you mean like... deep dish?

fundamental error here is the assumption that school is for educating. it isn't, and not by a long shot. it is designed to brainwash children into conforming adults. educating and creating new generation of critical thinkers has nothing to do with state sponsored education system.

to that end, punishment and reward based system fits the intend perfectly.

They can produce cheaper imitations, but their contraptions will never command this level of devotion.

it's called "patent trolling," "eternal copyright," and "software patents."

Short version - "Bend over."

My personal experience has been that with nVidia parts, their proprietary driver "just works" under Linux, on occasions when it can't even identify the part itself.

With ATi/AMD... not so much; more often than not, trying to install proprietary driver is like pulling teeth out of a pitbull's mouth. Even I get it to install, it only sort-of-kind-of works. Trying to uninstall it is downright insane.

I don't know why ATi/AMD suck this hard, or why it's so much effort to get anything they made to work. But frankly as an end user, I shouldn't know or care. Stuff either "just works" or will not be considered for purchase.

I am not Spock anymore, and get off my %!!@! lawn!
(Get a LIFE!)

Host a friendly neighborhood barbecue?

Only if the occupants of the other station is the main course.

We're still a free society, just that some (government officials/employees) are more equal than others (the "little" people.)

hand rails in Japanese subway cars are being stolen in mass...

chances are that code are recycled from old product to new; ported forward with minute tweaks for the current hardware platform since the management can't see the value of starting from scratch; if anything starting a new is considered a liability.

that's because PLC wasn't supposed to be networked; the core code were never designed with security in mind because they are supposed to be programmed and the parked somewhere and never mess with again.

gee, I want a job like that...

MAFIAA is pleased to announce that in their effort to combat piracy, lobotomy is now included in the list of remedies for three-strikes infraction. Naturally any attempt to recollect any part of any film is considered as one strike.

You could, at your option, pay a ... modest fine instead of receiving the lobotomy.

Unionize and and watch Wally World close down stores.