I spent a good part of last evening listening to BBC Scotland Radio 1, I was very impressed with how civilized and informed everyone was behaving.

But perhaps I'm comparing it with Quebec.

Not true, you can register with iCloud with another email address, however it will then automatically allocate an iCloud.com address for you, but you don't have to use it nor does it limit the functionality. (This is what I do...)

Having a STEM degree and no communication skills is limiting. Having communication skills and no tech background is limiting in another dimension.

This is why my daughter, bless her crazy little cotton socks, has been doing a double major of Liberal Arts and Civil Engineering. She completed the arts degree this spring and will finish her B.Eng. next fall.

Note that the Bush-era series is a reboot of the series from the 70's (Jimmy Carter era).

Or I know nothing about gmx.com, didn't realize they were an email provider.

What kind of genius doesn't have his own domain? Are we men?

You may be correct sir:

[Querying whois.verisign-grs.com]
[Redirected to whois.schlund.info]
[Querying whois.schlund.info]
[whois.schlund.info]
Domain Name: gmx.com
Registry Domain ID:
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.1und1.info
Registrar URL: http://1and1.com/
Updated Date: 2014-05-08 00:00:00
Creation Date: 1994-05-07 00:00:00
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2015-05-08 00:00:00
Registrar: 1&1 Internet AG
Registrar IANA ID: 83
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@1and1.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone:
Reseller:
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Jan Oetjen
Registrant Organization: 1&1 Mail & Media Inc.
Registrant Street: 701 Lee Rd.
Registrant City: Chesterbrook
Registrant State/Province: PA
Registrant Postal Code: 19087
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.8774612631
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax: +1.6105601501
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: hostmaster@schlund.de
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: Jan Oetjen
Admin Organization: 1&1 Mail & Media Inc.
Admin Street: 701 Lee Rd.
Admin City: Chesterbrook
Admin State/Province: PA
Admin Postal Code: 19087
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.8774612631
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax: +1.6105601501
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: hostmaster@schlund.de
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: Jan Oetjen
Tech Organization: 1&1 Mail & Media Inc.
Tech Street: 701 Lee Rd.
Tech City: Chesterbrook
Tech State/Province: PA
Tech Postal Code: 19087
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: +1.8774612631
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax: +1.6105601501
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: hostmaster@schlund.de
Name Server: ns-gmx.ui-dns.de
Name Server: ns-gmx.ui-dns.biz
Name Server: ns-gmx.ui-dns.com
Name Server: ns-gmx.ui-dns.org
DNSSEC: Unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/

Isn't that what iplayer is?

Exactly, I work in a similar environment and I'd say that on average the women actually out-perform the men.

From my 70 year old mother who still designs railways for a living: "Of course we're better, we had to be just to get through school and stay in the game."

Clearly the irony of your own observations is lost on you.

You're farming humans for power?

This is generally the case, tools do matter, but people matter much more.

Give a brilliant team a conference room and a supply of paper, pencils and food and they will turn the world on it's head. Give a team of idiots the best tools that money can buy and all you'll get is a steam pile of fertilizer.

(Give the brilliant team the best tools... though, even if it only makes them 1% more efficient it's still cheaper than the tools.)

I'll wait for the Beta, or perhaps a release candidate.

That's what I was expecting, clearly a scouting expedition would be the first step.

That's more in line with my experience with Paris, the three days I spent there were nowhere near enough.

SQUEEEEEE!