It's hard to give a thoughtful gift. The guys at the Nanotechnology Center have done a very excellent job at a tough task. While it doesn't necessarily advance mankind, it made one person's day that much better. I applaud this effort.

You mean that Intel would have to maintain a database of a few hundred million unlock codes? NOBODY can store a database that huge! Sheesh.

Oh wait, I've got a copy of it on my thumbdrive.

It seems to me that we'll run out of IPv4 space VERY quickly if every website that collects PII is required to become encrypted with SSL. Option B: use an expensive multi-domain SSL. The CAs must be frothing at the mouth because of this new law. I think the lawmakers of MA just gave me a really good excuse to raise my hosting rates.

The USB dongle has been around for years, though I only recall seeing it in association with "professional" applications such as CNC and CAD software. Do you think the gaming world would be receptive of some sort of hardware key for applications with such a low price tag?

Simply searching on google fo the tail end of the URL shows exactly which sites are vulnerable and the provider of the sites... Now the entire database of restaurants is open to attack. If the author was trying to teach their client a lesson or two (or 50)--well, good job...

I agree that the interest needs to be there. When I was 10 I taught myself BASIC, moved on to Pascal by 12, Assembly at 14, over to C, back to Java, etc, etc, etc. Once a programmer gets their feet wet with a couple different types of languages the sky is the limit, but something has got to "click" early on or it's just not going to work.

I wish Logo were still available, because that would be perfect--instant gratification is what kids at that age like. You may even want to look at Macro programming in some of the MS Office apps since it provides fairly instant feedback in a controlled environment.

Great answer. It reinforced what I thought may be the case: it would have something to do with turbulent air not being as efficient as "clean" air when it came to pushing those blades around in a circle. The blades are, I supposed, designed to most efficiently translate air moving directly at the blades into mechanical motion. I was thinking that 144 acres was a bit of overkill, but if that's what the eggheads figured out was necessary, then who am I to disagree. :-)

THANKS!

Seriously... why?

Ok, this is the first app compelling enough to get me to buy an iPhone. Now, if only I live in London and paid 1/5 the rate that we pay in the US.

... and they go all medieval on us. Sheesh.