Shouldn't I be getting thinner? And shouldn't my battery be lasting longer? Not too mention... I should be looking really sharp!

But I seem to be getting larger. My memory is slower. I run down faster....

The mattress.

Please note, I didn't say "going to the mattresses" (I could tell some of you got a bit excited)

As a part of the ban on "assault weapons" (because there are weapons we use in non-assult fashion), all 3D printers are now banned. Along with rubber bands and legos.

It's doubleplusgood don't ya know...

While I'm certain there is some truth that a small decrease in budget means some things might not happen (we're actually more resilient though... so I wouldn't say that "all things stop" like some are trying to say).... what about all the waste? I mean, you scratch your head about how our tax dollars are used to study arguably "stupid" things.... did you ever ask why that is? Do we really want those studies?

If I give a "gift" of government dollars to "you" and you don't really have a plan.. in order to not lose those dollars, you come up with "something"... and presto... the stupid research study is born.... so maybe a reduction is a good idea... maybe we'll think more carefully about where dollars matter... in fact, maybe even better would be a better "attitude" (and associated process) that makes us want to push committed dollars to "real" meaningful projects and studies instead of creating "the stupid" just so we don't throw away the funding.

The government is a machine. Remember how things work and then you can understand why there is so much waste.

If we can't afford stuff... let's decide that we stop spending until we figure out how to spend correctly... While I'm not a fan of President Obama, I'm not against the idea of spending tax dollars on national infrastructure if done wisely (and I believe he's sort of for that... though I'll bet there's an "angle"). But for now, until we figure out how to stop wasting the dollars, I think we just need to put the brakes on in order to force people to "scream". Let's face it, we use the "scream test" in IT all of the time to reduce waste.... it works... though occasionally (rare) the penalty is high.

I mean.. imagine Flatland made into a 3D movie.. what's the *point*?

Out of the corner of my eye I saw Dolph Lundgren... might have really changed the fight...

Sorry about the mixup.

Sincerely,
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Good examples of very bad Sci Fi.

I'm sorry, but am I the only one hoping that Disney chooses to remake these? You know, with a good story?

Agreed. I think Samsung is only wanting to increase prices for customers buying in quantities of 250,000 or larger. However, I hear that Apple is more open to the idea of increasing prices for quantities of 1,000,000 or larger. Gridlock....

Apple wins again. Apple is even considering repairing the bite mark in their logo. Apple 1 : Legal 0

If paypal we're regulated like a bank, I'd get charged $10 a month for NOT using it.

Well.. yes and no. Can you build servers that can take the heat? Sure. But that's not what most datacenters have. Sure, processors and maybe (and it's a big maybe) memory can take the heat... but in general, those 15K rpm disk drives are not going to like the extra heat. They have enough problems dissapating heat currently.

So.. possible, sure. But it does require some extra work. Your off the shelf HP, Dell or IBM, I wouldn't recommend it.

You do lower the life span of the equipment by placing it under enormous heat stress.. life could be reduced by several years if assuming a 10 year lifespan. If you have a 5 year life cycle, you may have to consider a 4 year life cycle. And even then, I'd avoid the 15K rpm drives and other things that aren't cooled very well (e.g. gobs of memory and even chipsets on some designs). That passive heat sink on your fibre channel card and/or 10Gbit ethernet... probably not going to cut it anymore... so that's also changes you'd have to make... there are many.

Again, you CAN do it.. but design has to be done... it's done with intent, not through random experimentation (unless you have money to burn).

I used to remember a time when it was the Republican that were trying to legislate behavior (morality). Now it's time for the Democrats to do this apparently.

Regulation about light bulb standards is certainly a thing that can be done, but wouldn't it be nice if people chose the "right" light bulb because it's "right" and not because they were forced to choose the "right" one? (and why are the Democrats so interested in "right"?... always thought they leaned left...)

The ban is really about child obesity and preventing further use of the Easy Bake Oven.

Exec: There's a lot of less than perfect reviews of the Kindle Fire. Any ideas?