Jeesh, the guy who can posit on the origins of the universe and time travel gives us a job application page that submits over an unencrypted channel? He really does need a tech guy!

yeah, but I think it ends with "...but never discount malice"!

...or "feldercarb"

From TFA: "It also adds dynamic typing to the statically typed C# and Visual Basic, allowing developers to add objects and new variables to a program on the fly."

So it turns VB/C# into...Obj-C!

*ducks*

"You philosophical types need to learn that the world is not just black and white"

Huh? That's news to me. I thought philosophical types specialized in the "shades of grey" areas.

1. Intentionally have "issues" with iCloud running on Azure and Amazon, discrediting the competition
2. BIG Announcement of the switch to new uber Apple infrastructure
3. ???
4. Profit!

+1 to you sir/madam...if I had 'em. Where's my mod points when I need 'em.

I think you're confused. Fascists are right-wing.

Competing hard for the far-right-wing title though are the Corporatists. They're only a semi-tone off of that dissonance known as fascism, which is completely unplayable to most artists. There, brought it back on topic.

Well those 11,000 iPads will be shipped once. They will however save fuel repeatedly on flights on an ongoing basis, so it would hopefully be a net savings. Unless they upgrade every year.

My concern would be, will the iPads affect the critical navigation systems in the planes, and will they be too much of a distraction to the pilots if there are (inevitably) other apps on them? I suppose someone thought to consider that, right? Right??

Some of them may sound close, but I've yet to find one that *feels* right. IMO, it's due to the small amount of latency, and the lack of interaction between the speaker cab and how vibration from it affects the tubes.

The Axe-FX may be a new breed of technology though, I've never tried it. But if it's good enough for Mr's Vai and Petrucci who am I to disagree!

That's temporary though. Solar will look pretty attractive when the oil prices skyrocket because the oil *starts* to run out (it doesn't have to even run out, just become more scarce and the prices will go skyward). But you have to have the foresight to put the solar infrastructure in place before you need it, like now, when it doesn't look like it can be self supporting. So the subsidies are necessary to kick start the industry. I don't see anything wrong with govt's actually being proactive about something for a change. They blow plenty of money on less worthy things.

The OIL industry is propped up by govt tax breaks and subsidies. FTFY.

Apple was never *overwhelmingly* popular 'round here. Linux, yes. Apple, no.

Sure you can make your own. But can you fit it into the same size/footprint of the time capsule. Nope. Can you make it without all the messy cables hanging all over the place, and adapters, and power cords? Not really. Will it require more than 1 outlet?

The time capsule may be a bit over priced, but the functionality *and* design make it worth it to me. Nothing wrong with the DIY method, but it's nowhere as neat of a solution.

good grief, I hope you're joking.