This is ridiculous. Just pressurize the server room or whole building and be done with it. That layer of air would automagically reappear for the heads to glide over the platters.

As for particles, I know nothing about the subject but I guess that mountain isn't much closer than we are from the particle sources. I do not think the additional layer of atmosphere said particles have to go through to get to us makes a difference.

My understanding is that particles are deviated at higher altitude than mountains by the Earth magnetic field.

In Canada, they still have variable tenths of a cent per liter, !

http://www.ontariogasprices.com/

No, I don't get those link as clickable so I would have to cut and paste and no referrer from /. would be sent to their server.

It just made me think about a small script that would request their pages and fake referrers from various sites the attacker wishes to get into rouble with them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_referer

I did. They paid me big money for my services.

I basically told them that Minitel was a great idea in the wrong hands and that they could do it right. They are actually trying to create their own internet and they beleive in it.

-Dr. Clotaire Rapaille

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel

the whole http://blogs.apache.org/ domain seems to return this 502 error right now. Maintenance, other problem or just slashdotted even if it is an apache domain ?

They seem to be using "Apache/2.0.63 Server at blogs.apache.org Port 80" in reverse-proxy mode and my guess is the server behind it is down.

2012 Set Record For Most Expensive Gas In the World

would have been more interesting since gas is still relatively cheap in the US.

Whilst driving his car and getting a bj.

Nope, you have to dump the article to a file, edit it, and re-insert it (update) into the database;

From your link:
"It makes the function look complicated as it has multiple exit points (return statements)."

hmm... you mix up 2 things. It is more like you add complexity by introducing multiple exit points.

There is ways around it you know... Beginning your fucntion with a temporary variable set to NULL and returning that temporary variable in one exit point at the end of your function is one.

Well, I still like the distributed design of it so keep it please. See picture here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat#Client_software

An uncaugh NullPointerException on a call to aString.length() in java would have the same effect and kill the running Thread, the program if it is the main Thread.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5796103/strlen-not-checking-for-null

I ain't got no nothing towars a "quest to optimize away redundancy in the english language" ;-)

I was merely pointing the fact that some words have more than one signification and that handful is one of them.

Around here, the FCC is my brother in law and the FBI is my nephew. I personaly invite you to our New Year's Eve party. You will see that we are all a big happy family ! ;-)

-Your friendly neighborhood sheriff.

handful
Noun

        1. A quantity that fills the hand.
        2. A small number or amount: "one of a handful of attorneys".

In the context of the phrase, small was implicit since it obviously didn't fit in the hand. I would simply have written "handful".

A "small handful of sugar" would work although...

Oh, that's what my teckie deputy-sheriff was talking about when he said he was installing a jamming system in the county to prevent dash cam "streaming".

I think the county is safe and secure thanks to him.

-Your friendly neighborhood sheriff.