She was 'competent'. I'm way past that.

If we hadn't been paying for the Russian space program it would have been completely cancelled in the 90s.

That said it was a wise choice. Kept the Russian rocket scientists out of Arab employment.

Why would I be interested in having a discussion with someone who not only doesn't understand 'reliability' (and want's to substitute his own convenient definition) but is also a fucking grammarian? Fuck you.

Do tell. How does the efficiency of wireless transmission vary with distance? Someone who 'Groks' Maxwell should be able to answer.

'pussy-whipped' implies he actually got some pussy.

Yes. You are not entitled to live where you want, only where you can afford.

My hometown is covered in 6+ feet of snow right now. I'm in California, living in a house that a CA native couldn't afford. Hope he likes snow.

There are no liberal arts majors with ';similar achievement'. Stopped reading there.

I love how liberal arts majors want to claim scientists. Sorry, no. Hint: if you believe that all things are socially constructed you are not a scientist.

As a computer engineer, I can assure you that all branches of engineering look down on all other branches.

Until a liberal arts major says something, then we all come together to tell him/her to just get us our fries and shut-up.

FYI. The server job at nicer restaurants is dominated by gay men. Woman servers never stop complaining about waiters getting all the good shifts.

Move.

Worst on the north American west coast: True.

But worst? Spend a winter in Chicago or Moscow. Spend a summer in Florida or Mississippi.

Tech is not a job title and is far too broad to base any judgements on. Typically once you look under the covers study authors also engage in trickery to make it worse.

You don't know any sociologists do you?

This is there stock and trade. Controversy is good for their business.

For the record: I've worked with a few white female computer programmers. One was competent (but a manly lumber dyke), the rest were air thieves.

Interesting definition of 'reliable' you pulled from a dark place there jeff. How does reliable related to 'capacity factor' in fantasy land?

BTW the last generation of turbines were so reliable they couldn't pay for their own maintenance once the tax breaks ended.