A transistor one atom in size would be much less likely to be hit by an ionizing particle because of its tiny cross-sectional area (ie; only one angstrom in diameter).

Nothing, because infrared isn't visible to the human eye. An infrared LED looks the same to the human eyeball whether the LED is on or off. I think "formfeed" meant a red LED rather than an infrared LED such as those used in security cameras for invisibly illuminating an area at night.

I once had a Charter installer tell me that I should have driven to their office and picked up the Charter Internet cable modem (the thing my router plugs into) and associated cables, connectors, etc., and installed things myself instead of taking advantage of their free installation. I just may do that next time, if for no other reason than to avoid dealing with Charter's A-hole installers.

Read your employment contract to see if anything like this is covered. If not, it's reasonable to expect the company to pay you some money for your time; however, more likely they will refuse and perhaps eventually fire you because of their hard feelings towards you (ie; not getting something for nothing).

Amen. Where are my mod points when I need them, arrrgghhh! You deserve some upvotes.

So what will gamers use to battle each other, spitwads and rubber bands?

I once had a Section Manager who came up with a "cook book" of hours each employee should charge to each of the various project numbers regardless of what they were actually working on in order for the Section he managed (several hundred employees) to always balance its budget exactly. Please note that there are very strict government rules against allowing, much less demanding that employees charge their time to anything other than the job number for the work they are actually doing, and many of us rebelled against this obviously immoral and illegal procedure of his. Eventually he was caught, but there was no public censure. After a short while he was transferred to some other management position at the government funded company.

A friend of mine almost blinded himself when he was young because he was fooling around with the Klystron amplifier from a microwave oven. He thought it was turned off, but it was not. It "cooked" the lenses in both of his eyes enough to make them completely opaque. For some reason I'm not clear on, they were not able to replace the lenses as they do in standard cataract surgery, so my friend has to wear very thick eyeglasses, and carry a magnifying glass for inspecting small objects.

Yes indeed. I had a ham license in 1961 when I was in high school but let my license expire after I entered college. Now that I'm retired, I'm thinking of taking up the hobby again. I used to be pretty fast with the key, but I understand that these days the ability to use Morse code isn't even a requirement for the test.

Were illegally spying on all those Americans??? Surprise, they still do, except now it's legal!