In a corporate setting there is the copier that scans nice PDFs. Wherever I go, companies have nice copiers that scan.
For the home user, an all in one printer/scanner with sheet feeder would withstand the occasional stacks of contracts when buying/selling houses.
My Canon MP cost me $100 and scans everything I need digitally stored. I never use the built in fax since my VOIP provider has issues with fax machines.

I understand you want to defend your position, but price is not the issue.

Heck, when buying a house earlier this year, I had to print and sign one page document while in Hawaii.
I printed it and took a picture of the page and emailed it to my realtor.
Worked just as well (actually, was even easier than trying to find a fax machine in the hotel).

Excellent point. Without their enterprise stronghold, Blackberry would be truly irrelevant today.
The question is though, who will take the flag from Blackberry and create a framework that enterprises want to embrace (focus on cost, security, deployability and control).
I believe Android or Microsoft/Nokia are the only two who could have a chance at doing so, especially since Apple does not show any interest in this area (corporate phones on corporate plans are typically locked down from spending corporate money on nonsense apps).

The funny thing is that when I read (scanned to be honest) the comment, I processed it as "sex and beer repetitively with some other thoughts mixed in".
Your comment made me reread the comment only to realize I read what I wanted to read not what was forced upon me... (lotsa sex with one drink).
So, I stand by the original poster that this is pretty much my thought pattern...

This is ridiculous and won't work, here are some scenarios:
- I am pretty sure I can suppress any thought while being scanned. Think deeply about sex and I am pretty sure no neural scanner will find something about my next task.
- What if my thought are; hmm, this is a quite extensive system to figure out if I am potentially about to blow up a plane.
- Sorry sir, you are up for extensive search because you looked at and thought the wrong things about my TSA chick co-worker.

I am pretty sure the mental picture they potentially could take is always a snapshot, and even with my ADD I can think about something different for 5 seconds or so.
If this is the way to go for TSA, they would have instated the polygraph... Just sit down and answer three easy questions then you are good to go.

One thing that concerns me most is that these devices are not regulatory controlled like medical devices.
As the machine is installed I assume the tech made sure all is A okay, however, what about 3 months from now...?
I cannot find the article but read earlier that all these security devices need is a sticker on the outside that states that is it safe to use on humans (while no bunnies were harmed in the process), whereas medical devices are checked by certified professionals on a regular interval.

I fly enough to have to go through these up to twice a week, you learn how to avoid them, but that does not always work.
Last thing I need is to figure out 10 years from now that these devices were a bad idea (visualized by mushroom sized skin deformations all over my body).

Best part of such a solution is that it isnt liquid.

Ah, that reminds me of my old ASUS VP6 motherboard.

About 9 years ago the PC with that motherboard had some stabilities issues, a quick check on the internets revealed common issues with the caps.
Back then I found it a cute exercise to desolder them all and replace them with new capacitors, where else could you find a dual Pentium 3 motherboard back then...
After replacing the first boot up did not show anything on the monitor, I thought I had toasted it, only to figure out the monitor was not connected.

That PC is still alive and rock solid.
With some Ubuntu animal on its hard drive it works great for email and internet browsing.

I think it is better to show your true skills, and no they are not java, C, Foxpro or any of the million other programming languages out there.
Your experience and skill is on the business side of things. While writing code for an employer you are doing something that earns you business experience.

Some examples:
- I have 20 years experience in designing and coding user interfaces
- Integration is my thing, 20 years of integrating major financial systems is an experience that brings accuracy in your business transactions
- In the 20 years of designing game engines I have learned many intricate details of making sure your embedded application provides the response times needed for business critical applications
- 20 years of maintaining various procurement systems for a major retailer shows my experience in the procurement business process. There is no doubt that I can apply this experience to your systems.

See, not a single word on a programming language...

Show them that what you know helps their business, communicating about skills that are of no interest to the hiring manager does not do you any good at all (like a baker inquiring for a masonry job...). And to be honest, how many hiring managers know the similarity and difference between C++, C# and Java. All they care about is the position they are hiring for and this position is always serving one or more specific business area.

On a side note, the next step isn't always Project Management. There is always software design; security-, enterprise-, integration- and application architecture; user interface design etc.. For this you need to be able to show your experience with business systems and after many years of coding experience, there must be something in you skill set that will fit.

The 'money and ponies' are also known as the 'Confidence Fairy'.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/opinion/the-president-surrenders-on-debt-ceiling.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss#

The expenses on tickets that did not win are tax deductable.
So I guess you will still come ahead, as you have bought plenty of 'loser' tickets.

Fueled by the Gardian.
Do not forget that.
For grass roots to succeed, it needs fertilizer.

Just out of curiosity...
How many of these are available on Netflix streaming today?

If you fly for food, you should reconsider your ways of obtaining food.
Nowadays you can buy a box of pringles on your flight or bring your own fancy BLT.
To be honest, bringing your left over lunch trumps any food served on the plane, even business/first class.

You're doing it wrong then...
I am at a million and have not seen economy seats in the last two years, even though I buy nothing but economy tickets...
You may be stuck on an airline that does not have 2+ class service.
Again, you are doing it wrong by not participating in an airline program, or have not flown a million miles, or have been flying for the last 20 years and not hitting 50.000 miles a year on one airline, or always fly the same route, weekday and time on a plane where upgrades are impossible (planes with a small number of business/first class seats, while flying hub to hub).

The trick is, say with one airline (or hotel chain) as much as possible.
Silver level (typically 25.000 miles plus) will give you a small chance of upgrades (it happens on off-days/times).
Gold (typically 50.000 miles plus) will give you a decent chance of upgrade on many routes, however, if you fly between hub airports you may be out of luck.
Platinum (or whatever; 75.000 miles or more) is what you aim for. Almost certain to upgrade on flights unless your flight is an international feeder or hub to hub with nothing but status people. I have seen flights where United Global Services people (special invitation only) fly middle seat economy.

And finally, if you have status, most airlines will give you ways of getting free booze in economy in case you are stuck there (vouchers or friendly flight attendants).

Am I the only one who still has his WRT54G v2 in full service?
Its no longer a router, just an wireless access point and it runs dd-wrt.
Nevertheless, it is probably the only 9 year old device still in active duty without any problems.