Stay classy, Theo!

Short answer: No.

Many of the folks in Hong Kong are already familiar with aspects of the NSA's systems... .

You could always perform isometric exercises periodically while you work. There are a pile of decent books on the subject. One reminder: remember to breathe while doing these exercises, don't hold your breath.

It's not quite that simple. Yeah, they're saving only a tiny bit of money on the parts that break, but when they designed the thing, they didn't know which parts were going to be especially cheap and be the ones that broke. They could have reduced this chance, but only by spending extra money on a *lot* of parts, which would have raised the price substantially, and which, statistically speaking, would be the reason that you would have bought something else instead.

Imposter! If you were really Canadian you'd spell it "labour"! Go learn something about hockey.

Article informative? Check. Article accurate? Check. Article overall worth reading? Check. Then who cares whether the author got the idea from a web comic, divine providence, or his pet hamster?

It was my understanding that since the rejection of the Bohr model of the atom that we didn't think electrons "orbited" an atomic nucleus, that they were "smeared out" throughout their energy levels. What am I missing?

... as to whether the trees in this study are just the right height?

The poll says "least worthy", so I have to go with "God particle". However, IMHO, the gap between what is (presumed to be) promised and what will be delivered for "Cloud computing" will be greatest.

... and no laughing! Not even if the movie is funny! I demand silence!

I too like the permanence of paper magazines, plus if I skip an issue, I don't have to worry about making backups or that it might disappear from somebody's web site. My favorite magazine focusing on IT issues is ;login:, the magazine of the Usenix Association. I find it surprising and hard to explain why it's not more popular among IT professionals.

I've done research in this area (none recently), I believe it, but nobody can *prove* it. Kind of a silly option.

If I have two hooked up to my stereo, is that one or two? If I have 5.1 hooked up to my DVD player, is that six? Does each phone count? I think most people are going to have a lot, and probably a bunch more than they think.