YSOD? Maybe you need to be more clear to your users. I don't know what YSOD is and I work in the industry... Make sure your users understand what a bug report is, and how it helps to give as much information as possible. Avoid using terms they won't understand, and assume they don't know what you want. Some users will try to help if you tell them what you need, but give up if they feel like they have to figure it out on their own.

I'm confused as well.
a.) Why does this Slashdot post have a quote that I can't seem to find in the articles, much less see any mention of OSU in the articles at all?
b.) Gee's pension isn't a "full state-funded pension", he pays contributions just like every other state employee.
c.) Isn't a $1 million dollar salary to the President of a $4.82 billion enterprise fair? "If The Ohio State University were a company, it would be listed on the Fortune 500." (http://www.osu.edu/facts.php)

Probably compared to the competition being severely hacked and offline for a significant time period... Not at all...

Pi is relevant to the circumference of circles. The earth has an elliptical orbit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumference

It's kind of the point: "In the 40 years since this breakthrough, the Internet has become an integral part of society and the global economy. The DARPA Network Challenge explores the unprecedented ability of the Internet to bring people together to solve tough problems."

Oracle and PostgreSQL are SQL...

Sounds like Facebook wants to do something similar to Aardvark - http://vark.com/ Basically you ask a question and it finds people in your "network" and poses the question to them. You get pretty good answers from people around the world.