Hmmm...a small-factor gaming device. My kids call that "one of dad's old phones." They no longer have cell service, but they pretty much all run Android or iOS and can still play a lot of games, including games that need the Internet. Plus, you can buy an entry-level Android phone new (from a pay-as-you-go service) for around $50. So...what's the market for this thing?

>> can tell-apart

You can't fool me...I'm not going to click any links on this craptacular "story."

Now if only they could find a source of cheap, expendable workers to mine the tunnel...

My point is that making it to Mars implies "ability to make it to the moon." Writing "the Moon and Mars" is like saying that my truck can pull "a string of beer cans and my 26-foot boat".

>> The earth doesn't have borders, only men do.

Dude, put down the clip and go upstairs. What's a river? What's an ocean? What's a mountain range?

>> to enable human flight to the vicinities of the Moon and Mars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_%28spacecraft%29)

I hope someone realizes that there's an order of magnitude in there somewhere.

>> why the CVUSD is considering becoming its own ISP

Because they are in Palm Springs and money falls like leaves there?

>> Metrics are hard to come by after only a single school year

Don't they already have standardized tests? (http://www.gamutonline.net/district/coachellavalley/displayPolicy/244798/6)

Now, if only there was a convenient place to store my wiffle ball bat too. At least they already have a "mean look" mirror (http://blogs.cars.com/.a/6a00d83451b3c669e2017d41511f46970c-800wi).

>> you'll bet that he comes out looking stellar in his state-controlled media

Not just that. That even "our media" will pick up on Russia winning and the west losing. For example:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/... ...etc.

Just a rule of thumb I've seen in the lower end of the tech market to stay profitable. At $100B revenue (per year), that's 200K employees. At 110K employees, they're around 900K per employee, which is great.

>> Care to put a dollar amount out there?

Sure. $100 says that Putin comes out of this thing looking like a world-class statesman to his allies - much like he did walking out from the Syria standoff (where the US also backed down).

For example, I already read a story this morning that Putin has "offered a cease fire" (ah, truly a man of peace!):
http://www.jsonline.com/news/u... ... even though he's the guy who invaded Ukraine and armed the f***ers who shot the plan down.

Russia: guns, oil, money and thousands of practicing hackers
US: very, very peezed bloggers and president "with a pen and a phone"

Unfortunately, my money here is on Putin...again.

My company's VPN was incompatible with Android and I didn't want to spend much on a piece of gear for work, so I picked up the Lenovo Miix 2 for about $200 this year. Paired with a bluetooth keyboard, it's been an awesome companion - I gave up my bulky company laptop months ago and haven't looked back. (My primary workstation is the typical multi-monitor dev monster; I just remote in to that from the Miix.)

If you can't figure out your web site's font issue, how do you expect us to believe you can code a full-blown word processor?

(This: "For everyone experiencing weird font issues on our website please know we are investigating the issue since several weeks")

>> issue on board

Like a missile poking up through the floorboards and then exploding?