Totally agree. Ham radio has become one of the most boring things one can do in his spare time.
Years ago I was into it, and I was developing some advanced DSP stuff (sort of what is known now as software defined radio, but the algorithms I was using were different and better performing than those used by radio amateurs). As I started leaking some details about what I was developing, I suddenly realized that radio amateurs were not interested into experimenting new technologies: they just wanted to buy high tech toys. So I gave up everything: I wanted people to learn science, not how to fill up a check and buy a pre-built kit. I heartily suggest you to invest your skills and your spare time into something that is much more useful than ham radio. For example I give science seminars in the high school and serve in the board of a nationwide science association, just look around: there are plenty of opportunities.

...the first fully functionant 3D replica of the Trinity device. When a celebrative limited edition working model will be available ?

Human domestication hasn't stopped 5000 years ago, but it is going on... Our persian cat just looks cute, she realized there is no need to rub agains our legs to get food. And the largest animal she chased in all these years was a dragonfly. I am really envyous of her lifestyle...

Didier Sornette pioneered these ideas almost ten years ago. Look for example here. The same law is behind many natural and social phenomena (stock market crashes, bestseller book diffusion, etc.). I used this stuff to predict stock market crash points with limited success. A very intriguing argument, however.

1) Quit and get the outsource contract.
2) Bill them twice what you earn now.
3) ???
4) Profit!

password was OPE or 007. Reality seems more boring...

...but does it exist ? I am afraid the answer is no.

They are not so sexy, after all...

One of the first computers I used was a Cray Y-MP. Now the PC on which I am typing this post is about four times faster, but I miss the Cray. I could take a nap over it, try doing this on a laptop now!

Does it catch fire ?

I would also like to have a phone cable rather than an antenna...

You probably never owned a mechanical watch...You know, one of those little devices powered by a mainspring, that needed to be recharged once a day. Owning one of them gave to the owner the feeling of how precious and unique is the time of our life, a sensation that seems to have been forgotten by the i-something generation.

Microsoft set up some time ago a submarine fleet, whose purpose is now clear: they want to torpedo Google's fleet!

I wonder how does this count: the time zone crosses the observatory building, and we routinely walked across the time zone several times a day.

So this does mean that President Obama's calls were not intercepted, isnt' it ?