You've been playing too many first person shooters.

I don't think that means what you think it means.

Just to clarify, when you say "Alpha Particles" and "Beta Particle" are not dangerous unless ingested, what you really mean is, "Alpha Particle EMITTERS" and "Beta Particle EMITTERS" are not too dangerous unless ingested. Once the Alpha Particle or Beta Particle is emitted by decay, it flys off with a given energy until it rams into somethinng (like your DNA). Now, if the emitter is outside your body, your skin will pretty much stop it and unless the source is particularly strong, you're in little danger. But, if you ingest the emitter, then as the Alpha and Beta Particles (Alpha is two protons and two neutrons, if memory serves correctly, basically equivalent to a fast moving helium nuclei with an extra neutron, Beta particles are fast moving, free electrons and positrons). NOTE: I'm 100% sure you know all of the above and isn't meant to correct you, but, to help clarify for others who might not know. I felt that the way you said, "unless alpha and beta particles are ingested" could be misunderstood by someone who hasn't read about this subject much.

No. (This is Slashdot I'm on right now isn't it?)

Since when is Java a "Register-Based VM"? I have never heard that. Is that true? Citation please.

No, that really wouldn't work. Every "sleep" system I'm aware of doesn't work like that and can't. Before "sleeping", the system must put various devices into particular states and then, before waking, bring them back into the appropriate state. Think network connections, wireless, etc, etc.

There fixed that for ya'. People buy COFFEE!
Thank you, I'm here all week!

gerald.edward.butler @ "the google mail" - woulde like an invite

Before you blame another for the speck in his eye, first deal with the plank in your own.

There's no way I can tell what kind of changes are in a release without the version number telling the whole story. Too bad they don't have some kind of document like "Release Notes" or a "Changelog" or something. Then we could know exactly what was changing and be sure to do some appropriate testing before rolling out.

I am the IT Manager of a mid-sized Health Care company of about 150 employees. I am currently preparing to switch all our users from using IE to FF (with IE Tab Extension for IE-Only sites/applications). Why? The feature-set of FF is far more standard and is MUCH MUCH faster for just about everything we need to do with our custom-built in-house and web-based business partner applications. For all our internal stuf, we will continue to test with IE to make sure it is as least marginally usable, but, we're not going to worry about the worthless performance of IE any longer. Trust me, it is not even a competition. FF and Chrome both are orders of magnitude faster in every way (actual use). You don't need a stopwatch to see it either. You just need to use it. The difference is DRAMATIC. Testing and deploying new version of FF every 3 months will be absolutely zero problem. Anyone who finds that challenging, should probably be in another profession.

The fine for the employer is a simple cost of doing business. Save $100,000.00 per month on wages, pay an $10,000.00 fine now and then. Getting sent back to their "Home Country" is life-devastating for the "Criminal Brown People". Not the same thing at all.

Do you ever speed? J-Walk? Ever run a stop-sign? If you answer "Yes" to any of those questions (or similar questions) you are as much a "Criminal" as they are. If you claim to be able to answer "No" to all such questions, then you're a LIAR!

I donated significant money to the Obama campaign. If this doesn't stop by Sunday, and congress hasn't approved this action, I'd think that congress should file articles of impeachment. Sorry, but the President cannot be above the law.