Not that simple. I believe these guys were politically appointed. Correcting a politician in public (esp. in Italy) would surely mean loosing one's situation.

They were pieces of flair...

DUH!

So long HP.

I met you in the eighties; my college days. I bought an 11C calculator when I could barely afford to eat, learned the stack, and had much respect for the engineers who built that tech. My first analytical chemistry job was running a 1050 HPLC, and I still remember how well-built that equipment was. You brought that stack paradigm to chromatography in chemstation software, which I thought was fantastic. I STILL have an HP2100M laser printer that I believe will out-live me. In summary, your engineering hardware used to be the standard in more than one field.

RIP

I don't post much any more on slashdot but I've got to comment here.

There is no way in hell biking cost are equivalent to driving costs in any typical analysis. I also drive/bike/train to work and have been doing this for several years so I speak from my own experiences, but I am also as a trained chemist; - the whole argument is just silly IMHO. If you can bike to work, even just a couple days a week, you should. Better for your health, better for the environment. period. Leave the whole stupid argument about the carbon footprint comparisons to those with nothing better to do.

or - " I think, therefore I ~~~~SQUIRREL!!!!"

and then became uranus...

way, way overreacted to parent. Original comment did not say do not party, only implied it is unwise to boast and post pictures of it online.

Why would he automatically be exonerated? If the administration is willing to take action with weak circumstantial evidence, what suggests that they would somehow switch to using good judgement later?

mods are asleep, this was funny. Good reference to you sir.