Agreed - but i wouldn't say that silence is better than music in general, it depends on what i'm doing, if i'm coding then i tend to work at the pace of the music and so when i'm under a deadline i will put things with heavier faster beats and i will tend to be more productive, i also tend to be more exhausted afterwards so i limit that.

Sticking an electrode into a creature and have it twitching to music is not funny, it's cruel.

They're turning themselves into a patent troll. Nice move Technicolor!

As someone who might be looking for a Job - the clearance bit drives me nuts, its a chicken and egg problem. You can't get the job without it, but you can't get a clearance unless your in a job that requires it.

If you look back at your comment "because no one has presented a skill set strong enough", a security clearance isn't a skill and with that in mind i'm sure if you look over the people who have applied you would find someone with a strong skill set, if not let me know i might know someone. My recommendation is remove the requirement of the clearance, add it as a requirement to be able to get a clearance and then sponsor your strongest candidate.

Other wise your are basically limiting your pool to people coming out of the military or for some reason left a cushy government position.

you nailed it.. when the "Full HD" thing started the monitor manufacturer where putting it on anything with a resolution equal to or greater than 1920x1080 but then they got slapped on the wrist and told they can only put HD on ones that fit the aspect ratio and size.. so if you want to put "full HD" it has to be 1920x1080 not 1920x1200 or even 2650x1600. knowing labels make a difference for marketing and that it is considerably cheaper to make one type of panel than two... well we get the crap we have now..

Mr. Toohey would be proud.

Right, because it's a boolean attribute. Frequency and degree aren't relevant.

3. Now that we've had our daily Microsoft-is-the-stupidest-and-evilest-company-on-the-planet-for-not-accurately-predicting-an-arbitrary-holiday-date-change-years-in-advance post, I'd like to see some more stories about how Americans are stupid and evil and some scientific studies showing that Christians are genetically inferior to the Atheist master race.

Too much work. Can't we just bitch about the /. "editors"?

Do you seriously believe that? There is absolutely no way the terrorists ever had even the remotest hope of overthrowing our government. Your statement is one of the most ludicrous I've ever read on this whole topic -- and mountains of idiocy have been spouted.