The day a company starts to innovate thru buying other corporations instead of creating stuff itself is the day it starts to die.

My wife connects waaaaay too many devices to a single power point by using multi-way adaptors.
Now she will be able to daisy chain various phones, laptops, portable speakers etc,.
Can you blow a USB fuse in this new standard?

Just send a predator and take out the Equadorian Embassy in London.
Sure, there will be some collateral damage.
Get the spin doctors to suggest it was Sweden that did it.

So which one:

1. 1. I believe Apple, they would never alter the truth to suit their needs.
2. 2. I believe Greenpeace, they would never alter the truth to suit their needs.
3. 3. We're all liars when pushed, and some of us need very little pushing.

"I'm going to rebuild the car kernel and take her out for a spin" Sentences like this can give a more literal meaning to the crash and burn of a process. I suppose they take the injured driver to a hospital with his core dump. Who guarantees there was even adequate unit testing done before a car goes out onto the highway with other unsuspecting drivers? Then again, I suppose its the same answer as to when I added the airbag suspension to my low-rider without getting my car re-inspected.

If you think you suffer at the hands of the TSA (literally), just imagine what will be done to "Jennifer" each time she tries to board a plane.

I have been educating users for years on how to submit even vaguely reasonable problem reports. It's an uphill battle.

Everything in our system has a ticket id.
More than 90% of all problem reports never mention a ticket id.

Some of the worst offenders have been other developers!
If peer developers cannot do it, what makes anyone think that the regular user community will step up?

Regard it as an exercise in patience and endlessly request the ticket id that was missing from the original problem report.

At least if you are going to do this, simply as a proof of concept of course, steal all their customers money. Then the risk/reward ratio is looking better.

I regard it that the reviewer is trying to do me a favor. As such, it is my job to return the favor by reviewing some of his/her code. This role reversal typically keeps reviews sensible without too much arrogance on the part of the reviewee and without too much intransigence on the part of the reviewer.

Terry Childs was clearly on an excessive one-man power trip. I don't think too many on /. think that deserves jail time though. A firing for unprofessional conduct: sure. A $1.5M fine? This just adds to the farce. I'm sure the head of the IMF will get a fair trial. He has already been convicted (by the media) and is in jail. ... now all we need to do is to get most of Wall Street in jail. They have been tried in the media but not put in jail.

Just a bunch of bullies endlessly fighting for world dominance. Nothing to see here, business as usual (literally).

>>LSE chief executive Xavier Rolet has insisted that the exchange, once a monopoly, will deliver record speed and stable trading
I'm not sure, even if a senior manager insists on stability, that it is guaranteed to happen. What he could do is to insist that, if any instability occurs in the new system, the workforce positions will also become unstable.

Rumor has it that the server was seen holding what the mortgage officer thought was a weapon. The officer drew and repeatedly fired his weapon, pausing to reload 15 times because he believed his life was in danger. The server was fatally hit by 87 rounds, most of them entering through the rear of the chassis. No other weapon was found at the scene. The mortgage officer has been put on temporary desk assignment while an investigation is held.

Developers should have read-only access to production. In this way, they can investigate what is happening but should on no account have any ability to alter anything.

Anyone who doesn't like the conditions of their job, whether it be pay or whatever, always has the right to quit (at least in this country). So if you think you can do better elsewhere, go for it. If you are proven wrong, scuttle back into a job working for the man while looking for the next opportunity to break free again. Sooner or later: profit!
The difference between winners and losers is that everyone loses, winners merely shake off defeat and try again.
My friend started 3 companies. The first 2 failed. He went back to working for someone else each time. The third one was a success. He eventually sold his share in the company for (I'm guessing) $40M. He retired before he reached 40.
I'm still trying :-(