Saying "PDP" instruction set makes them sound all the same. C is very similar to the PDP-11 instruction set, Unfortunately, it was produced after C was developed. I strain to find similarities between the PDP-7 instruction set and C. Most of the PDP-11-isms that people see in C are the post-(increment|decrement) instruction variations and the MOV variations that dereference an address register.

Thank you for saying this.

Citing Sokal's hoax in an argument against peer review is odd since Social Text was not at the time a peer-reviewed journal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair

The genitive of bracchium is bracchii or bracchi, not bracchiumis.

A lot of vpr systems do just that. Also, dictation systems display what you've typed on the screen, so you can correct by voice if necessary.

The rules change as you get into different environments, but you still have to follow them. In the "real world" all of the tests are open-book, but they are often timed, and 90% is usually a failing grade.

Not 99! You'll destroy the world, you fool!

Thank you for saying this. IRBs exist for a reason and it's concerning to see an article like this essentially saying "Hey kids! Go do some human experimentation!"

Thank you for saying this better than I would have.

You read piano music off a Zaurus?

I am sorry but you are wrong. The iTunes music store launched in 2003. At the time the iPod was firewire and Mac only. It wasn't until after the music store launched and the 3rd gen of iPod was launched that also supported windows that iPods became "wildly popular."