puh... I was so busy being bludgeoned with "get-out-the-vote" that I never got to hear "razor-tight!" :(

In a court of law, certainly not. I'm conflicted about the topic, actually, because I don't think this man's words should have gotten him arrested. But in the realm of social consequences, it's debatable what is an acceptable response. So, I happen to disagree with your first statement. If you so something so grossly callous and heartless, you deserve a pretty harsh response.

Interesting example I picked, but you're reply is besides the point. My example assumes he is not considered to be so by Muslims, and that it is a huge offense to say such a thing. Substitute Muhammad with Jesus and Muslims with Christians and the point is just the same.

Except, this isn't really about expressing a view like "I don't believe what you believe," or even in a forceful or colorful way saying "you're wrong about this." This is more like telling a Muslim that Muhammad is a child molester. Anyone who would say that to a Muslim likely deserves whatever punishment they get, and as much as I dislike laws that limit free speech, I could never, in clear conscience, say that this man isn't getting what he deserves... or at least, part of it... because the real punishment, imho, should be for him to face the parents of that little girl, and let the father get in a good shot to the nose.

That's when she starts thinking you're incompetent because she doesn't understand spec writing is a valid form of communication.

Don't know about him, but I do. My electricity bill was insanely high this last winter, and for no reason that I could detect... we're talking more than 4 times what it was this month. No matter what I changed in my electricity-related routines, I could not get the bill down over the winter, then it suddenly dropped to about 1/3 of what it was all on it's own, even though the weather hadn't warmed up all that much.

When I started researching electric company charges online, I found that electric companies around here have some convoluted billing scheme that actually makes the the whole process entirely suspect in my mind. They estimate usage ahead of time, evidently, and charge based on that... then they send some nothing-amount check in the mail for over charges. How the hell could I possibly tell whether or not I'm being billed fairly for what I actually use when they do that shit? I know, lots of math, but would the average consumer have the time or know-how to figure something like that out? I doubt it, so this is a shady practice, imho.

So, what's to stop cable companies from metering and then making estimated charges for usage based on peak weekends, and insane shit like that? This is corporate America we're talking about... how often does true fairness actually come into play?

I read that Forbes article about 80% of the way through... I tried to stop at "We will never have Web 3.0, because the Web’s dead," but for some reason, just had to keep going until I couldn't bear it anymore.

Holy hell... I'm on the internet 8+ hours a day on a desktop, and might average 15 minutes a day via mobile... I'm not sure what web he's been using, but the one I'm on is pretty spry. Everyone in my company is pretty much the same with the desktops/laptops, but I'm sure there are a number who spend more time with their mobile devices than I do.

How could ANYONE state that Google doesn't get mobile when they made the frickin' droid?!

And Amazon? It's not as mobile friendly, I'll admit, but they've added a lot of social aspects to their system over the years... so his argument about them not getting "web 2.0" isn't really that well founded, either.... and hell, they made MTurk back in what, '03 or '04? Isn't that a kin to what we now call crowd-sourcing?

And who cares how long Facebook is around? How can you even compare them to Google or Amazon? They don't do anything!

That guy... bsi. /rant

First question that came to mind when I read the article was, "will the update be pushed, or will the driver have to initiate it?" Second question was, "updates can't be done while the engine's running..... can it?" I assume this mbrace2 system is tied into the car' main OS based on what the "secrets" linked article says.

Can't find many details atm, but evidently you get to pay a yearly subscription fee for the updates... sounds nice.

and awed when I saw this the other day, although I didn't think much about it after the novelty wore off... which happened pretty quickly.

"Kaayak admitted that he didn't expect the media attention his project would generate, with over 8.9 million views across the world."

Yeah, right. I'd dismiss this if it didn't insult everyone's intelligence. You don't put up the video, a web site, fake a press release, and push it out into the public through the media channels if you don't expect it to get attention. F*** 'em.

FTA1: "... organizations are more likely to outsource a task or hire someone new than invest in training an existing staff." FTA2: "As it stands, 57 percent of respondents said training or retraining staff would be their strategy to closing the skills gap. 38 percents said they would go with outsourcing or contractors; 28 percent said they would hire new employees." Something.... something's not right here. How the hell anyone could draw the conclusion that companies are less likely to train when the percentage that would train is 57%? oic 57+38+28=123% 38+28=66% 66% > 57% therefore... more

I voted for Cloud, as it's probably the most over-used and over-hyped tech term of the last few years, but I couldn't resist complaining about how I cringe every time I hear "call or click today!" in a TV or radio spot... and I hear it all the time.

I interviewed online with Google in 2007. No puzzles, etc. -- they went right into watching me code. Another large company, local to my hometown, actually had a good-sized math and problem-solving test I had to take before I was interviewed. Again, though, no puzzles. It was straight math, followed by a face-to-face interview/conversation that focused primarily on programming. All seemed very well organized to me. The smaller companies are the only ones I've had ask strange questions, but the "in 5 years" questions was the strangeness threshold there. That was my first time being asked a question like that. Of course, my answer was, "I have no idea. Texas, maybe, herding cattle..." Yes, I got the job.

Only the quester whom the gods have chosen can defeat the traps and the monsters to reach the fabled Desktop of Destiny.

FTA #2:

State of the art 30 years ago? 80's Ferrari, yes. 80's Corvette, yes. 80's hatch-box with alien ejector doors, no. I never did get the appeal of this car.

Except that's totally giving the middle finger to the core group of Firefox users, isn't it? That's exactly what I feel Moz has done. I loved the browser because of the control. It's been an invaluable tool for me, professionally (as a web developer) and otherwise, but since v4 I've been dealing with glitchy behaviour, multiple frequent crashes, and a bunch of updates that are mucking with my development cycle because I can't trust that the newest version won't be worse than the last one.

If they had just moved to rapid release and changed their version numbers, it would have been fine. Keep the program, make some changes, make them work, push them out. That's what they were doing, but that's not what they do now. They've made a new beast and killed the old one, and the new one's not as furry and friendly as the old one.

They're screwing themselves. Personally, I'm waiting to see whether or not this will calm down by the time they get to v10. If it doesn't, I'll probably ditch it, so that I can at least go with something stable and then enjoy FF once again in nostalgia.