They sell the refurbs via dell outlet. I bought a rather nice XPS from dell outlet a few years ago (with a big discount). It's still going strong, so I assume they fix them before sending them out again.....

I've tried looking for it on AOL, but I can't figure out how to connect my 56k modem to my iPhone. I suppose I could try using a newer CD? Will that help?

Look at pron on IE6,
Run some malware,
You know, the usual....

They were reacting to microsofts monopoly on the OS market in the mid 90's, and aimed to produce a free version. IIRC, a number of academics got involved because it was very useful to help teach the kernel differences between WinNT and linux (obviously you can't look at the actual WinNT source!).

Welsh people shag sheep.
Mexicans are lazy.
French people wear garlic.
Irish people are thick

Clichés are based in reality, but stereotypes tend to be rooted in prejudice. FWIW, I used to teach C++ to fairly mixed classes (~40% female). I'm sorry to break it you, but women are just as good at men at programming. There is one big difference though. Men don't have to put up with absurd comments such as: "Oh sure. She's a very talented engineer who's probably more than capable of doing the job, but she is a women, and we all know that stereotypes are true right?". Do you not see the hypocrisy in your own post there? Women find the idea of working in the software industry extremely off putting, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out why.....

It's more mainstream than cassette tapes or mini discs. Have you been clubbing recently?

A librarian with programming knowledge would be snapped up immediately (since most libraries are being forced to digitise their collections).
Someone who can speak arabic would be much better writing an english -> arabic translator than the vast majority of programmers.
If you're writing animation software, an animator who can program is much more valuable than a programmer who knows nothing about animation.

That's really the problem with recruitment though isn't it? There are plenty of programmers around, however there are very few people with (insert relevant skill here) who can actually program! Since CS tends to be the place where most people learn programming, how is that going to help us recruit a biologist with programming experience? Exposing children to programming at school gives them a chance to specialise in a subject other than CS, and still have a chance at employment as a programmer in the future....

Multiple, low power, semi useless processor cores? Sounds like sony has just found the silicon to power the Playstation 4! :p

png isn't good enough for film work. (OpenEXR or tiff usually a better option, and yes they do compression!). 35Mb per frame is a massive underestimation. Floating point: colour channels, depth maps, alpha, N dot L, roto, & edge detect passes tend to end up eating gigabytes of space rather quickly.....

Depends where you are in the world. The Pi isn't being made in the UK because you pay a flat fee on each component imported. It's far cheaper to simply pay the fee once for the complete product....