Um, not in my world. Itunes copies (and leaves the original intact) when I add music to my library.

This is Arizona you are talking about. The whiny religitards, and their republican puppets get their way, be damned.So glad I was able to move away. Even gladder that I didn't have kids in their schools.

The real sad thing is that the schools in SE Phoenix are a lot better funded and better than the public schools back here in my hometown of San Jose (I moved back about four months ago. My colleagues with kids are appalled at the fact that they have to pay extra money for sports and music programs to participate. All paid for in Chandler schools near Phoenix. Crazy)

See, I think Game of Thrones sucks, so I am not too hopeful.

Since the book(s) have all the action in the background, and the big reveal in the post crisis recap, I am sure the movie will suck. The temptation to turn it into a special effects Michael Bay-like cinema enema will ruin the complex story line. But the CGI teams will win a shit-tonne of awards.

Damn, and me without mod points. This physics M.Sc. remembers the orbital mechanics he studied, and the energy requirements to escape the gravity well, and you sum it up nicely.

Actually, Private Industry: 4 (three were killed in an engine test a few years ago)

that will get endlessly trotted out to emphasize how bad GMO's are, and how wonderful organic(tm) produce is.

Word. My experience exactly. The advice? Load CM on it. Nah, it sits in a drawer unused

I am assuming you never licensed a patent from a university. I can assure you that they have become quite adept at extracting money from the licensing of some pretty pathetic patents.

I recently inherited the handling of our licensed technology portfolio, and I can assure you that we pay a pretty penny for some almost trivial, but essential patents.

The downside is that universities are beginning to use this calculus in their decisions to bring on key researchers, and to focus their efforts on "profitable" ventures, leaving a lot of really important, and interesting basic research to lie fallow, because there's no obvious pay out from it. Things that used to be the bread and butter of academia research.

So you agree with me? I fucking repost shit from Christians for Michelle Bachmann, a site that is so fucking over the top satire, that you have to be a fucking moron to not realize that. Alas, a lot (not a few, but fucking A LOT) of people can't figure that out. You think that Facebook using an automatic satire tag will help? The Fox News crowd will have kittens.

Some people are too stupid to breathe. Or breed.

Great, now will I no longer be able to use a supported browser as well as be forced to use a deprecated, and highly insecure version of Java to do my job (which involves far too much Oracle fluffery.

The fact that Oracle applications demand IE at all is quite ironic...

Shit, my world for mod points. Amen brother

I was already making the switch to Lightroom from Aperture. Apple's last update of Aperture really started messing it up, so I saw the writing on the wall, and will fully move my library to Lightroom.

It is a shame, because when I first started using Aperture, it was awesome, about 1/2 the price of Lightroom at the time, and it was lightyears ahead of iPhoto.

With my MacBook Air, I thought I would just use iPhoto, but gah, after not using it for 6 years or so, it still sucks tool.

Crap, and I without mod points. Huge +5 sir...