"In your face from outer space" - Motto of the USAF Space Warfare Center, Falcon AFB.

That's from 1996. SWC never really quite lived up to that motto, and their successor, the Space Innovation & Development Center, is more of an R&D operation. It's becoming closer to reality, though.

We'll know it's real the first time some space-based weapon zaps an individual on the ground.

You're just not correct. I've worked for good companies that give good raises based on the merit of the individual and protected employees when times were tough. Are they perfect and incredibly generous all the time for everyone? Of course not; but it doesn't have to be for the company to be a good company. I'm not putting up with anything; I'm getting good annual raises, praise for my work from multiple levels of management, and a clear advancement path. I live where I want right now and with some more time in where I currently am, I could potentially move just about anywhere.

There are good companies. Step one is finding them. Step two is getting a job with them. Step three is working hard (not killing yourself or blowing through 60 hours a week, just doing the job) and showing quality work. Step four is sticking around long enough to see the benefits and payoffs of being there. There's no shortage of bad companies too, and it seems like you've found some, but it does not mean that's all there is. Want to get an idea of whether it's any good there? Next time you're considering a new job, talk to some of the people you'd be working with. Specifically, look for people in their late 20s, early 30s and ask them how long they've been working there. People in their 20s change jobs these days like race car drivers change gear. Find a company with a bunch of 28 and 30 year olds who've been there 6, 7, 8 years and you can bet they're doing something right.

Unless the eavesdropper is Rocky or Bullwinkle.

Yes we have storms, typhoons they're called, the bad ones batter the city with 250 km/hr winds for 8-12 hours straight, dumbing in the tune of 500-1000 mm of rain.

Sounds like Katrina.

The underground trains continue service even under those weather conditions.

Alas, can't really do underground trains all that well when the water table is a foot under your yard.

It's actually Google Fart. Another casualty of autocorrect.

The Dart source code is BSD licensed, available on Google Code (hmm... I wonder when Google Code will get shut down...)

One of the contention points in the WebKit/Blink split was support for non-JS languages. Chrome (and Opera, Google's bitch) will, I suppose, support it, but Firefox, Safari and IE? Then again, IE used to support VBScript and PerlScript back in the day, so maybe Google could do an IE/Dart plugin.

Zero?

Proposed mechanism:

The underlying causes are inate intellectual ability and drive. People with these traits are more likely to learn many things, languages included. People with these traits are also more effective at multi-tasking, prioritizing, resisting Alzheimer's disease, using a large vocabulary, and learning math.

It's normal when working in a nuclear plant to be taking potassium iodide on a regular basis, which isn't something that the general populace is likely to be doing. It's also not typical for the general populace to be wearing protective gear either.

Really?

I've never worked civilian nuclear power, but when I was a Navy Nuke, we didn't wear protective gear, nor did we take potassium iodide supplements.

> I'm speaking globally, not US-centric. And why does it have to be 1080p? Lower resolutions don't exist?

Lower resolutions and bitrates are certainly less satisfying.

If you are talking "not US-centric" then you have the problem of alternate language tracks and subtitles. This is an area where streaming services tend to fall down rather badly.

It's not just the low quality video stream.

$5? Are you kidding? The retail cost of some BluRays is that low now. Even at $10, you're not leaving a lot of room for other things like retailer markup or the studio actually making some money.

NOBODY streams nowadays. Despite the hype, the numbers are still pretty low. They just get a lot of attention because most people have no grasp of numbers.

They have a staggering lack of perspective as well as extreme narcissism and a tendency to think they represent everyone.

Nah, there are both kinds of companies:

Those that don't have benefits because they are ripping you off,
those that provide entertainment at work because they are hoping you will get distracted from how little you're paid.

Oh man, if I can crack the window open, it'd be heaven.

Being killed off is better than the alternative -- forced integration with google+. Will they require you to login to google+ to run the javascript transpiler? Will they auto-post your error log to your google+ page? Will they remove the "+" operator (like they did with search)? Who knows!

"We're changing the standards so you can't sue us immediately after the disaster. But if you get cancer 30 years down the line, we and our money will be long gone and no longer giving a darn in Pattaya Beach, Thailand."