Another abbreviation comes to mind with your eager correction to the obvious variations for the "A". DILLIGAFF

Three Letter Acronym

The 651 page, taxpayer-funded version of LMGTFY.

I can only imagine how long the still-classified document for connecting to an office printer must be.

My kids will be crushed, especially with the Mii contest going away. The spend as much time inventing and sharing Miis as they do playing the games.

Don't presume my politics, or that using in-house IT staff provides any guarantee of improved student privacy.

Quick cites: "...It would require the DOE to create a web-based point for authorized researchers to gather aggregated data as well as a âoeresearch engine,â allowing access to âoestudent levelâ data...."

"Harvard University raised concern on and off campus with the revelation that the administration searched e-mails for leaks to the media during the cheating scandal revealed last year...."

"U. of Iowa Ceases Sending Student Data to Sheriffâ(TM)s Office Over Privacy Questions"

and my favorite...a school administrator spying on his students (see interview at 4:37).

Really? And that's good how? So local IT staff can manage the in-house mail and document management system in their spare time?

School flock to Google to save money on software and administration. How is this different from Microsoft offering free software to teachers and students?

Dr. Bakker, It seems to me that those Christians who reject evolution and dinosaurs are viewing God as some kind of puppeteer who guides every action and reaction in the universe. Applied to free will, that view basically means that we're little more than Calvinistic slot cars running around a track.

How involved do you think God has been in the evolution of life on Earth? Were the dinosaurs intentionally killed off or was it just one of many possible outcomes for them?

Thanks for doing what you do.

Free NPR interview with the reporter: http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=170727524&m=170727501

If you want to ban something, ban the Washington Times...and any other news outlet that tries to sell fear, myths, and partisan politics from under a cloak of objectivity.

Yes, governments and entities with very valuable data and secrets should always have concerns about espionage, but your average Joe doesn't come into contact with information that is either interesting enough or valuable enough to warrant this level of risk aversion. Your company is either a government contractor, bank, KFC, or possibly megalomaniacal and irrational.

You must admit though, that was a pretty lame attempt to get him to say something "uncool".

'Our hearts go out to these young people. Their unfortunate experience reminds us that we must continue our work to empower and educate users about our robust privacy controls.'"

So where, exactly, is the setting that allows me to prevent others from adding me to a group without my permission (or prevent it from appearing to others)? I can't seem to find it under "security settings", "privacy settings"...or is it on the "account settings" or "basic info" pages? Perhaps I'm just not looking in the right place?

I'd love to RTFA, but it requires a login. Mirror please?

http://thehappyscientist.com is a site that specifically caters to children with an interest in science. Robert Krampf does a wonderful job of making the subjects (including chemistry) engaging, understandable, age appropriate, and educational. There have been several times when I've had to tell my 10 year old to "turn off that science stuff and go to bed!"

On a related topic, I've only quickly scanned the /. comment blather that's been posted here, much of it against alternative schooling. I commend your family for deciding to take a different path and wish more people would consider the option. Ignore the attacks and focus on what you know to be the best thing for your kids. No one starts homeschooling on a whim and I'm sure it was a difficult decision, even without the ignorant 18 year old critics who are still 15 girlfriends away from discovering reproduction.

I just remitted a check to the State of New York because of some kind of "revenue sharing" agreement I have with them related to my employment in the state. I believe this makes NY, and by association, your county employer, business partners of mine. I am therefore entitled to a share of the revenue/benefits achieved through this technology you created while employed by my business partner. I happen to need the money more than a WSP file, so please send me cash, check, or starbucks cards.

1. Open browser
2. Enter "http://www.amazon.com" (without quotes)