair. water jug. wig. money. case full of Surface II tablets, one at a time. tosses T-shirt cannon ....)

"We have you for no drivers license, old title and insurance, no learners permit, failure to submit for blood test, failure to take field sobriety tests, 11 miles over the limit, and an open oil can. Son, you is in a HEAP of trouble, you hear me? BIG trouble. why, you haven't even posted your code online in open forum. we are going to haul you in, toss your butt in the scrapyard, and impound the vehicle for forfeiture. you have the right to remain silent, you have the right to a hardcopy of the indictment, and a translator if we can find out your toolset. you only have the right to one message from confinement, less than 140 characters...."

the guy who screams loudest about (insert issue here) is hiding their own little sin pad of the same.

just rename the company Canadian Reliability And Progress, and use the obvious ticker acronym in the markets.

the big issue with EU countries is the federal death penalty is possible for treason and espionage. waive that and he could have a G-III all to himself, with just a few "friends" for a little chit-chat, for the ride to the US.

if it is up to Great Britain, Assange only leaves the embassy in a coffin. they're going to be standing there at the doors until the end of time. waiting. on alert. with cuffs. forever.

fact is, it's a pretty soft underbelly, this electronic commerce thing. it's the system that's rotten, and the top bananas are way green in this stuff. going to be a lot of meat robots canned before electronic payments make the cut.

ALU's "10 gig copper" technology is something like 10 meters length. that's way out on the tail of the straight line of speed vs distance that's been pretty much unchanged since the days of ADSL 7 meg. if you can't get out of the shadow of the field cabinet, what good is it?

show me 150 mbps at 7000 wire feet, and I will pester my engineers to buy a trainload of it. it's got to be pretty clever to beat what appear to be the laws of physics.

or maybe use those sites to DOS themselves