"Jitter doesn't really matter for video or voice either, other than increasing the buffer time. "

Which is to say it (and latency) matters a great deal for interactive video and voice.

So, does a vacuum power amplifier make things suck more?

In the specific case at hand, the nurse in Maine has been twice tested for the Ebola virus, with negative results. Can you point to some study showing a person can carry Ebola for more than a few hours/days immediately after exposure and have it remain undetectable in a blood test?

If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all...

From the article: "Every effort we made in this investigation had the goal of..."

Their whole rationale is nothing more than "the end justifies the means."

Alto (and Star) did rectangular (circular? oval?) regions. Atkinson figured out how to do regions made of irregular shapes.

This is a dupe.

You forgot the free Internet and free beer!

"There is nothing routine about rocketry so just shut up please. thanks."

Some would disagree.

So, Apple's donating stuff which costs them money to make (hardware). O'Reilly is giving stuff which doesn't cost them much, if anything (incremental cost). Kudos for that freebie, but Microsoft and Autodesk are likely making a profit with a "discount" on things with virtually no incremental cost. They probably consider it like advertising - they expect to make even more from future sales. Sprint and ATT are somewhere in between.

"So you deposit $1000 in your account on Monday and write a check for $1000 on Wednesday, you'll get clobbered by overdraft fees because the Bank doesn't credit deposits to your account for 3 days "

Not in the US. Here, in most cases, it's $200 the next business day, and the balance the day after that (up to $5K).

It's not university sponsored, it's simply being held in a university facility. Not really any different than allowing political groups to meet, or some student group to show films. It doesn't mean the university endorses the content.

"MSU is a state university, but UMich is a public university"

Huh? They're both publicly funded, state universities. You seem to be trying to draw a distinction which doesn't exist. There are number of other state universities in Michigan, too.

You're confusing MSU with UM.

I have a Western Electric 500 phone. I never have to charge it!