Writing code for video cards is much more difficult than most people think. On the other hand, if it's really a light weight, low CPU task that's just insanely parallel, check out http://www.tilera.com/ They don't pack a ton or horses, but they do have a pile of cores.

... we find that a committee, presumably with a lawyer or two involved somewhere, trumps common sense... Or, more likely, a board stocked by the lobbyists from various soft drink companies. /sigh/

Given Apple's love of the monopoly, you can bet it wouldn't be long before you could only call other iPhones. Cuz, you know, it improves the user experience. :)

Didn't most of the nasty comments come after the transplant? Other transplant recipients I've known have to live on prednisone (or something similar). Prednisonemakes me nasty after a few days. I'm no Jobs apologist, but I wonder how much of the vitriol was due to living on something like that?

In related news, the group building the memorial had to ~pay~ MLK's family 800,000 dollars for the rights to his image and words. http://goodnightsnack.com/2011/08/26/martin-luther-king-jr-family-charges-800k-to-use-his-words-on-commemorative-dc-statue-greed/

"Yaris, ahead warp factor 9... make it so!"

But it still makes me sad.

You're correct. These days I equate the two because there's very little difference in day to day interactions. If a TSA agent doesn't like the way you behave, they can have you strip searched. It's true they can't arrest you though.

Fair enough (on paper), but that's not where we're headed in practice. Good points.

Who said it was? I'm more concerned about precedent. Is this something that every LEO in the country would be able to cite, from the TSA to a cop in a coffee shop, to force decryption.

Do they have to show cause first or is this a new tool in the arsenal of the TSA?

This beautifully illustrates why there should be some punishment for this type of behavior. He's obviously ignoring all prior art and forcing an already overloaded system to deal with this crap. Fine him.

The court said that parents should filter what their children see and do. Score one against the nanny state monitoring us for our own good.

I've not used it, but here's the link: http://hackety-hack.com/ Looks like more of a general purpose intro for beginners to Ruby and/or coding.

It's lightweight, portable, and has a ton of interesting projects for learning. Start here at http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ Check out the "Try Ruby in Your Browser link" on the right hand side.