I left the US 4 years ago and make about 40 percent more in Melbourne than I ever did in Fairfield county, Connecticut. I didn't even have to try. An added bonus was 4 weeks paid leave to start.

Raises and bonuses are almost unheard-of in the IT industry in America.

Actually, pretty much exactly what happened.

...drugs, cigarettes, liquor, gambling, lottery tickets, flat screens, cell phones, junk food, etc...

It's where your lunch money went . .v. :)

hawk

Bah.

Including a keyboard, case, and power supply.

computers for sissies that can't handle a soldering iron.

What's next--put a program in rom so you don't hae to key it in???

humbug

Hawk

So, how have the big traditional space contractors like the Rockwell, Boeing, Lockheed, etc., of old, and now United Space Alliance and United Launch Alliance not delivered on their contracts? Saying that it might cost too much by some measure is one thing, but in terms of space launch to LEO you don't get a better record than ULA. Note, too, that SpaceX is using a significant amount of government infrastructure and personnel to launch and manage its space systems — not to diminish what they're doing one bit.

AP IMPACT: New light on drone war's death toll

AP IMPACT: New light on drone war's death toll

It mentions that the scale of these things is 150nm, which sounds pretty large compared to modern cpu features. Still, it's a very interesting development.

...to monitor communications, seize property, or perform searches before "the internet", should there not be a mechanism to do the same with communications on the internet (email, web sites, social media, etc.)? Or is something about the internet fundamentally different that means "the government" shouldn't be able to monitor it? If so, why? How does this reconcile with the rule of law and the social contract in democratic societies?