I answered the question as to what I'm going to do: nothing. According to TFS, the time frame they're talking about is 5 years. Paint me pessimistic, but I highly doubt anything with any significant impact can happen in that small time frame. To try to do anything would be pointless.

What? Jupiter? It does put out more radiation than it absorbs but it's hardly a sun.

I accepted the fact that on a long enough timescale, everything is temporary. Even human life itself on this planet. So I'm living it up, not giving a fuck. I'll die someday but that will be long before this planet comes to an end.

As I read about the poisoned DNS entries, I pause to edit /etc/hosts

Made the switch to Debian from Ubuntu this year. I'm way happier.

If you haven't read TFA, don't waste your time. It's all an opinion piece from one guy's perspective. [citation needed] should appear after every assertion.

Irrelevant.

WTF were they thinking? They could use a class A or B for more IPs or go so far as to use VLSM if they want a classless headache.

Amen. And this from a college prof.

In my department there are profs that, in a meritocracy, wouldn't stand a chance of being employed another semester. How can you possibly teach a CS class and never once log into a class computer?

Online classes are good for the disciplined students and those that have some prior knowledge of the course material and I'm glad my department is exploring offering more online. It frees the students' time to do other things other than spend gas money and time to warm a seat to learn stuff they already know. But it's really not for everyone. It is kind-of like the higher education equivalent of home schooling. It requires discipline and a routine in order to stay on top of assignments and do well. Some students just need that face-to-face verbal kick in the ass to get anything done. Like I say to my students "It's your time and your money. I don't care what you do with it, but I would rather give an A instead of an F"

Queue the pissed off people in 3... 2...

True. My Ranger had a Mazda tranny and my Neon has a Mitsubishi engine. But in-country seems a little odd.

Why would GM sell it to AMC? AMC was a Chrysler product.

This article was apparently tainted. I added crap to the list of tags so now it is tainted crap.

False. I'm 27 and have my Master's Degree paid in full. The truly creative class, in this economy, exploits whatever the hell it can in order to survive and grow. It doesn't matter if you're an Art History professor or an Engineer these days.

If the joists were as magnetic enough to do what they claim, I would hesitate to walk through the house with steel toed boots. One could lose a foot that way.