Apparently average ownership up to 57 months now, recession, better reliability and all....point still applies: you don't plan for engine swaps, why plan for battery swaps?

http://www.kbb.com/car-news/all-the-latest/average-length-of-us-vehicle-ownership-hit-an-all_time-high/2000007854/

I've been in (several) taxi Prius with over 400,000 km on the clock. These cars spend most of their life on battery mode so they (likely, perhaps) get as intense a battery workout as the Tesla. The average car is kept 3 years. Unless you plan to keep it ten + years, is this really a concern?

You have it very good. Don't blow it. Use the 'extra' money you now make and the free time you now have to volunteer somewhere (or spend time with your kids, or pursue a hobby, or travel). There are non-profits begging to get work done end-to-end. You can do exactly the same thing, and feel good about it, while keeping your boring job.

If you are serious, have your payroll deposited into two accounts. One is the lower salary of the exciting job. The other is the 'bonus' money of your current job. You'll find the bonus money piles up and allows you freedom to pursue other interests outside of work.

The UI has been there for a long time. Some diehards found a (somewhat secret, somewhat obscure) developer switch that allowed the 'old way' to hang around a little longer.

I had to go back and forth from the article to a new tab page to try and figure out what they were talking about as I saw no change at all in 33.

All that would do is create incentives for even more cover ups. As long as it isn't discovered while you are there, you'll probably be fine.

All the execs in this case have long since retired - fabulously wealthy of course.

They are Capitalist welfare queens, they made their donations, so that is OK. It is the *individual* welfare queens that will destroy America!

This is the comment I am forced to type.

I would like to know what business problem the beta is trying to solve? Slashdot survived because it is pretty darn good at managing the things users expect, Notifications, quoting, filtering etc. It is a recognized leader in the field of forum and comment management.

So what is the point of the Beta?

"We have work to do on four big areas: feature parity (especially for commenting); the overall UI, especially in terms of information density and headline scanning; plain old bugs;" You will wind up back at Classic.

"Why? We want to take our current content and all the stuff that matters to this community and deliver it on a site that still speaks to the interests and habits of our current audience, but that is, at the same time, more accessible and shareable by a wider audience."

What wider audience? Are there any Nerds who haven't heard of /.? Or are you looking beyond the News for Nerds demographic? What is the new demographic? and what changes would they want ? Who are they?

I once got asked a question which I found hurtful and offensive, and felt tempted to 'blow up' the interview at that point. Fortunately, I resisted the temptation. As it turns out, the question was his way of introducing the next thing, which was telling me that he was offering me the job.

Because you stupidly chose j.smith@gmail.com thinking it would be totally unique in the whole universe? Duh. Time to own up on the bad decisions and pick something that uniquely identifies YOU. You will never stop getting others email unless you change. The others wont either but at least you can walk away...

This is wrong, but I hear it all the time and I really wonder why people think this is true? Try emailing your account at gmail without the periods. You may find someone else on the other end. I know this because my gmail counterpart uses my exact account without the periods. I get a lot of his email. Sometimes I forward it, mostly I don't.

  foo.bar.baz.bot@gmail.com, foobarbazbot@gmail.com can be two different accounts.

Here's my report on the actual ruling which is being reviewed: 2nd Circuit affirms denial of plaintiffs' preliminary injunction motion in WNET v Aereo

I guess it would take a litigator to notice this, but it's quite unusual that a preliminary injunction denial would be getting this kind of appellate attention.

In the first place, it was unusual for an interlocutory appeal to be granted from the denial of the preliminary injunction motion. In federal court usually you can only appeal from a final judgment.

Similarly, apart from the fact that it's always rare for a certiorari petition to be granted, it's especially tough where the appeal is not from a final judgment, but just from a preliminary injunction denial which does not dispose of the whole case.

Funny, I had the same reaction when I read it. He seemed like a salesman for Google or something.

Dear Prince Bernard, If you're talking about my bank account, you're barking up the wrong tree :)