Zoid.com. I wish that I'd thought of that. LMAO!

The real reason to have many 'live' languages is simply that of diversity. In English you can make jokes with the two different meanings of the word letter. You can't do that in Spanish. They have their own word play. Different languages force different views and expressions of the world. having one or two or just a few verbal languages make as much sense as having one or two or just a few programming languages.

Just my $0.02 worth.

I love using Forth to debug new hardware as well as develop embedded control systems. As you are retired and looking for a new, (fun?) native language, I'd sure give it a try.

Actually the ionosphere forms both a waveguide and a capacitor with the Earth itself. Changes in potential, even in waveguide scenarios, will still radiate out into space.

BTW, I'm not a recruiter. I design embedded control systems (now) for 50W-100KW SR motor controllers. I reread my post and it seemed salesman-ish. that's not me. I'm a real systems engineer. :)

Yes, get your resume up to date. Use a creative but not overly creative format. I'd be happy to pass you my format. Recently was laid off due to lack of funding. This resume got 8 hits in 48 hours from 10 blind submissions to 3 recruiters and 7 companies. The fourth company hired me on-the-spot; walked out with a 6-figure job. I'd be happy to help in any way I can.
--Noel

to Asimov's psychohistory?

Knowledge = Power
P= W/t
t=Money
Money = Work/Knowledge

Wouldn't that be:
Money = W/K = W/(W/t) = W*(t/W) = t

So, either Money = time (and vice-versa) or time = time. Or did I miss something?

I'd try to get them to see that planets move differently than the background of stars. Mars, Jupter, Saturn and Venus can be used for this. Especially Venus because the course will take place in the spring. Even over a period of just one week visible displacement can be seen against the background (at the same time each morning or evening).

Yep. Ultra-cool stuff. Designed the Cogent Research XTM workstation around it. 32 processors with a dynamically reconfigurable interconnect. Some of the most fun I ever had.

Shouldn't SMS messages only contain SMS TEXT?! The worst that should happen is that you have a binary SMS message in your inbox.