Of course it's accomplished something. It's sent two powerful signals. One, that the government admits it fucked up; nobody likes to admit they were wrong ESPECIALLY governments so lets give credit where credit is due. Second and more importantly, it signals that the government is serious about supporting LGBT rights. Thirdly it vindicates Turing's important legacy, his family, friends, supporters, and those like me who have always looked up to him. It would have been nice if it came 61 years ago, but better late than never.

I'd like to hear from anybody who's opted for S-corp tax status as a self employed IT contractor with no income beyond his/her labor rate. Because my understanding is that the IRS takes a pretty dim view of writing part of your labor rate as 'profit' because presumably whatever you are charging for your labor IS a reasonable salary. My understanding is that S-corp status only makes sense (IE isn't likely to result in an audit) if you operate a business that generates legitimate profits; IE you sell products/services at a markup, which pretty much excludes any one-man IT shop. Maybe if you contract in some crazy niche market where you can command $400/hr then you can get away with this but if you are charging normal market rates for your normal work then it seems like an invitation for an audit and penalties.

No but it is amazing what NEW science you can do with OLD data. I've worked with the Transportable Array project for example http://www.usarray.org/researchers/obs/transportable it's over a decade old and scientists are still discovering new ways to take advantage of the data and will likely be doing so for decades to come. On the other hand a lot of data is just junk due to poor quality metadata; when was that instrument calibrated? I dunno. Damn. At leat in geophysics we have the National Geophysical Data Center to curate this stuff http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ at least until Congress cuts it's funding.

Thank you, Forrest! You are the best. I am a fanboi. I own all of your electronics mini-notebooks and your _Getting Started in Electronics_. Over the last 15 years they are usually the first place I turn to when I need to make a circuit in support of one of my hobbies. I don't have a question. I just want to say thanks and keep doing what you're doing! And keep those books in RadioShack!

I guess I have one question: How did you get so awesome?

SQUEEEE

I'd like to know if they controlled for the MOTHER's folate level. Afterall, if the mom and dad live together and eat a similar diet, and HE's deficient, it stands to reason that the mom is probably deficient also. None of TFA's seem to talk about it.

Religion can define marriage however it wants. Thankfully, so can the law.

Of course not everything is on prime and if you compare the prime vs. non-prime price you will find that, no, the shipping isn't really free.

Also who the heck uses Discover cards?

Given the state of Linux graphics drivers in general I think you're nuts to use anything BUT Intel graphics in a laptop. Intel is the only company that seems to take it serious and ship stable and reliable drives that don't shit their bits when you dock, undock, suspend, resume, or change res. I guess if you absolutely have to have the most bleeding edge graphics performance maybe Intel isn't an option but then maybe a Linux laptop isn't the best choice for you.

Dell Latitude e6430 with Intel graphics. Ubuntu certified. I run Linux Mint that works perfectly too. Everything "just works". Highly configurable. Excellent service manual and easily serviceable without voiding your warranty. Standard parts. Docking station that, again, "just works" with Linux. Built like a tank. Available on refurb from Dell outlet. It's not the smallest or lightest or prettiest cheapest but those are not priorities for me. It's the corporate fleet laptop. I've yet to find something to complain about it.

1. I'll give you the license but they obviously no longer share much copyright as they have all been largly rewriten since the 386bsd days. If that were not true then they would all be the same.

2. That's like saying nothing differentiates us from monkeys because we share a common ancestor. I call BS. A common origin implies very little of practical value especially considering how much of the code has been rewritten.

3. So first you say they share a user land then you say the userlands have diverged. Which is it?

4. Overall LACK of quality due to not having a critical mass of developers, you mean?

5. I think they're ALL prima donna devs otherwise why are there so many forks? It's because everybody in the BSD camp wants to take their ball and go home instead of working together on a common goal.

I don't hate BSD or wish anybody ill. These are just my perceptions based on what I've seen.

You know, I hear a lot of folks complain about Linux fragmentation, tyrany of choice, etc. But at least we can say that, for the most part, there is one true canonical Linux kernel (Linus' tree) and all the other kernels are for the most part shallow forks tweaking a few things.

Now in BSD land we have NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and DragonflyBSD, each with their own true kernel.

Why?

If the project goals have diverged so widely as to take the kernel off in a completely different direction from all the other BSD's why even call it BSD anymore?

What do the four big BSD distros have in commmon besides the name and a kernel they used to use years (decades?) ago?

I am admitedly ignorant and perhaps I am underestimating the degree of cooperation between these projects.

What interference? Why would any engineer add cost and complexity to a design by adding (previously considered) unecessary filtering circuitry? We talking analog filters or digital filters? Passive or active? Skirt shapes? It's not as simple as "add filters. problem solved." Really, if you are security paranoid and you don't need them, remove the speakers and mic. Now the problem really is solved. You can alway plug in a headset.

Stuff that matters. 'Nuff said. Slashdot has never been ONLY about technology and crap.

Am I the only one here who's had the same phone number for almost 10 years and is NOT innundated with spam and scam callers? (I've probably jinxed it now)

There are some pretty distinct species capable of interbreeding. Tigers and lions come to mind.