We should promote a policy that any Windows systems that are not fully patched be automatically upgraded to run Linux. That nicely solves the problem of them joining botnets and means that MS doesn't ever have to worry about those systems again. MS shouldn't care because they've already made all the money they are getting from these systems anyway (since the owners have demonstrated that they are not going to ever pay for an upgrade). This way, older systems would eventually all convert to Linux, a much safer thing for the internet,

Instead of deodorizing the birds, they should just make a synthetic version of the smell and spray it all around the island, confusing the predators because the smell is everywhere.

That this is getting released so shortly after Gnash 0.8.8, which now plays all Youtube content ? I installed the latest Gnash on my 64 bit Linux and it works great. I don't think it's worth my effort to try this the Adobe version now.

Duh, he lives in Mongolia. I believe the food is cheap there 'cause they don't have to ship the horses very far.

I homeschool(ed) my 3 kids (older 2 are in college) and I have to tell you the whole "socialization" thing is a red herring. It's the most common argument against homeschooling, I think because it's the only one that seems rational. My kids, and every other homeschooled kid I've ever met, are extremely well socialized. Parents know this is an important part of growing up, and if they somehow were to forget it, perfect strangers will remind them every time they mention that they homeschool.

One of the most interesting aspects of the homeschool movement is how well the kids perform (as a group) compared to any other method. The parents like to think this is because their kids are just way above average, but is that really likely? The reason of course, is that homeschool families self-select for highly involved parents, which I'm sure is the #1 criteria for the quality of a child's education. The average homeschool parents spend more time educating their kids than most people spend at a full time job. If you did that, and left your kids in public school, they'd be top performers there too. It's ironic that the homeschool opposition goes to such great lengths to make it tough to homeschool, they are really helping without realizing it, as they are ensuring that everyone who homeschools will succeed.

I harbor no ill will against public school teachers, they have a tough, thankless job. And I know many parents simply can't (or don't want to) homeschool, and they should not feel bad at all. But it would be a terrible loss not to have homeschooling as a viable option, and spending time and money to discourage or otherwise inhibit homeschoolers is just pathetic. I am very glad I homeschooled all my children, and would certainly do it again (and my kids would agree if you asked them). It's a facet of parenting that most parents don't get to experience.

I suspect that this attitude against homeschooling in Germany is a part of their culture of conformance that we just don't have as strongly here. I like to think that I've given my kids a richer experience in life than they otherwise would have and I think that will make them better people.

1) It's common sense, and everyone knows how careful the government is to distance itself from that.

2) It's what the American public wants (except the people who make money of the existing confusion).

For those 2 reasons, we can be sure that neither party will ever accept this. Except perhaps as a diversion to rally their voters, but then only if they know if has no real chance of getting through.

I think a couple of cliche's are in order here:

1. Life ain't fair
2. The cream always rises to the top
3. If you want to make it to the top, be prepared to kiss a little bottom

My years of experience have proved the truth of all of those. Even in my current position I sometime am treated unfairly or asked to do things that are clearly not my job, still, I find I can really appreciate my current job by looking back on some of the really shitty jobs I've had in the past. Maybe your current job is one of them, valuable to you because in the future you can look back and say "at least I'm not working at X, any more".

Hopefully, this helps your perspective a bit. Keep going and doing good work, it will be rewarded eventually. The people who tell me I'm crazy to think that way are (usually) bitter and underemployed. Can't imagine why.

Shhhhhhh!!

Man, if you convince everyone they need to work hard, you're removing the "buffer" between those of use who do work hard and the next layoff. It's no secret that every organization, sales to software development, has its superstars. We thrive on working productively and being the "go to" person for hard problems. The fact that there are others getting paid to do very little isn't a problem for us, without them we'd look normal and maybe even a little dingy. They serve a purpose, and it's up to each individual to decide which group they are in. It sounds to me like the OP is a hacker in the making, but hasn't found his niche just yet. I've no doubt he will figure this out, though it might take a few job changes to get it all.

While you have a good point, the situation now is that one country has an established capability and the other is building that capability and engaging in hostile rhetoric at the same time. That seems suicidal to me. I fully expect that one day, Israel will get scared and make a first strike on Iran, and since they will only get one shot (due to the public outcry from the rest of the world), it will be a definitive attack. It would be hard for any thinking person to say that Iran didn't bring that on themselves, but I would grieve for the many in Iran who are made to suffer because of the stupidity of their leaders.

It seems almost a certainty to me that the Middle East will erupt in a nuclear war at some point. No one there is willing to compromise and they all think that they have the moral high ground, a very dangerous opinion for political leaders to have.

You young whippersnappers and your emacs or vim. In my day it was edlin or nothing.

LOL, edlin was made for newbies who couldn't handle "cat > a.out"

Every time you hear someone talking, say (in a loud voice) "HEY, CAN YOU KEEP IT DOWN OVER THERE! YOU'RE DISTRACTING ME FROM MY CODING".

Within a few hours you will be given back your headphones due to the people complaining about you.

I say we just send Superman up there with a big net and let him make a bunch of trips around the planet to clean everything up. Then we don't have to worry about conserving the energy in the pieces or any of that crap, because Superman has energy to spare.

Not only is this faster and safer, but much more entertaining. I think they could actually make a profit on this, when they figure in the comic book sales.

You mean this isn't the BIG CHANGE everyone was hoping for ?

Looks like we replaced one set of idiots with an even more morally bankrupt set. Time to break out the "End of an ERROR" bumper stickers again. We were better off before.

Speaking as an Oracle DBA who has done a little of this, I can tell you to get a lot of RAM. I would say that an MB that can be expanded to at least 8 GB is the way to go. You might get by with only 4GB for a while, but you will eventually want more, give the relative costs of RAM.

Oracle is always RAM hungry, and VM's multiply that.