If each person (on average) is producing barely enough economic output to feed himself, then the country is a 3rd world developing country.

That probably puts large parts of the UK in the 3rd world category.

AFAICT being high when creating security is the root of the problem here.

Perhaps Obama should declare war on SQL injection?

"Real men use reel-to-reel tape drives".

I believe DTMF-tones-enable is an option on Cyanogenmod.

No, but you could easily flick the lever that dings the bell with a finger. It stuck out a mile and was really accessible on most portable machines. The double ding was a common thing to do to attract the attention of people passing your desk (think wolf-whistle without risk of being accused of sexual harassment or neglecting work).

I was in Lagos, Nigeria, last week, and was stuck in ttraffic in front of a shop front filled with brand new typewriters (imported from China).

When your electricity supply is frequently off for more than half the day, and some places don't even have electricity, they are still useful.

In the UK some are mated with a long section of overlap - about 9 inches, I think. Ie one line is cut away to half width, the other line mates along the centre of the line, and then the first one tapers off - similar to how the overhead conductors change over.

Continuous welded rail predominates, but there are still plenty of places where the old system persists, even in London.

So they have finally phased out single needle telegraphs and train describers with bells? I am impressed!

She also requested all readings of chat transcripts include emoticons

My chat scripts will include emoticons just as soon as you show me a US Robotics modem that can respond correctly to emoticons.

Almost no-one with any experience will recommend PHP for a non-trivial project.

Unfortunately PHB's assume all projects are trivial until the pool of blood on the carpet starts leaking out the door.

I recommend banning pencils and paper too: you can use them to plan terrorist plots.

Hell, even wax crayons can be used to draw porno-pictures on used wrapping paper.

Why not go the whole hog and ban education too?

And with elections just round the corner, he has a pressing need to prove he is a buffoon beyond reasonable doubt, in order to be in the same league as his opposition.

I am not saying that the lot of them are not motivated by extreme short term profit, but I assure you that they are idiots too. (Occam's razor supplies a best guess, not a guaranteed solution).

Bus and taxi drivers in most deverloping countries have been doing this for over 40 years to my personal knowledge, and probably since transport began.

Captain Obvious used to own the patent until it expired.

Anyone on /. who does not know what ddos means should be condemned to a lifetime of reading DOS boot disks in binary with a plastic monacle.

Humans move into virtual reality.

The best suggestion in the whole thread - but a very poor reflection on the others :-{