I've seen the image. I've seen porn. But the possible effects of bad searches coupled with a back story that make engineers look like a bunch of slimy scum bags is inappropriate for a high school.

yeah? you know how bad search engines can be. Also the back story is inappropriate for HS. It almost sets a tone of "You want to be a Software Engineer? You need to have porn handy." No wonder programmers are laughed at as unprofessional.

Totally inappropriate.

There s debate as to whether a Free Market can ever truly exist at all. To fulfill the definition, in a Economics sense, you need things like instantaneous information spread all across the market. In addition if you look at the NYSE, often touted as approaching an dealized free market, you will find it covered by three layers of regulation; the exchange regulations and by laws, the NY state regulations, and the SEC. So it seems you can't even get close to a free market with out regulation and government intervention.

Period. The instructor is an idiot. Leave the porn where it belongs, at home where you can do as you please. Not everyone likes, wants to see it, or uses it. Have a little regard for your fellow human beings.

AT&T has been dicking with our bills for years. They have added "insurance" fees and plan-change fees without asking or warning, for example. When confronted with it, they usually pull a Steve Urkel: "Oh gee, how did that little charge get on there?"

Some people just like to complain.

Is Lena by chance Hawaiian?

Testing is about checking compliance to a spec. QA is a *much* broader topic. E.g. reviewing the spec to ensure it was well writing and there are no gaps. Unfortunately many people do not understand the difference.

Is that a cold boot or a warm boot?

"Thank you for calling Boeing tech support. Did you most of your questions can be answered online in our FAQ section? Simply go to www.boeingcares.com/customercare/support/FAQ. If this is an ground problem press 1, if it is a maintenance question please press 2, if this is about the galley hotbox recall press 3, for in-flight problems press 4"

*beep*
"You have selected in-flight problem. For engine fires press 1, for structural failure please press 2, for fuel system faults please check 3, for all other in-flight challenges please press 4."

*beep*
"You have selected other. Your call is very important to us you will be transferred to the next available customer care representative. Did you most of your questions can be answered online in our FAQ section? Simply go to www.boeingcares.com/customercare/support/FAQ. Due to unusually high call volumes you expected hold time is 15 minutes. Please hold..."

It doesn't matter what country programmers come from, in my experience too many programmers have no clue about reality outside of their cube. They are building software for things they do not understand. I am going to rant about this in another thread so I will leave it at that for now.

Yeah, I don't have my 'back of the envelop' calculations in front of me but I think I worked that out to be a 'timedGetTime' rollover bug. I wonder if the same thing is happening in this case, i.e. a timer rollover bug.

There's really nothing to see here. Except that long distance with per-minute charges are still a thing. And AOL is still a thing, I guess? I definitely would not have called that. And old people are easily tricked into buying both those things. I don't think addressing the ease with which old people are tricked is on the agenda. Whether it's aluminum siding or their uncle in Uganda, tricking old people is just way too easy. And phone companies will just let you run up tens of thousands of dollars in arbitrary charges in one month, and let you keep doing it for several months when you don't pay the first one, that's definitely been a thing for a while. I'm actually a bit surprised AT&T waived it. In the stories I've heard in the past, the telcos usually put up a pretty good fight about that sort of thing.

It creates a "Virtual quantum burrito"? As long as there's a burrito in the microwave, thrust is always guaranteed to be generated!

Yes, but if your desktop fails it doesn't fall out of the sky.... most of the time

It's interesting researchers say the efficiency falls off at higher power. That suggests it *is* quantum-related, because quantum stuff always seems to have tricky walls that limit its practical use. God doesn't only play dice with the universe, but teases us with near misses.