Comment Depends (Score 1) 301
"how advisable it is to pursue a PhD in this topic?"
What is your tolerance level for torches and pitchforks ?
Comment Mining (Score 1) 67
Earth First !
(We'll mine the other planets later...)
--poster seen at a mining operation
How Do I Manage Seasoned Programmers? 551
An anonymous reader writes "I have a technology background and worked as a programmer for a few years before slipping over to the dark side. I am now on the business side and have been given responsibility for a small team of Java programmers. While the technology aspect of what my team works on doesn't scare me, I need ideas to make sure the team stays motivated while reporting to me, a business-oriented guy. Perhaps I should mention I am in my early 30s while the majority of the team constitute an older, wiser generation. What advice should I follow to avoid turning into yet another Bill Lumbergh?"
Comment Re:Anti-vaccine crowd? (Score 1) 285
You're mixing up 'yer virii. HSV vice HPV.
Comment Re:Quantifying risk? (Score 1) 327
He pulled it out of his a$$. Actually, since this story refers to Israel, let's use their numbers. With a population of 7.2 million, of which 75.6% are Jewish (i.e. targets of terrorism), and 3123 deaths by terrorism since 1947, there is a roughly .05% chance of death by terrorism. Still only about 1/10th the chance of death by homicide in the U.S.
Comment Worst case (Score 1) 174
I think the worst case ( yet still in the running ) is Hilary Rosen. She's been a big Obama supporter and arguably has copyright 'experience'. Change you *will* believe in !
Comment Re:However, the only emotions are hate and anger (Score 4, Funny) 124
Oh come on. The major market is going to be for anthropomorphic anatomically correct robots. Most will want that Stepford Wife to exhibit certain faux emotion, now won't they ?
Comment Re:Mr. Heilmann, you should talk to Mrs. Streisand (Score 5, Insightful) 569
That's because the term Fascist has become utterly misused in the United States. It pretty much has devolved to mean "bully", rather than a political-economic system.
Comment Re:Mr. Heilmann, you should talk to Mrs. Streisand (Score 1) 569
East Yemen ? Is that anywhere near the former "South Yemen", aka People's Democratic Republic of Yemen ? Before reunification with North Yemen (formerly Arab Yemen Republic ) it was in fact, a Marxist dictatorship.
There is no "East Yemen".
